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Let me say two things here. One: Nightstalker is an obvious DU plant. Two: O'Reilly went over the line last night by attacking Pataki and all of the funds coming into New York. The man has been getting no sleep and working almost 20 hr days since 9-11. What in the hell is O'Reilly's problem as of late? He throws in these little bashes on Bush and the administration and snide remarks about things some people have absolutely no control over.

His show is great. But he is starting to get under my skin a bit. Too much of the ego going on here. Bill preaches no spin zone. But he expresses himself in such a politically correct manner sometimes it makes me wonder just how much spinning is going on here?

Don't get me wrong, like I said I like Bill. But he really needs to lay off the Hard Copy style of attacking people here who are trying to get things done. Parading people on his show to bring out a cause is one thing. But to sit and just blast people because 5 weeks later life is not running Bill's way...something is not right.

One other thing here...Am I the only one here who thinks we should be laying out money for the next 20 years for these families? WITH ALL DUE RESPECT. I mean that hole heartedly as well. When my father died we had the insurance come in and that was it.

I understand taking care of these families for the next couple of years to help them cope with the massive loss...but are we willing to pay and keep dishing out millions for this? The police and fire fighters families are going to have a ton of money coming in and they deserve so much. My question is though for how long should we pay?

People die everyday. Granted my family members did not die with a building coming down on them. Which is why I am all for helping these people out the next couple of years. But I do not recall people offering millions because my family members died when I was 11. Or offering to pay for my college education.

I think we should have a pay out scale for the next 2 years to help them along. Make sure the orphans or kids who lost one parent in this are protected under a blanket of coverae for college tuition if they want it.

Life moves on. My mother had to go back to her life and take care of her kids and work. So did many others in my family as well. But from some of the stories I have seen on O'Reilly, he had this lady on last night that had not filled out any paper work at all for money although she knew it was there. Huh? She said she hoped someone could help her fill it out now.

I am not trying to downplay this tragedy and what they deserve in light of all of this. But since Bill wants so much to put people in charge here...shouldn't there be a blanket on funds here? I mean how long will it be before all of us are hit so hard in the wallet for this for 10 yrs down the road? Almost 2 billion dollars will be raised by Halloween for this cause. Can we name any other cause in the last 30 years that has gotten this much money? This quick?

Cancer alone with 2 Billion dollars in 5 weeks. My God what that money could do. Heart disease. Aids.

I feel bad for even bringing up this topic but something is nagging me about it here. People have no other choice than to get what they deserve and collect and move on with life. We have no other choice not to.

I know what you're saying, but the fact is that people donated their money to these families by their own choice. If Americans want to send a billion dollars or whatever it is for this cause rather than cancer or whatever, so be it.

I agree with O'Reilly that it's disgraceful the the Red Cross, United Way, etc. have not disbursed the money, but I'm not in the least bit surprised. I think people got the impression that these groups were collecting the money simply to pass it out again. The fact is, these are service organizations. They are geared to providing services, not cash. All these celebrities, etc., donating a million dollars apiece to these charities would help more by seeking out the families directly and writing them a check.