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Also ahead this evening, the three biggest lies reported in the media this year. And miller tell us whats on his christmas list. This is going to reboot the economy. Caution, you are about to enter the nospin zone. Factor begins right now. Hi, im bill oreilly. Thanks for watching us tonight. Why some black americans dislike their country. That is the subject of this evenings talking points memo. The cold truth is African Americans have it harder than other ethnic groups in the usa that is a fact. And anyone who denies it is not living in the real world. But there is another truth, and that is america offs more opportunity to black people than any other country on earth. I received a letter from Kendall Qualls who lives in erie, coloerican with a masters degree from the university of michigan. I paid for my education personally by working and taking loans. America is not only fair, but an inspiring place for the entire world. Here you can build dreams. So why, then, do we hear so many other voices condemning america . Interesting question. Enter president obama, perhaps the greatest African American Success Story in history. But the president has largely avoided the racial issues that are now planted on page one. When basketball superstar lebron james and other prominent African Americans displayed disenchantment with the Justice System, the president praised them. While honest dissent is a hallmark of our country, there is something missing here, and that something is perspective. Speaking the factor last week, Geraldo Rivera urged tshirts be a good father to your son. Mr. Rivera rightly focusing on the primary issue Holding Blacks back in america, chaotic families. It is certainly valid for president obama to tell People Magazine that he has experienced racism in his life. He and the first lady tell stories about white folks talking down to them. I believe every single African American has experienced that. So have most overweight americans, most gay americans, most of us have been insulted and ridiculed by ignorant people. That is not the collective fault of the nation. It is the individuals failing. A bad decision by a grand jury such as one in the eric garner case does not mean the entire Justice System is rigged. Just as criminal behavior by some African Americans doesnt mean all black citizens are bad. This simplistic condemnation of america by bitter people is dangerous, especially because the National Media is too callow, too frightened to provide a balance. Here is a good example of what is in play. The actor samuel l. Jackson is a tremendous american Success Story, yet he has jumped on the grievance train. I can hear my neighbor crying i cant breathe now im in a struggle and i cant leave calling out the violence of the racist police we aint going to stop till people are free we aint going to stop till people are free come on, sing it out. Come on. Come on the factor. Of course, mr. Jackson will not do that. Let me tell you a bit about him. He was raised by his grandmother in chattanooga, tennessee. No father present, mother lived in another city. Jackson was poor, lived in an all black neighborhood. But he is very intelligent, and eventually found his way to morehouse college. There he associated with some black militants and entered his, quote, kill whitie period. Mr. Jackson was so radical the fbi actually investigated him back in the 1960s. Nevertheless, his talent proved out. I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the lord. At this point samuel l. Jackson has made more than 100 films and is a very, very wealthy man. So with all due respect, rather than diminish his country, mr. Jackson should be trying to make it better. His message could be that if i can succeed, so can you. Again, African Americans do have it much tougher than whites. Its true some cops dont like blacks. Its true historical injustice has affected the black experience in america. But this country now offers a pathway to success for everybody. And while injustice must be dealt with, the message of opportunity and americas basic nobility should be on the back side of every one of those i cant breathe tshirts. And thats a memo. Now for the top story tonight, reaction. Joining us from atlanta, Martin Luther king iii, the oldest son of Martin Luther king jr. Mr. King is a human rights activist. So where am i going wrong, mr. King . Where are you going wrong . Im not sure that i can say where youre going wrong. What i would say is that our nation does need to hear a unifying message that brings us together. In other words, the African American community may not always suggest that it is constantly a victim, but while there are victim situations, you can overcome those situations and become successful. All right. And thats what im saying. And thats what one the factor viewers wrote in. But thats not what samuel l. Jackson is saying. Its not what al sharpton is saying. And to some extent, its not what president obama is saying. See, i dont mind president obama saying to lebron james hey, look, im with you. And thats what he did. But he also has to provide some leadership in the sense of saying just what you said. Just exactly what you said. You know what . We fight the injustice and we realize its there, but we love our country. We applaud the progress weve made. And here is a pathway to success, you know . Dont abandon your children. Dont get pregnant at 14. Dont allow your neighborhoods to deteriorate into free fire zones. Thats what the African American community should have on their tshirts. Am i wrong . Well, i think thats a part of it, but thats not the entirety. I do think that my dad says that injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. So unfortunately, right now the nation is focused on one segment instead of the whole. I think we need to use this opportunity to not just focus on that one segment, but to focus on the whole so that we are addressing those issues just as were addressing instances of police misconduct. Okay. You think americas a noble nation . Oh, absolutely. Thats interesting, because your father was gunned down by a white racist, killed, his life taken. But yet you, his eldest son still believe that america is a noble nation. So could you explain that, why you believe it . Not only do i believe it, i know it. All you got to do is look at whenever there is a natural catastrophe, whether its a tsunami or whether there is a hurricane or a tornado, americans come running to help. Thats who we are at heart. Unfortunately, once that catastrophes over, we go back to our corners and live simply. Im not suggesting we need to live in crisis all the time. What i am saying is when there is a crisis, we dont ask well, are you a democrat or a republican, gay or straight, black or white, we come running to help. We saw that after 9 11. Absolutely. Now, 12 years later were seeing demonstrators in the streets of new york saying kill the cops. Were seeing looting in missouri, primarily by African Americans. Were seeing commentators saying the worst possible inflammatory stuff about their country. And an actor who is well respected in the black community, samuel l. Jackson singing that stupid song that basically indicts all american law enforcement. And, you know, puts forth that we are living in a South African apartheid situation. And its really insulting, i think. I think its just insulting. Well, i would say that unfortunately, many African Americans and particularly young people do feel that way, that because they are targeted every day. And that doesnt mean that others who dont have that experience are bad people. Your experience has been different. Certainly you my experience has been different. But by and large, young people seem to feel theyre targeted by the police. But to some extent they are. To some extent they are. Yes, yes. Because of the astronomical crime rates on the south side of chicago or here in new york city or South Central in los angeles mean that the zone is going to be flooded by Police Officers protecting the lawabiding blacks who live there, and guys hanging out on the corner are going to be targeted. Theyre going to be questioned, and some of these police dont like them. And thats a reality. But thats not the whole country. And if the crime rate could drop in these places, then you would see a lifting of that i believe. Go ahead. Go ahead. Certainly that can happen. But somehow opportunity has to come to those areas that are excluded. And, you know, you can say well, educate yourself. Pull yourself up by your own boot straps. Those are great concepts. But when you have no boots, its very challenging to pull yourself up by your own boot straps. The only way the opportunity is going to come is not from bill oreilly, a white guy from a white suburb of levittown, working class. I cant provide it. The community itself has to provide it. The south side of chicago has to say enough. They have to rise up like your father implored people. Rise up, be dignified. Speak out for positive change, not kill the cops. Last word. Well, first of all, that is counterproductive and destructive. There is no i dont believe that the masses of demonstrators are talking about kill the cops. There may be some. But thats insanity. We do need all hands on deck. Americans coming forward saying look, there is a problem, there is no problem we cant address when we bring ourselves together using our minds, our hearts, and being open. I agree with that. We are a great nation. All right, mr. King. Any time you want to come on the program, you are welcome. Thanks for taking the time. Thank you for the opportunity. Merry christmas to you. Next on the rundown, president obama normalizing relations with cuba. The taliban slaughtering Muslim Children in pakistan, and a federal judge telling president obama his immigration action unconstitutional. Those reports moments away. If youre suffering from constipation or irregularity, powders may take days to work. For gentle overnight relief, try dulcolax laxative tablets. Ducolax provides gentle overnight relief, unlike miralax that can take up to 3 days. Dulcolax, for relief you can count on. Dulcolax, for relief you can count on. Because i make the best chicken noodle soup. Because i make the best chicken noodle soup. Because i make the best chicken noodle soup. For every way you make chicken noodle soup, make it delicious with swanson®. We have plenty to talk about, including president obama normalizing relations with cuba, and the taliban slaughtering 132 Muslim School children in pakistan. As i said last night, that horrendous mass murder is pakistans own fault. It could have allied with the usa and nato in fighting the taliban. It did not, preferring to make deals with the devil. Yesterday white house spokesperson josh earnest actually parsed the taliban. Tell me about josh earnest is the difference between the Pakistan Taliban and the Afghan Taliban . What is that . When my fox news colleague ed henry questioned josh earnest about this Horrific School attack in pakistan, the white house spokesman was quick to know it was the Pakistani Taliban that carried out this attack. The reason he made that distinction is ed in forming his question had asserted some linkage between this horrific event and the u. S. Drawdown in afghanistan. And earnest was trying to delink this horrific event from the state of affairs that were going to be leaving behind in afghanistan. Bottom line here, both afghanistan and pakistan remain client states of the United States. Both remain deeply troubled places with weak central governments not capable of neutralizing the terrorist elements in their midst. There is more to it because mr. Earnest is not being honest with the american people. All right, the taliban in afghanistan live in pakistan primarily. Thats where their sanctuaries are. They live right next door to the Pakistan Taliban. Its the same crew. So its disingenuous to put forth that kind of malarkey. And that offends me deeply, rosen. I think youre easily offended, maybe not in this case, but we can come back to that. The other complicating factor here, bill, this is a Nuclear Armed nation, pakistan. And the risk of terrorists getting the keys to the Nuclear Arsenal arent much diminished when secretary Hillary Clinton used that phrase. They have 132 dead muslim kids. Maybe theyll finally wise up and take care of these taliban. All right. Lets get to cuba. President obama going to normalize relations with the castro brothers. But some in congress are saying they might try to stop that. What do you know, rosen . Well, todays announcement fell into three parts, bill. The first was the cuba released alan gross, the 65yearold contractor for usaid who had been imprisoned in cuba since 2009. The Obama Administration said that was done as a humanitarian gesture. And the second part of this was a prisoner swap of which gross was not a part. The u. S. Released three cuban natives who had served as spice for cuba who had been in prison over 15 years here in the United States in exchange for cuba releasing one american who had been a spy for us and imprisoned in cuba. The third and central part was president obamas announcement of dramatic changes to policy change towards cuba, much of which has been in place since the era of jfk. The bottom line here, bill, yes, the u. S. Is moving towards normalization of relations with cuba, complete with an American Embassy in havana at some point and will reevaluate whether cuba should remain on the list of nations that sponsor terrorism. But if you look at the state departments 2013 annual report country by country on human rights, this remains an authoritarian country that practices just about every abuse you can think of on its citizens. And the president s rationale if they see more americans and more americans go to cuba, that will undermine communism more than the embargo which really hasnt done much in 50 years than impoverish the cubans. I dont think thats a bad point. It will be interesting to see how congress deals with it. Finally putin. Do you believe in karma . Oh, i do. Its going to get you. Its not going get me, because im a good guy. But putin is a bad guy. And now the russian economy is collapsing, including the currency, the ruble. Why is that happening, rosen . Well, really for a variety of reasons. Their boiling point was reached this week when Russias Central Bank announced it was hiking its key interest point from 10. 5 to 17 , the largest increase in 15 years. Its intended to prop up the russian currency which has plummeted against the dollar. Number one, Falling Oil Prices around the world. And thats oso key to the russian economy. And also the sanctions that the u. S. And the European Union imposed in the wake of the ukrainian crisis. Those sanctions are going to get tougher by weeks end. Lets pile on them. And its karma because putin is killing people, invading countries he shouldnt. And this russian economy could go. This could be a recession. Are you buddhist . No, but i admire some of the eastern philosophies. And i do believe in karma. You know, and thats why were reevaluating your appearance on this program. But no, no, no, no. Do you have a mantra . I do. And its cameron, because he is up next. All right, cameron. Im glad you didnt doze off during rosen. It was a struggle. A judge, a fe judge has now i guess issued a report that says president obamas executive order on illegal immigration, saying that people can stay here and theyre not going to be deported is unconstitutional. That what happened . Thats what he said. His name is federal judge arthur j. Schwab. He is in the Western District of pennsylvania courts out there in pittsburgh. He wrote just this week that president obamas unilateral action deferring deportations is unconstitutional and says it violates the separation of powers in the constitution. But he also complains in his words that, quote, it provides for a systemic and rigid process by which a broad group of individuals will be treated differently than others based on arbitrary classifications rather than case by case examination. And b, he wrote, it allows undocumented immigrants who fall within these broad categories to obtain substantive rights. Thats a nono under the constitution. Why is this judge involved at all . He is a federal judge in pennsylvania. Why is he involved at all . Well, he was dealing with an individual case of a honduran man, an individual deportation case. Because of that it means what he wrote doesnt really have the ability to nullify the president s actions. The Justice Department saiwhat the judge did is flatly wrong and it has no basis at all to issue this order. Democrats take shots at schwab. They note he was appointed by george w. Bush. They also note that in 2008 he got one of the lowest ratings possible for a federal judge by the Bar Association in Allegheny County outside of pittsburgh. And in 2011, he had to excuse himself, recuse himself from 17 cases that he was actively involved in because he was accused of bias. He does become the First Federal judge to weigh in on obamas immigration actions. All right. But he really doesnt have any standing. No. Because there was no blanket lawsuit. Its just an individual case that he was hearing. All right, cameron, rosen, everybody. Hackers now issuing terrorist threats against a movie studio. The sony controversy gets completely out of control. Well have the latest. Then miller has some thoughts on the taliban and what he wants for christmas, upcoming. [ female announcer ] you get sick, you cant breathe through your nose. Suddenly youre a mouthbreather. Well, put on a breathe right strip and instantly open your nose up to 38 more than cold medicines alone. So you can breathe and sleep. Shut your mouth and sleep right. Breathe right a cuban policy shift . Why some republicans say not fact for followup segment tonight. This sony story now completely out of control. It began with a film called the interview starring seth rogen and james franco about two journalists trying to assassinate the north korean dictator. Apparently that theme has not gone down real well, and the movie studio sony has been hacked, releasing embarrassing emails to the press which gleefully reported them. But now terrorism is involved. A group of hackers calling themselves guardians of peace have threatened to attack theaters that show the film and just today sony said it will not release the movie on Christmas Day as planned. The fbi is investigating, but some commentators see hypocrisy in what is going on. Joining us from washington, radio talk show host richard fowler, and from los angeles. Sony has changed by capitulation. I suppose what theyre doing, bill, is listening to their attorneys in this litigious country that if anything, god forbid were to happen in a movie theater, they would be held responsible. But prior to that, the story was essentially a Cybersecurity Issue where a Major Company had been attacked from were not sure where, probably north korea, and the issue was one of the country delighting in all the lurid and prurient details. And hollywood reacting hypocritically because their objection was getting gored. When it was Edward Snowden or it was julian assange, they made movies about them. So youre saying that the outrage in hollywood because of the embarrassing conversations that a couple of executives at sony has had about president obama, about Angelina Jolie and others, they were very angry. But they werent angry when snowden and assange and all those guys printed National Security secrets, and you see hypocrisy there. Do i have it right . Yeah, essentially. Although obviously there is a difference between a whistleblower who rightly or wrongly claims that they are doing it for the good of the people. For a Public Interest as opposed to this is just prurient interest. All right. How do you see it, mr. Fowler . Here is the thing. We dont really know if the sony executives or sony in general was against the Edward Snowden leak or the wikileaks. We dont know that at all because we dont have those emails. But what we do know is sony, just like any other Artistic Company has the right to put out movies, whether they be art or not, whether we like it or not, to be art. And if you dont like the movie by julian assange, you dont go. Clearly, cinemas across the country capitulated to terrorists and said they didnt want this movie about kim jong un. There is a couple of things. Capitulating to terrorists, you can say look, sony is in business to make money. The movie probably wouldnt have made as much money as maybe it would have because of this threat hanging over. Mr. Mcintyre rightly points out litigation. But the essential thing is this. The Hollywood Community in general from what i remember was supportive of snowden to some extent. All right. But then the same thing is done to the Hollywood Community and then theyre not supportive anymore. And there is a whiff of hypocrisy there, mr. Fowler, i think you would agree. I dont know about that one, bill. A whiff of hypocrisy might be a little too strong. At the end of the day to use president obamas a smidgen . A little . A skosh of hypocrisy. Whistleblowers are hailed orrvillified depending on whose whistle is blown. It was launched against a Major Company to punish the company for making this picture. And now the issue is very because the company has decided. The terrorists win. The company decided not to release the film. Its not hard to be a terrorist because theyll do anything. And the civil people wont. And so the terrorists win. We hope the fbi get them. We hope they do. I hope so. Im going go see the movie, bill. You cant now. Theyre not going to release it now. So youll be the only one standing throughout going where is the movie . They pulled it. All right, gentlemen, thanks. Plenty more ahead as the factor moves along this evening. Our duo has the three biggest lies reported by the media this year. And miller on his christmas list and the taliban situation. We hope you stay tuned for those reports. Could protect you from cancer . What if one push up could prevent Heart Disease . One. Wishful thinking, right . But there is one step you can take to help prevent another serious disease pneumococcal pneumonia. One dose of the prevnar 13 ® vaccine can help protect you. 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Also, three biggest lies reported in the media this year as assembled by the Washington Post. Here now in new york, fox news anchor eric shawn. From boston molly lan. We who tell the audience the Washington Post has this pinocchio thing, its almost like the truth serum thing, actually, but we stole it from them. I got to be honest. Its the same concept that people say or do stuff, and we say what is true and what isnt. So what is the number one lie of the year . Well, you know, a lot of Fact Checkers talked about this one throughout the year. It will be a memorable one. A lot of people who paid attention to the news this year will remember president obamas jv squad comment when he was talking about isis and what was happening in fallujah. He said he wasnt specifically referring to isis, but later on the Washington Post got the transcript of the new Yorker Interview in which he made his original comment. It is clear he was talking about the situation there. Did the president himself mislead on this issue . Did he mislead . Well, he essentially tried to walk it all back and make it seem that wasnt exactly what the situation was about. It was broader. But in fact when you look at the context, its clear that the conversation is about what is happening there. So thats on barack obama. The second one has to do with john mccain. There were allegations that he visited terrorists in syria, correct . Absolutely. This from senator rand paul. He is the one that claimed that john mccain made this trip over to syria, met with isis. It sounds absurd because it is. But it actually stems, interestingly enough from really the web, internet propaganda. It came from these websites that are not at all up to par. Theyre not credible websites. And they had initially made this claim. The reality is he did travel to the area, that he went to syria, but he actually met with the Free Syrian Army which is a rebel group that is fighting isis. Senator paul picked it up from websites, which we tell everybody never to do, and he said it. And it wasnt true. So its on senator paul. Around the world. And john mccain and rand paul, not best friends. Not going camping, line, if you know what im saying. Exactly. The final one is the agenda project, far left group says the republicans cutting funding for Ebola Research caused deaths. Thats the third biggest lie, right . Absolutely. They put out an ad, essentially, in the runup to the midterm election, so very well timed in which they tried to tie republicans to a lack of ebola funding, to blame republicans for the ebola outbreak. Now the reality of course is when were talking about sequestration and budget matters, that this is a nonpartisan type of issue. And also worth noting, there was never any vote at all on ebola funding, period. In addition to that, congress occasionally has actually allocated more money to the cdc than the president or the administration had asked for in certain years. Im glad we got that cleared up. Now lets go to the Wounded Warrior project. I have given a lot of myself, my time. And many fox news viewers donate. And there have been accusations that the Wounded Warriors are a bloated charity, paying too much to their executives and not enough is going to the vets. What did you find out . Not true. Some of the claims on the internet say only 3. 5 go to the vets. Thats not true at all. Last year they raised 225 million. Almost 18 million in grants. That doesnt sound like much. But bill, this internet stuff doesnt include the fact that they spend 158 million. 74 of that goes to programs for the vets. If you want to know more about the charity, go to a group called charity navigators, good group, and they give them three out of four stars. They say 58 of what they raise goes actually to these programs. And thats pretty good because they do heavy marketing, obviously buying time on fox news and other places. But they do it because they want to raise, you know, money by awareness. And would you say 58 . The navigators say 58. They say even more, like 74 . Thats higher than the charitable standard, usually. Thats why they got three out of four. Its good to hear, because i wanted to check that out. You and i. You know what i found out in my investigation . You gave them like a Million Dollars or more. Thats more than google. Thats more than dell. This show must be pretty good. We feel very, very badly for the vets who got hurt. Absolutely. Overseas. And i can do it, im going to do it. All right, very good, very good reporting. I appreciate that. And im feeling a lot better. When we come right back, it will be miller time. The dman has his christmas list, and he is a little teed off about the taliban. Miller is next. Just look at those two. And saving so much money on their Car Insurance by switching to geico. Well, just look at this setting. Do you have the ring . Oh, helzberg diamonds. Another beautiful setting. Im not crying. Ive just got a bit of sand in my eyes, thats all. Geico. Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on Car Insurance. The oreilly factor, the number one news show for 14 years. Thanks for staying with us. Lets get right to the sea of southern california. Joining us from santa barbara. So the taliban, miller. What say you . Well, obviously, a heartbreaking week. We have to start or stop calling these people crazy, because thats to do them a service, almost. We have to just acknowledging that theyre the quintessence of evil. And i dont think they can even be met in the world by quintessence of good, because the quintessence of good often has a group of people in it. The only fix i can see on this, billy, is not evil islam has to declare a fatwa on the true infidels in this world, and that of course would be the jihadists within their own ranks. This is going to have to be tidied up in house like jeter worked the yankee clubhouse. Somebody insane islam is going to have to start croaking these picks. A fatwa against the taliban. The courage to do that. What people dont understand, and we deal with this with the sony thing. People are afraid. I mean, theyre physically afraid to confront these people because theyll hurt them, if they can. And that drives a lot of this crazy stuff. Well, all i know is this. Were not even in the game in the west at this point. I mean, you got radical islamists chiding us about waterboarding at this point. I know, right . Billy, i called over to Williams Sonoma earlier today, and they told me they have officially retired pots, kettles, and the color black after islam starts to chide us about. Were the bad nation. Its unbelievable. Billy, you said it last night. I was thinking the same thing. Anybody out there who says that if we could have like tilted some fat pig back and poured water down his nose and got him to spill the stuff on the School Massacre the day before and said no, dont go ahead with that, thats inhumane, somethings flipped there. I know, i cant even fathom that. People live in a world of their own now. They create their own little world. You can torture people. You can torture logic too. Billy. Yes, you can torture logic. Thats tortured logic. It certainly is. Lets pivot into something nice. Christmas eve one week from tonight, miller. Yeah. And what is on your wish list this year . Well, i asked them to get a picture. I dont know if they did. Ill see if it comes up or not. But i asked santa for a big honking forklift so i can carry around my entire set of your killing series. You can get them on audio. Theyre much lighter. Thats just how i imagined it, billy. Its beautiful and then what else did i ask for . Id like two of one of my fellow citizens front teeth. Id like one of them since we seem to be into donating half and half in the country right now. So i would like to take two of my fellow citizens front teeth and he gives one of the teeth to me and everybody is happy. I know what a kerfuffle it is to say the words Merry Christmas, so i have come up with a alternative solution. When i come up to somebody right now and they seem like a stickler for that, i just look at them and i say merry jesus christ our lord and saviors birthday. Mary, jesus christ our lord and saviors birthday. And it is. Then theyre begging for Merry Christmas at this point. And if you come up to an atheist, all i do is say man, have an okay next thursday. Thats cool. There is miller, everybody. Merry christmas. Merry christmas, billyo. If you would like to see miller and me in person, the dont be a pinhead show rolls into dallas, texas saturday march 14th at verizon theatre. Well see everybody in new mexico, rio rancho, a great time to be in the land of enchantment. A few tickets left for may 2nd. But theyre vip seats. All the shows make Great Holiday gifts. The details on billoreilly. Com. A new poll about christmas displays on public property. Then the fact the most annoying tv people in the country. We are coming right back. Introducing the new Philips Norelco shaver series 9000 with Contour Detect Technology that flexes in 8 directions for the perfect shave at any angle. Go to philips. Com new to save up to 40. Innovation and you. Philips norelco. Back of the book segment tonight. Did you see that . Its a new poll about Christmas Decorations on public property. Here to tell us all about it, Martha Mccall lamb. Who put out the poll and what did it say . Basically, 72 of americans are okay with manger scenes and scenes that recognize christmas, and also if there are other religious symbols out there as well. When you combine the numbers, about 72 of the people, when you put together the 44 and the 28 are totally fine with the manger scene on public property. Theyre not offended . Not offended. But you know what the law says now, if you put a christian display, then you to put a satanistic display or something. I know. In tallahassee, the capital, they have a satan display next to the christmas tree. I think a lot of people have decided this is pretty silly season stuff. I think the tide is turning. We won the war. Im like a guerrilla fighter in the wore on christmas. You know what i do . I put a little shepherd in front of city hall in my town. If i know there is a secular person in my town or the town neighboring me, ill put a little baby jesus. Ill put an inflatable manger. Huge inflatable manger. That will go right to the inflatable santa that is already there. Okay. Major thin im happy to hear that people are regaining their sanity about a very, very kind and i think theyre embracing it. Theyve had enough. Theyre saying Merry Christmas. Theyre happy to hear it. I dont hear one report of stores, not one. I guess we did this war on christmas thing for about ten years. This is the first year i didnt get one call or letter saying this store has said Merry Christmas, charlie brown. Thats right. Singlehandedly, saved christmas. I have. And charlie and linus should be very appreciative. And then there is this becket fund award. You dont have to do that. Im the anchor. Is usually unconscious so she has to do both roles. So the becket fund is a fund that defends freedom of religion, all right . And each year they put out an ebenezer award after ebenezer scrooge. What happened this year . So in sioux falls, south dakota, they have their own ebenezer experience going on because ebenezer scrooge was very grouchy about christmas and somebody rebelled about the snowplow painting students did there. And a couple of the students painted happy birthday jesus. But one individual from the sioux falls freeholders stood up and said i dont like this. Well, dont plow his driveway. He wanted them to paint them over or give people the opportunity to paint them over. And they said okay . You snow what . Were going to do that. Were going to cancel the whole thing. The schools have the choice. They can paint them over or were going to paint them over. But then ebenezer woke up in the morning and the mayor of sioux falls said you know what . I checked the law. We dont have to force the people to redo their snowplows. Leave the snowplows as they are they kept the jesus snowplow. How do you think jesus would feel about the snowplow . This summer we did a show with miller out there. And we went to see the president s on the mountain. Thats a good town. Were happy. So sioux falls. Way to go. They get not the ebenezer award, they get the antiebenezer award. Its a wonderful life all over again. Merry christmas to you. Merry christmas to you, mr. Oreilly. Factor tip of the day. The most annoying people on television. Did i make the list . I hope so. The tip moments away. Happy hanukkah to our jewish viewers and Christmas Eve just one week away so were here to help you out with gift giving. You get 0 off any of my books. Great deal. Do the math. If you become a premium member, which you should, you get killing patton for free. All kinds of great things on the website. Very moderate prices. You have to order now to get the stuff in time for christmas. Please remember all the money i derive for activity is given to worthy charities. And your hit job on senator warren was pathetic. To say that the economy is not strengthened under president obama is a lie. Put the koolaid down for a moment, mike. Takehome pay is down substantially. You can resume drinking. Grape is a great flavor. And when asked to justify her 300,000 salary for teaching one class at harvard, ms. Warren said she worked hard to command it. Its funny how she deserves her personal success that those in government help them achieve. And, you may embrace christmas as a feelgood celebration that benefits the economy but i beg to differ. Its a festival of greed filled with bad music and cheap decor. Love that letter. Say hello to the grinch for me, spike. Enjoy coal in your stocking. It may be natural gas come to think of it. Bonnie gibson, all i want for christmas is to have my email read on the oreilly factor. There you go, bonnie. Veronica, new york, im a junior in high school and my friend dana and i are huge fans. We named our Volleyball Team the oreilly factor. Rit on, veronica. Thank you. Pat in new york city, im blind. Is there an audio version of killing patton. Yes. Ill send you patton for Merry Christmas. Thanks for writing and finally tonight, the tip of the day. According to a website called ranker, there are annoying people on tv and here are the worst offenders. Nancy grace number one. Al sharpon. Piers morgan. Donald trump. Dr. Phil mcgraw. Oprah winfrey making the list. Glenn beck and bill oreilly at number ten. I think i should be number one. Am i not unbelievably annoying . Dont answer that. Life is not always fair. I should be the most annoying person on television. Fact, thats going to be my new years resolution. Im going to work to be more annoying. Thats it for us tonight. Please check out the fox news website. Also, we would like to hear from you. Name and town if you wish to opine. Do not be loutish when writing to the factor. All right. Thats it. I got time to kill. I dont really have anything more to say and i dont want to be more annoying than i have been. Thanks again for watching us tonight. Please remember, spin stops here. Were definitely looking out for you. Breaking tonight, awaiting reaction from the white house after reports that north korea is behind the cyberattack on an american corporation. And that company, Sony Pictures, tonight backing down following threats of a 9 11 style attack on america on Christmas Day. Welcome, everybody. Im Martha Maccallum in for megyn. The massive computer hack on Sony Pictures started back in november. The Company Brought to an electronic standstill sensitive and even embarrassing information leaked. There are reports that north korea is directly involved. There had been some question about that prior to today. The regime is furious over sonys new