An Inconvenient Book: Real Solutions to the World's Biggest Problems435 reviews Glenn Beck Threshold Editions, 2007 Brilliant and witty. + BeckBook + Good book for a non-listener or a listener that wants printed facts + Common Sense Packaged in a Funny Bag             Assassination Vacation134 reviews Sarah Vowell Simon & Schuster, 2006 This book rocks! + A Trippy Field Trip Through Assassination History + America needs Sarah Vowell + History groupies are the coolest             The Best Political Cartoons of the Year, 2008 Edition (Best Political Cartoons of the Year)3 reviews Daryl Cagle, Brian Fairrington Que, 2007 The Best Edition !!! + Politically Correct? Politically Great!!!! + Excellent Entry in This Venerable Series This is the Fourth Edition of Cagle Books I have purchased. This one in my Humble Opinion is the Best yet, and that is Due to amount of Cartoons included herein. This one has more cartoons per page than the 2005-2007 Editions and contains a few more pages as well. Hundreds of Top Political ...             I Am America (And So Can You!)424 reviews Stephen Colbert Grand Central Publishing, 2007 Read it ... Enough said ! + I Am America! + Colbert-rific He is Stephan Colbert .... and no other current TV show comedian is. This guy is extremely funny and his book had the kind of subtle and in your face humor that will keep any reader laughing out loud.             Shut Up, I'm Talking: And Other Diplomacy Lessons I Learned in the Israeli Government--A Memoir7 reviews Gregory Levey Free Press, 2008 RICK "SHAQ" GOLDSTEIN SAYS: "L'CHAIM! HILARIOUS INSIDERS LOOK AT THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT!" + A Laugh Riot + Haha - a hilarious (and interesting) read ** AUTHOR'S NOTE ** "As I write this note, things don't look good in the Middle East. I'm not sure when you're reading this, but I assume that things still don't look good in the Middle East, because they never really do." ----------------------------------------------------------- The ...             Idiots, Hypocrites, Demagogues, and More Idiots: Not-So-Great Moments in Modern American Politics3 reviews Paul Slansky Bloomsbury USA, 2007 Great book + The perfect book for the current election season! While some believe that living in a 24/7 news culture helps us understand the world around us, there is plenty of evidence that information overload softens our brains and makes it easy for demagogues to have their way with us. Paul Slansky does not contribute to the clutter but, rather, sifts it ...             Cancel Your Own Goddam Subscription: Notes and Asides from National ReviewPM16 reviews William F. Buckley Jr. Basic Books, 2007 Entertaining, personal, and worth returning to + Good read... + The very human side of an intimidatingly erudite polymath + Buckley At Ease + Delightful             Goodnight Bush: A Parody45 reviews Gan Golan, Erich Origen Little, Brown and Company, 2008 Amazingly Well Done + Very Clever Okay, so your politics probably need to lean in this direction for you to be able to appreciate this one. Having said that, this book is a very clever poignant critique of the last seven years. What really impressed me is how well done it was. I actually purchased the original Goodnight Moon as ...             Aristotle and an Aardvark Go to Washington25 reviews Thomas Cathcart, Daniel Klein Abrams Image, 2008 Overdue assesment of political doublespeak From Jerome Stephens, retired reference librarian, Warren, Ohio It is interesting to note the trends of thought in the reviews. So they concentrate on the Bush administration. That administration is the one that has been in the news for the last 8 years. If the book had been published in ...             Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the White House, A: Humor, Blunders, and Other Oddities From the ...4 reviews Charles Osgood Hyperion, 2008 Looking for humour in politics is like looking for fool's gold in Arizona + To Err is Human + Like a box of Chocolates + Have only read 80% Great!!             The Revolution: A Manifesto647 reviews Ron Paul Grand Central Publishing, 2008 How is this man not our President? + Good on domestic policy, bad on foreign policy + America's Roots: Paul shows the wisdom of the Founding Fathers + Great book!             Anything for a Vote: Dirty Tricks, Cheap Shots, and October Surprises5 reviews Joseph Cummins Quirk Books, 2007 Who Knew History Could Be So Much Fun + Excellent, fast-paced read + Very entertaining pop history + Timely             The Great Derangement: A Terrifying True Story of War, Politics, and Religion at the Twilight of the American ...38 reviews Matt Taibbi Spiegel & Grau, 2008 Witty and Insightful! + Interesting + Most Excellent + "Seem like every time you stop and turn around, something else just hit the ground"             Right Is Wrong: How the Lunatic Fringe Hijacked America, Shredded the Constitution, and Made Us All Less Safe21 reviews Arianna Huffington Knopf, 2008 She is accurate, but she still is only interested in her big ego and her business, than for real change Always had a lot of respect for Arianna and I am a total Democrat. I used to read her online news mag every day. At the point where she went after John Edward for having an affair, like she is the editor in choef of the Enquirer, I had enough of her infotainment. There are so many more hypocritical ...             The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream558 reviews Barack Obama Three Rivers Press, 2007 I used to be a Republican until reading this book! + Best book I've read all year! + A Timely and Important Book + the truth + A Must Read for All Americans             Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar...: Understanding Philosopy Through Jokes2 reviews Thomas Cathcart, Daniel Klein Recorded Books, 2007 Witty and Instructive If you would like a review of basic concepts and figures in the history of philosophy, here is the audio set you need. You will be laughing from the first to the last, whether the subject is cows and pi, blondes and craps, or women in a fitness club dressing room. Hilarious and educational: what ...             Mission Accomplished! Or How We Won the War in Iraq: The Experts Speak19 reviews Christopher Cerf, Victor S. Navasky Simon & Schuster, 2008 A good summary account of the guilty and the stupid. + So Much for Experts! + A time to laugh about reality + Aghast, I read the book, alternately laughing and screaming.             Don't Start the Revolution Without Me!50 reviews Jesse Ventura Skyhorse Publishing, 2008 True Patriot + Jesse For Prez + AWESOME!!! + The REAL DEAL ! + Jesse for President!             How to Win a Fight with a Conservative11 reviews Daniel Kurtzman Hysteria Publications, 2007 A Really Humorous Book, Just Don't Take it Too Seriously + Laugh Attack + A fun, quick read + Entertaining and surprisingly insightful             The Real McCain: Why Conservatives Don't Trust Him and Why Independents Shouldn't30 reviews Cliff Schecter PoliPoint Press, 2008 Insider, Grafter, Double-talker + One And McSame + A Smear Job, but a decent one When I was young and foolish, and lived mostly abroad, I took John McCain at his own word -- and the media's word, or course -- as an independent maverick, an up-to-date Goldwater. That image has long since been tarnished by his shape-shifting efforts to place himself at the helm of power. I now ...