America's Baffling Historical Amnesia: Suddenly President Bush's Approval Ratings Are the Same As Obama's | Alternet. Stunning. How can America forget the president who lied to get us into the Iraq war for dubious purposes? How can America forget about Hurricane Katrina? How can America forget about how the economy tanked under Bush? How can …
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Senate rejects expanded gun background checks – CNN.com
Senate rejects expanded gun background checks - CNN.com. It's ever so nice to know we have the NRA looking out for our rights to get slaughtered in cold blood by assault weapons. The next time there's a massacre, and there will be one, I'm writing every NRA official and congressman I can think of to …
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A Review of The French Connection
The French Connection: A True Account of Cops, Narcotics, and International Conspiracy by Robin Moore My rating: 4 of 5 stars I cautiously recommend this book for anyone who likes cop books or true crime books. I use the word "cautiously" because the detailed, numerous chase scenes through the city on streets no one outside …
A Review of The Merchants’ War
The Merchants' War by Frederik Pohl My rating: 4 of 5 stars I really enjoyed this sequel to The Space Merchants, written decades earlier. Pohl's wit and satire are on full display through the entire novel. This is a futuristic world which is run by advertisers and advertising with protesters having migrated to Venus to …
A Review of Ender’s Game
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card My rating: 2 of 5 stars I have some mixed feelings about Ender's Game, but mostly negative ones. Of course, I'd heard of the book for years -- after all, it's won some major awards and is about to be released as a major movie -- but only now …
