Best political humor books according to redditors
We found 465 Reddit comments discussing the best political humor books. We ranked the 153 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the top 20.
7. Yes, We Can Meme: A Progressive-Left Playbook for Winning the Internet Meme Culture War
6 mentions
They won't take advice. It hurts their feelings.
Notice how both parties take shots at each other, but only Republicans shriek with umbrage at the idea that they're being "condescended to." Notice how the biggest piece of advice that the Trumpists were saying in the wake of the election was "stop calling us such meanie names." They can spend all day calling liberals America-haters, cowards, and Muslims but if you dare mention that a conservative might be racist, sexist or downright dumb then they start shaking, ball their fists and turn splotchy.
Glenn Beck can title a book Arguing with Idiots and liberals shrug it off. Point out that a moron is acting like a moron and they vote Trump.
This particular pattern of cognitive dissonance is why Stephen Colbert's second book was called America Again: Re-Becoming the Greatness we Never Weren't.
Which, by the way, was released in 2012.
https://www.amazon.com/Donald-Trump-Presidential-Twitter-Library/dp/1984801880
http://www.amazon.com/Yurope-The-American-Invasion-ebook/dp/B00ASFRA78
There are some different views on how well GW dealt with money and his expense account during his years of leading the army. Some feel that congress insisted he be paid instead of just having his expenses paid due to his use of his expense account during the war.
Please see
http://www.amazon.com/George-Washingtons-Expense-Account-Washington/dp/0802137733
http://www.historyhouse.com/in_history/washington/
Basically he made about 10 times as much having his "expenses" paid as he would have is he was paid what he was supposed to be paid as head of the army.
The Michael Knowles thing is sort of an inside joke for people who listen to his podcast. Knowles published a completely blank book called "Reasons to Vote for Democrats," and it became a bestseller. Shapiro jokes constantly on his show about how he and Klavan feel like fools for actually writing words for their books all this time after seeing his success.
America Again: Re-becoming the Greatness We Never Weren't, by Stephen Colbert
This isn't the first time something like that has happened. George Washington didn't want a salary as the first President of the United States. Instead, he just wanted an expense account. And boy, did he get it. He went nuts with the money, buying everything from booze, horses, spies, lavish parties, even ice cream (can you imagine how expensive ice cream was in colonial America?). There's an interesting book on the subject:
https://www.amazon.com/George-Washingtons-Expense-Account-Washington/dp/0802137733
It's been years since I read it, but I think the final sum was over 300k, a mind boggling amount of money back then.
"these are the appropriate alternate items to mark your place in your book:
Considering the book is under $20 on Amazon, using a second book instead of a $20 bill is only cost effective.
Reminds me of Stephen Colbert's 2012 book titled America Again: Re-becoming The Greatness We Never Weren't (which I haven't read). The blurb reads: "It's high time we restored America to the greatness it never lost!"
So yeah, America is flawless, yet it is going to Hell in a handbasket.
America Again: Re-becoming The Greatness We Never Weren't ^1
SO fucking proud!
https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/5y774p/best_timeline_folks_reasons_to_vote_democrat_a
For anyone who hasn't seen, the Product Reviews are off the roof: https://www.amazon.com/Reasons-Vote-Democrats-Comprehensive-Guide/dp/1543024971
>I'm gay and wasn't triggered once in the reading of this work. Because I am gay, and have suffered more stuff than you, my opinion is worth 1.53x more. My review should be 7.65 stars and not the cisgendered patriarchal 5 star system...shame Amazon, for shame.
Right-wingers seem to protest in the dumbest ways.
Destroying already paid for items, or buying a book with blank pages.
Perhaps I can interest you in Reasons to Vote Democrat: A Comprehensive Guide.
You could change the title of this book by replacing "Democrats" with "Hillary" and no doubt sell more books.
https://www.amazon.com/Reasons-Vote-Democrats-Comprehensive-Guide/dp/1543024971
The reviews still make me laugh!
He already is.
It's totally blank! Total MOAB dropped on dems! https://www.amazon.com/Reasons-Vote-Democrats-Comprehensive-Guide/dp/1543024971
No, we need to re-become the greatness we never weren't.
You don't remember that page from America (The Book), eh?
Here's an article.
I think this book can really help liberals in your situation decide how to vote. Really exhaustively researched, it just lays the full case out for you and yet you can easily finish it in one sitting.
Hope that helps.
They also wrote "America The Book" A middle school style book about democracy.
Like this? https://www.amazon.com/Donald-Trump-Presidential-Twitter-Library/dp/1984801880
He didn't. He did send me Reasons To Vote For Democrats: A Comprehensive Guide yesterday, which made him a target.
I don't know why my link isn't working....
Edit: Ohh, right, reddit is stuck in the 70s when all URLs were required to start with "www", I guess. Added "http://"
I'll be right back.... Got to order a book
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Spez: will be delivered on July 4 😀
This is from The Onion Book of Known Knowledge. Pretty much every page is this funny-- it's pretty fantastic. Find it at a book store and open up to any page in any one of the 27 letters of the alphabet.
He will work on Re-becoming the Greatness We Never Weren't
The excerpt is from the book written by Titania McGrath, a spoof Twitter account mocking SJWs.
https://twitter.com/TitaniaMcGrath
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Woke-Social-Justice-Titania-McGrath/dp/1472130847
The whole thing is designed to mock feminists.
And that's just the tip of the iceberg, there's so many more! Hell, there's an entire book of them! There's even a wikipedia page!
Just think, people voted for this man! Twice!
https://www.amazon.com/Reasons-Vote-Democrats-Comprehensive-Guide/dp/1543024971
One of Shapiro's employees wrote a book called "Reasons to Vote for Democrats". The joke is that the book is entirely blank. Despite that, it rocketed to the top of amazon and gained a presidential endorsement.
here is the book by Jon Ronson they both are based on
https://www.amazon.com/Yes-We-Can-Meme-Progressive-Left/dp/1521793573
OP's new book
Wait... This isn't ironic? The author is actually serious about this shit? I thought it was deliberately as absurd as possible while also satirising the people in question. Something like https://www.amazon.com/Yurope-Hillarys-Invasion-Michael-Wood-ebook/dp/B00ASFRA78 .
This only means I need to get my hands on this, stat.
Thats the point. The left can't meme. Here is indisputable proof of that.
Michael Knowles is one of the DailyWire podcasters. He wrote a best selling book called " Reasons to Vote for Democrats: A Comprehensive Guide " where he has an entire book of blank pages except for some chapter openings like "economy" "foreign policy" and of course the bibliography.
He's picked on by Ben Shapiro and Andrew Klavan where they tease him constantly and make fun of him, but it's all in good fun. Typical guy stuff.
But because of the teasing, Michael Knowles is sort of a discount Ben Shapiro and Ben would probably add "a heavy discount me. So heavy it's basically free".
I used to have shitty internet arguments with a liberal democrat on a local forum board back around 2000-2005. We met for drinks a few times. Couldn't tolerate his politics but he was a decent human being. It wasn't until he died a few years ago that I found out he was a published author, among other things. One of his books dealt specifically with how democrats had abandoned the white working class and didn't understand them. Sadly, guys like Joe Bageant are few and far between, and the only reason Joe saw the problems that have led to the democrats current woes in middle America was because of the time and place he was born and lived. So you're probably right in general when you say "liberal democrats" (even though I'm sure you're joking), but I'd hope there's still a few people like Joe around who are traditionally liberal and don't just use their politics to virtue signal their superiority over "those people" in the backwater parts of the country.
Joe Bageant's Deer Hunting With Jesus makes a pretty good case for why the poor rural people still vote Republican, against their own interests.
It's a good read, too.
eta: this post brought to you by the ponderings on the "base that is going down with the ship" in this thread.
it's from a complete coloring book
http://www.amazon.com/Buff-Bernie-Coloring-Book-Berniacs/dp/1530297443
People have been making fun of the "making America great again" trope for decades. Here's Stephen Colbert's 2014 book: "America Again: Re-becoming the Greatness We Never Weren't." It's a great book.
John Stewart actually has a faux Civics Class textbook: America: The Book. Don't let it fool you though, while packed with humor it actually does a surprisingly good job at explaining things.
Are you kidding me? That video was hilarious. Even if it's axiomatically true that the left can't meme, they hit that one out of the park.
this book must be working.
I would, but I've never heard an argument against it. I'm not aware of any compelling (or even uncompelling) reason why it shouldn't be. That said, "Because THEY don't want poor people to vote" is not necessarily a jerkoff answer. Not to assign reading, but Greg Palast has written a lot about how laws determining who gets to vote and who doesn't actually have a great deal of influence on the outcome of elections.
Only if you read this one... It might take you a while but I'm certain you can get through it with a thesaurus.
Yes they can meme
Uh...I don't know. Probably a lot seeing as how I'm American, living in America, shopping on the American Amazon.
ETA: NO, WAIT. I HAVE THIS.
The Comments Tho' https://www.amazon.com/Reasons-Vote-Democrats-Comprehensive-Guide/product-reviews/1543024971/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_hist_5?ie=UTF8&reviewerType=avp_only_reviews&sortBy=recent&filterByStar=five_star&pageNumber=1
For those who are curious, Milo's "Dangerous" has around 25K sales between hardcover and kindle editions.
Zoe Quinn's "Crash Override" has around 1500 sales between hardcover and kindle.
Grim Jim's "Inside GamerGate" has around 230 sales between paperback and kindle.
All of these numbers taken from novelrank, which pretty much only cares about Amazon sales (ignoring all brick and mortar sales, sales direct from the publisher, and kickstarter/patreon/whatever preorders).
> Premise 1: Americans don't want gun control, because they are afraid to lose their right to protect themselves.
For obvious reasons, nobody knows exactly how many illegal/unregistered guns are in circulation in the US, but for sake of argument let's say it's a number equivalent to 1% of the c. 280 million legal and registered guns in the country - that would make 2.8 million firearms unaccounted for and that are presumably in possession of people who want to use them for criminal purposes (e.g. a robbery) or to defend themselves from competitors in illicit activities (e.g. the narcotics trade).
With that in mind, is it really just a case of selfish interest that makes some Americans want to keep hold of the right to buy and own legal firearms?
Gun death rates tend to be at their highest in urban areas and (apparently) illegal firearms are far more often used in these cases than legally bought ones.
And there's another point - have you ever read Deer Hunting with Jesus: Dispatches from America's Class War? In that book, Bageant (the author) points out that in rural areas - often places where the recession has hit hardest - guns are used for hunting and when economic times are hard, hunting can literally put food on the table. You shoot the deer, take the deer to a place where you can get it sliced up, take it home and pack it in the deep freeze until you need it.
So here you have a situation where the people who are most likely to own a gun legally for a legitimate (and even necessary) purpose live in rural areas with few job opportunities, whereas the people who are most likely to own an illegal or unregistered gun for a criminal purpose are far more likely to be in an urban area.
If you were to try to introduce gun control across the whole country, it appears that that would leave people in urban areas more vulnerable to robbery and assault by armed criminals and people in rural areas would have to resort to alternative weapons for hunting such as crossbows. So in one fell stroke, you have made life even harder for the rural poor for whom it will now be much harder to hunt deer (they need to be at closer range, a single hit may only wound an animal but not stop it bleed it out) while giving a significant advantage to criminals over unarmed citizens in urban areas.
Is it really justified to describe wanting to keep hold of guns as selfish?
> Premise 2: People of pro-gun control countries want gun control, because they value (the fact) that gun control dramatically reduces the number of murders, mass shootings, suicides etc.
I think you're right that strict gun control laws such as they have in the UK or Australia would severely reduce the annual number of gun deaths as well as mass shootings such as happened in Sandy Hook or Virginia Tech and that is a very strong - probably the strongest argument - for tighter gun control laws.
However, as I've mentioned in the foregoing I think to do this you would need to accept that urban areas with high crime rates would be extremely adversely affected by such a change - what stores are going to be willing to remain open that cannot legally arm themselves? Or if they can legally hire armed security guards, how much does that cost and how much of that cost will be passed onto the customers (who are likely to be financially very hard up already)? And what impact would it have on such an area if the majority of stores, restaurants and other businesses simply closed down and moved out of those zones altogether?
https://www.amazon.com/Yes-We-Can-Meme-Progressive-Left/dp/1521793573
They already did
https://www.amazon.com/Buff-Bernie-Coloring-Book-Berniacs/dp/1530297443
No...please no...
Stephen Colbert - America Again: Re-becoming the Greatness We Never Weren't
America (The Book) it's a little dated, but the best textbook on the subject I've ever read.
Not sure how /pol/ managed to do this
https://www.amazon.com/Yes-We-Can-Meme-Progressive-Left-ebook/dp/B073W32W6M
I think a great primer for understanding the way our government works is actually The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America (The Book) Teacher's Edition: A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction .
It's funny as hell and actually does teach you about civics in the US.
Deer Hunting With Jesus did a great job explaining this phenomena.
Let me try to make sense of it:
Financially despairing people are rather upset.
There's a guy who's at his best when doing after-hours entertainment who loves stirring the pot.
~25% of the entire country thinks of him as a walking, talking "No" vote rather than a "Never" vote.
Other incumbents sold themselves at best as "sad necessities" rather than valiant life-improvers a la Obama. Bernie sold himself as a "necessary sadness" but never convinced people he could bite the selfish sycophants he rails against, just bark at.
The despairing idea that "'a painful new problem is better than the same old problem" to our financially despairing people, now leads to headlines that don't even belong on the Simpsons being real.
As for the future, in my opinion...HILLARY WAITS. She should take some dance lessons to spice up her jig. Meanwhile Bernard Sanders should hit the gym and tone up, in a mad Bernard Went Hard campaign and come back as "Hillary's Hound," and kick off the inauguration by suplexing Jeffrey Skilling through a table.
Not hyperbole. It is actually true. The amount of right-wing propaganda that comes out of Fox News on a daily basis has no comparison. Can you think of any, or do you think they don't at all? The closest comparison in pure volume and intensity would be the Nazi Party. I'm not saying they are the same, but they are second on the list.
Let's take your point that it is hyperbole. An exaggeration. Of the truth. It's still true, just not as bad as you think it is.
My assertion is that Fox News is unreliable. My argument for that assertion is that they lie, obscure facts, and misrepresent the truth. This is easily verifiable by anyone. Google "Fox news lie" or "lies". Plenty of fodder there. There is even a site called, Fox News Lies. (I have never seen it before so I am hesitant to cite it, but since you want proof, I would imagine they would have it there)
It's funny you say No MediaMatters citations, because that is what they do...find lies in the media, particularly right-wing media. I take it you don't like them because they pick on conservatives, yet they always seem to find lies and false information coming from conservatives...Whether you choose to trust them or not, they are reliable in pointing out lies and misreprensentations. Besides, when someone shows you side by side, the lie versus the truth, it doesn't matter if it is Joe-Bob in his basement or Media Matters.
I would love to list a ton of stories just to prove how often Fox lies, but I am working and fixing dinner for the family, so it will have to wait. In the meantime, my first Google search had one right away:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/20/the-ten-most-egregious-fo_n_327140.html
and if you are interested:
http://foxnewslies.net/
A funny read from Al Franken's book:
"Lies (And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them): A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right"
http://www.amazon.com/Lies-Lying-Liars-Tell-Them/dp/0525947647
You can get it on Amazon for a penny!
From the product description: "This book is satirical and is meant as a joke. There are eight words on the first page, a fake quote on the last and a bunch of 'keks' in between. It is intended as a gift for humourless, regressive leftists from sensible people who understand internet culture on even the most basic level."
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1521793573/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1499842271&sr=8-1&keywords=Yes+we+can+meme
I have great murican books and MASH! 1776
LET FREEDOM RINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!
Duh...
Deer Hunting With Jesus and What’s The Matter With Kansas are good reads. They explore the reasons people give for voting against their best interests.
book
Major Stubblebine? I knew I'd heard that name in a book somewhere
This one helped me a lot to understand it.
I don't know - I do talk to more conservatives because of my hobby (guns) than most Seattle people - and this is not a vibe I sense.
What I do see is this.
Most "rednecks" - rural conservatives - are actually rather poor. Not that much better off than your typical urban poor in your typical inner city (https://www.amazon.com/Run-Fugitive-Life-American-City/dp/1250065666 - we don't really have this around here but I did live in Phila once).
But they have to work to keep above water, and these are often not very pleasant jobs - like, you know, picking up trash, maintenance works, etc. Occasionally these maintenance jobs are in government projects.
So they do resent the fact that THEY get almost no help from the government - but the inner city poor do.
And I can see some truth to that - I was on welfare once and moving from welfare to min wage employment made no financial sense - I would get the same amount of money, but no healthcare, for example.
But I have never seen this resentment extending to children.
EDIT: this is another good book on this phenomenon: https://www.amazon.com/Deer-Hunting-Jesus-Dispatches-Americas/dp/0307339378
Read the book: The Men Who Stare At Goats. Yes, they made a bad movie out of it, but the book itself is amazing, and includes some significant data on the CIA making people crazy and killing them.
What a rip off selling a book not worth one common cent for $20-00 .
At the same token , I pity the idiot that buys this trash at Wally Mart's thieving prices
NB note the customer tags for this product , they are priceless .
The Onion Book of Known Knowledge. http://www.amazon.com/Onion-Book-Known-Knowledge-Encyclopaedia/dp/B00FY2R9TE
For being British, Greg Palast makes a great American investigative reporter.
My introduction to him was his excellent book;
“The Best Democracy Money Can Buy” - about corporate influence of the U.S. Congress.
Much the same thing was done at the Waco siege where loudspeakers were used to play sounds of animals being slaughtered, drilling noises and clips from talk shows about how much their leader David Koresh was hated. In addition, very bright, flashing lights were used at night".
The book The Men Who Stare At Goats chronicles use evolution of psychologial warfare quite nicely and makes for an interesting read.
Or smart.
Definitely a pun, and a fairly old one, probably popularized by this book: http://www.amazon.com/Stewart-Presents-America-Teachers-Edition/dp/0446691860#reader_0446691860
It exists already.
> The problem I have with that slogan is that it implies that America is not great.
Hence the title of Colbert's book America Again: Rebecoming the Greatness We Never Weren't
[Links provided just to show you exactly what I'm talking about.]
Books:
http://www.amazon.com/Daily-Show-Stewart-Presents-Earth/dp/044657922X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1419353914&sr=8-1&keywords=daily+show+book
http://www.amazon.com/Daily-Stewart-Presents-America-Teachers/dp/0446691860/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1419353914&sr=8-2&keywords=daily+show+book
http://www.amazon.com/Untold-History-United-States/dp/1451613520/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1419353994&sr=8-2&keywords=oliver+stone+untold+history
DVDs/BluRay:
http://www.amazon.com/Job-Complete-Denis-Leary/dp/B0007NN6JC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1419354128&sr=8-1&keywords=leary+the+job
http://www.amazon.com/Lucky-Louie-Complete-First-Season/dp/B000KF0DFM/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1419354290&sr=8-2&keywords=Louie+hbo
http://www.amazon.com/Ricky-Gervais-Show-Season/dp/B0049AF6UG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1419354325&sr=8-1&keywords=ricky+gervais+show
http://www.amazon.com/Idiot-Abroad-Box-Set-Blu-ray/dp/B005F30FXE/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1419354325&sr=8-6&keywords=ricky+gervais+show
Finally, if he doesn't have a record player, that could be a big item purchase. You can get a solid record player for around $100-$125. Go for one that doesn't come with built-in speakers but don't go so expensive as DJ-style turntables. (Audio-Technica is a great brand for middle of the road players. I've been using a $125 Audio-Technica for years and it's perfect.) Then, get him a carbon fiber brush around $10 (e.g. http://www.amazon.com/Pfanstiehl-Deluxe-No-Static-Record-Cleaning/dp/B00D8DYQM4/ref=sr_1_sc_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1419354469&sr=8-1-spell&keywords=vinyl+brush+carbonfiber) and one or two records he would like. (If there are no good record places in the mall, try Hot Topic. They will sometimes have cool records.)
The Daily Show did this with the Presidential Twitter Library.
For anyone interested in buying it. Here you go: https://www.amazon.com/Donald-Trump-Presidential-Twitter-Library/dp/1984801880
The movie was based on the book. Regardless, I should probably watch it rather than rely on what others tell me.
Answer: read "Deer Hunting With Jesus."
http://www.amazon.com/Deer-Hunting-Jesus-Dispatches-Americas/dp/0307339378/ref=sr_1_1
No. I just googled them and figured about them though, so thanks for that.
Their book looks hilarious.
https://www.amazon.com/Daily-Stewart-Presents-America-Teachers/dp/0446691860
It's a satire book written by Jon Stewart.
It's all true: http://www.amazon.com/Men-Who-Stare-Goats/dp/1439181772/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1268861162&sr=1-1
Try America the book by John Stewart.
Good read
More info on Amazon.
As is Brain Droppings
want some humor then try America by Jon Stewart
Or better : A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction by John Stewart
http://www.amazon.com/America-Book-Citizens-Democracy-Inaction/dp/0446532681
He actually declined payment and took an expense account instead...then blew all of it on anything and everything.
http://www.amazon.com/George-Washingtons-Expense-Account-Washington/dp/0802137733
Right wing idiots btfo!
This book proves it the left can meme!
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Yes-We-Can-Meme-Progressive-Left-ebook/dp/B073W32W6M
Reminds me of this: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Yurope-American-Invasion-Michael-Wood-ebook/dp/B00ASFRA78
Here
The excerpt is from the book written by Titania McGrath, a spoof Twitter account mocking SJWs.
https://twitter.com/TitaniaMcGrath
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Woke-Social-Justice-Titania-McGrath/dp/1472130847
The whole thing is designed to mock feminists.
Autogenerated.
MILO will be joining us TOMORROW at 7:00 PM EDT for an AMA!
MILO will be joining us TOMORROW at 7:00 PM EDT for an AMA!
Milo needs no introduction. After nearly a year, Milo Yiannopoulos is BACK for his SECOND AMA here on /r/The_Donald. Here's a message from Milo himself:
>Hello, darlings! Yes, it’s true… THE BITCH IS BACK. While I've been away forming my new $12m company MILO Inc.—and shopping, and doing my hair, and laughing at the idea of a Chelsea Clinton presidential run—the forces of political correctness and Leftist demagoguery have continued to work tirelessly to take down our President and dismantle the Western values we cherish so dearly. But enough is enough. It is time for me to rejoin the fight.
>It’s true that I have an upcoming tour in the works, a book that shot to number one on Amazon within a day of being announced and a media venture dedicated to the destruction of the progressive left… but it’s not all about me! What I really want to know is: what's been on YOUR minds? And how should I spend all that money? Do you want me to focus on Islam… or abortion? Black Lives Matter… or defunding the entire American higher education system?
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Nu er man også automatisk registreret i Danmark, samt får tilsendt en stemmeseddel. I USA skal du selv registrere dig under et parti eller uafhængig. Derudover er flere ting som i mange stater kan diskvalificere dig at stemme, så som at være tidligere straffet.
Det er bl.a. derfor der var sådan et ramaskrig under Algore vs Bush, da man fandt ud af dem som stod for registrering af vælgere i Florida (hvor Bush junior bl.a. var involveret) havde slettet sorte vælgere for vælgerlisterne (man er registreret med race også) ved at hævde at de var tidligere straffet hvis de havde samme initial til fornavn, samt samme efter navn - eg. John E. Jansen er tidligere straffet i en anden stat, men vi sletter altså John Jansen fra stemmeregisteret, da han er markeret som sort.
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Dette blev selvfølgelig gjort da sorte overvejende stemmer demokratisk. Dette er ikke en "konspirationsteori" men er enormt veldokumenteret.
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https://www.amazon.com/Best-Democracy-Money-Can-Buy/dp/0452285674
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https://thebestdemocracymoneycanbuy.com/
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9/11 was a direct consequence of an earlier fuckup in the 2000s, we just didn't know it yet.. What really started the 2000s was the beginning of the end of the american empire by the unravelling of the irrational exhuberance and goodwill inherent in America's particular version of capitalism.
Book Link (It's Blank)
All discussion is welcomed.
I thought for sure that this would be Yurope: The American Invasion
Thats almost a one for one knock off of this.
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America (The Book) Teacher's Edition: A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction https://www.amazon.com/dp/0446691860/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_gJsPDbPNAEJKH
http://www.amazon.com/George-Washingtons-Expense-Account-Washington/dp/0802137733
Hello! I'm a southerner with active ties to Mississippi, I've lived there on and off over the years, but I've also lived lots of other places, including the PNW. Not BC, but Portland, as well as abroad. Currently in Vermont. When in MS, I've mostly lived in the northwestern corner -- basically Memphis, but I've spent some time in the delta as well.
Does Mississippi suck? Well... to some degree, obviously, that's going to depend on your definition of "suck." I'll give you some (of what I consider) positive points first, and then some negatives.
Positives: the culture is thick on the ground in the delta; less so to the eastern side of the state. The stretch running along the Mississippi river, you have to remember, was once effectively the west coast of the US, and the Miss. R. was the single most important transportation thoroughfare in the country. What does that have to do with anything now? Well... not that much. But historically, the Mississippi delta was once quite cosmopolitan, and you can still find vestiges of that in the culture. William Faulkner, Eudora Welty, Walker Percy, Willie Morris, Mark Twain; Muddy Waters, Sam Cooke, Jim Dickinson, W.C. Handy, some guy named Elvis... Miss. has turned out, per capita, a crazy number of writers and musicians. The food is good, in a heavy, southern kind of way. In spite of the state's reputation (which I wouldn't call undeserved, but perhaps a little simplistic), people are generally very nice and very friendly. If you're into a sort of uncomplicated, laid-back way of living, then I'd think Mississippi could be comfortable.
Having said that -- yeah, it's going to be completely different. Mississippi, in general, is poor, black, and rural. Even Jackson has a sort of rural feel, even while having a lot of issues with urban blight. It's small, it's insular, and it's not that interested in the outside world. And it's fucking hot and muggy -- in the summer it feels like being smothered in a hot, wet wool blanket. And I hope you're okay with ticks and mosquitos. And if you're near the coast, occasionally gators.
Obviously the norm is conservative christianity -- to the point that it doesn't even occur to people that anyone might be any different. The black population is nominally more liberal, but are still deeply religious and just as conservative in many respects. Race is visible in ways that it just isn't in other places -- I wouldn't say that people are in conflict over it any more than they are elsewhere, but it's a much more active social factor than elsewhere. This doesn't mean that (to use the regional parlance) white folks and black folks don't work together and socialize, but in most places in MS there is very much a "white folks part of town" and a "black folks part of town." There are white churches and black churches, white schools and black schools (holy shit, I could tell you a few things about that), there's an upper class and a lower class that run very much along racial lines. I don't know if society is really more segregated down there than it is elsewhere -- up north we talk about race like it doesn't matter or like everything is fine and everyone is happy, even while the divide is still obviously there -- but where it is segregated, everyone is much more open and even accepting of that fact.
In terms of day to day life, there are really only two models: Wal-Mart, and no Wal-Mart. In places where there's no Wal-Mart, you're in a tiny little town that hasn't visibly changed since the 60s, frozen in time. Where there is Wal-Mart, there is only Wal-Mart. It's Big Box stores, or nothing. There's no public sphere (except for Wal-Mart), there's no place to walk around really (except inside the Wal-Mart), when teenagers are bored they go hang out at the Wal-Mart... Wal-Mart is the hub of public life. If you're the fancy type you might do your shopping at Target instead, but even so, you'll feel the influence of Wal-Mart in everything you do.
Your money will go a long way; you'll be expected to keep your lawn in decent shape; people will invite you over for meals and gatherings, but half the time they'll also try to convert you to some form of evangelical, fundamentalist christianity (if you haven't been already.) They will not easily take "no" for an answer. Some of them will be defensive about your attitudes toward the south (even if you haven't actually displayed any), but others will be really interested in your background. If you look, you'll be able to find other people who understand where you're coming from. But you might have to look hard, and be patient.
Personally, I love Mississippi... but I love it most from a safe distance. I sometimes think that I really should move back, to the south if not to Mississippi specifically, because how can we expect things to change there if everyone who thinks outside the southern norm flees for more progressive places? But then I think about everything I'd have to deal with down there -- the religion, the politics, the grinding generational poverty all around me, the resistance to change, the cultural defensiveness, the self-destructive urge for southerners to fuck themselves over in the name of Jesus or Reagan or whatever, and I'm like, "fuck that bullshit."
Feel free to ask if you have specific questions. Also, I think the Bitter Southerner is a really good source for an intelligent, progressive, sometimes conflicted but generally affectionate take on modern southern culture. Other things to check out are Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus and Deer Hunting with Jesus
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Yurope-Hillarys-Invasion-Michael-Wood-ebook/dp/B00ASFRA78
it's really quite bad
You'll get some stories in Al Franken's Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them.
The best democracy money can buy. Read it, I have reddit...
America (The Book).
It’s completely real, here’s the book it’s from:
https://www.amazon.com/Woke-Social-Justice-Titania-McGrath/dp/1472130847
It's not certain yet that his elections weren't both stolen. [Greg Palast] (http://www.amazon.com/The-Best-Democracy-Money-Can/dp/0452285674) broke the Florida tale, but revelations suggest, [Ohio] (http://my.firedoglake.com/papau/2011/07/26/audits-and-proof-that-bush-stole-2004-ohio-and-election-coming-out/) was stolen in the second election, too.
Someone had that thought a while ago dude.
http://www.amazon.com/George-W-Bushisms-Accidental-President/dp/0743222229
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The Best Democracy Money Can Buy
It gives a lot of insight into why everything is how it is currently. It goes more after Bush Jr (because he was president when the book was written) but also goes after people like ENRON, Clinton, Cheney, etc.
http://www.amazon.com/Stewart-Presents-America-Teachers-Edition/dp/0446691860
It's a good read.
This should cover politics pretty well.
I have found this book: "Lies (And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them): A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right" by Al Franken to be an informative read.
http://www.amazon.com/Lies-Lying-Liars-Tell-Them/dp/0525947647
If you have the time watch "Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism". Excellent.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6737097743434902428
America: A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction
Earth - Jon Stewart
Also if you like that America is good.
To put it as simply as possible, MSNBC doesn't just make shit up the way that Fox News does. It would be one thing if Fox News actually stayed true to the tagline "Fair and Balanced" and they actually told the truth about things that don't further their republican agenda. MSNBC on the other hand may seem like a liberal media outlet by comparison, but they are more about making money than pushing an agenda. Al Franken's book Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them actually talks about this question in further detail.
Put this down and get John Stewart's book.
If you liked the joke, you'll love the one-star reviews by humorless Dems. A sampling:
> What a scam; Amazing that Amazon sells this book. Total rip off!!! Don't buy book with blank pages.
> Misleading, supposedly a joke but just stupid. Blank pages so you are essentially writing your own book.I expected witty, humorous comments. A total copout.
> I am concerned because the joke perpetuates a myth which I believe is very damaging to our democracy. It is the myth that it doesn't matter which party is in office, so why bother to vote. The events of the last two months make it abundantly clear that elections have consequences and it makes a world of difference which party is in power.
> Stupid empty book
Read "Deer Hunting with Jesus."
This book is terrifyingly relevant considering the times. It was written in 2007 and the author, Joe Bageant, essentially laid out how the financial catastrophe of the past several years was going to go down and its root causes, far before they took place. It also gives major insight into the actual reasons religion and politics seem to work together and people seem to vote the way they do for things!
http://www.amazon.com/Deer-Hunting-Jesus-Dispatches-Americas/dp/0307339378/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1318775623&sr=8-1
A lot of what Bush did was played up because the man came off as an absolute moron. He was a terrible public speaker, and literally filled books with his oratory blunders. This raised the profile of his mistakes and poor decisions, as everyone was searching through everything he said to find more comedy gold.
That said, (and completely leaving out everything regarding the Iraq War and WMDs) there were a few other major reasons he was hated:
Despite everything, he was never held accountable for his actions. This list was heavily edited down to make it only 10 items.
holy sh*t you read this didn't you
Also please don't kink shame sweetie, do better
Not many people have whole books written about the dumb things they say in public.
[The Accidental Wit and Wisdom of Our 43rd President] (https://www.amazon.com/George-W-Bushisms-Accidental-President/dp/0743222229/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1539446782&sr=1-1&keywords=bushisms)
Like I said, there are many books you can read if you're interested.
First result on amazon
>In George Washington's Expense Account -- the best-selling expense account in history -- Kitman shows how Washington brilliantly turned his noble gesture of refusing payment for his services as commander in chief of the Continental Army into an opportunity to indulge his insatiable lust for fine food and drink, extravagant clothing, and lavish accommodations. In a close analysis of the document that financed our Revolution, Kitman uncovers more scandals than you can shake a Nixon Cabinet member at -- and serves each up with verve and wit.
Glenn Beck's bullshit.
Outside the increasing numbers of people using the blogsphere as an information source, these two books apply best.
I Am America (And So Can You!)
America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction
Reasons To Vote For Democrats: A Comprehensive Guide
And here's one for you...
https://www.amazon.com/Reasons-Vote-Democrats-Comprehensive-Guide/dp/1543024971
pathetic spin.
the book is called "Reasons To Vote For Democrats" by Michael J. Knowles.
Here you go: https://www.amazon.com/Reasons-Vote-Democrats-Comprehensive-Guide/dp/1543024971