Towel Snapping the Press: Bush's Journey from Locker-Room Antics to Message Control (Communication, Media, ...1 review James E. Mueller Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2006 Worst...book....ever... This guy is a complete moron and a terrible writer. Not for any particular sway/slant this book has, but the sheer fact that he is a terrible writer. He repeats the same points over and over again, just phrased differently. I had to keep checking to make sure I hadnt gone back in the book and ...             With Speed and Violence: Why Scientists Fear Tipping Points in Climate Change30 reviews Fred Pearce Beacon Press, 2007 Welcome to the anthropocene--prepare to be surprised + So much interesting material + best as of summer 2008 + Express Train to Doom?             Strategic Ignorance: Why the Bush Administration Is Recklessly Destroying a Century of Environmental Progress15 reviews Carl Pope, Paul Rauber Sierra Club Books, 2006 Chronicling a return to the ethos of the robber barons + Expose of Faith Based Energy Policy Carl Pope is the Executive Director of the Sierra Club and his co-author Paul Rauber is a senior editor at Sierra Magazine. Their prose is direct, clear and hard-hitting, and their book is a devastating indictment of the Bush administration's environmental polices. Exhibit #1 is the big lie. ...             The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals53 reviews Jane Mayer Doubleday, 2008 A Lady Asked Dr. Franklin, "Well Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?" + "The Dark Side" + Torture: True or False + The Dark Side + The Dark Side             Fascists in Christian Clothing: The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy1 review Richard J. Weisman iUniverse, Inc., 2005 This guy teaches kids???? If you routinely see black helicopters hovering over your house; if you believe the illuminati is running the world; if you believe OJ was framed; if you believe, that if it weren't for your tin foil hat, you'd be a victim of mind control by the goverment than this book is for you.             Jaded Tasks: Brass Plates, Black Ops & Big Oil-The Blood Politics of George Bush & Co.5 reviews Wayne Madsen Trine Day, 2006 The Best of Journalistic Courage + Interesting book + Jaded Tasks; Brass Plates,Black Ops & Big Oil + must read             Losing Iraq: Inside the Postwar Reconstruction Fiasco14 reviews David L. Phillips Basic Books, 2006 An honest man speaks out, duty bound + Enormous Incompetence! "Losing Iraq" is a work of great value to all Americans, and will find its place in history after the dust settles and historians have at their leisure decided whether America's dignity was more offended by what was incurred or by what was avoided in our so-called "war on terror." A passage from ...             The Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost of the Iraq Conflict31 reviews Joseph E. Stiglitz, Linda J. Bilmes W. W. Norton, 2008 $3 trillion would have been cheap This book puts forth a lot of numbers and tries to put a price on certain things that should not have to have a price on it: such as the price of a human life. But it needs to happen because obviously this country does not value the lives of its soldiers. This book backs up the sentiment that ...             What We've Lost: How the Bush Administration Has Curtailed Our Freedoms, Mortgaged Our Economy, Ravaged Our ...13 reviews Graydon Carter Picador, 2007 Do not vote until you read his book! + THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE! + Lucid Study of the Bush Administration Reveals a Sad State + How recent politics has caused us to lose so much             Crashing the Gate: Netroots, Grassroots, and the Rise of People-Powered Politics96 reviews Jerome Armstrong, Markos Moulitsas Zuniga Chelsea Green, 2006 Enthusiastically recommended for anyone involved in grassroots politics. + Moulitsas and Armstrong present a compelling case + Fascinating, maddening read + Nice counterpoint to professional blowhards             Veering Right: How the Bush Administration Subverts the Law for Conservative Causes3 reviews Charles Tiefer University of California Press, 2006 Subversion traced to whitehouse.gov + Veering Right + Read this book and you won't vote for Bush There have been quite a lot of books this year attempting to breach the Bush battlements, but this one, by its calm and meticulous depiction and documentation, does the job in low key but chilling fashion. No screaming salvos, simply a quiet indictment that adds up by the end of the book to a ...             How America Lost Iraq14 reviews Aaron Glantz Tarcher, 2006 We would know what the Iraqi people wanted if we actually listened to them! + Who knew there was a Middle? + Should be required reading for Bush' adminirstration + Balanced             The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder194 reviews Vincent Bugliosi Vanguard Press, 2008 There truly is Hope + Wonderful and Frightening + Tremendous, patriotic, unsettling + A really harsh, but fact based conclusion + Bugliosi Hits a Homerun             Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II38 reviews Douglas A. Blackmon Doubleday, 2008 This is a must read + pleased that the book came in good condition. + Better late than never + Powerful and disturbing - a must read.             The Raw Deal: How the Bush Republicans Plan to Destroy Social Security and the Legacy of the New Deal11 reviews Joe Conason Polipoint Press, 2005 Soc Sec Expert Says Conason is On the Mark! + Welfare commits government to increased spending during economic downturns + The Planned Destruction of Social Security + Outdated by events, but still worth reading + Primer on Bush Administration Operating Procedures             Conned: How Millions Went to Prison, Lost the Vote, and Helped Send George W. Bush to The White House2 reviews Sasha Abramsky New Press, 2006 A Book to Get You Fired Up As Americans, we want to see ourselves as the good guys--the defenders of freedom, democracy, and justice around the world. Yet here we are, creating a patchwork quilt of confusing and Byzantine laws, that make it impossible for millions of our own citizens to participate fully. In Conned, ...             Gulliver Unbound: America's Imperial Temptation and the War in Iraq1 review Stanley Hoffmann Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2006 Troops Out! In this brilliant book, Stanley Hoffmann wrote, "the road selected by the United States was that of a declaration of `war' against terrorism, the creation of the notion of `illegal combatants', and the assimilation of states suspected of sheltering terrorists to the terrorists themselves. This was ...             The Rise of the Fourth Reich: The Secret Societies That Threaten to Take Over America15 reviews Jim Marrs William Morrow, 2008 Another great book from Jim Marrs + A book everyone with a enquiring and astute mind should read. + Fascinating and Informative + What's Reich with America?             Imperial Grand Strategy: The Conquest of Iraq And the Assault on Democracy5 reviews Noam Chomsky AK Press, 2006 OKAY SO ITS NOT THE MOST GRIPPING VISUALS BUT YET AND STILL + Chomsky: unparalled. + Chomsky brings needed reason, articulateness to subjects dominated by "Street Kids" + If you don't read Chomsky, yoy don't want to know what's going on. + A simply outstanding collection of remarkable ideals and principles from Noam Chomsky's accomplished and respected works             Standard Operating Procedure8 reviews Philip Gourevitch, Errol Morris Penguin Press HC, The, 2008 Required reading for this century + Charlie Foxtrot: Staring "Leash Girl" & "Sh_tboy" + gut wrenching look at Abu Ghraib.. + What the Photographs Don't Show + Devastating Book