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by: Greg Palast
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 973.931
EAN: 9780452288317
ISBN: 0452288312
Label: Plume
Manufacturer: Plume
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 432
Publication Date: April 24, 2007
Publisher: Plume
Sales Rank: 70341
Studio: Plume
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Product Description:
In his most provocative and caustically funny book yet, Greg Palast, author of the national bestseller The Best Democracy Money Can Buy, once again gives us the straight scoop on the stories that Big Media won’t report. Digging up reams of documents marked “secret” and “confidential,” Palast provides the latest lowdown on Bush’s secret plans to seize Iraq’s oil, the fix planned for the 2008 election, who drowned New Orleans, and the horror and the humor of the War on Terror. With diligent detective work, moral outrage, and a keen sense of the absurd, Palast takes on the “armed and dangerous clowns that rule us” as only he can.
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Rating:  - behind the bull
If you don't already know some of this stuff, prepare yourself to be disillusioned. We live in a wonderful country, and we are not in charge. This book names those who are in charge and how they do what they do. It exposes graft, greed, corporate manipulation, and more that will make you mad, I hope.
Rating: - Excellent research & funny writing about the 2004 US election
Greg Palast is a great reporter. He's thorough, gives superb references and is a funny writer. Some of the things he exposes here are just jaw-dropping examples of voter fraud.
This is an excellent book that pulls you in, and strongly recommended for anyone interested in the nature of democracy these days. Great food for thought.
Rating:  - Good book--Questionable sources
This book is another great read by Greg Palast. I love his dedication to uncovering the corruption in the government. Although this book can be a bit one sided (not Michael Moore one sided though) and have some very questionable sources (the document just fell out the sky and someone in my department found it) it is a great view into how the government works through the eyes of a investigative journalist. I would recommend The Best Democracy Money can Buy if you want to read some of his better work.
Rating: - Hits on point for which the real arguments are commonly diverted from
To me, the two most important points of the book had little to do with the U.S. election. The first relates to Iraqi oil. The few remaining Bush apologists simplify the concept of "war for oil" to mean that if Americans aren't looting the oil and coming home with a barrel under each arm then the war cannot possibly be "about oil". The issue is about CONTROL of oil. The battles between various American factions (neo-con enemies of OPEC vs. corporate friends of OPEC) is as important as any Sunni vs. Shia ... Read More
Rating: - Armed Madhouse
Excellent book. Gives a lot of information on what is going on with Iraq and Oil.
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