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The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court
Jeffrey Toobin
Doubleday, 2007
The Nine
+ good, fast read
This is a fascinating, thought-provoking book which should be required reading for any civics or political science student. Toobin provides an insightful look into the selection of justices as well as their evolution once on the bench. He has clearly done his homework in researching the ...
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Lewis Black - Red, White and Screwed
Lewis Black, Joe Grifasi
Hbo Home Video, 2006
Black is a genious!
+ Way too funny!
+ Hilarious comedian who is not afraid of being critical
+ One of my favorites right now!
+ One of the Most Influential Moderate Voices of his Generation
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I Am America (And So Can You!)
Stephen Colbert
Grand Central Publishing, 2007
Got to be kidding
+ Hysterical, you'll not be disapointed
+ Colbert Show in text
I laughed out loud more than from any book in a long time. The final laugh is to see that most of the negative reviews here are from people who don't even realize Colbert's character is a parody.
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Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World
Bill Clinton
Knopf, 2007
inspiring
+ Giving it a Chance
+ A Small Amount Can Go a Long Way
I wasn't sure what to expect of Clinton's latest book when I first picked it up. In the end, it was inspiring, informative, and motivating. He talks about the generosity of well known philanthropists such as Gates, Buffet and Bono but also speaks of the generosity of lesser known givers such as ...
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Our Dumb Century: The Onion Presents 100 Years of Headlines from America's Finest News Source
Onion Editors
Crown, 2007
Perefect Gift for Intelligent Friends of Any Political POV!
+ Fantastic coffee table reading!
+ What would Jesus do? He would read this book.
+ Excellent Silliness
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Sicko (Special Edition)
Michael Moore
Weinstein Company, 2007
A must see
+ Wow.... Wasn't sure I'd like it
+ Why do negative reviewers rate Moore and not his films?
Must watch to understand...
I am an Italian, that came to live in the US in 2000. I have being living here for almost 10 years, and I think that Health care is the thing where the US is most backward compared to Europe. When I came here it didn't take me long to start appreciating what we have in ...
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The George W. Bush Voodoo Kit: Stick It to Him Like He's Been Sticking It to You!
Michael Regan
Running Press, 2007
Better Even Than Hillary Voodoo
I didn't think I'd find a political book that made me laugh more than the Hillary Clinton Voodoo Book. But after seeing that the same author wrote this I checked it out and I'll be danged, it was even funnier.
W. is an easier humor target to be sure. But the book doesn't come at him from the ...
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The Daily Show and Philosophy: Moments of Zen in the Art of Fake News
Wiley-Blackwell, 2007
Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious. ~Peter Ustinov
+ This book is a must have and a must read for TDS/TCR fans.
+ Jon Stewart: A Modern Socrates?
With elections coming and Jon Stewart sadly taking a break, this book substitutes (and when the writer's strike ends, should complement) as a guide to thinking critically about the media and the flat caricatures they give us of candidates.
I agree with the previous reviewer that the essays tend ...
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Bill Maher - The Decider
Bill Maher
Hbo Home Video, 2007
Side splitting humor if watched alone, if watched with other Maher fans watch out!
+ Wow - what have I been missing?
+ Democracy might not work every where...that's my Bill....
+ Brilliant!
+ funny, funny and intelligent
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How to Win a Fight with a Liberal
Daniel Kurtzman
Hysteria Publications, 2007
This book is dead-on, smart and hilariously funny!
+ I must say even I found it amusing
+ A Winner!
+ There is nothing funny about Liberals
+ Laugh-out-loud hysterical!
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The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
Naomi Klein
Metropolitan Books, 2007
Wow!
+ The Shock Doctrine
Wow! And all along I thought the Bush administration was filled with inept, blundering fools. The truth is much darker and scarier. To realize that there is an actual logic/philosophy behind their actions that ties the past 8 years together was a shocking and sickening revelation. And that the ...
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The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America (The Book) Teacher's Edition: A Citizen's Guide to Democracy ...
Jon Stewart, The Writers of The Daily Show
Grand Central Publishing, 2006
You will not regret it.
+ Reminds me of why I used to like the Daily Show
+ No Problems
+ Great book for a good laugh
+ Few political books can be as funny as this!
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Our Dumb World: The Onion's Atlas of the Planet Earth, 73rd Edition
The Onion
Little, Brown and Company, 2007
Awesome! Great Gift.
+ Where's my free globe?
+ I love onions.
I got this for my boyfriend's birthday gift. He loves the Onion "News" site, and was a Geography major in college (perfect, right?) I don't think there was a moment, until he was finished, that he wasn't carrying the thing around with him. He loved it, and I have to admit, I liked what he read ...
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It's Getting Ugly Out There: The Frauds, Bunglers, Liars, and Losers Who Are Hurting America
Jack Cafferty
Wiley, 2007
Hard-hitting political commentary.
+ Says it like it is
+ Truthful and Candid
The Preface in the book is a short autobiography about the author. He details his childhood and his parents.
He follows this up with life stories throughout the book.
"It's Getting Ugly Out There" examines such governmental hot topics for Americans as illegal spying, the Katrina catastrophe, ...
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Crazies to the Left of Me, Wimps to the Right: How One Side Lost Its Mind and the Other Lost Its Nerve
Bernard Goldberg
HarperCollins, 2007
Superb, whatever your political leanings
+ Liberals and Conservatives will both love this book.
+ Goldberg does it again!
+ Don't judge this book by its title.
+ Canada, of all places, has an effective Conservative government...
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