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Summary: Covers a lot of the same territory as "Lost Rights"
Review: James Bovard's "Feeling Your Pain" covers much of the same territory and the same abuses as his other excellent book, "Lost Rights." Nevertheless, "Feeling Your Pain" still is a very good book, especially in the chapters covering the abuses under Americorps. Bovard basically accuses Americorps of being a liberal indoctrination program which provides little to the communities in which they serve. His chapters on the abuses of the ADA and farm subsidies are also very interesting and show the extent of government waste in America.I personally feel that Bovard should also be commended for continually reminding his readers about the abuses of civil liberties and human rights which happened at Waco and Ruby Ridge. Bovard's chapters on these almost forgotten scandals parallel those in "Lost Rights," although the chapter on Waco is more in depth to the aftermath of Waco. Bovard also offers extensive documentation of his resources in case readers want to verify Bovard's conclusions. Basically, the only reason I am giving this book only four stars is because it covers the same material as "Lost Rights." Nevertheless, it still an excellent book from one of America's best liberatarian writers.
Rating:
Summary: Covers a lot of the same territory as "Lost Rights"
Review: James Bovard's "Feeling Your Pain" covers much of the same territory and the same abuses as his other excellent book, "Lost Rights." Nevertheless, "Feeling Your Pain" still is a very good book, especially in the chapters covering the abuses under Americorps. Bovard basically accuses Americorps of being a liberal indoctrination program which provides little to the communities in which they serve. His chapters on the abuses of the ADA and farm subsidies are also very interesting and show the extent of government waste in America. I personally feel that Bovard should also be commended for continually reminding his readers about the abuses of civil liberties and human rights which happened at Waco and Ruby Ridge. Bovard's chapters on these almost forgotten scandals parallel those in "Lost Rights," although the chapter on Waco is more in depth to the aftermath of Waco. Bovard also offers extensive documentation of his resources in case readers want to verify Bovard's conclusions. Basically, the only reason I am giving this book only four stars is because it covers the same material as "Lost Rights." Nevertheless, it still an excellent book from one of America's best liberatarian writers.
Rating:
Summary: Covers a lot of the same territory as "Lost Rights"
Review: James Bovard's "Feeling Your Pain" covers much of the same territory and the same abuses as his other excellent book, "Lost Rights." Nevertheless, "Feeling Your Pain" still is a very good book, especially in the chapters covering the abuses under Americorps. Bovard basically accuses Americorps of being a liberal indoctrination program which provides little to the communities in which they serve. His chapters on the abuses of the ADA and farm subsidies are also very interesting and show the extent of government waste in America. I personally feel that Bovard should also be commended for continually reminding his readers about the abuses of civil liberties and human rights which happened at Waco and Ruby Ridge. Bovard's chapters on these almost forgotten scandals parallel those in "Lost Rights," although the chapter on Waco is more in depth to the aftermath of Waco. Bovard also offers extensive documentation of his resources in case readers want to verify Bovard's conclusions. Basically, the only reason I am giving this book only four stars is because it covers the same material as "Lost Rights." Nevertheless, it still an excellent book from one of America's best liberatarian writers.
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Summary: Your Taxes At Work
Review: Jim Bovard has hit another grand slam. With his just the facts, no prisoners style, Bovard has proven once again why he is sure not to get on the governments christmas card list. His hard research continues to present to one and all who dare to open the cover, that no matter how much the media and the spin doctors try to snow the general public with their sugar coated tales, that under that coating is the bitter taste of reality. This is not a book for those who wish to remain "Comfortably Numb". How ever if you have the courage to face your deamons then this book is for you! The chapter on the events at Waco Texas and the Branch Davidians is top shelf, fact filled and moves right along. This book is a must for anyone who is concerened about the countrys direction and wishes to be both well informed and brought up to speed as to just where we are headed as a nation. If we continue to ignor those whom we have intrusted with the public well being, then Mr. Bovard will have even more material for future volumes. So warm up your reading glasses and after you finish reading this excellent work, share it with a friend or two. Medicine isn't always plesant tasting, but in the end we will all be better off.
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Summary: more shocking, yet entertaining, revelations
Review: Of the many chilling accounts of corruption and scandal in the Clinton White House, Bovard's account of Clinton's involvement in Osama's terror network is the most disturbing. Bovard vividly describes the close freindship between Clinton and Osama, and recounts several key sleepovers that Clinton had at some of Osama's caves in Afghanistan and even describes a weekend fishing trip in Canada where Osama bagged a big marlin and Clinton and Gore cooked it up Arkansa style. It was just unbelievable. Bovard's implications of Hillary's serial-killing tendencies were also quite a revelation.
Of course the only provable allegation was that Clinton caused some stains on a Jewish girl's dress and then did something with a cigar, but one never tires of hearing about all the things Clinton and his crazy bunch may have done.
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Summary: Hatred, not analysis
Review: One might mke any number of useful criticisms of the Clinton Administration, but the material offered by James Bovard is not criticism, analysis or information. It is simple right-wing hatred of Clinton. This is a man who in an article in Playboy Magazine called AmeriCorps members "Hitler Youth." I know from personal experience and knowledge that much of what Mr. Bovard offers up as fact is not that at all. It is often just plain wrong. So no reader should put faith in any of the allegations that Mr. Bovard puts forth. Unfortunately, this book adds adds nothing at all to an intelligent debate of the successes and failures of the Clinton administration. It is yet another screed from right-winger who so mad at Clinton that he can't see straight or get the facts straight.
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Summary: Same Old stuff
Review: There's very little new here and a lot of it is quite similar to Bovard's older books. I do agree with his comments about the drug war, and asset forfeiture. On the other hand, a large part of the reason for Clinton coming to power was that he co-opted conservative positions such as toughness on crime, drugs and activist foreign policy from Republicans. [ After Bush attacked and won against Dukakis for being soft on crime and pro-ACLU] Oh, and while I thought that Waco was a disasterous mistake from Day one by the BATF and the Feds, its not true that the BATF could have arrested Koresh at any time away from the compound. They could not have arrested him without a arrest warrant, and they could not have got an arrest warrant without a search, for which the search warrant was required. The way in which they served it was screwed up, of course.
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Summary: Serious criticism
Review: This is a must for anyone concerned about civil liberties and individual rights. Democrats take notice!! If you don't why so many Democrats left the Democrat Party, you need to read this book. I was a former Democratic Party activist. Clinton and Gore are the RIGHT WING of the Democratic Party. Clinton's actions in office, as written in this book, prove the point. My home town Omaha is mentioned for misuse of Federal funds.
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Summary: See the Forest Through the Trees
Review: This is an important "anthology" of the abuses of the Clinton-Gore administration. To regular Bovard readers, it does cover some of the material that his other works have detailed but is a disturbing litany of statist, unconstitutional, and power hungry moves by this administration. What this summary does is put in greater perspective the actions of the Clinton-Gore administration that range from seemingly unrelated domestic policy such as HUD and farm loans programs to foreign policy such as the WTO and the Serbian war.
The common thread is a executive branch gobbling ever increasingly amount of control over normal people's lives while dishing out intellectually contorted reasoning appealing to people's emotions and fears. Intentions are always more important than results, activity more desired than progress, the end always justifies the means, and the truth is simply a tool to be used, warped, or discarded to advance one's aims. When we are constantly told that "it's all old news" or "just about sex", the casual political observer can't help but sit back and wonder about the lies we don't know about. This is what the book is all about.
I recommend you read the one star review from the person from California ("Hatred, not analysis"). This is an ironic message that illustrates all that the Clinton administration wants you to swallow. The reviewer reminds you that any dissenting opinion is simply "right wing hatred". He/she -- knows -- that the author has his facts wrong but won't tell you how they know this nor site any examples of these errors ("just trust me..."). What the Clinton-Gore apologists want us to believe is that any administration discretion is just a rare, isolated brush fire that really isn't a big issue, has been dealt with and there's nothing to worry about except when one steps back and examines the forest they find that the entire landscape is in flames.
Rating:
Summary: See the Forest Through the Trees
Review: This is an important "anthology" of the abuses of the Clinton-Gore administration. To regular Bovard readers, it does cover some of the material that his other works have detailed but is a disturbing litany of statist, unconstitutional, and power hungry moves by this administration. What this summary does is put in greater perspective the actions of the Clinton-Gore administration that range from seemingly unrelated domestic policy such as HUD and farm loans programs to foreign policy such as the WTO and the Serbian war.
The common thread is a executive branch gobbling ever increasingly amount of control over normal people's lives while dishing out intellectually contorted reasoning appealing to people's emotions and fears. Intentions are always more important than results, activity more desired than progress, the end always justifies the means, and the truth is simply a tool to be used, warped, or discarded to advance one's aims. When we are constantly told that "it's all old news" or "just about sex", the casual political observer can't help but sit back and wonder about the lies we don't know about. This is what the book is all about.
I recommend you read the one star review from the person from California ("Hatred, not analysis"). This is an ironic message that illustrates all that the Clinton administration wants you to swallow. The reviewer reminds you that any dissenting opinion is simply "right wing hatred". He/she -- knows -- that the author has his facts wrong but won't tell you how they know this nor site any examples of these errors ("just trust me..."). What the Clinton-Gore apologists want us to believe is that any administration discretion is just a rare, isolated brush fire that really isn't a big issue, has been dealt with and there's nothing to worry about except when one steps back and examines the forest they find that the entire landscape is in flames.
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