# Bill O'Reilly...economics genius! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 9, 2005, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-oreilly-economics-genius/320896 "2005-09-09T22:58:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Balle\_M](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/13edae/32.png) [@Balle\_M](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balle_M)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-oreilly-economics-genius/320896/21 "2005-09-10T17:34:40Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Sadly, we must note with caution that he is prone to occassional spasms of rationality, Cite? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-oreilly-economics-genius/320896/22 "2005-09-10T17:39:14Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Mr. O’Reilly clearly speaks in support of the solidarity and unified economic action of the proletariat against the running dog jackals of the ruling class! That’s not too far off from being correct. O’Reilly has a strong Populist streak and he often rants aginst “bigness”, be it government or business. He claims to be a champion of the little guy, or “the folks” as he likes to say. You know, folks as in _das Volk_. 🙂 Just kidding about that last part! ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-oreilly-economics-genius/320896/23 "2005-09-10T17:39:16Z")
I’m sure I could find some if I weren’t so lazy and easily…oooh! shiny! ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-oreilly-economics-genius/320896/24 "2005-09-10T19:21:05Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > …a call for the POTUS to use the bully-pulpit for profit reduction and price rollback. Thanks for the best laugh I’ve had all morning. ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-oreilly-economics-genius/320896/25 "2005-09-10T20:27:15Z")
_Posted by furt:_ > [@](#): > > Ummm… that was sort of the point of the joke, y’know… Obviously, and had I read the joke (I assume you’re referring **Gorsnak’s** post) I wouldn’t have bothered to elaborate on a point already so concisely explicated. Don’t say “um” to me; it’s condescending. We could have a regular forum on the SDMB called “Stupidity From Bill O’Reilly”; surely every day would bring a new thread. No wonder Al Franken loves having O’Reilly around. ---
**Author:** ![xenophon41](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xenophon41/32/253_2.png) [@xenophon41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xenophon41)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2005, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-oreilly-economics-genius/320896/26 "2005-09-10T22:10:10Z")
Um… **Baldwin** , even if it took you 29 minutes to compose your comment and hit “Submit Reply”, you still had an opportunity to note **Gorsnak** ’s pithier rendition of your thought before posting. You either chose not to do so or didn’t think to do so. IMO, pointing out the obvious to the dull, the slow or the oblivious is the very _purpose_ of condescension. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-oreilly-economics-genius/320896/27 "2005-09-11T01:21:32Z")
> [@Baldwin](#): > > After this went on for a while, they might decide to just close the stations on Sunday, thereby saving money and actually increasing their profits. O’Reilly hates the working middle class. They are the only ones who would be hurt by such a scheme. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-oreilly-economics-genius/320896/28 "2005-09-11T01:26:55Z")
> [@Patty O'Furniture](#): > > O’Reilly hates the working middle class. Cite? ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-oreilly-economics-genius/320896/29 "2005-09-11T01:48:52Z")
I was drawing a conclusion based on his no-gas-on-Sundays plan. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-oreilly-economics-genius/320896/30 "2005-09-11T05:22:00Z")
> [@xenophon41](#): > > …IMO, pointing out the obvious to the dull, the slow or the oblivious is the very _purpose_ of condescension. Wouldn’t be nearly as much fun otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![zagloba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/977dab/32.png) [@zagloba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zagloba)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-oreilly-economics-genius/320896/31 "2005-09-11T07:47:49Z")
There is too such a publication as the _Paris Business Review_! They won a Peabody! ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2005, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-oreilly-economics-genius/320896/32 "2005-09-11T15:28:46Z")
I’m not buying gas today. Off the establishment! Then again I was planning on going anywhere today nor do I need gas. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-oreilly-economics-genius/320896/33 "2005-09-12T15:23:02Z")
**Gorsnack** wrote: > [@](#): > > Excellent! > > Smithers, fire the Sunday staff. > [/monty burns] Maybe if they raised gas prices, they could get Bill O’Reilly to call for a Saturday boycott, too. Mo money, mo money… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bill-oreilly-economics-genius/320896.md?page=1)