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Summary: Better than Stupid White Men
Review: Mr. Moore starts of by detailing the indirect connections between the family of OBL and George W. Bush. The Bin Ladens were heavy investors in the Carlyle group, which finances weapons sales to Saudi Arabia, which that government uses to terrorize its people. Bush Sr. was seen laughing with Bin Laden's brother at a Carlyle meeting the day before 9-11. Saudi investments in this country, he notes, are crucial for keeping our economy afloat. The Carlyle group is stacked by mostly ex-Republican politicians such as Bush Sr. The law firm of James Baker, another Carlyle consultant, is representing the Saudi government in the lawsuit against it by the families of the 9-11 victims. The Bush administration blacked the sections on the Saudis and 9-11 in its report to Congress.Bin Laden's family has officially disowned Osama,.yet he still has access to the family fortune and seems to be getting money from them. Six months before 9-11, a tape shows several members of OBL's immediate family at one of his son's wedding. The big surprise in all of this is two-dozen Bin Laden family members were allowed to fly out of the country in the days after 9-11 when all flights were grounded. Similarly several family members were allowed to fly from Florida to Kentucky to join other family members looking at horses. No law enforcement detained them to question them about OBL and 9-11. Moore suggests that the appalling perfection of 9-11 couldn't have been executed by the ill Bin Laden in his cave. The hi-jackers might have been professionals from the Saudi military and were funded by the Bin Laden sympathizers in the Saudi royal family. He has a section where talks about Unocal's efforts to get the Taliban to agree to build a pipeline across Afghanistan to transport Central Asian gas. Zhalmay Khalizad, the new UN ambassador to Hamid Karzai in Kabul, was then on the Unocal payroll on advocated doing business with the Taliban. Karzai is also a former Unocal employee. He goes into a discussion of Iraq. He notes the 1994 report of the Senate banking committee, which detailed the massive aid given by U.S. corporations to Saddam to build his WMD arsenal with the approval of the Reagan-Bush Sr. regimes. He quotes former Reagan administration official Howard Teicher that Reagan told Saddam that the U.S. would give him whatever he needed to defeat Iran. He notes that the Reaganites wrecked a 1988 house sanctions bill against Iraq because it would interfere with U.S. business opportunities. He notes that the inspectors and the IAEA said that aluminum tubes being used by Iraq to make small rockets but Bush quoted them as saying that Iraq was trying to make centrifuges to make uranium. Then there were the supposed mobile labs. At one point Rumsfeld claimed to have found two of them after the fighting ended but they turned out to be facilities for making hydrogen for hot-air balloons.
He notes that while Colin Powell was bamboozling at the UN with evidence such as documents constructed by Tony Blair's PR people from a graduate student's paper from 1991, British intelligence leaked to the BBC that there was no evidence of a Saddam-Bin Laden connection. They had tried to be friends at one point just before the first Gulf war but Saddam is a secularist and Bin Laden is an extreme fundamentalist and Bin Laden was upset by the invasion of Kuwait. Similarly with the other supposed Iraqi-Al Qaida link of Ansar Al Islam. That group called Saddam an enemy and was in Northern Iraq out of Saddam's jurisdiction. Nobody was able to find their supposed weapons factories.
He has a good section about the raging anti-French cretinism. He notes that Fox news kept showing Jacques Chriac meeting with Saddam back in the 70's but neglected to show Rumsfeld meeting with Saddam as Reagan's envoy in 1983., he coalition of the willing seemed largely to consist of the governments of such countries and not their people. Opposition to the war was around 70 percent in Australia, Japan and Italy. In Spain only 13 percent supported the war on condition that the UN oversaw it. In Turkey 94 percent opposed the war. In this country, many people believe that Saddam took part in 9-11. Half in a poll thought incorrectly that one or more of the 9-11 hijackers were Iraqi (most were Saudi). The Bushies had them so scared out of their wits that at one point during the war, a quarter in a poll thought that Saddam had already used WMD against our forces. He notes how Americans were bamboozled into buying up their remaining savings in stocks to vastly over-inflate the economy. He talks about a bill in congress to limit pensions for blue-collar workers because poor working conditions will cause such workers to die sooner. He talks about companies who secretly buy life insurance policies in the name of their employees, then when the latter die, pocket all the money. Moore quotes a study that at one superfund toxic waste site there were disproportionately high rates of cancer, asthma, respiratory sicknesses, etc. The tax to fund a superfund to clean-up toxic waste was passed in 1980; it was not renewed in 1995. By 1999 taxpayers were splitting the costs of clean up with the superfund; back in 1994, the superfund covered 80 percent of it.
He notes that according to the department of labor workers in unions make an average of $717 a week compared to $573 a week for those not in unions. Since the early 80's, the income of the richest one percent has gone up 157 percent; that of the Middle class only 10 percent. Since 1980 states have seen a 157 percent increase in money spent on prisons.; their spending on education has gone up only 32 percent. Half the people don't bother to vote. He shows how many Americans endorse "liberal" positions on many issues.
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Summary: Simple words - and humour ! - to tell the truth...
Review: Especially amusing (and at the same time a real lecture about honesty in politics) is the chapter about "Jesus W. Christ". One might think his humour is especially "dry" (or british ?) - but I like it very much. I didn't finish Michael Moores new book yet (the german edition appeared just a few days ago...) but tonight I had the chance to see and hear M.M live in Hamburg at the CCH, where he talked to about 1500 very interested (mostly young) german readers. In my opinion he is a straight-thinking american citizen in the best way: defending fundamental civil rights, revealing lies and dishonest politicians - first of all the man in the white house who claims (does he ?) to be elected by a majority of the american nation... I would like to recommend this book (as his other ones too) - they are definitely NOT "anti-american" but give back the image of a civilized and freedom-loving people to the whole nation ! I congratulate any american to such a courageous man, always showing an unassuming presence. Read his books and don't forget: didn't all totalitarian regimes first of all punish people who told jokes about their leaders ? Defend your liberty !
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Summary: Why are people afraid of someone speaking out?
Review: I enjoyed this book from begining to end, as a foreigner I found that many of the statements that Michael Moore wrote are known and commented on international media.
I do not believe this book is meant to be anti american as some people say, I understand some people feel ofended, but they should not say that Michael Moore should leave the country!!, that is only proving that he is right, if we talk about freedom and democracy then he has the right to speak out.
People have to read this book with an open mind, there are some acusations and opinions that really blow your mind, if half of them are true then there is a lot to be done.
I recomend this book, it will be hard for some people to read, but it is worth the time.
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Summary: Dude, Wheres My Country
Review: Fantastic Book,Michael Moore hit a home run with this one. I personally checked some of the more intriguing facts and found them to be right on the money. If our public would just read Michael and Al Franken there wouldn't be any more worry about the screwing we are taking from this administration. Thank you for this insightful and humorous book
Phil Palmer
Olympia Washington
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Summary: Another Brilliant Work By Michael Moore
Review: I just put down this book. It was simply amazing. It was just as much of an eye-opener on the issues as Mr. Moore's movie "Bowling for Columbine." Michael Moore has taken the role of national whistleblower to a new level. Buy this book and VOTE.. you'll be glad you did.
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Summary: Moorerawkz.com
Review: This was an actual conversation I heard from two well known stoners at my high school.
''Dude, you remember watching that one movie that was all anti guns and had Marilyn Manson in it?''
''You mean that Bowling For Columbine movie?''
''Yeah! That movie was awesome! Everything he says is right in there. Bush must really be stupid.''
''I know. Everything he says is true. Everything''
''I bought his new book Dude, Where's My Country. Its really good''
''Haha, like that one movie Dude, Where's My Car? Hahaha. Michaels funny and smart. I like that in people.'' Michael Moore uber alles. After all his views are ''right on target''. For a man whose opposed to many corporations and would like to see a change in our democratic society, I think its wonderful to see him have commercials about his own book no less on national television. Even the chance to be able to watch the Academy Awards and hear him whining about Bush. Haha, poor Michael. You only made one of the most profitable documentaries in the world and have converted many uptight conservative Middle Class teens into pot smoking liberal ones. You seem to be doing just fine. This book isnt any different than some neighbor of yours who complains about his sprinkler system going on your lawn rather than his own. Only this is made by an overweight millionaire liberal who degrades Bush simply by quoting all the silly things he's said and pronounced. Yes Michael, we know Bush isnt that smart. Yes, we know he's our president. Yes, there are people out there who could have his occupation and do a much better job than he is doing. But havent you said this in your last two books and your critically over-acclaimed documentary? Tell us something we dont know. Your waisting our time and money, and you seem to be waisting yours too.
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Summary: What will it be Michael, humor or facts?
Review: Moore wants his writings to be regarded as facts, but continues to tell critics that they have no case -- since he is writing humor. Do yourself a favor and read this book for humor, and not any factual content (because there isn't any).
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Summary: Dude, you come from Canada!
Review: This book is pathetic and anyone who believes in this garbage is stupid. It basically states that Republicans are bad, and Bush sucks. There you go. Oh and by the way, if you hate our country so much why don't you move somewhere else scumbag
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Summary: Occasionally humorous amidst weak arguments and void of fact
Review: Look at the cover and find all you need to know. Michael Moore takes the fact the George W. Bush lies about being conservative and can't keep unemployment low, and turns him into the worst character since Ramses II of Biblical Egypt. Connections to the bin Laden family? The argument is weak, weak enough that I could make a similar connection between Moore and every now late communist filmmaker. The humor, or attempted humor, in the book is somewhat worthwhile. I for one don't understand why political manifestos need humor, but I suppose Moore feels he's completely uncredible and a total bore without it. After all, he's not a political genius, just a guy with hard-core opinions. Opinions which occassionally include bashing of the left-wing. This is a refreshing tack to take, albeit the arguments are short. I don't care which side Moore wants to attack, he does a poor job of it. I don't want to read that George W. Bush is stupid for the 642nd time, just like I don't want to read how fat Ted Kennedy is. While Moore presents arguments reasonable at the ground level, he fails to develop anything significantly, and simply insinuates that the vast majority of Americans are liberal. Apparently he figures if he plants the seeds, we'll all grow from there. Unfortunately, however, for one seeking worthwhile commentary, Moore comes up empty. The book is sketchy, bounces from topic to topic unexpectedly, and offers up no great incentive to join his bellicose mission.
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Summary: Lyndon LaRouche would love this book!
Review: Let's see now, 9/11 was sponsered by Enron and Haliburton not Osama bin Laden, since poor Osama has a kidney disease. Bush was in S.A.C. following the 9/11 attacks, which is standard military procedure when our nation is under attack, and according to Moore, "any dunderhead knew that if hijacked planes are being used as missles, the last place you wanna be is up there flying around", adding to Bush's culpability was the expression on his face when first told of the attack which was not a genuine one according to Moore. These are just a sampling of the kind of "facts" and "evidence" Moore uses to "expose" the Bush administration and its "allies" as conspriators in the 9/11 attacks. Moore's hatred of George Bush is well known and he has made plenty of money from it traveling the world on book tours, talkshows, anti-war demonstrations and the lecture circuit Anyone familiar with his writings that concern Bush or post-Clinton-era politics will realize that stuff like this can be written off as the usual radical extremist fare. I mean, can even the most casual observer of politics take seriously a work entitled 'Dude, Where's My Country'? The title of the book itself predicts the inanities that are to follow therein. Don't get me wrong, I generally like books like these that expose politicians with hard-hitting prose whether written from a left or right perspective. But Moore's treatise, while attempting to read like an eye-opening expose, uses highly questionable sources and makes several factually untrue accounts along with a sprinkling of LaRouche-like accusations ensuring that the book will never be taken seriously except for the small but vocal contingent of Bush-haters and America-haters. An example of this is Moore's account of Wesley Clark's claim that the Bush White House called him and asked him to tie Saddam Hussein to the 9/11 attacks. Yet Moore conveniently fails to tell us that Clark later recanted that statement. In a book that claims to be "thouroughly researched and foot-noted" an egregious omission such this as well as several others will certainly not detract from Moore's reputation as a highly unscrupulous political partisan.
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