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this is all about obama getting reelected. >> not only has this president bankrupted the country, he is pathetically weak and what has happened with the democrats this week is disgraceful. >> the finally tan, gorgeous, buff beyond belief, descriptions i am used to hearing when i take
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a steam, but tonight they are for favio as he makes his debut. >> thank you, andy. >> happy lumer jack day. >> did you know i spent some of my early youth as a lumber jack? >> that's how we first met. >> those were amazing times .'s. i built in a tree house so you could soak in the tub. >> you mean where we could air dry after hour long soaks in the tub. >> i don't think that information was for public consumption. >> too late now. >> it is one of the dangers of live tv. >> this is a taped show. i checked my fake watch and it is 8:30. >> well, in that case, let's see. you built me a deck where i could air dry after being in the tub. we can replace it with this guy, three, two, one, that is very nice, greg. >> have a great show, my man. >> let's welcome our guests. she is so hot she burns her tongue when pronouncing her
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name. i am here with kayleigh mcenenie. and in comedic talent was a pocket watch i would put him on a chain. and he is the host of a new parasite. my repulsive sidekick, bill shultz. and if financial acumen was a bucking bronco i would strap myself to his back and ride him for eight seconds, matt mccall, founder and president of penn financial. nice shirt. and he is covered in print and totally skint. good to see you, pinch. >> it is a small group of openly transgender actors who are increasingly recognizable and finding a place on screen. and no, greg, i won't be giving you their numbers. i am protective of my sources, and you are a monster. >> that i am. i am a monster. >> and don't go through my blackberry. >> i won't. >> it is difficult for me. not having fingers and
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whatnot. >> so true. >> it is not true. double negative. he won't eat any meat. instead he will dine on feet. it is because he put his foot in his mouth. thought i would explain that first line in case you missed it. recent e recently they called the actions of the mass murderer in norway, quote, nothing, end quote. when compared to mcdonalds and kfc, they made the comments during a sho on war sai w before playing the smith song "meet his murderer." he said, quote, we all live in a murderous world as they have shown with 97 dead. 245* is nothing compared to what happens in mcdonalds and kentucky fried chicken every day. he later apologized through a spokesman who said, morrisey says he will not comment because the statement speaks for itself. that sounded like the opposite of an uh poll jee. for more we go to -- opposite of an apology. for more we go to "red eye"
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critic. >> that is the weirdest thumb i have ever seen. is this really the problem with animal rights activism? they cannot see the difference between any life form. a chicken is a dog is a human. >> and he is really putting an animal in front of a human life. that's the biggest disturbing thing to me. he made quotes over the last couple years saying vie violence is okay. the scientists are trying to cure cancer. he looks out more for the mouth, but it is okay to do that, and -- it is not okay to do that, but it is okay to bomb them and kill human people. go back and look at his record. it is disgusting. he called the chinese people a sub species. but at the same time he is calling a race of a billion people a sub species, but she worried about a chicken he
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will eat at kentucky fried chicken. >> i like that you call him human people. >> it is a good name for a new morrisey band. >> tom, could this be the most innane thing? >> people are more important than animals. sorry to get all lenny bruce on you, people. >> i would say all animals should write into him and not us. >> if they were equal they could write nbut they can't. >> i don't believe that for a second, sir. >> i got some delightful e-mails. it takes them awhile to type, but they do it. >> their on screen names are nuts 83. >> they have acorn berries. >> isn't it true that he and other extreme vegetarians just hate people? >> yeah, no, absolutely. first i want to say this guy is like madonna in term of his love for animals, except madonna on steroids.
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i never heard of him until that story. i just want to point that out. >> well, you are young. >> i am young. >> we had to verify that. >> this guy says he wants george bush to die. so alt -- so at least we don't have to claim him on the conservative side. >> he had ticket holders check for meat products. that would have left you in the cold. you came with a bucket of kfc. >> it is the same. have i been going to morrisey concerts since 1991, and you can sneak in the beef jerk key. the problem is once your friends find out how you sneak in the beef jerk key, they might not want to eat it. but that's okay, more j re ky for me. >> i just got that joke. >> did you enjoy your jerkey in the room? wink. >> i was a big fan. one of the greatest vocalist and songwriters, but he is a
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full blown] bleep [. you can separate the music, but now i can't. now i will just here [bleep]. >> did you see that picture? he is getting kind of fat. >> he eats entire trees. i saw him in l.a. once and he was at a bar and he is an intimidating guy. he has the potential to be a legend, but he keeps opening his mouth. i don't know. the young people and the elderly, they fall for animal rights ideology because of the cute factor. but there is a dangerous ideology that is behind it. it is one that says it is okay to destroy a lab experiment. >> but you had your choice if you want to eat meat or not. the people in norway didn't have a choice if they were going to be blown up or shot. that's why it is sick. >> at least he is consistent. if you believe that animals are as important as humans, then you probably shouldn't allow slim jims into your concert. not only because of the waybill carries them, but the
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thing siwould feel if i were a real animal rights person, i would go all the way. you know what i mean? >> but he is doing it for show. do you really think he believes in the cause that much? >> for show? >> his name is everywhere because of the staple. >> i think he has always been extreme in those behaviors. and from one extremist to another. is london turning muslim? according to a poster campaign, it is. and they are never wrong. those poster campaigns. islamic extremists are putting up signs across the uk which is short for united kingdom. it pro claims, you are entering a sharia controlled zone. islamic rules enforced. they have been seen in london and elsewhere. an order that in the zone there should be no gambling, no music or concerts, no porn or prostitution, no drugs or smoking and sadly no alcohol. and also, no suspenders which i am totally in agreement
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with. the preachers behind the scheme say they are doing this, quote, to put the seeds down in the long-term adding this is the best way for dealing with drunkenness and prostitution and the thug-like attitude you get in british cities as opposed to the bums in subways. are the brits heeding the new rules? let's go live to london. >> that's the greatest thing i have ever seen. i didn't see that before the show. usually i review things. i think i can pretty much say that dog is the smartest creature. everything morrisey said about animals might be right. my life is crumbling. no drugs, alcohol or smoking, it sounds like a no fun zone. >> did you see the graphics? they look sophisticated. they got a graphic artist to do this poster.
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>> i don't know if i believe this though. i don't know if i believe it is really real. i know it is really happening, but it is like the westboro baptist church. the press loves that. he is such an extremist, and he is so out there. they like to act like they are these crazies out there. i think this is the same thing. this guy knows he will get headlines for this idiotic poster he is putting up. he's just like fred phelps. >> but it is real. i was at oxford and i saw it. in 2008 they i'm plough meanted the system -- they implemented the system and they can have them put the ruling on your case rather than an english court. it is happening. it is there. look at what it says. you can throw a homosexual off the roof. you can technically get off for that. >> i would not get off for that. >> bill does get off being
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thrown from the roof. >> you know what i get off on? using a word like oxford. how about harvard? >> what is oxford? it is a shirt making company, right? >> yeah, and it is a book printing press as well. >> bill, you also believe that this isn't real. we have a religious person that they quoted. >> yeah, i didn't believe it was real until i heard that quote. after i saw the quote i was thinking, okay, now i have to change my talking point. and i have, greg. i have. that sounds like a morrisey concert. it sounds like a boring morrisey. they should geting to. >> that's true. they would get along well. should the british officials do anything about this? >> they actually listened to this. there is a law they passed that says they can do this. you can't go in and get beheaded. you could get beheaded or stoned or whatever else they do. they can't do that, but to get
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divorced it is impossible. there was a story about a lady beaten by her husband for years, beat the kids and they talk about, well, they are eating crackers while talking about it. meanwhile there is this lady all you see are her eyes and she is scared to death and they won't let her get divorced. this is crazy. if you want to live that lifestyle, go back to saudi arabia and go back to afghanistan where there is no porn. >> the thing that bothers me is how they use tolerance as a shield to preach intolerance. you have to tolerate their beliefs because we are a free society even if their belief is to crush you like a bug. >> on that note let's move on. should david wu be better off than you? i say boo. yes, the democratic congressman stands to make a million dollars in pension and benefits even though he is resigning in disgrace after being accused of, quote, unwanted sexual encounter with an 18-year-old girl. interesting.
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wu has been in office since 1998 and the national taxpayer's union calculates when he retires his pension will be worth over $850,000 over his lifetime. add to that up to $214,000 he may have in the 401k, and there is your million clams which is a euphemism for money. in addition to the $174,000 annual salary, congressmen get pensions that are two to three times better than the private sector workers who make the same money. and they get annual cost of living adjustments which most of us don't get. ain't it great? for more we go to the pension and benefits correspondent. >> are you so cute. you can't drive. you can't write anything. i should stop that. >> you are a business guy. you claim to be. we have no proof of that. and your jacket seems to say
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you are unemployed. >> can you stop this? do you want to stop it? >> this is ridiculous. as of 2007 there had been 25 lawmakers that are charged with serious crimes. all 25 are still receiving their pension. if you think about this, the laws are written by the politicians for a politician. that would be like a jailhouse where all of the inmates write the laws about what goes on in the jailhouse. they are the biggest criminals out there and they are writing the laws. this will never end. they should not get this money. if we get fired for a sex -- for a sexual offense. >> you are good. good analogy with the prison. >> i can't better an analogy, but i do disagree. we are at fault. we elected them. it is messy, people. we elected them, give them the pension, and then we can make fun of them. we can show pictures in the cat suit. >> it was actually a tiger
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suit. when you come on the show get your facts straight. >> i will show what you is messy, not politics. it is the suit. >> bill, the problem with the suit, and i feel bad for him is that years from now his obituary that will be the picture. that will follow you around the anthony wiener pic. and that res -- resonates more. >> the thing is you can see that picture because it is not dirty. 99% of the population has not seen the photo because it is his penis. >> and we should put a side by side. >> exactly jie. we live in a closed society that won't allow us to do that. we are in the middle of a debt ceiling crisis. it is people like wu who want to spend and spend and spend. shouldn't he suffer by losing his pension? >> yeah. but i want to take another step further. none should get million dollar pensions. we need to stop treating them like kings and treat them as servants. we elect them to serve. and we shouldn't be giving
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these guys million dollar pensions. we should be drug testing them like rick scott is drug testing those in florida. and i'm sorry. but we should start testing these guys. >> i am sensing a theme, greg. >> i like the theme she is going on. where did you learn that, oxford? >> she learned the way to be successful is to pick on you mercilessly. >> the bill insults will dissolve into jello fighting. >> shall we move on? >> already am. is it hard being adorable? i explain it all in my new book, being adorable is my cross to bear. but first, so who is this guy? nice glasses. he is my new roommate, hans. i sure hope he is good with es chores. -- good with chores.
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s . he is racist all over his facist. i speak of utah state prisoner and murder suspect curtis algeer seen here gorgeously. he was scheduled to marry a mixed race woman. despite the fact he has a, quote, skinhead tatoo on top of his bald head and swastikas inked all over his person. erika herrera defended her fiancee who has been charged with shooting a prison guard after already being incarcerated over a slew of felonies. explains the half hispanic and hawaii an to the local media, quote, that's obviously not what he is. if he is marying somebody who is a different background. truly she is the real hero. it begs the question, what does this mean for feline frog
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relations? >> in some states they can't even marry. what kind of civilization is this? >> come to new york. >> or vermont. >> they can't afford a plane ticket. does this mean there is not a lot of good men out there when she is marying that heap of trash? >> why do white supremecists put tattoo all over their skin? shouldn't -- shouldn't they want to be more white? they are covering up the whiteness. i'm more proud of my skin than that man. what does that say? >> and you are quite pale. i would almost say you are sickly. >> i am worried about you. >> kailey, are women crazy?
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why do women go for bad men or bad men for them. >> i can tell you this one did it. it screams reality television. think about this, she doesn't have to sleep with the guy. she doesn't have to live with the guy. she can write a book about it and create her own show for better ratings. >> ps a perfect marriage -- it is a perfect marriage. he gets three square meals a day. he has his own room. he can watch whatever he wants on television. he is living a perfect life. this is the crazy thing. he has been engaged twice on death row. bill can't even get a girlfriend. he has been engaged twice. >> you just stole my next question. does it make you sad that this nazi and alleged murderer has a cute fiancee and you have nothing? >> i don't think i am so shabby and i have written him so many letters, and he has not answered one. and then i found out you can't do con jaw gal visits so screw
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him. he won't see me come i can tell you that much. this -- >> this is a guy who wants to make a good impression at a job interview. he is good at his job, but you can't explain it to your boss. you are thinking maybe i can explain it that he is excellent at his job. if he can just over look one thing -- or two things. she white supremecist, a killer and covered in awful, awful tattoo. >> and the fact he is on death row. >> the librarian glasses do not work with the overall look. >> he probably got those in prison. we are paying for those glasses. he got them in prison. he is staring at me again. i think he can see through the tv. >> well you were yelling about the library. >> look at that glare. not him. actually that was worse when you think about it. i don't know what is worse. there you go. he is staring right at you. it is like one of the paintings. he is very frightening. >> give me your library card.
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>> i have had enough of the story. are you just going to stand and stair at me? i can stair longer. do you have a comment on the show? e-mail us at red eye at fox news .com. and to leave a voicemail on my direct line. by the way, 212-462-5050. talk about the voicemail. and still to come, the half time report from tv's andy levy. he is kind of a jerk. he is a lonely one at that. >> tonight's half time report is sponsored by my nightmares. the dreams that can cause strong emotional and/or physical response. thanks my nightmare.
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welcome back. let's find out if we got anything wrong so far. for that we go to andy levy. hi, andy. >> hi, greg, how are you? >> great. matt, question for you. are you going to fight some aliens this weekend? >> what does that mean? >> you have the whole cowboy and alien movie coming out. >> i got a lot of comments on this shirt, actually. kailey cannot stop looking at me. >> it is like watching a car wreck. mcdonalds and kfc, you started the story by saying he won't eat meat, instead he will dine on feet 1234*. >> yes. >> obviously not familiar with the smith song "feet is murder." >> i had no idea.
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and i thought i had everything they made. >> no, no. >> but i guess i didn't. >> it was a seaside. >> interesting. from the rare triangle release. >> that was a very hard, hard thing to play. >> yeah. >> you need expensive equipment. do i keep going with this? >> no. >> matt, you brought up the allegations over the years. should note that marcy claims these allegations are ridiculous. quote, if i am racist the pope is female which he isn't. >> i did read that quote on wick caw peed yaw. but he had 30 other quotes so i will go with that one. >> i did original reporting and i was not aware it said that on wick -- wikipedia. >> andy, i know you don't like when i point things out, but there seems to be a man siting on your shoulder. there is a man siting on your shoulder.
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>> who? oh hi. >> proceed. i just wanted to -- i didn't want you to be surprised if you felt any pressure. >> that is barry. >> i didn't realize anybody else could see that. that's weird. tom, if you could save your edgy stuff for the live act that would be great. we have a family show here. >> i know. i am used to working the tough rooms. >> i know. kelly, you really never heard of marcy? >> sadly, no. pop culture i am unoblivious to begin with, but old pop culture -- >> he was the lead singer for "the doors." >> sorry, i was too busy listening to toby keith. >> there is a shock. greg, you said you were a huge smiths fan but can't listen to them because morrisey is an a-hole. you didn't just figure that out? >> no, i knew he was, but i was able to keep it out of the listening experience. over the years he just pisses
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me off more and more. and now i just can't listen to him. i hear his voice differently. it is the voice of an a-hole. >> the only song i liked was "daw sin tau gracious." >> nicely done. >> you said the point is the people in norway didn't have a choice to live or die, but people can choose whether to eat at mcdonalds or kfc. the point is the animals killed at kfc didn't have a choice. >> nobody asked them to be an animal. >> that's not true. >> i got nothing for you. >> no, i like this argument. stick with it. >> it is one of the most amazing responses. >> i don't even know what to say anymore. tom, you said at least morrissey was consistent. you noy who else was consistent? my old friend joey ponccetti.
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consistent joe we used to call him. >> never let you down. >> no. >> he let you down all the time. >> yep. islamic extremists put up posters. greg, you said the bright yellow message is there should be no gambling, music and no porn or prostitution and no drugs, smoking or alcohol. you said no suspenders which you are in agreement with. are you fighting again? >> no, i just -- you know i just -- i'm tired of seeing suspenders. we are on the ins and not the outs. >> just checking. >> we will go out later and play a little ping-pong. >> really? good for you. tom, you said you don't know if you believe this is real. it may be more like a bap -- like a baptist church thing. >> you agree with me. >> how do you know? >> i don't. i just success -- i just suspect it. >> do you think it is done by somebody to make them look bad? >> no. i think the guy believe itself
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as much as that jerk fred feltz believes it. >> what does barry think? >> barry doesn't talk. he just sits there and occasionally puts things -- well, never mind. i was going say something and then realized bill would run with it, so it is not worth it. matt, greg asked if the british authorities should do anything, you said they allow it and it is legal. one council leader says they are working with the police to identify who is putting up the posters. >> the posters, yes, but they let the civil court -- they left the civil court open. >> and they are trying to get in touch with dr. who. david wu could get over a million dollars in pension and benefits. you said we we shouldn't give them million dollar pensions. >> it doesn't make me happy. if it is three times what i am going to get. it should be
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less than i am going to get. >> if the stock market keeps going down wu's 401k is going in the tank. you have a 401k? >> i do. i am prepared, what can i say? >> i don't even have a four. >> but you have a special k. >> we will talk after the show. >> tom, you said you think this is our fault. we elected them, people. again with the edgy stuff. >> listen, i am telling the truth to power like i always do. >> you know, you are this generation's george lopez. i can't fault you for that. >> mixed race woman to marry in prison. here is the thing, and this is why i don't like the article. she says her fiancee doesn't reflect the true beliefs. but they point out they are getting married on april 20th which was hitler's birthday. the fact is the actual reason they picked that day is the birthday of latin, jazz and
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salsa legend. >> that's all the questions nobody would ask. >> that shoots the whole story down. >> apparently so. >> and by the way, that article was wrong. hitler was born on april 20th. they said august 30th or something i believe. >> august 20th. >> no, he didn't. anything else mean you want to say about bill? >> you cut your hair. >> that's not mean. >> what about the beard? >> i am not liking that. >> stick around until next week. >> can we get a close up of bill? no? bill is trying to grow a beard. bill turn to the side, bill. now turn to the other side. he has not shaved those cheeks. >> i had a hard time when 90210 was out. >> you have a problem. it is genetic. my dad suffers from the same
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ailment. >> you could never be an islamic terrorist. >> i would be a bad one. it is bill, the bad, clumsy islamic terrorist. >> you would be like the wacky easymic terrorist neighbor. >> are you done, andy? something tells me you were done a minute ago. stretching it out and making some pasta. coming up, what is it like to sit on a beanbag chair filled with ugly people? kailey discuss herself new book a thousand things to do with ugly people. first, well, he is the opposite of ugly. it is more like beautiful, really beautiful, but enough about my room roommate scott, the flight attendant. oh, the hair.
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it is the north versus the south.
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i speak of the old spice spokesperson. they warned him to an internet dual. take a sexy gander at this new hotness. delicious. and for the sake of being fair and balanced, here is a look at old busted. >> so choose your champion wisely. may the best old spice guy win. >> joining us now is the new old spice guy himself, fabio. you look great, as always. >> hi, greg, thank you for having me. life is great. the horseback people are no longer come up to me and they
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want me to advertise all of the new fresh collection. there is already a collection. it will be fun to go and challenge isaiah. i took it from there. he is a really good guy and a fungi to work with. i tell you, it was done in good spirit, and we had a lot of fun, a lot of fun. >> what is an internet dual? >> it is like a dinasaur and you put some gum in my brush and to brush my hair and it got stuck. it will be a funny way. the old spice people are creative. >> your nay is fabio and his
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is isaiah mu -- mustafa. don't you think he should go by one name? it worked for you. >> to tell you, it is -- isaiah is a nice guy. he is a really down to earth guy. we have a lot of fun together. >> are you being very careful. you just go with greg. it is greg, that's it. greg is all you need. >> it is true. in a couple years everybody will know be just as greg or captain pecks. >> and you taking over fox. every time i turn on the tv you are on. >> ask him whether or not isaiah is nice and down to earth. >> that's terrible. why isn't there an anti-percent sprent called fabio? >> well, you know, it is -- you know right now there is such a good many de yoder rent
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and body wash. we don't need one more. we just go out and buy some old spice fragrance like matterhorn and fiji and they are really good. >> fabio, i have an idea for a screenplay. it is focused on you. can i tell you what it is about? it is called i don't. and here is how it opens. there is this couple getting married. they are up on the altar and they are about to do their nuptials, and you pull up in this convertible and you walk down the church and you go up and you go to the woman, come away with me. i am fabio. she leaves her husband at the altar and gets into your convertible and you drive off. and then you stop at a gas station and you say honey i am get something gum, and then you run out back and get on a motorcycle and drive off and you just leave her there. and that's the whole movie. you keep doing that over and over again.
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isn't that a great idea? >> uh -- yes. >> i think it is awesome. what is the -- you were like the king of romance novel covers. i was always curious, how much money do you get paid? is that too personal a question, for a cover? >> yeah, kind of. i forgot. i don't remember the last time i did the -- i book covers. it has been awhile since i did that. it was a good pay. it was a good gig. but not as good as "red eye." >> oh i think it is probably better. >> i don't think so. >> when i met you out in l.a. and we had lunch and when we went out to diner and then went to some other bar and i don't remember any of it because i was drunk, but it is amazing how people go up to you -- do you ever get tired
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of that? wherever you go there are crowds of people that are around you. >> you know, greg, you know me. i am a people person and i like people. to me my philosophy is there is only one god and all of the rest are human. i am a people person and i like people. it takes five minutes of your time to take a picture and sign an autograph. you will make that person happy. they bill -- they will go out and tell the rest of the world. it is a good feeling. >> excellent. the last question, when are you coming to new york? i am keeping a chair warm for you. >> soon, very soon. as soon as i come back, i definitely will come and see you. and greg, stop smoking. >> i will, i will. he was giving me crap for that. i need to quit soon.
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>> we have to go. fabio -- >> how bill is do ?g. >> bill is doing okay. >> looking forward to meeting you. >> hi, bill. how are you doing, buddy? >> hi, fabio. i have all of your books. >> we have to move on. fabio, awesome talking to you and see you soon. we have to take a break. remember to check out the "red eye" pod cast. go to fox news radio .com and click on "red eye."
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are some people too naturally caring? are some too wired to be too kind? is kindness always the right answer? is kindness the name of my stripper? why am i still asking questions? what's going on? my next guest examines all of that in a thought provoking book available now. it is called "cold blood blooded kindness." have i 32 copies, one for each of my chest hairs. welcome back barbara oakley who is an engineering and science professor at oakley university, not in california, but michigan. it shortened the sub title because they all have long titles. read it. >> "cold blooded kindness, knew row quirks of a cody
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pendant killer or give me a shot at living you dear." >> i'm sure your publisher was happy to put that on the book because it is tiny. >> is it about carol alden who murder erred her -- murderer her husband. >> exactly. and she is the most devious person i encountered in my life. shy puts glen close to shame. but what she does is she appeals to your empathy, your sense of caring and helping others. my last book was "evil jeans" and" my sister stole my mother's boyfriend" and those are nasty people. i thought, why not look at good people? people kept asking me, how come -- we can understand that hitler might have had a bio fiz logical nerve that made things nasty for him and for us, but why did the germans follow him? that's when i started studying
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path ole gees of -- pathologies of kindness. >> i think this book is a challenge ahead of them. i think people are scared of this idea. bad stuff happens when people focus too much on doing good. it goes against a lot of other talk show host beliefs. am i right? >> you are exactly right. in fact, i i was told by a friend of mine that one of the top scientists at the national academy of science says you better be careful with this kind of work. it is going to be opposed by virtually everyone in the scientific field who thinks they are doing the right thing and they don't want people to think they are throwing -- >> you proved this stuff scientifically. i am mean to bill. am i doing him a favor? >> absolutely. >> great, great. >> well, no, maybe not. i do like bill. the issue is that altruism, we
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have -- many kind people have stripped away all religious perspectives and they will go straight to doing good things to help people. that in some sense has madal truism be the new religion, right? and you can't question the new religion. it is because doing good -- well, gee, that's obviously doing good. and so if you question that, then you must be a bad person. >> can you give an example of how doing good does bad? >> there are a million of them. let's just say i had a student in one of my classes where she wouldn't -- she couldn't pay attention to what was go osmght #*eu was teaching a class on pathological altruism. a friend of hers brought in a note and it said "i can't be here today because my brother tried to commit suicide last night and i'm in the hospital with him." and so i had a talk with her. i said isn't it time to apply some of the ideas of this
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class. you think are you helping your brother by empathizing with him? in actuality what you are really doing is hurting yourself because you are being dragged down -- she decided to quit school and she was completely depressed herself, but she clearly wasn't helping her brother who was -- who tried to commit suicide. so by -- >> you should help your brother if he was sick though. it would be weird not to visit him. >> not to visit. but by feeling the same em pathetic emotions he was feeling she was geting into that same place. it wasn't helping either her brother or herself. so part of what i talk about in this book is how do you turn -- empathy is not a cure all. if you are being mugged, are you not going to stand there and empathize with your mugger. there are times when you want to turn empathy off, but yet you go into a bookstore and you will see thousands of books or go on amazon and there are thousands of books about empathy, kindness, that
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will cure everything, but it doesn't. >> there is only one of these books. i don't see this as a trend. it is interesting stuff, but we have to move on. you will be in new york speaking soon? >> absolutely. i will be on june -- or july -- august 11th. you know it better than i do. it will be at the church -- the unitarian church in new york. it is on www. barbara oakley .com. >> her book is now available. we will close things out with a post game wrap up from tv's andy levy. to see recent clips of shows foxnews.com/redeye.
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back to tv's andy levy with a post game wrap up. >> have you been doing some traveling lately? >> yes, i was in israel and met the prime minister and went down to an archaeological dig. you have to go to my website to read about it.
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>> that's cool. did you tell him i said hi. >> i did. i said my good friend andy head hey. >> we all know each other from the meetings and whatnot. >> tom, what was this week in hate? >> i was on "the daily show" it was a weekly round up of racist websites, back when the daily show was edgy. you can watch the old -- there is still on the "daily show" website. >> why not direct traffic to that? that would bal true wis stick. >> and get us killed or something. matt, are you going to be on fox business later today with your lovely shirt? >> i'm actually putting a tie on, maybe cut my hair. i may shave for that tomorrow at 4:00. >> those shows are important and we are not. >> actually this is my nicer outfit. >> that's what you just said. >> i was trying to be nice. >> that's what you just said. >> what is with you two today? >> honestly. >> i love matt.

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