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Summary: Humorous, Informative, and Very Entertaining
Review: Michael Moore has definitely improved with age, and is as sharp as ever. In "Stupid White Men", Moore proves that he is the master of political, thought-provoking entertainment. His humor bounces between being so subtle that readers might miss it and being so scathing that readers might be put off. His medley of facts, opinions, ideas, and humor turns out to be a harmonious piece of literature that I couldn't put down.Some of the highlights (in my humble opinion) include: an excellent summary of Bush's hijacking of the White House, his staff, and his accomplishments; survival tips for black people; Moore's support for educators (the Idiot Nation chapter is phenomenal); solutions to the problems in Northern Ireland and the Middle East (the Arafat letter actually does sound like an excellent solution!); A Prayer to Afflict the Comfortable (this one's great, but has the potential of controversy and really offending some; Mike's got some huge...); the very interesting Epilogue narrative; and a much needed references section.
I hope readers are inspired by Moore's insistance to get off their rears and make some change for a better tomorrow.
I hope Moore continues to entertain and enlighten us with his wit, knowledge, and viewpoints.
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Summary: A Page-turning comedy - Moore tells the truth
Review: Whether or not you agree with Moore's political analysis, his views on economic racisms, and his contempt for the status quo - you WILL laugh. The facts can't be disputed, and he dispells just that - facts. This book SHOULD be in your collection.
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Summary: Among the best books i have ever perused!!!
Review: Michael Moore is at his best! The book is insightful, hilarious and well written. I have learned so much from his book that I was not aware of before! In my opinion a winner!
J.R. Cummings
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Summary: Stand up and fight for America and I will stand up with you
Review: Michael Moore has an uncanny knack for speaking up just when he is needed most.
Over the past year or so, I've read quite a few books about the stolen election, lack of media freedom, foreign relations, and plenty of books that have some liberal agenda to them (environment / bio-food / political repression of dissent). After reading all those books, I've sort of developed a defeatist attitude. Positive, progressive change looked so distant and remote that I only seemed to want to know more, but not do anything about it.
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Many conservatives feel that liberals are weak and don't like to fight. These conservatives have obviously never been to a Michael Moore reading or a Ralph Nader rally. Democrats of the last few years have been silent, even though they are a majority. In violation of the old proverb "let sleeping dogs lie", Bush II and his far right policies have aroused us and we have begun fighting back.
Every chapter in this book attacks the policies of the last three presidents plus our current governor. To all you republicans reading this, his numero uno target happens to be Clinton. Imagine that, someone criticizing a member of his own political party. I think you republicans should try it once or twice.
In the chapter "Democrats, DOA," Moore indicts the democratic party for its rightward drift. He even rattles off a list of offenses that sound like Bush II but are Clinton policies and directives.
In "Idiot Nation," a chapter on the sad state of education and knowledge of foreign affairs in America, Moore takes on Bush's education policies and gives us a lesson in current heads of state around the globe.
The best chapter though has to be "We're Number One." In it Moore challenges our perceptions about the world and he offers funny yet serious insightful commentary on international current affairs. It also contains a wonderful open letter to Arafat asking him to stop the violence and adopt the tactics of Gandhi or Martin Luther King Jr. and act nonviolently. He says that if Arafat and the militants will do this and Israel still keeps bombing and repressing them then the world will see the truth and the Palestinians will win. But if they keep bombing Israeli Jews, then (due to the understanding that Israel fears, rightfully so, that they are targets for elimination once again) he will have to stand with Israel.
I look forward to the book tour, it should be interesting.
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Summary: Laughing on the outside
Review: Michael Moore is a muckraker, an American original, and a versatile and funny man. He has written a noisy and important book. Despite its jokey title, it's about lots more than "stupid white men." Moore is righteously indignant about out current American state of affairs: the huge disparity between rich and poor, racism, pollution, unemployment, sinking educational standards, women's issues, American violence and media culture. (When he likes someone or something, you know it, too.). He supports his opinions with facts and figures. Helpfully, he includes specific instructions to readers who might want to contact their Congressional Representative (an act that Moore asserts can be quite effective), organize in their own communities, and intelligently make a difference.
Moore's first and easiest target in this book is the current administration and, in his view, wholly illegitimate ascendancy to the Presidency of George W. Bush. Moore is irate about what he views as Bush's appalling lack of "Presidential" qualifications, his untruthfulness regarding his past, and his vast array of family and financial connections. Moore's retelling of the stealing of the election, via the delivery of the Florida vote before the election ever took place (by the pre-Election day illegal disenfranchisement of thousands of Democratic voters) will shock readers. Although ignored by US media when it broke, it is factual, and it is appalling.
Moore's style, unfortunately, is part student activist and part class clown. This clash of roles is at times a hindrance to his effectiveness. He is funny, and he loves to kid around, but at times his humor is slapstick - which didn't always work for me. He sometimes tends toward sarcasm, or volume (he will use all caps, for emphasis) which isn't really necessary given the importance of his message. In addition, disconcertingly, the book's tone changes midway through. In the first half Moore supplies the reader with a variety of important lists: "How to Stage the Countercoup," a sensible how-to for community organizers; "Survival Tips for White America," which is a serious discussion of ways to end racism; and the useful "Guide to Student Rights." Inexplicably, though, halfway through this book his lists change, and become jokey. "How to Use Less Gas," for example, has among its bullet points "Siphon gas from parked cars at airports," "Hitchhike," and "Live in your office or place of work." His chapter on gender issues is very funny, but I'm not quite sure why it's in the book. He is serious, but then he jokes at times about surviving global warming, recycling, and gender issues, too - at the expense of his thesis, which is that things are messed up and badly need changing if the people (_all_ the people) of the US are to thrive.
This an important book with more than several messages toward advancing an old institution Moore thinks is definitely worth saving: American democracy. "Stupid White Men" is deadly serious in places, and funny in others, and well worth reading.
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Summary: Michael Moore Has Done It Again!
Review: This book is the Michael Moore we all know and love. This book is sure to please fans of Michael's humor and of his politics.
This book was a page turner from the moment I opened it. I was literally on the edge of my seat through most of it, especially the chapter where Michael and his rag-tag group of Latin American freedom fighters scaled the fences surrounding the Groom Lake Air Force Base and engaged in hand-to-hand combat with armed government men driving tinted window sedans without license plates. I wept for his fallen comrades.
Easter is coming and I can think of no more appropriate gift for the children or other loved ones in your life than a copy of this fantastic book.
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Summary: Laugh, But Learn, and Make Those Changes
Review: _Stupid White Men_ by Michael Moore was supposed to be published in October, but the copies printed in September were going to be shredded, since the publisher thought that humorous attacks on President Bush and his partners would not be welcome after 9-11. There was a quiet campaign to get it to readers, and HarperCollins eventually did the right thing: it has released the book unchanged and uncensored, and Moore has said he admires the courage it showed in doing so. You don't have to be a fan of Moore's famous anti-corporate, anti-racist, and anti-conservative views to appreciate that this is a real victory.
You would be right to assume that "President" Bush (as Moore likes to call him) will not be pleased by the book. Some of the chapters now have sort of a quaint ring, like "A Very American Coup," which explains what really happened to give Florida to Bush in the last election. It's not a matter of chads or butterfly ballots. Bush's brother and his aids were able to purge the polls of black voters, who would have turned out for Gore. It took the BBC to uncover this story, and by the time the American papers got it, no one was very interested. There is plenty more sleaze to this tale, which Moore obviously enjoys telling, and if you want to check on what he claims, he gives references at the end of the book; there are few humor books with a "Notes and Sources" section. It may no longer be unpatriotic to poke fun at the current President, but Moore does not restrict himself to Bush bashing, being equally tough on Clinton and Gore. There are wonderful shots fired here, and a good laugh on almost every page. Bush's inaugural parade came up against protesters armed with eggs and tomatoes and "Hail to the Thief" signs at the point in the parade when the brand new President usually gets out and walks. "Then, suddenly, the President's car bolted and tore down the street. The decision had been made - hit the gas and get past this rabble as quickly as possible. The Secret Service agents running beside the limo were left behind, the car's tires splashing dirty rain from the street onto the men who were there to protect its passenger. It might have been the finest thing I have ever witnessed in Washington, D.C. - a pretender to the American throne forced to turn tail and run from thousands of American citizens armed only with the Truth and the ingredients of a decent omelet." A hilarious letter to President Arafat advises him to initiate mass nonviolent civil disobedience, rather than to keep drawing blood; if this advice had been taken, could the Palestinians be in any worse shape now? About the conflict in Northern Ireland, his advice takes on that of Swift's "Modest Proposal": "This nonsense has gone on long enough. I have a solution that will bring permanent peace to the area: Convert the Protestants of Northern Ireland to Catholicism....Naturally, most of the Protestants won't want to convert - but since when has that stopped the Catholic Church?... All you need is a little water to pour over any Protestant's forehead, and then repeat the following words: 'I baptize thee in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, Amen.' That's it! It takes longer to join Weight Watchers!"
It is going to get hard for Moore if things change to the way he wants, for he will have to make his humor out of less urgent and deadly matters. But he is pushing. "If you're finding yourself in a massive fit of rage and start itching to put this damn book down and call your congressman / woman, then folks, do it." He then gives easy access numbers and e-mail references, and it is hard to believe that some readers are not going to do just that. His calls for getting involved on school boards and within other branches of local governments are just what people should be hearing and acting on. If you want good laughs about serious provocation, and serious advocacy, this book is tops.
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Summary: Not "propeganda" nor propaganda; just a good book!
Review: This is an excellent book, and conservatives/Republicans are ruining the World. The last reviewer claimed to be "educated". First off, "educated" people don't write "propeganda", because they can spell. Furthermore, by whose standards is she "educated"? By America's? The country where over a third of every high-school aged students can't find their state on an unmarked map? Well now, THAT is saying a lot, right? An "educated" person would not even think that such statements as "make all the protestants catholic" and "make the israelis lie down on the road" are SERIOUS! Clearly, Mr. Moore is making a point, not a suggestion. But, of course, she's "educated". SHE DID NOT READ THE BOOK! She says SO! IS THAT A JOKE?! I am Canadian, and I can walk into any hospital in my country, present my medicare card, and get treatment. Sure, I will be put on a waiting list, and die before I get my organ transplant/radiation therapy/urgent surgery/whatever, but I know that the homeless man to my right and the plastic surgeon to my left will get exactly the same treatment I do. There are no "wallet biopsies" in a socialized healthcare system. When I first found out that in the United States, people got only the medical care they could afford, I was stunned. I was seven, and yes, I COULD find my province on a map. A review of a Helen Coldicott book, written by a Bush supporter, claimed she was a socialist, and that she supported people who invaded Afganistan. HELLO?! Why are we such MEDIA SLAVES?! So BLINDED by HIPOCRISY?! What were the U.S. armed forces doing in 2002? INVADING AFGANISTAN! And later? INVADING IRAQ! Iraq, a country who the U.S. had GIVEN WMD to when it was convenient (i.e.: the U.S. and Iraq had a common enemy; Iran). How can people be so SHORTSIGHTED and so HIPOCRITICAL?! The land of the FREE?! Helen Coldicott's documentary (Which won an ACADEMY AWARD!), is BANNED in the U.S. under a CENSORSHIP law as "Foreign PROPAGANDA". What was that blurb in the constitution about FREE SPEECH!? The pentagon says it has "enough nuclear weapons to kill every russian 40 times." That is so typical of the american government "shielding" americans from the truth! The truth? There are 143,782,338 russians (according to the CIA World Factbook). That means that the U.S. has enough nuclear weapons to kill 5,751,293,520 people. That is 5.7 BILLION! There are just over 6 Billion people on Earth. THAT IS ENOUGH TO KILL ALMOST EVERY HUMAN BEING ON THE PLANET, or, in pantagon temrs, that is enough to kill every american 19.1 times. Most of the viewers of this page are americans. Think about how it would feel to (and this is what happens, according to Satsuko Thurlow, a Hiroshima survivor, who watched as it happened her sister and nephew, while she and several others were locked in their house with them) have your entire body burt so that you balloon up to twice your natural size and your burnt skin comes off whenever it comes into contact with anything, and have your internal organs slowly rot and disintegrate into black liquid, which slowly seeps from your body over the eight to ten days it would take you to die, unless, of course, some well-meaning family member gives you water, which would speed up the process. Now think about it happening 19.1 times. How about 40 times? Think about that next time you find yourself about to say "They should just nuke'em."
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Summary: My Opinion about "stupid white men"
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We have read "stupid white men" in our English class, although I don't agree with everything Moore claims, I thoroughly enjoyed the read for several reasons. For one example I really enjoyed the humor that Moore uses and on the one hand I would have to say that some political reading can be boring, or difficult to follow, but the kind of writing that Moore uses makes the reading a little bit easier and pleasurable, in another way I like the sarcasm kind of Michael Moore and that they use these in the written way, like in the book, but on the other hand some chapters are nevertheless some kind of difficult and it's hard to understand every thing which Michael Moore wanted to explain.
You have to be careful with that book and the arguments that Michael Moore claims, because lots of these arguments are very doubtful and you have to think about it to find out the truth.
After reading this book and discussing I claim that I understand what Moore stands for, I can share an educated and informed opinion. I have come to the conclusion that it is not that his ideas that are scandalous, but it is rather the way he expresses himself that scares people.
In general, his views and especially his ideas maybe would help to make this a better world. And that's another thing which I respect on Michael Moore, with all these points of criticism; he already gives some ideas and search for ways of solutions which describes how to make it better. Further more Michael Moore does not try to be charismatic to win our support. He does not dress up his view on the issues to please people. The Americans are not used to that. They tell people what they want to hear, not necessarily the truth.
Michael Moore has got an opinion about the americans and there way of thinking and nobody can persuade him to change his opinion about that.
To sum all my different arguments up, I would say that this book "stupid white men" is a very interesting, funny and sarcasm book and I think that reading such a kind of book in school, is very different and interesting to other "boring" books.
In addition to that I would say that only people which are interested in politics and the way of controlling America with all the scandals should read this book, and in my opinion it is very important to make their own opinion about the truth and that's only possible which a bit of interesting and some knowledge about the subject.
Read this book!
It's interesting!!!
Peter Kern
