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No TV tonight!.......2000-06-09
I think I will try weaving a big yarn web in our tv room tonight (just like the book suggests! ), and turn off that ol' TV. It will be a whole lot better for the kids (and us) than watching Third Rock from the Sun, don't you think? I'm excited about the variety of pretend and play ideas in this book, and am especially interested in the chapter that gives pretending projects and activities to go with favorite children's books like Goodnight Moon and Where the Wild Things are. Yes, even Curious George is there!
HOORAY! Turn off the TV.......1999-05-29
This is the best book I have seen on what kids can make to motivate and enhance their pretend time. Let's turn off more tv's and get kids busy with their imagainations! Excellent book.
Email Sharing Groups Contribute to Book.......1999-05-28
Many of the ideas in this book were contributed through email sharing groups with MaryAnn, from teachers and parents all over the world.If you like pretending, or think it's important for your kids, you will like this book. All of the 44 people who contributed to it feel the same way!
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- A first-rate and "user friendly" guide
- A childhood favorite
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Costumes for Plays and Playing
Gail E. Haley
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This book shows how to improvise costumes using inexpensive materials found at home.
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A first-rate and "user friendly" guide.......2002-12-08
Costumes For Plays And Playing by author, illustrator, puppeteer and storyteller Gail E. Haley is a very practical "how-to" guide to the art of crafting effective stage costumes from everyday materials, with a minimum of fuss and bother. Featuring an easy to follow text which covers a wide variety of possible needs ranging from wild animals to soldiers out of ancient history, Costumes For Plays And Playing is a first-rate and "user friendly" guide which is very highly recommended, especially for school and community theater reference shelves.
A childhood favorite.......2002-03-17
This book was my constant companion throughout my childhood and I had many hours of fun with the suggestions from it.
This book teaches how to make costumes from houshold items, old clothes and the ever popular old sheets instead of from expensive materials.
The book is well written, well illustrated and thoroughly enjoyable. Though I am an adult now, I still enjoy thumbing through it.
I think every imaginative child (and what child isn't imaginative?) should have a book of this type to inspire their creativity. A shame it went out of print.
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Operation Barbarossa, Germany’s surprise assault on the Soviet Union in June 1941, aimed at nothing less than the complete destruction of Communist Russia. This book focuses on Field Marshal von Rundstedt and Army Group South, tasked with the capture of the Ukraine and Crimea. Von Rundstedt’s 46 divisions and single Panzer Group faced fierce resistance from the best equipped, trained and commanded units in the Red Army, but ultimately succeeded in destroying the Soviet 6th and 12th Armies at Uman before inflicting a further 600,000 casualties at Kiev. Here, von Rundstedt’s five-month advance to Rostov is examined in detail.
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Some Rough Edges, but a Decent Summary.......2003-11-24
Lieutenant Colonel Robert Kirchubel, of the California Army National Guard, has embarked upon the ambitious task of summarizing the greatest land offensive in history - Operation Barbarossa - in three volumes. Kirchubel's first volume covers the German Army Group South's (AGS) invasion of the Ukraine in 1941. The bar is high for this task, given the vast literature available on this subject, and this volume does suffer from some rough edges. However, LTC Kirchubel's volume is a handy summary of an important campaign and as such, is useful for military professionals and amateur historians alike.
Operation Barbarossa 1941: Army Group South begins with a 5-page introduction and a detailed campaign chronology. The 5-page section on opposing plans is good, and emphasizes that while Hitler sought the destruction of the Red Army, many of his commanders were attracted by prestige objectives like Moscow. The 3-page section on opposing commanders is decent in covering army-level leaders, but then Kirchubel starts to ramble and includes a diverse assortment of minor subordinates. Considering the vast amount of material available on the opposing armies in 1941, the author's 8-page section is insufficient. Kirchubel states that "von Rundstedt's command numbered 46 ½ German and allied divisions" but his own order of battle lists 48 German, 2 Slovak and 14 Romanian divisions for a total of 64. Oddly, the author does not mention that AGS had 674 tanks at the start, despite tons of data available on the panzer divisions. As for the Red Army, somehow the author managed to miss the fact that the Soviets were in the midst of a huge reorganization of mechanized forces in the summer of 1941, which had a major impact on their combat readiness. Indeed, it is clear that the author did not use David Glantz's excellent Stumbling Colossus, which details the Soviet disorganization. Kirchubel makes two other significant errors in regard to Soviet forces: (1) he is unaware that the anti-tank brigades had been stripped of their trucks rendering them immobile and (2) his exaggeration of the combat prowess of the KV-1 heavy tank is tempered by his ignorance of the vehicles' faulty transmission that rendered it too, immobile (a recent article in ARMOR magazine described how Soviet propaganda had concealed the KV-1s weakness for decades because it was one of Stalin's pet projects).
The 2-D maps in this volume are quite good and include: initial dispositions (division-level); the frontier battles; the Kiev pocket; the capture of the Crimea; the Donbas and Rostov; and strategic overview. The three 3-D maps (the Uman Pocket, the Battle of the Sea of Azov, and the Battle for Rostov) are a bit less even; the Uman map is the victim of poor editing that mixed up Axis and Soviet units and the Rostov map is just too busy (it could have showed the German offensive or the Soviet counteroffensive, but not both). The Rumanian front does not get its own map, so both the Axis allies and the German 11th Army are under-represented. The three battle scenes are all very good but lacking in balance, since all are from the German viewpoint (I thought Osprey always tried to represent both sides?) and indeed, the entire volume is clearly pro-German. The Soviet tank counterattack at Dubno - one of the largest tank battles before Kursk - would have made a good battle scene.
Kirchubel's campaign narrative, which is 55 pages in length, is relatively clear and strait-forward. It is clear from his bibliography that he has combed many excellent lengthier works for source material and that he is able to synthesize this data into a coherent summary. Unfortunately, very few of these sources represent the Soviet point of view. Overall, this volume represents a decent campaign summary, albeit one that is heavily from the German point of view. The author also misuses the 5-page conclusion to essentially summarize the highlights of his narrative with very little analysis and some faulty statistics (is he really trying to say that AGS suffered only about 20,000 casualties during Barbarossa?). The editing throughout this volume is often slip-shod, which reduces the author's ability to drive his points home.
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- The definite book on George III and porphyria
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Purple Secret: Genes, 'Madness' and the Royal Houses of Europe
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The definite book on George III and porphyria.......2005-02-19
This book is a follow-up on Macalpine and Hunter's famous "George III and the Mad-Business". In the 70's their theory was not believed, because at that time most porphyria research had been done on the population of South Africa only.
With new insights, research and techniques, including DNA research, Röhl, Warren en Hunt present very convincing additions to the diagnosis of porphyria for George III and many of his family members and some descendants.
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No professional group in the United States benefited more from World War II than the scientific community. After the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, scientists enjoyed unprecedented public visibility and political influence as a new elite whose expertise now seemed critical to America's future. But as the United States grew committed to Cold War conflict with the Soviet Union and the ideology of anticommunism came to dominate American politics, scientists faced an increasingly vigorous regimen of security and loyalty clearances as well as the threat of intrusive investigations by the notorious House Committee on Un-American Activities and other government bodies.
This book is the first major study of American scientists' encounters with Cold War anticommunism in the decade after World War II. By examining cases of individual scientists subjected to loyalty and security investigations, the organizational response of the scientific community to political attacks, and the relationships between Cold War ideology and postwar science policy, Jessica Wang demonstrates the stifling effects of anticommunist ideology on the politics of science. She exposes the deep divisions over the Cold War within the scientific community and provides a complex story of hard choices, a community in crisis, and roads not taken.
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A thorough and thought-provoking book.......2002-11-03
In this meticulously researched book, first-time author Jessica Wang sheds new light on the tempestuous relationship between scientists and the US government during the Cold War period. Wang's access to previously classified documents, coupled with first-hand interviews with the scientists involved, support fresh thinking on the causes and costs of anticommunist paranoia. Readers will appreciate the tensions that existed during the post-war years and understand why compromise between scientists and political leaders was often elusive. The lessons learned are as applicable today as they were half a century ago. "American Science in an Age of Anxiety" is valuable reading for students of 20th century history, or anyone interested in learning how America dealt with internal challenges during contentious times.
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This digital document is an article from Labour/Le Travail, published by Canadian Committee on Labour History on September 22, 2001. The length of the article is 1514 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Title: American Science in an Age of Anxiety: Scientists, Anticommunism and the Cold War. (Reviews/Comptes Rendus). (book review)
Author: F.H. Knelman
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Labour/Le Travail (Refereed)
Date: September 22, 2001
Publisher: Canadian Committee on Labour History
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This digital document is an article from Canadian Journal of History, published by University of Saskatchewan on April 1, 2001. The length of the article is 1064 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Title: American Science in an Age of Anxiety: Scientists, Anticommunism, and the Cold War.(Review) (book review)
Author: Dominick A. Pisano
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Date: April 1, 2001
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Volume: 36
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This digital document is an article from Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, published by Educational Foundation for Nuclear Science, Inc. on July 1, 1999. The length of the article is 1128 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Title: American Science in an Age of Anxiety: Scientists, Anticommunism, and the Cold War.(Review)
Author: Lawrence S. Wittner
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Date: July 1, 1999
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Beth Lisick started out as a homecoming princess with a Crisco-aided tan and a bad perm. And then everything changed. How exactly did this suburban girl next door end up as one of San Francisco's foremost chroniclers of alternative culture, touring as the only straight woman with a band of punk rock lesbian poets and living in illegal warehouses -- all while managing to get married, buy a house, and have a baby? Lisick explains it all in her hilarious, irreverent memoir Everybody into the Pool.
Plunging headlong into America's deepest subcultures, while keeping both feet firmly planted in her parents' Leave It to Beaver values, Lisick makes her adult home on the fringe of mainstream culture and finds it rich with paradox and humor. On one hand, she lives in "Brokeley" with drug dealers and street gangs; on the other, she drives a station wagon with a car seat in the back, makes her own chicken stock, and attends ladies' luncheons.
Among Lisick's true tales are "My Way or the Bi-Way," in which a series of girl-on-girl fiascos from UC Santa Cruz confirm her suspicions that she's just a straight girl with a positive attitude who'd give anything the old college try; "The Lowly Hustle," in which she takes on a litany of odd jobs to make ends meet ("I was like a college student designing my own major, except I was thirty-five and designing my own minimum-wage job"); and the endearing story of her "courtship" with her now husband Eli, who impresses her with a spastic rendition of a song called "The Wack-Ass Caucasian Two Step Chicken" and invites her to his Mission District warehouse space -- a world of feral raccoons and exploding sewage pipes. (It's clear to Lisick that he's "The One.")
Fans of David Sedaris and Sarah Vowell will relish Lisick's scathingly funny, smart, and very real take on the effluvia of daily living. No matter what community she's exposing to the light, Lisick's hilarious perspective always hits the right chord.
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Offbeat slice of life stories.......2006-11-06
Very enjoyable short stories with a unique view of growing up and living in northern California.
Totally disappointing........2006-11-04
If I could give anything lower than one star, I would - possibly even a MINUS 10.
I was totally disappointed, yet forced myself to finish the book. Had it not been for wanting to give a review here, I'd have stopped at page 24 with the pubic hair incident.
Had Everyone Into The Pool been fiction, it would have been different, but it's unimaginable (to me) that anyone could possibly tell such disgusting things about herself, her friends, and family, and act as though she's proud of it all.
This is one of, if not the, most disgusting books I've ever run across. The last chapter, about her poor baby, was sickening. I'm surprised she was never visited by CPS (Children's Protective Services) - or maybe she was. (But I doubt it, because I'm sure if she had been, she'd have been bragging about it, too.)
I can't imagine anyone in their right mind not seeing how filthy and uncared for this little guy was.
Even when the light finally went on in her head about the horrible condition of her pathetic, only months' old son, Gus, it didn't appear to make that much difference to her, and she didn't try to clean up the poor little guy or get rid of his cradle cap, but rather, she "...just kept walking, slipping Gus into this big, smelly fabric pouch around my neck called a sling."
She walked like that for hours, up hill after hill, triggering memories.
Hopefully she's learned since then, and has, or will have it, written in another book. I will not be reading that book to find out, however.
Unfortunately I bought this one from the author, at our local Writer's Conference, where she was the keynote speaker. What a disappointment the book was, especially after listening to Beth's inspiring words at the conference.
I'm just glad she didn't have any other books there to sell, or I'd have wasted even more money.
Just as an aside, it's inconceivable to me how anyone could read this book and actually like it, as has been evidenced by all of the glowing reviews given by other posters.
Maybe it's the age thing (I'm over 65), or the same as those who are Democrats, and those who are Republicans having totally opposite views of things. It's bewildering to me.
Quirky, honest and very funny memoir.......2006-09-07
Reviewed by Cherie Fisher for Reader Views (08/06)
I found "Everybody into the Pool" to be quirky, extremely honest and very funny. Beth Lisick is a natural storyteller who describes her life in a way that most of us only wish we could. Lisick developed this amazing sense of humor while growing up in a normal "Leave it to Beaver" household during the 1960's and 1970's sexual revolution. Her tales span from idolizing her "hippie" babysitter to chronicling San Francisco's alternative lifestyles.
Lisick laughs at herself as she describes her early transformation from geeky kid to ultra tanned homecoming queen in high school while wearing an oversized puffy sleeved plaid fashion disaster with royal blue, lime green, canary yellow, and bright pink with just a touch of purple. From there her stories lead through college to her beliefs in her own sexuality. Her total honesty in the Chapter "My Way or the Bi Way" where she believes she is bi-sexual is definitely not for the conservative reader. Lisick's experience with a woman was described as "There's no doubt I enjoyed myself, but it was similar to the way I enjoyed waterskiing for the first time or eating uni. I jumped in with a positive attitude, realizing it was an activity beloved by millions, but it didn't exactly push me over the edge."
Always underpaid, living on the edge of poverty, even working as a giant banana, Lisick's describes her artsy life on the fringe of San Francisco's counter culture. During her dives into this culture she finally meets her husband, Eli, in the chapter titled "The One". Eli is a product of a homosexual father and lesbian mother who are very open about their sexuality. Of course, Beth takes this in stride and really likes the family. Not surprisingly. It turns out that Eli is a poor musician living illegally in a Mission District warehouse in a drug infested neighborhood. After Lisick moves all of her things into this warehouse, the sewage pipes from the residential hotel above them explode, sending excrement and toilet paper all over her things. This leads her to decide that Eli really is "The One".
The litany continues describing her first home purchase in a drug infested neighborhood to motherhood. I especially enjoyed the chapter "Little Bundle of Entropy". She had me laughing as she lives life in the counterculture while cooking, driving a station wagon and being a mom. I really believe that Beth is the way to the top, and of course her arrival there will be on her terms. I would love to see her do an HBO or Comedy Channel special. For a good light read, you don't want to miss "Everybody into the Pool".
Hipper than thou poseur. Gag me........2006-01-09
This book was loaned to me by an acquaintance who borrowed the book from the library and thought I'd like it because I'm from SF and I'm edgy. Whatever.
Okay so Beth Lisick is cooler than you. And she's gonna pound that into you over and over again so you KNOW it. She was cool just out of diapers. She "hung out" with her babysitter who was a hippie! Her parents were so "square" that they were cool! (Hey, it's hip to be square, remember?)
And she has an astounding memory. She can remember-at age 4--that it was on a Thursday that something in particular happened. Right.
She's so cool that she was a track star AND homecoming queen, er, princess...but it didn't matter to her, because she's so cool, you see. So she wore an ugly dress because she was too cool to care. Right.
She's so effin cool that when she works with some nuns at a charity auction and they aren't paying attention and she COULD get away with stealing a lot of loose cash that's around she only takes the $40 that she needs and no more and still feels some guilt. Now that's cool, right?
She's so cool she never had to borrow a penny from her wealthy folks. But her dad helped her buy a house. But it was in the "bad" part of Berkeley--really close to Oakland--so she's still cool, see? And there were, get this, DRUG DEALERS on her block! And they knew her name! And it was all just so effin COOL!
Every time she mentions that she spent big bucks on her yuppy life style she apologizes for it, to be sure you know she's not just some kind of a sell-out or something.
Oh yeah, and she's a name dropper. And her brother made a name for himself in advertising and is rich.
And her lifestyle is cooler than yours because she chose to live on temp jobs and be "poor" and arty.
Does everyone see that she's an ARTIST and will never just be normal or want to be? See? See? See? She even thought she might be a LESBIAN!!!! Now if that's not counter-culture what is? Wow.
Good grief. People I've known who are like Lisick are the worst kind of poseurs.
Oh yeah, and she's a MOM, but she's a COOL mom whose baby isn't yuppified because he's snotty (and she wipes his snot off with her hair at one point! Isn't that COOL?) and dirty and dressed all funky and weird. So you know she's an artist.
Please. Spare me this...
Exceptionally well-developed and revealing essays about life in San Francisco.......2005-12-26
Lisick is a suburban girl turned alternative lifestyle writer. She's not overly hip, nor is she snarky about her involvement in counterculture. In fact, she envies other alternative magazine writers, all while living an authentic month-to-month existence in San Francisco. Her essays are well-developed, more than just brief snapshots, and she's not afraid to reveal all.
Lisick delves into her date with the prom king when she was a naive 14-year-old, her days living in a dilapidated warehouse in a seedy neighborhood, her attempts to become bisexual and free (even when it wasn't turning her on), working at a Catholic fundraiser, days spent in church haughtily reciting the Apostles' Creed from memory, and, finally, mothering a 3-month-old son. The essays are funny and feel a bit like a wicked delight. I'd love to read more from Lisick.
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Story of the Canadians; The Defense of India; The Campaign in Mesopotamia; Battle of Jutland; The Great Somme Offensive; The Airship Raids of 1916; Fall of Bucharest; How the Wounded were Brought Home; Everyday Life on the Western Front
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Surrounded by Drivel.......2006-05-07
As a conservative it never ceases to amaze me that nationally syndicated talk show hosts feel compelled to write books. Obviously it is a testament to their inability to get their point across within fifteen broadcast hours each week. Gallagher's opus is no exception. From Sean Hannity's sycophantic forward with its grammatical faux pas to the closing self-deprecating remarks in the final chapter it is a mediocre read at best and fails to offer any convincible solutions toward "fighting liberal lunacy in America".
This book is much like his show: considerable drivel about how things should be in his opinion and how those who don't share his philosophy are `idiots'. According to Wilkipedia.org an idiot is defined as "... a person with a very severe mental retardation or a very low IQ level..." Mike's opponents on the Left are not idiots. Idiots, by the above definition, would be incapable of holding public office or maintaining successful careers in entertainment or academia.. The root cause of their lunacy is driven more by ingratitude to this great nation more than anything. Gallagher fails to grasp this simple fact.
He writes: "The thrust of the book that you now hold in your hands is political". Gallagher himself has incorrectly assessed his own writing. It is anything but political. Bashing politicians, entertainers, and academicians who are left of center does not provide for interesting reading, is tantamount to childish name-calling, and is hardly a persuasive political strategy. Rather than harp upon the ills of society, comparing them with the "back when I was a kid" mantra, Gallagher would have been better served to focus on the political issues that have aided in the political and cultural decline in which we as a nation find ourselves. Sadly, Gallagher is incapable of such critical thinking. If he is, he has certainly squandered a golden opportunity to get to the core of the issues that his limited time on air prohibits. And should we be surprised? His book follows a format similar to his radio show. He touches on certain pet peeves, titillates the reader with a few anecdotes to invoke emotions, and then moves on. There's no expanding on an issue to provide a historical context as to why certain shortcomings ever came about and offers no solutions to the same.
Ridiculing people because of their physical appearance is rhetoric echoing across high school campuses from coast to coast. Gallagher's profession demands a higher acumen of the English vernacular as opposed to calling overweight people "fatties". His reference as such lacks empathy and condescending comments like this are better left unwritten. Accept it, Gallagher. Some people are not as motivated toward personal weight control as you are. Kudos to you for your accomplishment. Don't use it as a soapbox to disparage others.
Surrounded by Idiots is no more a political read than Mother Goose. It is a biographical retrospective written by a Rush Limbaugh wanna-be, who is one of the worst talk show hosts in the business and who has managed to convince enough of the right people that his opinions are worth syndication on national radio, but have little or no potential of making significant cultural or political change.
A proud conservative.......2006-02-04
Mike Gallagher is a proud conservative and he is not ashamed to say it. This book is a collection of personal stories about Mike's encounters with various Liberals. It is easy reading and entertaining. His down to earth logic and common sense comes through page after page. He is one of the few celebrities that is not shy from bringing his family and personal lives into the discussion. It is frank and refreshing. I'm glad he is one example where a staunch Conservative can get along with his Liberal spouse. Why can't the politicians in Washington learn a lesson? We can disagree on issues but still get along. Keep up the good fight Mike.
Doesn't Go Far Enough.......2006-01-05
As the author states at beginning, "The Left is trying to destroy the pillars of our great country. Their targets: every value and standard, principle and idea, concept of God, family, honor, duty, country, and decency we hold dear". Its very clear: Mike Gallagher gets it. The greatest threat to our country? Al Queda? Iran? North Korea? Hardly! The greatest threat to our country are everyday homegrown Americans.
We've all seen them. They may look and talk like real Americans, but make no mistake. They're not. They're liberals. The threat posed by Osama Bin Laden is small potatoes compared to the potential threat posed by a trio of country singers with big mouths. And what's the deal with that mother of a slain soldier? She's got a lot of nerve, interrupting the President's month long vacation. Her son made a noble sacrifice, so she should just shut up and bake cookies or something.
I'm quite disturbed that Mike himself is married to one of these idiots. As he states in chapter one, his wife Denise is a Democrat! Can you imagine? What was he thinking? I shudder to think of the sick, perverted things she makes him do behind closed doors. She's probably cheating on him, too. As everyone knows, liberal idiots have no moral standards whatsoever (see Chapter 1). He claims that they're soulmates, but he must be lying. How could he possibly be soulmates with an idiot liberal scumbag??? Maybe he just likes slumming. He should divorce her immediately. He'll probably have to when they ship her off to the planned internment camps, anyway. Best to go ahead and do it now.
Sadly, I must deduct one star from this magnum opus of pure genius because Mike Gallagher offers no real permanent solution to this problem. Sure, while its always a good thing for those in power to claim that they're being persecuted by those with no power (it worked out great in Germany), it simply is not enough in a post 911 world. THOSE WHO DISAGREE WITH US SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK. We're at war, and we must take any necessary means to achieve total victory. You see, the enemy hates us for our freedoms. So if we empower our leaders to take our freedoms away, the enemy will no longer have a reason to hate us. Who can argue with that logic?
Good start, now let's get serious.......2005-11-23
I find it amazing that people are now using the book review section of Amazon to post there political opinions. Even if they haven't read the book. "I skimmed this book in a bookstore just today." All this reviewer did was skim the book and now they can form an honest opinion? Wow, I need this person to help me save time with term papers. No need to read all of the research material, I can just "skim it."
And this quote from a "reviewer", "I have not seen ONE book by a liberal or Democrat that shows the sheer vitriol and hatred that many of the conservative books do." Obviously this reader has never heard of Al Franken, Clint Willis, or Molly Ivins.
But I digress. This was a good first attempt at a book. A lot of what I read I was familiar with because I listen to the show. Some things were new and interesting. There were even times when I felt Mike was just expressing his views and telling us a few stories in a casual conversational tone. Not unlike some conservative authors who leave me angry when I read their books.
Mike, get a little more in depth next time. I look forward to the next book. God Bless America.
SAVE YOUR MONEY.......2005-11-03
Another right wing radio show host writes a book. Also another book by someone who has done nothing but flap his lips for a living. Must be something about being soft that allows the mind to go stale and become arrogant. Saw a picture of this man a few years back. He looked like he put butter on his cheese. He's trimmed down, and his sagging skinned body has produced a book.
I'd advise people not to buy this book new, because it will soon be a major remainder, available in flea markets and shelved in the Salvation Army. You night get luck and buy it for a dime.
Poor thinking seems to be a criteria of right wing radio: US versus the liberal. Our side. Kooky liberal ideas. "Left wing consiparacy by the liberal media.," is a common phrase. All that is wrong with the USA today is because of liberals, Mr G. declares. The one sign of a crank is absolute belief he has the answer, filled in with persistant neologisms and catch phrases.
Let's see: in one chapter Mr. G. says he was in a restruant having dinner with his wife and a loud noisy kid interupted his enjoyment. Somewhere in his thought porcesses, Mr. G. envisions that this kid will grow up to be a whiney liberal.
Eh? How's that jump in logic justified?
AH Yes, Mr G. professes to Christian ideals. He had a section on his web site for "Pin head of the week." Great Christian ideal. Name calling.
A few days after the release of this pile of doodles, Mr G. got annoyed with the idea of silent prayer and protest for the remberance of the 60th anniversery of Hiroshima. Wasn't the dropping of the bomb supposed to have been good, preventing Americans from dying needlessly?
Uhm, I think Mr G. forgot to read the stories in the papers further: what happened can not be eradicated from history. The protest was staged for the bomb not to be used ever again for the purposes of war. Poor thinking.
As said, you can pick this book up in a few months in a Goodwill store. It'll be next to those unread copies of Rush Limbaugh's books.
Remember liberals: they gave women the right to vote, freed the slaves, pressed for equal rights, fed thehungrey helped the homeless, helped reverse the great depression,... all truely kooky ideas.
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Books:
- "Mom, everyone else does!": Becoming Your Daughter's Ally in Responding to Peer Pressure to Drink, Smoke, and Use Drugs
- Monsters Under the Bed and Other Childhood Fears: Helping Your Child Overcome Anxieties, Fears, and Phobias
- Mother Opossum and Her Babies
- My Boyfriend's Back: True Stories Of Rediscovering Love With Long-Lost Sweethearts
- Natural Baby and Childcare: Practical Medical Advice and Holistic Wisdom for Raising Healthy Children
- Navel-Gazing: The Days and Nights of a Mother in the Making
- Nelly Custis Lewis's Housekeeping Book
- New Geographies of the American West: Land Use and the Changing Patterns of Place (Orton Family Foundation Innovation in Place Series)
- No More Bedwetting: How to Help Your Child Stay Dry
- Older the Fiddle, the Better the Tune, The : The Joys of Reaching a Certain Age
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Recommended Books
- The Cinema of David Lynch : American Dreams, Nightmare Visions
- Sex, Lies and Vampires
- The House of Thunder
- Slow Burn: A Novel
- The Bar Code Tattoo
- Stormwater Collection Systems Design Handbook
- Ruth, A Portrait: The story of Ruth Bell Graham
- Manifesto: A Century of Isms
- Structures of Nature: Photographs by Andreas Fieninger
- Atlantic Salmon: An Illustrated Natural History
The Big Messy Art Book: But Easy to Clean Up
Science Arts: Discovering Science Through Art Experiences (Bright Ideas for Learning)
Preschool Art
MathArts: Exploring Math Through Art for 3 to 6 Year Olds
Cooking Art: Easy Edible Art for Young Children
