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Summary: I Laughed My [rear] off
Review: I could not put this book down. In fact I made it required reading for my class. He confirmed all that I believed was true about the world in a humerous way so I am not too despondent. Just remember: GO Nader!
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Summary: Sparking yet imperfect gem
Review: As a member of the Green party, I'm one of Michael Moore's biggest cheerleaders. Go Mike. Unlike a lot of conspiracy theorist rants, Moore cites all of his references from reputable, and mostly conservative, sources. This places _Stupid White Men_ in a league of its own. In the chapter "We're Number One" I learned America leads the world in oil consumption, carbon dioxide emissions, and hazardous waste production. But he doesn't just finger-point: He makes clear, and often irreverent, suggestions about how to change our world for the better. My only complaint: His hit-and-run style of prose is more suited to talk-shows than to "serious" non-fiction. I wish he spent more time developing his ideas than making his point and quickly moving on to a new target. The book is too intelligent, witty, and brutally honest to ignore. Go Mike.
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Summary: The facts are the facts!
Review: ... The facts are the facts, the Moore backs up EVERY fact in this book. Can we say that about the CBS Evening News? Or the reports of the results of the last Presidential election? The problem with the U.S. today is a lazy and corrupt news media that is afraid to anger its own corporate criminal advertisers. America has lost its way, and George W. Bush is leading the charge to mediocrity--but it's good to know there are still sane, thoughtful people like Michael Moore who get their fingernails dirty and report the honest truth.
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Summary: Very annoying delivery....
Review: I did not purchase this book with preconceived notions and really thought it would be entertaining, maybe even insightful. I was wrong. Mr. Moore comes across as an pseudo-intellectual malcontent who whines about the "State of the Nation", then offers up a ridiculous way to correct his perceived ills. I could understand this drivel if he had any comedic ability, but unfortunately he doesn't and his "punchlines" are highly predictable. A very entertaining book for an uninformed person with an IQ under 100... Even while leaning towards liberalism, I find very few redeeming qualities in this book. It has its moments, hence the 2 stars, but not enough to carry it. Save your money or borrow it from that politically correct friend who raves about it...
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Summary: Moore widens the debate
Review: Michael Moore's Stupid White Men is another fine attempt to educate Americans on the political and economic reality of the United States. He argues correctly that the Democrats and Republicans' economic objectives are identical. Seldom does either party pass legislation designed to help out the working and middle classes. Instead, Moore shows that most legislation is tailored to continue the corporate welfare state that benefits the top ten percent. In addition Moore presents compelling evidence of the election fraud planned by Govenor Jeb Bush prior to and during the 2000 presidential election. Moore spends most of his book covering racism and sexism that is pervasive in our nation today. He provides facts that prove women and minorities are denied many of the opportunities provided to white men. Although, Moore tends to overemphasize this point, he failes to stress the problems of classism and elitism. Countless opportunities denied to minorities and women are also denied to middle and lower class white men because of little or no money. A chapter on how the middle and lower class are marginalized from the American dream would have been worthwhile. Furthermore, presenting evidence on how our nation is not a democracy but a plutocracy would have helped explain why Ralph Nader was sidelined during the presidential election. Lastly, Moore's clear and comprehnsible writing style makes this book a worthwhile read for all people.
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Summary: Entertaining The Hateful, Hurtful & Idols Of The Left!
Review: When one learns White Males create 94% of all inventions on earth, well you will see why Mickey Moore has to do something these days. After all since coming onto the American scene and taking up most All-American screens, one must find humor somewhere and Mickey provides it. The book is lace with all kinds of platitudes, attitudes and confirms Ann Coulter's Slander by the way Mickey makes fun of Bush's Right Stuff. If you read it knowing his absurdity you will not be disappointed in his findings that every liberal will quote as gospel and every conservative will laugh at since facts are lacking. In any event, I like Mickey Moore balance on TV and his attacks on the rich as he rides in Limousines and laughs to the bank. He is a wonderful example of a successful liberal and his book makes no apologies as he reveals his anger in Bush's accomplishments. The problem is liberal issues with the electorate grow weaker each day, as Moore gets more attention and dollars from a dying breed who can contribute laughs when they have nothing at all left. Even the Dodo Bird became valuable prior to extinction. Moore is following in the bird's footstep because like him, it was too heavy too fly. Still, the world is a better place with Mickey Moore's hilarity, scripts and observations. Bush is big enough to handle such put downs by the author as well as any white men. The american right needs the american left so we in the center can get what we want in the end!
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Summary: rules!
Review: well,long time ago in a NOFX page fat mike seid that everyone must read this book,i read it in a stinky library in san diego and it really rules,is a pretty cool anti-bush speech, I recommend it cuz' you'll never see a book like this in probably the next elections....!
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Summary: Over the top yet informative
Review: Let's face it, Michael Moore is a liberal by no stretch of the imagination. Noonetheless, even when ranting he brings a sense of humor throughout the book. There is over 15 pages of sources he used to write this book. I thought he used no sources with how some reviewers reacted to this. I am a centrist with only a slight liberal lean, so I can approach this with an open mind. Despite his assumption that this is a democracy when it's a republic, he still proves points how the "Thief in chief" won Florida a la Bush Sr appointed judges in the Supreme Court. I know one black voter in Florida who was turned away from the polls when they had no criminal history to speak of. Isn't that unconstitutional? Don't get me wrong, some things I did not agree with.
Anyway, his style of writing is pure rant. Long run-on sentences that keep going and going. Moore needs to learn what a period is. Overall, this book is an entertaining one.
GRADE: B+ P.S. When I read Slander by Coulter and posted a review, I received numerous emails calling me closed minded. Strange, I never hear such things when I bash liberals. They except what I say, but conservatives have to cry foul. It doesn't help your argument when you have to belittle someone.
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Summary: Non-Liberals Need Not Apply
Review: I flipped through this book and bought it because a) it looked to have some very juicy stuff about the current presidential cabinet, etc. (very interesting to me after the 9/11 fiasco), and b) because the author slams the TV show 'Friends' (which would be enough to prompt me to buy any book!). Not too long into the book I was so severely disappointed that I couldn't finish it. This book is so gratuitously liberal/leftist, I almost got sick reading it. It reminded me of when I (tried to) read a Rush Limbaugh book and couldn't because his excuse for every single little thing wrong in the world was "the liberals did it!" Now, this is the full counter-swing of the pendulum -- two sides of the same coin. Don't get me wrong, both guys are funny, but I can only take so much of that. If a politician is guilty of doing something wrong, please point that out, and do so in a humorous manner if you like. But to actually slam a guy because he doesn't think that a woman should be allowed to kill her unborn children (euphemized by Moore as 'right to choose what she wants to do to her body'), that's just a blatant attempt at trying to get rich by marketing some ideological polemic. Another point: Mr. Moore goes off on 'political correctness' of whites towards minorities, accusing whites of patronizing them. Yet this whole section reads as if he, himself, is patronizing them by attacking the patronizers! The book will have wide appeal to liberal-minded types, especially those who tend to practice 'bar room politics' (i.e., pushing emotional buttons to incite strong feelings). I realize the book is supposed to be a comedy book, and since I also didn't give it the justice of at least finishing it, I refused to give it the one star I felt like giving it.
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Summary: Become informed
Review: If ever anyone had the right to say, "I told you so," it is Michael Moore. Going back to his first film, Roger & Me, Mr. Moore has been trying to enlighten the public on the corruption that permeates the world of big business. All one has to do to find support for this is to turn on the news today. From ENRON to the reoccurring cooked books of big business, we are being inundated with examples of corporate greed run amuck. Call us cynical, but Michael and Me don't see this as a couple of bad apples. The whole tree is dying from rot from the inside out. This book gives you an insight in how things work in the real world. The writing style is light and humorous, allowing for a quick read covering some deep issues. The book demonstrates it is not the ungodly heathen masses (I think that's conservative for liberal), but the political and economic leaders who refuse to accept the thought of personal responsibility and through corrupt means, refuse to allow the masses true equal opportunity. We live in a country were the guy sitting in the White House did not get the most votes and the majority of American doesn't care. We are finding out that "you get what you pay for" is big businesses favorite slogan. They are of course talking about their politicians and their stock option packages. With this book you realign do get what you pay for.
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