Dr. Phil is the LEAST Repugnant Person in this Book

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	• 101 People Who Are Really Screwing America Jack Huberman Nation Books, 2006 - 352 pages average customer review:based on 20 reviews view larger image
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Dr. Phil is the LEAST Repugnant Person in this Book

Out of 101+ people in this book, Dr. Phil (#91) comes across as the least repugnant person who is really screwing America. After all, adults who are dumb enough to appear on his show deserve what they get and any child dumb enough to have parents who are dumb enough to appear on his show deserve what they get.

But the rest of the list? Scary. Far from being "Compassionate Conservatives," the members of the Imperial Presidency (where is Richard Nixon when you need him?) and its Court have pulled a coup against our democratic system, with the result that we have a government of the Bushies, by the Bushies, and for the Bushies.

(To be clear: I am using the term "Bushies" to stand for everyone who stands against whatever I stand for: ending the Iraq War; respecting the environment and the scientific method; First Amendment, Second Amendment - OK, let's say all the amendments, when interpreted by a fair and balanced Supreme Court - and yes, compassion.)

From the outdoor environment to the privacy of one's own home, the Bushies do seem to be preoccupied with sex: from raping and pillaging our national natural resources to determining what happens in the privacy of one's bedroom. Small-minded people, they hoard what they have, and then want more. From Pat Robertson (#55) and his "Christian Coalition" to Bradley Smith 1 (#79) and Bradley Smith 2 (#78), they seem to believe that they are the ones to set the national agenda - and why shouldn't they? Since January 20, 2001, they have been.

in a prescient and eerie choice, #19, Alberto Gonzales, comes across as the worst Attorney General ever, in a book that was written well before this month's (March 2007) events: the purge of the U.S. attorneys for purely partisan political reasons. And Condi Rice at #10 ranks even higher (the lower the number, the higher is your Screwing America listing) than Gonzales, most notably for her horrid, heartbreaking joke about 9/11: The Bush government was completely surprised on 9/11, she claimed, despite the title of the President's Daily Briefing on August 6, 2001: "Bin Laden Determined to Attack Inside the United States." It must have been a joke, because she couldn't have been serious.

Media figures in all forms come in for a drubbing: Rupert Murdoch (#14,) Clear Channel Communications (#50), and even the so-called Liberal Media (#13) are called on the carpet. In a system where a 24-hour news network, proclaiming itself "Fair and Balanced" (#28), is nothing but a mouthpiece for one political party, a confused Average American (#57 - oh, my, is no one spared from Huberman's wrath?) had better turn off their Ipods and TV's and cancel their newspaper subscriptions and curl up with a good book. (My Pet Goat would be an excellent choice. Just ask #2.).

My one quibble? #44. I'll never forget my first time. And I refuse to give it up.

The book is amusing but infuriating. Keep away if you are a Democrat with high blood pressure. Everyone else, read at your own risk. But read it.

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Depressing

Let me start off by saying that I am not a Republican and my attitudes towards politics and the world could best be described by the word Realism.

I was looking for a FSM car ornament when I saw this book. I bought it along with the ornament and the Gospel of the FSM. I was really looking for some political humor akin to Al Franken's books, which are quite entertaining as and enlightening. I have been sadly disappointed. This book drips with the same vitriol and sanctimonious, superior attitude that every right wing blow-hard knows by rote. The only difference is a substitution of names. Also, it's not funny, it's really just depressing. In my opinion the book just highlights how low we have sunk as a society that so many of the people in the book are current movers and shakers. Further depression can be realized by looking at both the Democratic (I.E. The Other Evil) party and the current crop of presidential contenders from either side.

The only good note about this is that many of the people in the book have already gotten what they had coming to them. A key example would be Dr. Laura who has faded into near non-existence since here nude photo shoot became public.

The book is quite a good catalog of hypocrisy, deceit, corruption and moral bankruptcy so if that's what you're looking for be my guest. But, if you are looking for a laugh forget it.

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Perhaps one of the most ridiculous phenomena of recent years is Bernard Goldberg's right-wing and unforgivably successful 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America. The vast majority of his targets are no different from the picks of any hyperventilating fan of Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly: feminists, academics, media moguls, newspaper columnists, liberals, and a few obscure cartoonists and painters. But it's thin on the right wing politicos, their media and corporate echochamber who have landed us in the mess we're in. Best-selling author Jack Huberman provides us with an entertaining and informative bestiary of the real crooks, liars and cheats who are screwing up America. These are not just the people making asses of themselves or getting more media attention than they deserve. Huberman restores the likes of Fox News CEO Roger Ailes, James A. Baker III, Gary Bauer Brent Bozell, Ann Coulter, Karen Hughes, Karl Rove, Leo Strauss and Ralph Reed to their rightful place in the national hall of shame, along with such oozing pustules of cultural putrefaction as the Olson Twins, Mel Gibson, William Bennett, Katie Couric, Matt Drudge, Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, Dr. Phil, Dr. Laura, Oprah Winfrey, Teletubbies, the Simpson sisters, and God.

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