Picked up a copy of Garrison Keillor's "Homegrown Democrat"

[Bullwinkle925]

yesterday in the DFW airport to read on the plane. Laughed out loud and sighed a lot.
Damned Republicans!

[unsavedtrash]

1. We’re Not in Lake Wobegon Anymore

Just a section of it, read the full article at:
http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0831-02.htm

Here in 2004, George W. Bush is running for reelection on a platform of tragedy—the single greatest failure of national defense in our history, the attacks of 9/11 in which 19 men with box cutters put this nation into a tailspin, a failure the details of which the White House fought to keep secret even as it ran the country into hock up to the hubcaps, thanks to generous tax cuts for the well-fixed, hoping to lead us into a box canyon of debt that will render government impotent, even as we engage in a war against a small country that was undertaken for the president’s personal satisfaction but sold to the American public on the basis of brazen misinformation, a war whose purpose is to distract us from an enormous transfer of wealth taking place in this country, flowing upward, and the deception is working beautifully.

The concentration of wealth and power in the hands of the few is the death knell of democracy. No republic in the history of humanity has survived this. The election of 2004 will say something about what happens to ours. The omens are not good.

Our beloved land has been fogged with fear—fear, the greatest political strategy ever. An ominous silence, distant sirens, a drumbeat of whispered warnings and alarms to keep the public uneasy and silence the opposition. And in a time of vague fear, you can appoint bullet-brained judges, strip the bark off the Constitution, eviscerate federal regulatory agencies, bring public education to a standstill, stupefy the press, lavish gorgeous tax breaks on the rich.

[Bullwinkle925]

3. Yes - that's part of the book - an (unfortunately) entertaining 'read'.

[Democrat 4 Ever]

2. I read it last summer. It should be required reading for every

voting American. Just hand out a copy when you register to vote. While certainly slanted towards Democratics it is a good primer to remind everyone the power of a vote and what good can be done when people think about someone other than themselves.

I always knew I was a Democratic but that book states the argument so succinctly and completely. I am proud to be an American, Democrat, and a liberal. That book just reminds the reader that Democrats have always stood for all Americans and the great history we can claim as ours. The rethugs can claim Nixon, Reagan, Bush & Chimpy - their own historic crime family.

[prole_for_peace]

4. you convinced me

i just ordered a copy.

i like to leave books like this lying around my office. the repugs i work with freak. right now i have "how walmart is destroying america and the world" in my inbox so it is easily seen. i also have "a people's history of america" sitting on my credenza by my phone. maybe all that will keep those people out of my office