here now fox news analyst monica crowley and alan colmes. all right, colmes, what's the big thing he has done right? >> it sounds trivial, but i think it can for tend something much greater which is the beer fest as you said earlier, the beer fest among barack obama, sergeant james crowley, no relation to you, and professor henry louis gates, which i think is a good idea. brings it down to a human level. it's a sitdown, really hash it out, talk about it. i think it's clearly symbolic, but hopefully a way for us through symbolism to have a greater dialogue to sit down and talk about this in a way that kind of tamps down the emotions and the passions. i think what he did was really great in terms of damage control about making an unfortunate remark. bill: what do you think about that? >> first of all, this was sergeant crowley's idea, not president obama's idea. sergeant crowley when the president called him, suggested the beer. obama picked up the idea. let's give credit where credit is due. this is not about healing. this is about political

bill: colmes, you want them out of there, too. you want the white guys out of there. >> i want the best people to be chosen for the courts. this love fest you two have, i didn't hear maureen dowd go against sandra day o'connor. i never hear her say just because somebody is confederate, it doesn't mean maureen dowd is against her. harriet miers and sarah palin are often renounced by the right who feel they are not qualified for the jobs they have. bill: is it ok with you the headline "white man's last stand"? is that ok? >> first of all, maureen dowd does not write the headlines. it's a "new york times" editor that does that. yes, it's a provocative headline. bill: you as an editor would have written that? >> it's gotten you to do a segment on it. bill: say you object to al sharpton or jesse jackson or one of those guys, louis farrakhan, would you then write a headline "black guys take a hike"? >> probably not because there is a double standard. that's because there has always been a white power structure. when you're a disempowere

bill: colmes, you want them out of there, too. you want the white guys out of there. >> i want the best people to be chosen for the courts. this love fest you two have, i didn't hear maureen dowd go against sandra day o'connor. i never hear her say just because somebody is confederate, it doesn't mean maureen dowd is against her. harriet miers and sarah palin are often renounced by the right who feel they are not qualified for the jobs they have. bill: is it ok with you the headline "white man's last stand"? is that ok? >> first of all, maureen dowd does not write the headlines. it's a "new york times" editor that does that. yes, it's a provocative headline. bill: you as an editor would have written that? >> it's gotten you to do a segment on it. bill: say you object to al sharpton or jesse jackson or one of those guys, louis farrakhan, would you then write a headline "black guys take a hike"? >> probably not because there is a double standard. that's because there has always been a white power structure. when you're a disempowere

here now fox news analyst monica crowley and alan colmes. all right, colmes, what's the big thing he has done right? >> it sounds trivial, but i think it can for tend something much greater which is the beer fest as you said earlier, the beer fest among barack obama, sergeant james crowley, no relation to you, and professor henry louis gates, which i think is a good idea. brings it down to a human level. it's a sitdown, really hash it out, talk about it. i think it's clearly symbolic, but hopefully a way for us through symbolism to have a greater dialogue to sit down and talk about this in a way that kind of tamps down the emotions and the passions. i think what he did was really great in terms of damage control about making an unfortunate remark. bill: what do you think about that? >> first of all, this was sergeant crowley's idea, not president obama's idea. sergeant crowley when the president called him, suggested the beer. obama picked up the idea. let's give credit where credit is due. this is not about healing. this is about political

he was a troubled guy, colmes. don't give me that he wasn't. >> i'm not saying he wasn't.hink the tone of yesterday to say what the president said. i think it's important. perhaps bush wouldn't have done that. i'm glad our president now did. bill: ok. dana, thanks for subbing for monica. see you soon. >> you're welcome. bill: colmes, i hope some resort will take you somewhere. pinheads and patriots up next. . bill: time for "pinheads and patriots." we are green people here. we like the nature thing, communing with wildlife. when we saw halle berry of close and personal with shamu in c world at san diego, we approved of her interaction. she is a patriot and so is shamu. sometimes you can go overboard. a new trend called mutton busting puts kids on top of sheep. the kids say it is a lot of fun. they like it. however, the sheep are not very thrilled with this at all. penn hade -- pinheaded? you make the call. finally, our e-mail. billoreilly.com, my an american patriot polo shirt. a lot of colors. you get an american patriot tote bag absolutely free of charge. shirts are sell

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he was a troubled guy, colmes. don't give me that he wasn't. >> i'm not saying he wasn't.nk the tone of yesterday to say what the president said. i think it's important. perhaps bush wouldn't have done that. i'm glad our president now did. bill: ok. dana, thanks for subbing for monica. see you soon. >> you're welcome. bill: colmes, i hope some resort will take you somewhere. pinheads and patriots up next. . when morning comes in the middle of the night... rooster crow. ...it affects your entire day. to get a good night's sleep, try 2-layer ambien cr. the first layer dissolves quickly to help you fall asleep. and unlike other sleep aids, a second dissolves slowly to help you stay asleep. when taking ambien cr, don't drive or operate machinery. sleepwalking, and eating or driving while not fully awake with memory loss for the event as well as abnormal behaviors such as being more outgoing or aggressive than normal, confusion, agitation and halluciations may occur. don't take it with alcohol as it may increase these behaviors. allergic reactions such as shortness of breath, s

, monica crowley has a beef with how the president treats people with whom he disagrees, and alan colmessuch beef. you have a broader point you'd like to make which is. >> i've noticed a real trend in how president obama goes after honest opponents of his policies. he uses the word "scare tactic." in fact it's the scare tactic scare tactic. he tries to paint republicans and even in his own party on this health care deal, conservative and moderate democrats -- well, unless we adopt his plan, things are going to get so much worse. he did it on cap and trade. remember. unless we do it right now we're all going to be living in a sewer, and the economic stimulus. bill: that's been used as a political tactic since george washington. come on now. it's not unusual. >> here is the point, and here is the twist. the reason it is so appalling is because he campaigned for a president on a different kind of politics. he was going to usher in a different era. bill: and you were buying that? >> i didn't buy it, i didn't vote for him. bill: martin van buren said it. >> last point. that's what he accused

, monica crowley has a beef with how the president treats people with whom he disagrees, and alan colmes has no such beef. you have a broader point you'd like to make which is. >> i've noticed a real trend in how president obama goes after honest opponents of his policies. he uses the word "scare tactic." in fact it's the scare tactic scare tactic. he tries to paint republicans and even in his own party on this health care deal, conservative and moderate democrats -- well, unless we adopt his plan, things are going to get so much worse. he did it on cap and trade. remember. unless we do it right now we're all going to be living in a sewer, and the economic stimulus. bill: that's been used as a political tactic since george washington. come on now. it's not unusual. >> here is the point, and here is the twist. the reason it is so appalling is because he campaigned for a president on a different kind of politics. he was going to usher in a different era. bill: and you were buying that? >> i didn't buy it, i didn't vote for him. bill: martin van buren said it. >> last point. that's what he

, monica crowley has a beef with how the president treats people with whom he disagrees, and alan colmes has no such beef. you have a broader point you'd like to make which is. >> i've noticed a real trend in how president obama goes after honest opponents of his policies. he uses the word "scare tactic." in fact it's the scare tactic scare tactic. he tries to paint republicans and even in his own party on this health care deal, conservative and moderate democrats -- well, unless we adopt his plan, things are going to get so much worse. he did it on cap and trade. remember. unless we do it right now we're all going to be living in a sewer, and the economic stimulus. bill: that's been used as a political tactic since george washington. come on now. it's not unusual. >> here is the point, and here is the twist. the reason it is so appalling is because he campaigned for a president on a different kind of politics. he was going to usher in a different era. bill: and you were buying that? >> i didn't buy it, i didn't vote for him. bill: martin van buren said it. >> last point. that's what he

another book that takes place a century later is brooklyn by l colm toibin about an irish woman who comes to the united states, to brooklyn, who leaves her family, there is no work for her in brooklyn, it is a really lovely book about how she is able to settle in, find friends, she is called by her mother to come back to ireland. which side of the ocean she is going to live on. you don't know until the very end what decision she is going to make. it has got a little bit of mystery and a little bit of romance, and it is a very lovely book. we are out of it so i can't even show you a cover. we have sold so many copies this weekend. let me see. another immigrant novel is melissa alberto mary at's into the beautiful north. this is the second of an analyst at i have read. ..

publish nonfiction and i read a lot of nonfiction but i would hope this summer to read the master by colm toibin. we tried books and talk about each other's books but when she found out i hadn't gotten around to reading that when she was quite vexed and i thought if a publisher believes in it that much i have to read it. i also just read and am going to read another one of our books this summer that we happen to have books coming out that are wonderful books of the islamic world. one is called destiny disrupted. the history of the world through islamic eyes, and it is by tamim ansary. and it is a wonderful negative

non-fiction and i read a lot of nonfiction but i really of this summer i get to read the master by colm toibin. we trade books and talk to each other, when she found out i hadn't gotten around to that one, she was quite vexed. of a publisher believes in a book that much i have to read it. i just read, and of going to be another of our books this summer, that we haven't had two books coming out about the islamic world, one is called destiny disrupted, the history of the world through islamic eyes, it is by tamim ansarfy. we all know the western narrative, this is the islamic world's narrative, how nineteenth century they came so tragically, i loved every word of that and i read the book and recommended to my reading group which i rarely do as a publisher but they're living in too so we will be discussing it next month. another book in that vein is by neil mcfarquhar. he has recorded in the middle east, he was the cairo bureau chief, he reported on islam in the u.s.. he grew up as an oil graduate in bolivia. he came back for college and decided he wanted to go back and learn arabic and un

really gave in an effort and had rush limbaugh on the air and fell with a friend of ours from a alan colmes a dear friend of mine in he is a great talk show host. i value him immensely but it did not work there because the conservative audience with bostick around. as soon as we figure that out and started the programming the waiting music programmer one you don't mix country music with jazz, you don't mix of urban with pop, whenever it may be we put conservatives on the lineup and suddenly we have the conservative listeners from rush limbaugh listening to of the day in the ratings took off. on the stations i try of liberal talk on we have treated the same in diamonds up against the conservative station in paled here know it wasn't even close eighth. part of my job as a national program director is two keep tabs on radio nation's wine and i look at markets where there is a liberal talk, air america or other avenues of talk and the stations are oftentimes rated 28 or 30 or 34th in the marketplace. and you can exist at way. that really drives liberals not. they can't admit that their ideas fa

that the united states will be, then another book that takes place a century later is brooklyn buy o colm toibin, about an irish woman who comes to the united states, brooklyn, leaves her family, there is no work for her in brooklyn, it is a really lovely book about how she is able to settle in, find friends, then she is called by her mother to come back to ireland care, she has to decide which side of the ocean she is going to live on. you don't know until the end decision she is going to make. it has a little bit of mystery and a little bit of romance and it is a very lovely book. we are out of its i can't even show you a cover. we sold so many copies this weekend. another immigrant novel is to the beautiful north, into the beautiful north. this is the second of his books that i have read, the first was hummingbird's daughter, which took place in northern mexico, this takes place mostly in the united states because it is about a mexican woman who comes to the united states to find seven men to save her town in northern mexico from bandits. she is under the influence of you brenner's the