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Fight Back Against
Big Oil
...let's get angry out there. We the people can do this. Big oil is not looking out for us. Let's stop rewarding it.

So now we have the presidential candidates running around telling voters that they will help solve high gas prices. Well, if you believe that, you'll believe that Hugo Chavez drives a Yugo. It's just bull.

Both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are calling for "investigations" into "price gouging" by American oil companies. Good. There's plenty of price manipulation going on and, under Presidents Bush and Clinton, little federal oversight. If a big oil company wants to tighten supply, for example, it's a snap. Just slow down the refinery process by ordering some extra "maintenance" or something.

But who is going to investigate Senators Obama and Clinton over their opposition to oil drilling? The Democratic Party has consistently opposed new drilling, and nuclear energy as well. Even the dedicated liberal governments in France and Sweden bought into nuclear. But not the American left, no way.

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Here are some of the big stories and guests coming up* on The Radio Factor and The O'Reilly Factor:

• On Friday we'll look back at two of America's most beloved Television Icons, Johnny Carson and Ed McMahon. You won't want to miss it...
• The controversial Rev. Jeremiah Wright was recently interviewed by leftist commentator Bill Moyers. We'll have analysis of their chat...
• Bill will talk to Mike Rowe, host of the Discovery Channel's "Dirty Jobs," to talk about some of the most disgusting jobs in the country...

* Lineups and schedules are always subject to change based on breaking news.

Many of you have requested that we provide a way to find the spellings and definitions of words that Bill uses on the Factor, so we've put together a brand new "dictionary page" where we'll be collecting words presented in both the Factor File and on The O'Reilly Factor. Enjoy!

Bill Maher bashes Pope Benedict
Friday, April 18: Radio talk show host Laura Ingraham commented on Bill Maher, who apologized for describing Catholicism as a 'child abusing religious cult' and for calling Pope Benedict a 'former Nazi.' "Bill Maher bows down at the altar of Hugh Hefner," she said, "and a lot of other people bow down at the altar of Jesus Christ or the Almighty."

The Factor Flash is a summary of the most recent installment of The O'Reilly Factor, and is posted every weekday on BillOReilly.com. The Factor Flash archive is available to all visitors.

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