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Summary: A broadside from the left
Review: Despite the allegations from the right, the left does not control the media. From the right-wing pundits to the totally superficial news coverage, the American public has not received a balanced view of the current administration. It is refreshing to see the liberals (BTW: When did liberal become an obsenity?) take some long overdue potshots at the right.
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Summary: Long Live the Dixie Chicks
Review: After reading "Bushwhacked," and thus becoming even more disgusted with Bush's corporate kissing policies, I told some of my friends about what I read. As I spoke to each one, I found my voice rising and blood pressure zooming. When I finished, I waited expectantly, wondering how each person would respond.More than one of them only looked at me, eyes glazed, obviously a bit put off, I could tell, and said, "Do you believe everything you read?" Well, no. Never did, never will. But I've followed what Bush has been doing to our budget, to our environment, to our country, to MY country, and to our world long before Bushwhacked. When the reports are all the same, everywhere I turn, except from Rush Limbaugh or a talking head on MSNBC, I have to believe most of it. But even then I leave considerable room for my own thoughts and analysis. And my final analysis ain't pretty. Bushwhacked told me many things I already knew, but it added much more detail and insight. It was humorous at times, but more dreadfully sad than anything else--because it told the dispicable truth. It should be read by anyone who cares even a smidgen about the US and the world. One good thing: After reading Bushwhacked, I love the Dixie Chicks even more.
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Summary: Integrity doesn't just count, it shows
Review: What would I give to have Molly Ivins in the White House rather than GeeDubya? Let me count the ways! The only disadvantage would be that she might not have as much time for her incisive, witty, heart-felt writing. Chapter after chapter is a zinger. Special appreciation for "What Is to Be Done?" Apart from her sentiments, and the load of facts in this latest book from one of my favorite writers, I appreciate how Molly Ivins pours her heart and soul into her work. Professionally, I teach people to read life deeper. My way of "raising hell" includes reading auras. In case you're political without yet being metaphysical, auras are energy fields with databanks of information that anyone can read, including via photos. Integrity shows in three parts of an aura, and Dubya does colossally badly in all three. My latest book, WRINKLES ARE GOD'S MAKEUP, includes an online supplement where with detailed integrity readings of all U.S. presidents for whom photos are available. Dubya compares as well integrity-wise as in other components of his presidency. On the other hand, I'm sitting here right now with the pictures of the co-authors open on the book's flyleaf. FYI, Ivins' photo shows the throat chakra of a lion. She's powerful without being strident, solid and authentic. Her communication blends mind, heart and soul to an exemplary degree. Lou Dubose is no slouch, either. At the throat chakra, he shows up as one intense, sarcastic, wry communicator. Like Ivins, there's no question about telling the truth: Integrity R Us! Thanks to both of you for an extraordinary book.
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Summary: Strings attached
Review: Wasn't it Karl Marx who said government gets infested by the ruling ideas from the ruling booboisie? I thought he had been refuted, but the folks in Washington may yet succeed in turning him back into a prophet. here we go again. According to the author the wacky Bushies are highwaymen on the Beltway--the evidence is mounting, folks, from the Texas dress rehearsal to Washington shoe size.
One would have thought that with the fall of Communism the captains of industry might have learned a sobering lesson, proceeded chastened to show that a democracy can work, welcome all its 'citizens' into society, and proceed with caution to not navigate backwards. Instead in record time, one generation every cliche of nineteenth century sloganeering is coming to pass, and after three quarters of a hilarious book I tend to agree with one reviewer here, it's funny til you realize its true.
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Summary: Love that Picture
Review: Look if you like the picture on the front cover, you'll love this book. Sometimes hilarious, sometimes ironic, sometimes sarcastic, these things are enough to keep you reading. Add in the fact that these are truths....well, it really does scare you to think that we have a president this unethical and inept. I first approached this book from a..."nah, can't be perspective." But, the more I read the more I followed up with my own research and the more I understood the gravity of the Supreme Court's gift to the Bush family. Though it may sound far-fetched, all of the statements in this book can be confirmed as fact through basic research.
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Summary: America's Emperor Has No Clothes
Review: Is this book good? That is a tough question. It is well written, well documented and well sourced. It can be laugh-out-loud funny at times, but the subject matter is enough to make you howl with anger. Several questions arose while reading this, chief among them being: "HOW CAN WE BE LETTING THIS HAPPEN TO US ?!?" What has become of our righteous indignation towards those that attack our cherished ideals? Towards those that choose to tear at the very fabric of what makes this country the envy of the world? How can we sit idly by while America is being torn apart from within by a group of neo-cons hell-bent on making our form of government a dictatorship? This book points out the MANY deceptions and falsehoods perpetrated by "Dubya" Bush prior to his departing Texas, and keeps tab on him and his gang in the nation's capitol. Ivins and Dubose do a great job showing how Governor Bush failed the people of Texas, then took the same failed programs and is trying to use them on a national scale. The programs didn't work in his home state, and they continue to fail at the national level. While the book spends 98% of it's time documenting these travesties, it also dedicates time to offer ideas on how to begin to change America for the betterment of us all. Molly Ivins, in her own unique Texan-style, writes an "angrifying" [my new Bushism for being angry and terrified all at once] book about living life in the brave, new, pseudo-fascist world of Dubya Bush.
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Summary: Don't be fooled by the ranting
Review: Conservatives do a better job than sane people of ranting, crying, and stomping their feet when presented with anything that does not support their view of the world. They are so loud, and morally superior ("How dare you criticize Bush, he is the Commander and Chief in wartime!"), that sometimes it seems like they must constitute a majority. Well guess what? Elections are won (and lost) in the middle, and this country is spilt right down the center. That's how Gore won the popular vote but lost the election. It was that close. Both sides know this, so they ratchet up the rhetoric in an attempt to win converts from the middle (Franken on the left, O'Riley on the right), and in the end, as far as the vast middle is concerned, they cancel each other out. The middle doesn't pay attention until its time to vote, and even then far more of them vote when they feel something more important than politics is at stake. That is why this book scares conservatives. The middle is worried about keeping or finding a job, and wondering if George just flat lied about WMD as the clear and present danger in Iraq or if was duped by hawks that decided to get Hussien once and for all on Sept 12, 2001. Either way, there is cause for concern. When people are concerned, they start asking questions, and they vote. Smart people approaching this book, asking honest questions about George, will almost certainly end up voting against him. That's why conservatives will yell and scream about what a liberal flak Ivins is. They want to prevent the undecided from reading it, and the best way to do that is to label it as liberal propaganda. Well, it isn't. Just as she did in Shrub, Ivins lets it be known where she stands, but she lets the facts speak for themselves. The scary thing is, once you start to see George for what he truly is, its clear that all you have to do is scratch the surface to see through this guy, and it makes you wonder why the mainstream media are so scared of doing just that.
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Summary: Sentimentalist and lacking logic
Review: Wouldn't even give it the one star...but not allowed to give 0 which it so profoundly deserves. Wouldn't waste time reading this...wish I hadn't. Good insight on the ways and methods of thought used by those wishing they'd been properly educated---in order to project a correct evaluation of information placed before them for legitimate review. This will no doubt make those who think like Molly and Lou revel with joy to find fellow logic-lackers. Love the cover...my, wasn't that pure genious? Need I say more? Please don't waste your time reading such Pre-Pre-K drivel.
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Summary: Disturbing and Timely
Review: Bushwacked is a profoundly disturbing look at how the U.S. government has been hijacked by a cabal of greedy corporations and ideological madmen who threaten the future of this great country. Their clueless figurehead leader is undoubtedly the worst President in American history and perhaps the most dangerous man to hold office since the founding of the Republic. Every American should read this book, and then lobby their representatives to begin impeachment hearings that are now long overdue. It is fascinating to see how the Bush apologists who "review" this book fail to ever note any factual errors or other problems in research. Instead, they rely on personal attack like rabid pitbulls, replacing argument with insult. The mindless hate spewing out of these so-called reviews speaks volumes about the people who back this mis-Administration. Hey necon fanatics, read the book and come back with a real critique based on fact rather than emotion. Ivins and Dubose report -- you decide.
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Summary: Stunned
Review: I read Molly's book first and then logged back on to read all the reviews. I'd never done that before. I'd expected to see some thoughtful reactions and, of course, I have. What left me "stunned" were the viciously ignorant ravings of the one-star reviewers. My first thought was that they must be part of a deliberate campaign - okay, conspiracy - to shout Molly down. My second thought was, "No,a deliberate campaign would suggest a measure of intelligent planning, arming them with facts, encouraging them to sound as if they'd actually read the book, etc." So instead I'm just saddened to realize that there are some dangerously stupid people out there. I say saddened, but not surprised, and I do mean dangerous. Throughout history, tyrants
seem to have had no trouble recruiting death squads numbering in the tens of thousands. They were recruited, I'm sure, from the
same sort of mindless goons who wrote those one-star diatribes. I used to think that it can't happen here. I'm not so sure anymore.
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