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Songs of the Doomed : More Notes on the Death of the American Dream
Hunter S. Thompson
Simon & Schuster, 2002
Excellent Sampler
+ The Search for the Brown Buffalo
This is an excellent introduction to the range of Thompson's writings though the early 1990's. It includes samples of his two early novels (Prince Jellyfish, The Rum Diary) and articles and excerpts from his later journalism and fiction ("Let The Trials Begin" is worth the price of the book).No ...
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Values Divide: American Politics and Culture in Transition
John Kenneth White
Chatham House Publishers, 2002
John White's fascinating new book explores the increasingly dominant role values play in today's public and private life, concluding that a serious rift in political and cultural values in America produced the astounding tie between George W. Bush and Al Gore in the 2000 presidential election. White argues that while politically important, the present "values divide" goes much deeper than ...
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Crazy for God: How I Grew Up as One of the Elect, Helped Found the Religious Right, and Lived to Take All (or ...
Frank Schaeffer
Da Capo Press, 2007
Some very good and timely stuff here. A good read!
+ Chock Full of Backhanded Compliments
+ A falling camel attracts many knives
+ Angry Frank?
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Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot
Al Franken
Dell, 1999
Laugh out Loud Funny
+ Funny, honest and critical
I read this book and could not stop laughing. Al Franken was more comic then and just beginning to talk about politics. It deals with Rush Limbaugh and the shout show personalities. It also talks about the hypocracy of the then Republican Family Values platform. Especially considering the ...
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The Terror Dream: Fear and Fantasy in Post-9/11 America
Susan Faludi
Metropolitan Books, 2007
It's time for all of us to wake up
+ Interesting Topic Worth Discussing
+ Creation (of a) myth
This book has arrived just in time for the 2008 election. Along with the PBS program, "Bush's War", this should be required reading for all voters. We can change the future but we must understand the past. Thank you again Susan for your excellent analysis.
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The Squandering of America: How the Failure of Our Politics Undermines Our Prosperity
Robert Kuttner
Knopf, 2007
The Truth Exposed
+ We have to revive real democracy
+ Clearly written analysis
+ Good Book and reliable seller
+ Managing capitalism and broadening ownership
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America Alone: The End of the World as We Know It
Mark Steyn
Regnery Publishing, Inc., 2006
I hope world leaders have read this book, especially the liberal ones.
+ My first read of Mark Steyn's work
+ Unlike statistics, hard numbers don't lie
+ The most disturbing book I've read this year
+ America Alone - A must read
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The Second Civil War: How Extreme Partisanship Has Paralyzed Washington and Polarized America
Ronald Brownstein
Penguin Press HC, The, 2007
phenomenal masterpiece but dry
+ Must read for political junkies
+ must read
+ Enlightenings
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Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right
Al Franken
Dutton Adult, 2003
Stays with you
+ To Those Wondering About Franken's Credibility
I enjoyed this book, and found myself laughing out loud at some of the well-researched anecdotes. The main point of the book, obviously, is that the Bush administration, with its close ties to various conservative mouthpieces, consists of habitual liars who continue to try to pull fast ones on the ...
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The Big God Network
J.C. McGowan
Xlibris Corporation, 2007
The Ghost in the Machine
+ COMPELLING ORWELLIAN SCI-FI WITH MORALITY TWIST
+ Wickedly Funny post-American Science Fiction
+ J.C. McGowan's "The Big God Network"
+ A New Classic for a New Genre: the Near-Future Political Satire
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The Truth (with jokes)
Al Franken
Dutton Adult, 2005
wonderful!
+ Painfully Funny, and (at times) Just Painful
+ An Extremely Important Book!
+ I'm Livid: It's True!
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I Am America (And So Can You!)
Stephen Colbert
Grand Central Publishing, 2007
Read it ... Enough said !
+ Colbert-rific
+ Highly Amusing
+ Fantabulous
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American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War On America
Chris Hedges
Free Press, 2007
American Fascists
+ Get Set For Terror
+ American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War On America
This book by Chris Hedges is an excellent explanation of the present United States internal and external agenda. It should be required reading for all educated people.
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American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21stCentury
Kevin Phillips
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007
Tough, Chilling Analysis
Author Kevin Phillips examines U.S. political and economic trends in this searing look at religion, energy, and government spending. Readers see that U.S. foreign policy is strongly, perhaps dangerously influenced by conservative Christians. We also see how the USA is spending itself into danger, ...
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The Redneck Manifesto: How Hillbillies, Hicks, and White Trash Became America's Scapegoats
Jim Goad
Simon & Schuster, 1998
Excellent, badly needed defense of America's scapegoats
+ I only spotted three typos...
+ Interesting read
+ No Fence riding
+ nice piece of middle-brow philosophy
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