Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update, May 12, 2022

Episode Date: May 12, 2022

An Abortion Rights Bill fails in Congress, Joe Biden blames high-prices on Vlad Putin, New York City’s unemployment rate the worst in America, 1-in-3 adults would choose their pet over their spouse. Plus, Bill's Message of the day, America is STILL the land of opportunity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bill O'Reilly here Thursday, May 12th, 2022. You are listening to the O'Reilly Update. Here's what's happening across our nation. The abortion rights bill fails. President Biden continues to blame high prices on Putin. New York City's unemployment rate, the worst in America. One in three adults would choose their pet over their spouse. Also ahead, why America is still the best. But first, a pro-abortion bill failing in the Senate,

Chuck Schumer introducing the legislation to bolster reproductive rights should the Supreme Court strike down Roe v. Wade. The final vote was 49 to 51 against Democratic Senator Manchin, the sole Democrat, siding with Republicans, said Mr. Manchin, quote, this bill expands abortion. We should not be dividing the country further than we are already divided, unquote. Joe Biden, blaming red-hot inflation on the president of Russia. The consumer price index rising 8.3% in April. Mr. Biden, telling reporters in Illinois, quote, there are two leading causes of inflation. The first cause is a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic. The second cause is Mr. Putin's war in Ukraine. 60% of inflation is due to price increases on gasoline, says the president.

Well, before the invasion, prices of gasoline under Biden had almost doubled. And inflation under Trump, even with the pandemic, 1.4%. The unemployment rate in Gotham, rising above 8%, the highest for any major city and double the national average. The rate of Miami, 3%, 4% in Boston, 5% in Chicago. The New York Chamber of Commerce blames the situation on high crime and violence in the subways. Just 50% of employees have returned to the New York workplace since COVID shut down the city two years ago. New survey from one poll finds a third of Americans would choose their dog over their spouse. The 31% say losing a pet is worse than the death of a family member. Half of all dog owners take the pooch on daily errands.

The average person spends $5,000 a year on the family pet. Most of that on food. In a moment, is the USA still a great? country. That's next. Let's face it, the U.S. economy is under stress. National debt rising, trade war, shaking the markets. And meanwhile, China is dumping the dollar and stockpiling gold. That's why I protected my savings with physical gold and silver through the only dealer I trust, American Hartford Gold. And you can do this. Get precious metals delivered to your door or place in a tax advantage gold IRA. They'll even help you roll over your existing IRA or

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Dennis Smith, Rancho Cucamonga, California, Southern California. Bill, what is the greatest benefit in your opinion for anyone living in America today? For you personally, what has been America's greatest benefit for you? Opportunity. That's what America's all about. Opportunity. When I was growing up, my father was an accountant, not a CPA. He just worked for Caltechs, big oil company. He didn't make any money, broke his back, had a commute to the city every day, drudge job, didn't like it, was a childhood depression, so he's not going to quit the job and find another one. He's not going to do that. So he just toughed it out. my aspiration was be a teacher or be a cop like my grandfather or you know I made so much money painting houses as a college here maybe I'm paying houses make a lot of money but my aspirations were not to be a leader of the country or a famous journalist or a author who has sold more nonfiction books than anybody else ever That was inconceivable, okay? But as my life unfolded, and this is the same for every single American, unless you have an infirmity, which is why I do so much charity work, then you can't.

But every American is born with talents, and you let those talents develop, and you work damn hard. I mean, today I started at 7 in a morning, and I'm going to end at 10 at night. But anyway, the opportunity that America allows its citizens, which is why everybody's trying to sneak in here, is unlimited. That you can hit it big in what you want to do. Not everybody will, but there is an opportunity. You have to figure it out. I figured out fairly early when I went third year abroad to the University of London from Maris College of Poughkeepsie. My third year was abroad.

That's when I figured out that education was going to give me a big lift. So I got two master's degrees, which I paid for. Boston U at Broadcast Journalism and Harvard in public administration. So I assembled knowledge. And then I traveled all over the place, 82 countries, as I said. All right, and I learned about the world. And the more I learned and the harder I work, the more opportunities suddenly appeared. Okay?

And so, if I were brought up in Ireland, impossible. Unless you're Bono and you form a band and you hit it big and there's one band and a million don't. Great Britain, no way, I would have flunked that test at 16. I wouldn't even been able to go to college. So America has, you know, the cliche is the land of opportunity. It really is. Well, there you go. America remains the land of opportunity.

I'm Bill O'Reilly. I approve the message by putting it together. If you would like more honest news analysis, please visit Bill O'Reilly.com. Also, I hope you check out my number one best-selling book, Killing the Killers. In a moment, something you might not know. Power, politics, and the people behind the headlines. I'm Miranda Devine, New York Post columnist, and the host of the brand new podcast, Podforce One. Every week, I'll sit down for candid conversations with Washington's most powerful disruptors, lawmakers, lawmakers, and even the president of the United States. These are the leaders shaping the future of America and the world.

Listen to Podforce One with me, Miranda Devine, every week on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcast. You don't want to miss an episode. Now the O'Reilly Update brings you something you might not know. Today is National Limerick Day. Wow. The holiday is celebrated on May 12th every year to mark the birthday of Edward Lear, the English writer best known for his works of nonsensical poetry. Here is the story behind the limerick. They normally have the first second and final line. of the poem, ending with a rhyme, while the third and fourth lines don't have any rhymes. The first recorded Limerick dates back to 1640. The poem appeared in the book the Roxborough Ballads. Here it is. Good morrow neighbor Gamble. Come lets you and I go ramble. Last night I was

shot through the brains with a pot, and now my stomach doth wamble. What? Wamble? The humorous poems became very popular among kids and were used throughout the British Isles to educate young students about poetry. The Limerick gained notoriety in North America after a famous rhyme was published by the Princeton University newspaper back in 1902. Here is that rhyme. There once was a man from Nantucket who kept all his cash in a bucket. But his daughter named Nann ran away with a man, and as for the bucket, Nantucket. I think they blew it on the last line there. While the Limerick is rightly popular, it has lost some of its mojo.

But one that has remained popular among children for two centuries comes out of the song for the nursery book, which first appeared in 1801. You ready? Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet, eating her curds and weigh. There came a big spider who sat down beside her and frightened Miss Muffet away. Yes, I will accept that limerick. And here's something else you might not know. to this day, no one really knows why the rhyming format is known as a Limerick. Some claim Irish soldiers from the city of Limerick

wrote love letters to their wives using that pattern. Back after this. Hey, I'm Caitlin Becker, the host of the New York Postcast, and I've got exactly what you need to start your weekdays. Every morning, I'll bring you the stories that

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