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Summary: Uproarious Social Criticism!
Review: Bravo for social criticism with wit and humor! Recommended for all, who belive in freedom of expression and who still retain the ability to laugh not only at Others, but also at Themselves! When reading about the antics of those "stupid...men" --- and by the way, in positions of authority, they come in both genders and all shades of colors --- I was very much reminded of how similar the self-satisfied arrogance of politicians can be to that of the top-lofty managerial elite...classic example: ENRON etc! If you would like to verify my remarks, then I highly recommend that you too read the hilarious, vivacious and villanously frank satire, "MANAGEMENT BY VICE", by C.B. Don. Having read both these books, I could not help but think that those, who would run our world, from corporations to nations, have a great deal in common --- their self-interest and shameful, thoughtless actions.
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Summary: Give 'Em Hell Mike
Review: For those of us trying to keep our sanity in a sea of right wing flag waving, constitution shredding, corporate owned media BILGE, it sure feels good to read something that doesn't make you ill. Moore attacks Baby Bush first and foremost, but at the end he attacks Clinton just as hard. While I agree with his criticism of Clinton's lack of effort on fuel economy standards, I totally disagree with what he says about the economy. Under Clinton I started out on unemployment, and wound up owning a nice home and two cars, all paid for and solidly middle class. The last President DID help the middle class and I am one of them. This President seems to not care at all if we wind up a trillion dollars in debt and losing everything in the stock market, and Nader is the guy who helped give us this mess...But I do care about others and it hurts. Reading Stupid White Men makes you feel better, even if it is only for a couple hours.
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Summary: READ "STUPID WHITE MEN ..." TO BE FULLY INFORMED
Review: Michael Moore's latest, #1 Best Selling book, "Stupid White Men: And Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation!" can be accurately described as trenchant. Trenchent is from the old French for cutting that means more than "incisive." It means a forceful cutting that is both caustic and also effective; an apt description of Moore's new book. No doubt, that's why in 2001 HarperCollins, Moore's publisher stopped distribution of "Stupid White Men;" before it started.The book was printed in September 2001 and scheduled for distribution the next month. But by October, the post-9/11 mood was such that no one dared to put a new book in the nation's bookstores that contains references to George W. Bush as the "Chief-in Thief." By January 2002, things had cooled off a bit, and by February, "Stupid White Men, etc." hit the bookshelves. Then it became such a big seller that by March, HarperCollins went into the 14th printing of the book. The Introduction to Moore's book begins: "THERE ARE THOSE who say it all started to unravel the night of November 7, 2000, when Jeb Bush gave his brother George Jr. an early Christmas present -- the state of Florida. "For others, those upon whom a decade's fortune had smiled, the turning point came when the Dow had its biggest annual loss in almost twenty years. "For most, though, the day the music died came the night we were told Pluto was no longer a planet, and life as we knew it was as distant as the look in the new 'President's' eyes." Who is Moore and why should we pay attention to what he writes? Moore has much more in common with those reading this review than those who regularly attend the barbecues thrown by George and Barbara Bush at their family ranch, floating on oil in Texas. For one thing, Moore is from a long line of factory workers in Flint, Michigan. He points out that in the American work ethic sense, George junior never worked an honest day in his life and was handed everything ... even the presidency of the United States. In Moore's world, virtually everyone in Flint wound up with a job at a General Motors plant and had to work for everything which they received in life. Perhaps, Moore's unusual, early political experiences diverted him from getting on the assembly line in one of GM's plants in Michigan. He ran for and was elected a Flint school board member while he was still a high school student. That's right. He was one of the nation's youngest elected officials, ever. As Moore describes it in "Stupid White Men ... ," his election was a fluke. The U.S. Congress had just lowered the voting age to 18, the same year there became a vacancy in the Flint school board. Five other candidates were vying for the job. Moore ran on a simple platform: if elected board member he'd see to it that their high school principal would be fired. Ordinarily apathetic high school students came out in droves to vote for Moore, and he was elected; and he fired the principal (which he later regretted). Using referenced facts, figures and the law Moore shows what is wrong with America and its leadership. He proposes practical remedies, referring to his Flint school board election as an example. This is political criticism and satire at its best, an American tradition which was tragically stolen from us by the nineteen wicked terrorists from Saudi Arabia who murdered over 3,000 people and ruined our way of life on September 11, 2001. It is time for us to get it back. Reading Moore's book is good therapy and can go a long way to accomplishing that. Michael Moore may well be the Thomas Paine for our century. His then outrageous "Common Sense" was written by Paine to tell his generation and ours where Americans came from and why they had to overthrow British rule in America in 1776. After reading Moore's hard to put down, "Stupid White Men," everyone will better understand what is happening to us here and now and also what to do about it.
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Summary: Read the book, read the book.
Review: I borrowed this thing from the library. By golly, I think I'll buy it. After Bush was appointed to the presidency by the Supreme Court, a network newsperson interviewed him and asked him if he was going to change his policies to match the wishes of the majority. Instead of answering the question he kept repeating over and over: I'm going to do what's right for America. After reading this book I get an idea of what the right wing means when they invoke the term: America...and it isn't pretty.
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Summary: Stuied white men
Review: I thought this was a very good book. As a Scotsman married to an American, I would consider myself as very pro American. Though this does not mean that I am pro GW Bush's administartion. The chapter on the enviroment really impressed me. I think it echoes the genuine alarm, felt across the world regarding GW's enviromental(or lack of enviromental) policies.
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Summary: Sadly Misguided
Review: Being a huge fan of Michael Moore, and a proudly independent voter, I was nonetheless disappointed with this book, and must vehemently disagree with the positions taken. This respectable director has unfortunately fallen prey to the one-sided political view of a left-wing Hollywood crowd. Those who would cheer upon reading these pages are nothing less than ignorant of both the vision of the current administration and the blatant hypocrisy of liberal American politics. The bottom line is that Mr. Moore does not correctly portray American issues, neither in domestic nor world affairs. This reviewer hopes that this author will soon see the forest for the trees, and honestly use his given talents as a tool for a better world. America deserves better, and Michael Moore possesses the talent to provide.
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Summary: Falls well below expectations
Review: I consider "Downsize This" on a level with liberal rants like "We're Right And They're Wrong!" by James Carville and "Rush Limbaugh is a Big, Fat Idiot" by Al Franken. These three books were funny, informative, and allowed a bleeding-heart like me feel good about being a liberal again. "Stupid White Men" falls well below that level. While Mr. Moore hits the mark discussing the 2000 election, it seems that he's run out of things to talk about. His chapter arguing that women would be better off without men and the chapter that blames every African-American problem on white men like me, seem to be based on small ideas with merit. Unfortunately, the author expounds on these topics and exaggerates his points so far that they undermine his credibility. I'm so disappointed with this book, I'm not sure I will ever finish it.
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Summary: For once, a left-wing bestseller.
Review: "Stupid White Men" puts front-and-center a number of election-related items that were reluctantly or misleadingly offered up by the press, and only after the 2000 election theft was a done deal. In other words, nothing new is being offered here, but we have all the facts under one roof with no apologies or nightly-news spin. And there is priceless background on the Bushes-perhaps the main reason this book was delayed in publication. Otherwise, this is a study in sophomoric humor and lefter-than-left contentions. An example of the latter is a Clinton/Bush comparison that concedes few differences between the two presidents. The author rants against political ignorance (and every other type), but one wonders if political naivete is possibly more dangerous. Something less polemically liberal would probably never make the bestseller list.
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Summary: Another winner for Moore.
Review: The self-appointed conscience of America, Michael Moore, strikes again in his second book of original essays, attacking hypocrisy wherever he finds it, whether on the left or the right. From free trade to arsenic in the water, Moore is there, doggedly drawing out the facts, very few of which ever seem to jibe with the spin applied by either side of the political debate. His aim is to jog the reader out of a sense of complacency, and to fan the flames of outrage, something he manages to do with almost every page, but not without laughs along the way. No friend to Republicans, Moore's work will probably offend readers of the rightward persuasion more than it energizes them, but he spares no punches for self-styled "liberals," either, particularly if they vote for the Democratic Party, a group of pols who take more than their share of drubbing during the course of the book. While Moore can in no way be considered conservative, he doesn't fit the mold of "liberal Democrat," either, and this makes him unusual in the field of political writing because he's hard to get a bead upon. On one page he's smashing "Dubya" to bits, and on the next, Al Gore and Bill Clinton. Let it not be said that Moore plays favorites. Truth be told, this take-no-prisoners approach might serve to alienate readers of all stripes, particularly those who don't like to have their values questioned, but if one is in an open-minded frame while reading STUPID WHITE MEN..., the experience can be refreshing in its honesty as one man's take on the issues of the day. Take the book for what it is and let it fuel your political discussions for a good, long while.
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Summary: Ha Ha Huh?
Review: The truth is that this book is NOT very funny. It misses much more often than it hits in trying to pull a chuckle out of the reader. Mr. Moore seems to have moved so far inside his own little world that he apparently doesn't realize that his work is getting to the point where it is only "clever" to (or even worthy of the serious attention of) the most extreme conspiratists and businessophobes in our society. Whether you think he's a moron or a genius, he used to be amusing. This book is just tired, cliched, and kind of loopy in a way that is more pitiful than humorous.
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