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by Ron Stewart
ISBN: 0965685608
Paperback: 136 pages
Condition: Used: Very Good
Comments: Sold with pride and shipped with confirmation for US addresses. No publisher marks, no writing, no highlighting. Light shelf wear.
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by Felicity Felicity, Patricia Wolff (Narrator: Shelly Frasier)
ISBN: 1400133327
Audio CD
Condition: Used: Good
Comments: Sold with pride and shipped with confirmation for US addresses. EX LIBRARY. CD's in great listening condition. Original case has library markings.
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Male Trainer with sense of humor
Rating  (5)
Date: 2009-06-17
I found this book to be an eye opener that left me with a smile. As a man, I recognize we aren't always on top of our game when it comes to women. This book helps make both parties happier in the end.
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Very entertaining!
Rating (5)
Date: 2009-05-24
From start to finish this is a hilarious read. It is a great novel for both single men and single women, but I believe it's best for a couple just looking for a laugh. I'm not sure the book as a whole is supposed to be looked at in any other way than in a humorous manner. For all those negative reviewers calling this book "stereotypical" and "cliche", are taking it too seriously. No one should really be using this as an actual handbook or a guide to real relationships. It's all in good humor, people!
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Good Info for Women BUT...If only Guys Would Read
Rating (5)
Date: 2009-05-17
I found this a very fasinating and enlightening book. Fun for me to read, however when I gave to to the Man in my life at that time, I think it scared him off, as the truth hurts. If only they would read, they could learn a lot. Yes MEN ARE REALLY FROM MARS
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Wow... Just Wow...
Rating  (2)
Date: 2008-12-10
2 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
So I got this book because a good friend of my suggested because HE loved this book. I'm a girl and he knows how much I love reading fun relationship books (I really liked he's just not that into you) so he thought I would like this one.
To be honest I didn't like this book at all, it was funny at time but really it sort of made me feel sad for the authors if this is how they think a guy and a girl in a relationship should treat each other and act because it really did play on gender roles when it comes to dating.
If you get this book please take it with a grain of salt, I tried to and it was still hard to read this book all the way through without being annoyed.
It doesn't have the same charm or style as "he's not that into you" so if you are buying this book because you hope to find something similar, move on.
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Stereotypical and Painful to Read
Rating  (1)
Date: 2008-12-08
7 out of 10 customers found this reveiw helpful
I did not read the whole book - quite honestly I don't think I could without becoming extremely disgusted by the thought that people take this crap literally. I only read the parts that are available to preview on Amazon, including the multi-page preview of chapter one.
Quite frankly I was apalled at what was written. This book actually goes beyond cliche and classifies women as being worried about petty things - like not wanting to go to a resturant because the paneling reminds her of a party she was at where people made fun of her hair. I don't think like that, and I have yet to meet a woman who does.
They start off presenting on the first page how women's minds are supposedly more neurologically active then men's then claim later on that women are interested primarily in clothes, physical appearance and dieting. I'm sorry, but if women had more brain capacity one would think that they would be concentrating on things far more important. Of course this list doesn't stop with women, oh no. Men, we are told, think of sex, politics, work, and the mechanics of things. These are things I think about way more then the previous list and many things not mentioned here. Notice there are no cross overs, you can read the excerpt for the fuller list and see for yourself that there is no commonality. Women apparently do not think about sex or anything that would cause the actual use of the brain - instead we stand around dieting, fluffing our hair and waiting for a man to come along and take care of us.
This book later on presents women as hysterical basket cases, constantly crying and doing absurd, contridictory things such as blaming the man when something in her life didn't work out. I rarely cry, it is not an every day (or multiple times a day as these authors suggest) event, it is something that happens when a significant disaster has happened in my life. In my opinion, constantly crying takes away the meaning and the sorrow that should be inherent in the act and instead makes it an attention getting device. How shallow and utterly disgussting.
This book on it's back cover says that it is for men who desire to be Mr. Right. Personally I would rather be celebate for the rest of my life then be with the man that this book produces: a shallow man who essentially puts on a performance in order to please a hysterical and cliched woman. Someone who lies, manipulates, and deceives in order to get what he wants.
I'd have problems reading this book even if I was give it for free. This is a symbol of what is wrong with so many relationships and why people turn to self-help books in the first place. Dump this trash and the rest of those relationship books in the trash, be honest, and be yourself. It's the only way to be truly happy and although it may take a little longer to find a partner - you will at least by happy and content with who you are.
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by Deborah Ford
ISBN: 0452288851
Paperback: 226 pages
Condition: Used: Like New
Comments: Sold with pride and shipped with confirmation for US addresses. Previously UNREAD copy which has been removed from our store shelves.
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Please keep 'em coming Ms. Ford!
Rating (5)
Date: 2009-04-14
I have read the entire GRITS collection and this was yet another favorite for me. Her books just make me smile. Read it for some light-hearted fun and sweet advice that reads like the adoring southern mother we all wish we had.
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by Jeff Reid
ISBN: 044990668X
Paperback: 144 pages
Condition: Used: Like New
Comments: Sold with pride and shipped with confirmation for US addresses. Stated as First Edition.
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Very funny!
Rating (5)
Date: 2005-08-25
Maybe it's that I am cat dependant or maybe it's that I hate self help books but I found this book a riot. I read it one sitting!
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by Daniel Auiler (Editor: Brigitte Lacombe) (Editor: Charles Frazier) (Introduction: Charles Frazier) (Photographer: Phil Bray) (Photographer: Demmie Todd) (Introduction: Anthony Minghella)
ISBN: 1557045933
Hardcover: 160 pages
Condition: Used: Like New
Comments: Sold with pride and shipped with confirmation for US addresses. Gently read copy in like new condition. No reading/ shelf wear.
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Tracing the odyssey of the movie
Rating (5)
Date: 2004-09-15
3 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
Avid fans of Charles Frazier's classic novel "Cold Mountain" novel who have followed its translation from book to film now have a keepsake coffee table edition celebrating the move, which is much more than a collection of movie photos. The novel "Cold Mountain" is the story of a pilgrimage, and in the same tone compliments Cold Mountain: The Journey From Book To Film, tracing the odyssey of the movie created by an English directory and his international team of filmmakers: a six-year odyssey. Yes, there are over 185 photos by a number of photographers - but there are also extensive references on pre-production, post-production, and analyses of how the film was created, adding a depth and dimension which elevates Cold Mountain: The Journey From Book To Film far beyond the status of mere coffee table embellishment.
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A deserter with very bad luck
Rating  (4)
Date: 2004-07-06
1 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
As a Southern historian I liked the book very much. However, I was and am confused about the hospital where the book began. It seemed to be Chimborazzo in Richmond as he was wounded at Petersburg. However, I thought later that it may have been in central North Carolina as he was traveling west toward the mountains. That was never explained and the map inside the cover helped very little. I felt the book dragged somewhat at times, but overall was excellent. I also saw the movie and was pleasantly surprised that it was very good and stayed close to the book. I always have problems with movies and found two glaring errors and one significant omission. Nicole Kidman was dressed as a cross between a Gibson Girl of the 1890's and Miss Kitty of Gunsmoke. I never understand why they can't do the ladies' clothing correctly for the 1860's. Renee' Zelwiger was miscast as Ruby. She needed to be much bigger, fatter, and more country. Renee' comes off as a city girl trying to pass for a country woman. They should have had Jude Law go back and kill the guy with the women after he got loose from the chain gang, as happened in the book. Finally, the band was playing "Sittin' On Top Of The World". That song was not written until 1930. So much for historical research.
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This Book Redeems the Screenplay!
Rating (5)
Date: 2004-02-07
3 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
I am a Cold MOuntain fan! I love the book! When I saw the movie, I was somewhat disappointed. Don't get me wrong; it is a great film, but it is so different from the book. When I rated the screenplay, I gave it three stars (out of five), because I felt it "violated" the book in so many ways. This book (Journey from Book to Film), however "redeems" the screenplay, because it explains and illustrates the process of adapting a book to film, and helps the reader understand why the movie "must" be different from the book. This is an absolutely beautiful and essential book for anyone who cares aqbout how the book became a film, and the end result. It is a lovely and well-done book. Highly recommended. By the way, you will want to read the novel again after seeing the movie and reading this book!
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great film book
Rating (5)
Date: 2004-01-01
7 out of 8 customers found this reveiw helpful
This is a beatiful book on the making of my second favorite film of the year, the first being The Return of the King. The book expolres the novel's journey fromm book to srcipt to screen and has over 180 lavish pictures and illstrations. I have not bought any other of these books from Newsmarket becasuse it did not really not what to expect. What i got was a grand expolarartion of what it takes to make a grand film like this. The Music was great in the movie and there is extenisve pages on the making of the soundtrack as well as 32 pages of beatuiful black and white photos taken on the set. If you love movies buy this book, it doesn't even really matter if you have seen the movie or not the book well just make you want to see it a lot more.
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A Journey I'm Ready To Take
Rating (5)
Date: 2003-12-26
8 out of 8 customers found this reveiw helpful
Anthony Minghella has become today's poet of images. His films are lyrical and very emotional. They are beautiful, always thoughtful and very touching. That's why I counted my lucky stars when I learned that Minghella would next adapt one of the best and most beautiful books I've ever read, Charles Frazier's Cold Mountain.Could Mountain: The Journey from Book to Film takes you on the road that everyone involved with this film walked down. First, we meet Minghella and Frazier, as they both discuss the writing of the book and of the script. Then, we meet the producers, the set desingers, the cinematographer, the costume desingers, the actors, the editor... Everyone who played a major role in the making of this film is presented in this book. I haven't yet see the film and cannot say if the greatness of the book translated well when it was taken to the silver screen. But judging from the interviews and the pictures in this film, I have to say that I don't think I'll be disappointed. The pictures in this book are beautiful and very attractive; you can already tell that this will be one heck of a film to look at (the pictures alone are the kind of visual candy you can't pry yourself away from). And then, the book also reprinted parts of Minghella's screenplay. And like we saw in his other films, The English Patient and The Talented Mr Ripley, Minghella really has a knack for writing engaging and touching dialogue. Reading this book only made me want to see the film even more. It's rare that you are allowed to partake in this kind of journey, following a film's progress from point A to point Z. But this book brings you right into the heart of the film's production, discussing all the problems the crew faced, and telling us little annecdotes about the making of this film. Cold Mountain might not end up being the greatest film ever made (although I do wish it is), but I can tell, judging by this book, that it will be a great and very important film.
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by Don Voorhees
ISBN: 0399534334
Paperback: 336 pages
Condition: Used: Like New
Comments: Sold with pride.. This is a previously UNREAD copy which has been removed from our shelves.
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GROSSOLOGY of human & animals
Rating (5)
Date: 2009-12-17
This is fun & deep book in 200? explanations we rarely ask & never see in print, too disgusting for big science to even care or admit. I took 8 years of bio-sciences & never read or discussed what he exposes - the slimy sides of Human Nature, raws foods, body fluids, natural native animals, etc. Mostly outside & far from techy US & Euro where clean-freaks rule. He seems a natural farm man, native hunter or primal hippy ecology writer?.
It also exposes several kinds of organic human instincts that modern 'evolution, biology & medical science' denies to educate masses & researchers, dumbing us down & making more $$$ selling cartoons of nature, while Discovery channel is better than schools? How many kids are now into' Grossology & Disgustology' will enjoy this book & make fun of clean white folks in chemical rooms & on sterile vacations.
In reading it i took lots of notes in capping my 20 year study of 'Organic human Instincts' are too disgusting for educated minds. It's like George Carlin of Biology teasing the rational, Ecofobic & Microfobic fears with simple ??s & tails of animals & Oriental eating live animals parts. We graduated under "Weapons of Mass Instruction" (Gatto), & techy medicine called 'health classes'. Infinite thanx to Voorhees daring primal details & deep courage revealing now, where only Dr. Weston Price DD dared to track natives in 1930s diet, health & teeth connections before white industry took over foods. It's natural history living now, clearly with humor disgusting to our tragic loss of healthy instinctive body functions we don't even talk or tease about.
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Highly entertaining!
Rating (5)
Date: 2009-06-30
I just started reading this book and I keep skipping ahead to everything and anything that catches my eye because it is a bunch of short facts mixed into one book so you don't have to read it front to back like a normal book. One of my friends at work has already gotten ahold of it and she loved it as well. Tons of interesting facts, not all are so gross. I would deffinately recommend this book! Especially if you've ever wondered what countrys eat weird things like cat/dog/monkey, and what countrys do the men tie their penis in knots? It's tons of useless info, but great topic starters lol.
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A pleasant surprise
Rating (5)
Date: 2008-09-02
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
At first I just thought I would read a little useless gross info. But, it turned out that I couldn't put the book down once I started. I'm going to be buying more books from this author. I still feel a little grossed out, but more wise about disgusting things, none the less. Highly recommend.
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by Yetta Emmes (Illustrator: Kim Wilson Brandt)
ISBN: 0452278996
Paperback: 112 pages
Condition: Used: Like New
Comments: Sold with pride. Unread copy. Publisher's overstock.
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Very Funny
Rating (5)
Date: 2009-01-25
If you grew up with Yiddish speaking relatives, this is great. Even if you didn't it's still hysterical.
Yiddish is a really funny language. For those of you not familiar with it, it is a hodge-podge of Hebrew and German. It was a language that united Jews by giving them a common language in Europe and Russia.
A lot of the vernacular, expressions, words, etc. have made it into the American style of English language.
I laughed my rear end off with this one.
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Just okay.
Rating (2)
Date: 2009-01-12
The book is okay, but missing contextual meaning. I bought it to refresh my memory of words and expressions since I don't hear it used very often.
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Drek: The Real Yiddish
Rating (4)
Date: 2008-02-22
2 out of 3 customers found this reveiw helpful
Just a cursory look at few pages brings back memories of my long departed mother who was an immigrant from Poland.
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Laugh a little!?
Rating (5)
Date: 2008-01-24
1 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
This is a very funny book, I enjoyed it a lot and plan to share it with all my crazy relatives.
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Drek!
Rating  (3)
Date: 2007-10-01
4 out of 4 customers found this reveiw helpful
I had hoped for something more than this skinny, undersized volume. to spin an old gag, "Life is a drek sandwich. Sometimes you get more bread... sometimes you get more drek." Not too much drek in this sandwich. For instance I wanted a definition of "Yutz." I had to go to Google to find it. And a couple of other terms that have more than one meaning left those alternatives unlisted.
But it's better than no sandwich at all. And I found other volumes I might invesetigate later, if I find myself in need of such diversity.
In brief, I got the Drek I paid for, but not much else.
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by Michael Moore
ISBN: 0446532231
Hardcover: 249 pages
Condition: Used: Like New
Comments: Sold with pride. Gently read copy in like new condition.
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LOTS OF KNOWLEDGE AND HUMOR
Rating (5)
Date: 2010-01-13
I LEANRED SO MUCH AND IT WAS HILAROUS ! I THINK HE REALLY WORKED TOO HARD FOR THIS BOOK. THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO WOULDN'T GIVE THIS POSITIVE RATINGS ARE THOSE THAT OPPOSE CHANGE BECAUSE THEY'RE DASTARDS!
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Michael Moore is a jerk!
Rating (2)
Date: 2009-12-23
I used to love Michael Moore's movies after he came out with Bowling For Columbine and Fahrenheit 9/11, but after reading this book, my opinion of the guy has pretty much gone down hill. He made some statements in his book about abortion and religion that had nothing to do with the subject matter of the book and just really made himself out to look like an arrogant ass!
I suggest the next time you write a book, Michael, that you stick to the subject at hand and leave your personal opinions out of the matter. I wont be buying anymore of your books.
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A Conservative Reaction
Rating (2)
Date: 2009-07-01
0 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
Being a conservative, I naturally found Moore's political views repulsive. However, my review is not meant to be a conservative rant against liberalism or Michael Moore personally. Rather, I am writing this review to express my concern that by internalizing Moore's attitudes regarding conservatives, liberals may become increasingly hostile toward conservatives. This attitude of hostility toward conservatives could lead the fan of Michael Moore to become the liberal version of the bigot portrayed in this book.
As I read the "A Liberal Paradise" chapter, I found it disturbing that Michael Moore took views which are common among both conservatives and liberals and claimed that they are liberal territory. For example, as Moore sought to prove that America is mostly liberal, he cited examples such as the view among Americans that interracial marriages are perfectly acceptable and that criminals shouldn't legally have access to guns. When he wrote this, the implication seemed to be that conservatives are against interracial marriages and that conservatives think criminals should have guns. I found this image of conservatives to be misleading.
In his chapter about how to talk to your conservative brother-in-law, Moore made the implied image of conservatives from his "Liberal Paradise" chapter more obvious. The chapter was based off the idea that your annoying brother-in-law brings up politics inappropriately at a thanksgiving dinner around his liberal family. Moore portrayed this brother-in-law as impossible to reason with. Moore then went on to write that while people like this brother-in-law are impossible to reason with, it may be possible to reason with RINOs (republican in name only). He stated that these people are conservatives only in that they don't like taxes. Moore portrays these people as selfish by providing his liberal readers with arguments which basically stated that conservatives will save money by adopting his views. I found this to be an overly simplistic image of conservatism. Generally, conservatives are slow to warm up to the idea of new taxes because they fear that the money they pay to the government in taxes will be spent irresponsibly.
My message to those liberal fans of Michael Moore is this: When you finally meet a conservative and engage in a political debate with him or her, do your best to avoid the assumption that Michael Moore has an accurate conception of conservatism. By believing in Michael Moore's conception of the conservatives, you will become so filled with hatred that you will likely give up your ability to accept the potential merits of their reasoning on certain issues. Thus you may run the risk of becoming the liberal version of the same bigot which you have come to reject so vehemently.
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Gets you thinking!!
Rating (4)
Date: 2009-06-15
I know many people do not believe a thing Moore says but it is a good read and gets your brain going! I even found it funny at times!
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Disturbing and Hilarious
Rating (5)
Date: 2009-01-03
Have you wondered what it would be like to combine the scariest horror film and the funniest comedy? That is what Moore does. I gasped and laughed, snickered and shuddered, and couldn't wait to read the next chapter.
This book was exhaustively researched. It is jam-packed with so much detail, complete with cited references. Yet it is also easy to read. I gobbled up this book like it was a single kernel of popcorn.
It was written in 2003, before it was widely accepted in America that Dubya was a charlatan and quite possibly our worst president ever. Perhaps the most shocking aspect of it is to see now how all of that played out, how the economy got worse and worse, the war kept on going, CEOs used $100 million of the bail out money to give themselves a bonus, etc.
If you have only seen his movies and never read his books, then you don't know the half of it.
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by Michael Moore
ISBN: 0446532231
Hardcover: 249 pages
Condition: Used: Like New
Comments: Sold with pride. Gently read copy in like new condition.
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LOTS OF KNOWLEDGE AND HUMOR
Rating (5)
Date: 2010-01-13
I LEANRED SO MUCH AND IT WAS HILAROUS ! I THINK HE REALLY WORKED TOO HARD FOR THIS BOOK. THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO WOULDN'T GIVE THIS POSITIVE RATINGS ARE THOSE THAT OPPOSE CHANGE BECAUSE THEY'RE DASTARDS!
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Michael Moore is a jerk!
Rating (2)
Date: 2009-12-23
I used to love Michael Moore's movies after he came out with Bowling For Columbine and Fahrenheit 9/11, but after reading this book, my opinion of the guy has pretty much gone down hill. He made some statements in his book about abortion and religion that had nothing to do with the subject matter of the book and just really made himself out to look like an arrogant ass!
I suggest the next time you write a book, Michael, that you stick to the subject at hand and leave your personal opinions out of the matter. I wont be buying anymore of your books.
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A Conservative Reaction
Rating (2)
Date: 2009-07-01
0 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
Being a conservative, I naturally found Moore's political views repulsive. However, my review is not meant to be a conservative rant against liberalism or Michael Moore personally. Rather, I am writing this review to express my concern that by internalizing Moore's attitudes regarding conservatives, liberals may become increasingly hostile toward conservatives. This attitude of hostility toward conservatives could lead the fan of Michael Moore to become the liberal version of the bigot portrayed in this book.
As I read the "A Liberal Paradise" chapter, I found it disturbing that Michael Moore took views which are common among both conservatives and liberals and claimed that they are liberal territory. For example, as Moore sought to prove that America is mostly liberal, he cited examples such as the view among Americans that interracial marriages are perfectly acceptable and that criminals shouldn't legally have access to guns. When he wrote this, the implication seemed to be that conservatives are against interracial marriages and that conservatives think criminals should have guns. I found this image of conservatives to be misleading.
In his chapter about how to talk to your conservative brother-in-law, Moore made the implied image of conservatives from his "Liberal Paradise" chapter more obvious. The chapter was based off the idea that your annoying brother-in-law brings up politics inappropriately at a thanksgiving dinner around his liberal family. Moore portrayed this brother-in-law as impossible to reason with. Moore then went on to write that while people like this brother-in-law are impossible to reason with, it may be possible to reason with RINOs (republican in name only). He stated that these people are conservatives only in that they don't like taxes. Moore portrays these people as selfish by providing his liberal readers with arguments which basically stated that conservatives will save money by adopting his views. I found this to be an overly simplistic image of conservatism. Generally, conservatives are slow to warm up to the idea of new taxes because they fear that the money they pay to the government in taxes will be spent irresponsibly.
My message to those liberal fans of Michael Moore is this: When you finally meet a conservative and engage in a political debate with him or her, do your best to avoid the assumption that Michael Moore has an accurate conception of conservatism. By believing in Michael Moore's conception of the conservatives, you will become so filled with hatred that you will likely give up your ability to accept the potential merits of their reasoning on certain issues. Thus you may run the risk of becoming the liberal version of the same bigot which you have come to reject so vehemently.
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Gets you thinking!!
Rating (4)
Date: 2009-06-15
I know many people do not believe a thing Moore says but it is a good read and gets your brain going! I even found it funny at times!
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Disturbing and Hilarious
Rating (5)
Date: 2009-01-03
Have you wondered what it would be like to combine the scariest horror film and the funniest comedy? That is what Moore does. I gasped and laughed, snickered and shuddered, and couldn't wait to read the next chapter.
This book was exhaustively researched. It is jam-packed with so much detail, complete with cited references. Yet it is also easy to read. I gobbled up this book like it was a single kernel of popcorn.
It was written in 2003, before it was widely accepted in America that Dubya was a charlatan and quite possibly our worst president ever. Perhaps the most shocking aspect of it is to see now how all of that played out, how the economy got worse and worse, the war kept on going, CEOs used $100 million of the bail out money to give themselves a bonus, etc.
If you have only seen his movies and never read his books, then you don't know the half of it.
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