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Friday, April 13, 2012
Righteous Indignation: Excuse Me While I Save the World! [RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION] [Hardcover] (Unknown Binding)
By Andrew Breitbart
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Saturday, April 7, 2012
An American Son: A Memoir (Hardcover)
By Senator Marco Rubio
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Few politicians have risen to national prominence as quickly as Marco Rubio. At age forty-one he’s the subject of widespread interest and speculation. But he has never before told the full story of his unlikely journey, with all the twists and turns that made him an American son.
That journey began when his parents first left Cuba in 1956. After Fidel Castro solidified his Communist grip on power, Mario and Oria Rubio could never again return to their homeland. But they embraced their new country and taught their children to appreciate its unique opportunities. Every sacrifice they made over the years, as they worked hard at blue-collar jobs in Miami and Las Vegas, was for their children.
As a boy, Rubio spent countless hours with his grandfather, discussing history and current events. “Papa” loved being Cuban, but he also loved America for being a beacon of liberty to oppressed people around the world. As Rubio puts it, “My grandfather didn’t know America was exceptional because he read about it in a book. He lived it and saw it with his own eyes.”
Devastated after his grandfather’s death, Rubio was getting poor grades and struggled to fit in at his high school, where some classmates mocked him as “too American.” But then he buckled down for college and law school, driven by his twin passions for football and politics. He played football at a small college in Missouri, then came back to Florida to attend Santa Fe Community College and the University of Florida. He went on to earn his law degree from the University of Miami and took a job at a law firm, which paid him a handsome salary that allowed his father to retire.
As a young attorney he ran for the West Miami City Commission, a role that led to the Florida House of Representatives. In just six years he rose to Speaker of the House and became a leading advocate for free enterprise, better schools, limited government, and a fairer, simpler tax system. He found that he could connect with people across party lines while still upholding conservative values.
His U.S. Senate campaign started as an extreme long shot against Florida’s popular incumbent governor, Charlie Crist. Undaunted by the early poll numbers and the time away from his wife and kids, Rubio traveled the state with his message of empowerment and optimism. He upset Crist in both the primary and a dramatic three-way general election, after Crist quit the GOP to run as an independent.
Now Rubio speaks on the national stage about the challenges we face and the better future that’s possible if we return to our founding principles. As he puts it, “Conservatism is not about leaving people behind. Conservatism is about allowing people to catch up.”
In that vision, as in his family’s story, Rubio proves that the American Dream is still alive for those who pursue it.
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Death on Facebook, Short Stories for the Digital Age (Kindle Edition)
By Claude Nougat
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An innovative take on storytelling: short stories for the digital age. All eight stories in this collection are recent and firmly anchored in our fast-changing, globalized world where what happens in Iraq or India feels like it has happened next door. Innovations from the Kindle to smart phones and video games have changed the way we live.
The stories can be funny or sad, even tragic, and always end with an unexpected twist. For each one, Claude Nougat gives a quick hint of what inspired her:
Death on Facebook: culture clashes or how an innocent picture posted on the world’s largest social network can have deadly consequences. (Story set in India)
The Great Hacker Heist: when virtual reality overtakes the physical world or how video games can unexpectedly disrupt normal lives. (Setting: USA)
Wickedness on Wikipedia: when an excess of information comforts prejudice and leads to irrational behavior and tragedy.(Setting: France)
Diary of a 98 year-old Lady: recounted from the point of view of a senior citizen, it records the frustrations of becoming dependent on others, especially in the digital age. (Setting: Italy, Rome)
The Prince and the Art Dealer: the excesses of Contemporary Art or a tale of gullibility.(Setting: An Arab Gulf State)
Kill Mamma: when parents’ unrealistic expectations for their children become like the walls of a prison and the only escape is murder. (Setting: Italy, Parma)
The Ice Maker: unexpected and tragic fallouts of a war when the occupying power belongs to another civilization. (Setting: Iraq)
Good-bye Melinda: studying abroad can have unwanted, lethal results. (Setting: Italy, Florence)
The book has about 20,000 words.
An innovative take on storytelling: short stories for the digital age. All eight stories in this collection are recent and firmly anchored in our fast-changing, globalized world where what happens in Iraq or India feels like it has happened next door. Innovations from the Kindle to smart phones and video games have changed the way we live.
The stories can be funny or sad, even tragic, and always end with an unexpected twist. For each one, Claude Nougat gives a quick hint of what inspired her:
Death on Facebook: culture clashes or how an innocent picture posted on the world’s largest social network can have deadly consequences. (Story set in India)
The Great Hacker Heist: when virtual reality overtakes the physical world or how video games can unexpectedly disrupt normal lives. (Setting: USA)
Wickedness on Wikipedia: when an excess of information comforts prejudice and leads to irrational behavior and tragedy.(Setting: France)
Diary of a 98 year-old Lady: recounted from the point of view of a senior citizen, it records the frustrations of becoming dependent on others, especially in the digital age. (Setting: Italy, Rome)
The Prince and the Art Dealer: the excesses of Contemporary Art or a tale of gullibility.(Setting: An Arab Gulf State)
Kill Mamma: when parents’ unrealistic expectations for their children become like the walls of a prison and the only escape is murder. (Setting: Italy, Parma)
The Ice Maker: unexpected and tragic fallouts of a war when the occupying power belongs to another civilization. (Setting: Iraq)
Good-bye Melinda: studying abroad can have unwanted, lethal results. (Setting: Italy, Florence)
The book has about 20,000 words.
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Monday, April 2, 2012
Once We Were Kings: The Decline And Fall Of The American Empire (Kindle Edition)
By Ron Taylor
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Once We Were Kings: The Decline And Fall Of The American Empire explores nine key ways federal government policies, social disorder, and a decline in moral values are destroying democracy in America and threatening your constitutional rights and freedoms. This book has been formatted for optimal use on your Amazon Kindle Reader and the various free Kindle apps.
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On a warm summer day in 1969 I sprinted barefoot in exhilaration across the Mojave Desert with my best friend, oblivious to the blistering hot sand between my toes. Neil Armstrong had just walked on the moon, and there was nothing America could not accomplish.
Like many other days in our youth we talked about America, and shared a common cultural literacy grounded in the admiration of our fore fathers, the strength of our military, our vast natural resources, and a government that for the most part left us alone in our individual pursuit of happiness and the American Dream.
It was the best of times, and as far as we were concerned, America was the greatest country the world had ever known.
We knew in our hearts that we were lucky to be born in America, but that was before the insidious powers of corruption, greed, and the loss of our moral compass eroded the foundation of this nation, and undermined the efforts of her patriots and patriarchs.
For a short time we walked the earth like kings. And while I continue to believe America is a great nation, and may in fact have her best days ahead, the die has been cast. In my opinion, we are on the verge of massive civil unrest, economic collapse, and eventually the Balkanization of “These United States” into regional nation states, trapped in mediocrity and poverty.
Once We Were Kings: The Decline And Fall Of The American Empire explores nine key ways federal government policies, social disorder, and a decline in moral values are destroying democracy in America and threatening your constitutional rights and freedoms. This book has been formatted for optimal use on your Amazon Kindle Reader and the various free Kindle apps.
From the text:
On a warm summer day in 1969 I sprinted barefoot in exhilaration across the Mojave Desert with my best friend, oblivious to the blistering hot sand between my toes. Neil Armstrong had just walked on the moon, and there was nothing America could not accomplish.
Like many other days in our youth we talked about America, and shared a common cultural literacy grounded in the admiration of our fore fathers, the strength of our military, our vast natural resources, and a government that for the most part left us alone in our individual pursuit of happiness and the American Dream.
It was the best of times, and as far as we were concerned, America was the greatest country the world had ever known.
We knew in our hearts that we were lucky to be born in America, but that was before the insidious powers of corruption, greed, and the loss of our moral compass eroded the foundation of this nation, and undermined the efforts of her patriots and patriarchs.
For a short time we walked the earth like kings. And while I continue to believe America is a great nation, and may in fact have her best days ahead, the die has been cast. In my opinion, we are on the verge of massive civil unrest, economic collapse, and eventually the Balkanization of “These United States” into regional nation states, trapped in mediocrity and poverty.
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Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Can't Is Not an Option: My American Story (Hardcover)
By Nikki Haley
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A rising star in the Republican Party shares her inspirational memoir of family, hope, and the power of the American Dream.
Decades before their daughter surprised the nation by becoming governor of South Carolina, Nikki Haley's parents had a dream. Ajit and Raj Randhawa were well-educated, well-off Sikhs in the Punjab region of India. But despite their high social status, the Randhawas wanted more for their family-the opportunities that only America could offer.
So they left behind all they had known and settled in Bamberg, South Carolina (population: 2,500). As the first Indian family in a small Southern town in the early 1970s, the Randhawas faced ignorance, prejudice, and sometimes blatant hostility. Nikki remembers stopping at a roadside produce stand with her father, who always wore his traditional Sikh turban. Within minutes, two police cars pulled to make sure they weren't thieves.
But the Randhawas taught their children that they should never think of themselves as victims. They stressed that if you work hard and stay true to yourself, you can overcome any obstacle. The key is believing that can't is not an option.
The family struggled to make ends meet while starting a clothing business in their living room, eventually growing it into a multimillion- dollar success. At age twelve, Nikki started to do the bookkeeping and taxes after school. After graduating from college and entering the business world, she watched business owners like her parents battle government bureaucracy and overregulation.
Her frustration inspired her to get into politics and run for the state legislature. That first campaign, against an entrenched incumbent, led to racial and religious slurs and threats-but Haley, like her parents, refused to back down. She won on a promise to fight for reform, lean budgets, and government accountability, which is exactly what she did-much to the dismay of South Carolina's old guard politicians.
Soon she had a reputation as a conservative leader who could get things done. In the same state where her family was once ridiculed, she inspired a diverse grassroots following. In November 2010 she was elected South Carolina's first female governor and first nonwhite governor, and only the second Indian American governor in the country.
Haley's story, as told firsthand in this inspiring memoir, is a testament to the power of determination, faith, and family. And it's proof that the American Dream is still strong and true in the twenty- first century.
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The Third Coincidence (Kindle Edition)
By David Bishop
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Headlines scream across the nation as a country in near panic pleads for the capture of the killers. With little progress, U.S. President Samuel Schroeder asks Jack McCall, a veteran of the CIA and Defense Intelligence, to head up a special multi-agency task force to find the killers. A frustrated and unhappy FBI designates, as its representative, Rachel Johnstone, an agent with whom Jack has had some personal history. The Third Coincidence unfolds amidst continued assassinations, accusations that the president is attempting to form his own secret police, and confirmation hearings for reluctant nominees to fill the vacant positions while the Supreme Court struggles to sustain a quorum. Will a terrorist group or a mad assassin succeed in destroying these revered intuitions? In the spirit of The Day of the Jackal and The Manchurian Candidate, this story is juxta-posed through the eyes of both the hunter and the hunted as the devious plot to change America hurdles forward.Headlines scream across the nation as a country in near panic pleads for the capture of the killers. With little progress, U.S. President Samuel Schroeder asks Jack McCall, a veteran of the CIA and Defense Intelligence, to head up a special multi-agency task force to find the killers. A frustrated and unhappy FBI designates, as its representative, Rachel Johnstone, an agent with whom Jack has had some personal history. The Third Coincidence unfolds amidst continued assassinations, accusations that the president is attempting to form his own secret police, and confirmation hearings for reluctant nominees to fill the vacant positions while the Supreme Court struggles to sustain a quorum. Will a terrorist group or a mad assassin succeed in destroying these revered intuitions? In the spirit of The Day of the Jackal and The Manchurian Candidate, this story is juxta-posed through the eyes of both the hunter and the hunted as the devious plot to change America hurdles forward. Read more
Friday, March 23, 2012
The M-16 Agenda (Kindle Edition)
By James P. Wilcox
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A man is not apt to forget the instant he becomes a killer; that one fateful instant when he takes another's life. It would not matter that Jack Granger has killed, all soldiers train to kill, except that he is the Democratic nominee in the presidential election of 2020. Having secured the nomination as Governor of Missouri and on the strength of his M-16 Agenda, his political platform developed in the killing sands of Iraq, Jack is days away from the White House when the situation in Iraq and in Washington D.C. changes everything. Now it is a race against time, and his own past, as he makes a last ditch effort to save his bid for the presidency, and possibly the world.
From the war torn battlegrounds of Iraq to the halls of power in Washington D.C., M-16 Agenda follows one man's rise to the heights of political power, as he struggles to live up to the promises he made to his fellow soldiers, his family, and himself.
A man is not apt to forget the instant he becomes a killer; that one fateful instant when he takes another's life. It would not matter that Jack Granger has killed, all soldiers train to kill, except that he is the Democratic nominee in the presidential election of 2020. Having secured the nomination as Governor of Missouri and on the strength of his M-16 Agenda, his political platform developed in the killing sands of Iraq, Jack is days away from the White House when the situation in Iraq and in Washington D.C. changes everything. Now it is a race against time, and his own past, as he makes a last ditch effort to save his bid for the presidency, and possibly the world.
From the war torn battlegrounds of Iraq to the halls of power in Washington D.C., M-16 Agenda follows one man's rise to the heights of political power, as he struggles to live up to the promises he made to his fellow soldiers, his family, and himself.
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Friday, March 9, 2012
Blacklash: How Obama and the Left Are Driving Americans to the Government Plantation (Hardcover)
By Deneen Borelli
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This country is at a crossroads. We can either reverse direction or nosedive into a cycle of dependency that is turning America into a welfare nation—a “government plantation” where the underclass are doomed to 21st-century servitude. Now, Deneen Borelli, one of the most visible and outspoken black conservatives in the country, is fighting back—taking action, not just talking—and speaking up for those who can’t or are too afraid to do so.
Borelli’s argument is a solid one: the problem begins with President Barack Obama, whose policy overreach has frozen racial tensions in this country when he should have been thawing them. The Left, having introduced the race card to defend Obama from the massive unpopularity of his policies, has turned a blind eye to the leadership failures that have spread down through black career politicians—traitors to minority success—who are causing a cycle of oppression in America: specifically Charles Rangel, Al Sharpton, and Jesse Jackson, each of whom has enriched himself at the expense of his community. Borelli also challenges the ninety-five percent of the black Americans who voted for Obama without caring about or vetting his dangerous politics.
Borelli doesn’t stop there. She speaks out against the elites and crony capitalists who drive expensive government policies such as needless green initiatives and ObamaCare. She exposes government regulation and the NAACP as nothing more than a liberal front group. She points out each grave flaw in the current administration, big government, unions, and special-interest groups. She demands that new black leaders abandon the false rhetoric and inexcusable lies of so-called progressive politics. She asks the questions that people of all colors are afraid to ask, and delivers the honest, unyielding, and controversial answers that have made her the favorite of the left-wing firing squad.
Today, with taking a stand against Obama, comes the fear of being called a racist. There is no fear in Deneen Borelli. Her outspoken voice gives everyone the courage and ammunition needed to stand up against destructive progressive tyrants. She is a brave critic, bold and proactive—not reactive. Hers is a story a lot of people don’t want to hear—no matter how firmly they believe it to be true. Deneen Borelli is here to ignite a fire in independent-minded Americans. Blacklash is the fuse.
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“I’m conservative. I believe in the power of the individual. I’m a freethinker, and I love my country. Yes, I’m also black, but that fact has nothing to do with my belief in limited government. I don’t like President Barack Obama’s progressive policies and his administration’s spending habits. But some people apparently think that my economic concerns shouldn’t supersede my racial allegiance.
“Nobody wants to be told they’re racist simply because they are too conservative to buy into Obama’s policies. People are too nervous to speak out, so I’m speaking out for them. We need change. We really do. We just can’t afford the kind that Obama and the Washington elites are currently advocating.”
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Sunday, February 26, 2012
The Tea Party: Three Principles (Hardcover)
By Elizabeth Price Foley
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In The Tea Party: Three Principles, constitutional law professor Elizabeth Price Foley takes on the mainstream media's characterization of the American Tea Party movement, asserting that it has been distorted in a way that prevents meaningful political dialogue and may even be dangerous for America's future. Foley sees the Tea Party as a movement of principles over politics. She identifies three "core principles" of American constitutional law that bind the decentralized, wide-ranging movement: limited government, unapologetic U.S. sovereignty, and constitutional originalism. These three principles, Foley explains, both define the Tea Party movement and predict its effect on the American political landscape. Foley explains the three principles' significance to the American founding and constitutional structure. She then connects the principles to current issues as health care reform, illegal immigration, the war on terror, and internationalism. Read more
Saturday, February 25, 2012
MALAIKA (Kindle Edition)
By Van Heerling
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A middle-aged man with the crushing weight of his American past seeks peace and a simpler life in rural Kenya. Armed with only his smokes and coffee he discovers a friendship with the most unlikely of friends--a lioness he rightfully names Malaika ("Angel" in Swahili). But she is no ordinary lioness nor is he an ordinary man. Between them they share a gift. But not all embrace their bond and some seek to sever it. Discover this new world rich in human truth and sensibility.
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A middle-aged man with the crushing weight of his American past seeks peace and a simpler life in rural Kenya. Armed with only his smokes and coffee he discovers a friendship with the most unlikely of friends--a lioness he rightfully names Malaika ("Angel" in Swahili). But she is no ordinary lioness nor is he an ordinary man. Between them they share a gift. But not all embrace their bond and some seek to sever it. Discover this new world rich in human truth and sensibility. Read more
Friday, February 24, 2012
Democracy in America (Paperback)
By Alexis de Tocqueville
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Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-59) came to America in 1831 to see what a great republic was like. What struck him most was the country's equality of conditions, its democracy. The book he wrote on his return to France, Democracy in America, is both the best ever written on democracy and the best ever written on America. It remains the most often quoted book about the United States, not only because it has something to interest and please everyone, but also because it has something to teach everyone. When it was published in 2000, Harvey Mansfield and Delba Winthrop's new translation of Democracy in America—only the third since the original two-volume work was published in 1835 and 1840—was lauded in all quarters as the finest and most definitive edition of Tocqueville's classic thus far. Mansfield and Winthrop have restored the nuances of Tocqueville's language, with the expressed goal "to convey Tocqueville's thought as he held it rather than to restate it in comparable terms of today." The result is a translation with minimal interpretation, but with impeccable annotations of unfamiliar references and a masterful introduction placing the work and its author in the broader contexts of political philosophy and statesmanship. Read more
v2036: A Venezuelan Chronicle (Paperback)
By A. A. Alvarez
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Inspired by Venezuela's transformation during its rocky path to 21st Century Socialism, v2036: Sustaining Power in a Militarized Venezuela, is a political thriller where presidential elections, military uprisings, international conflicts and massive displays of social unrest will put the Bolivarian Republic under the magnifying glass.
v2036 pushes the boundaries of fiction by introducing new players into some of the most significant events in Venezuela's democratic history, such as the uprisings of February 4 and November 27 of 1991 and the shootings of April 11, 2002. The characters represent the most influential sectors of today's society, and as their paths collide, their bold undertakings will define how the controversial Bolivarian Republic might face up to its upcoming challenges, as leading the government of a volatile nation falls far beyond the job description of any single man.
A military ruler, an opposition activist and an expatriated citizen will play the famous (and infamous) roles that will lead the once proud nation to a brighter future . . . or to its final demise. Read more
Thursday, February 16, 2012
A Safeway in Arizona: What the Gabrielle Giffords Shooting Tells Us About the Grand Canyon State and Life in America (Hardcover)
By Tom Zoellner
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A riveting account of the state of Arizona, seen through the lens of the Tucson shootings
On January 8, 2011, twenty-two-year-old Jared Lee Loughner opened fire at a Tucson meet-and-greet held by U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords. The incident left six people dead and eighteen injured, including Giffords, whom he shot in the head.
Award-winning author and fifth generation Arizonan Tom Zoellner, a longtime friend of Giffords's and a field organizer on her Congressional campaign, uses the tragedy as a jumping-off point to expose the fault lines in Arizona's political and socioeconomic landscape that allowed this to happen: the harmful political rhetoric, the inept state government, the lingering effects of the housing market's boom and bust, the proliferation and accessibility of guns, the lack of established communities, and the hysteria surrounding issues of race and immigration.
Zoellner offers a revealing portrait of the Southwestern state at a critical moment in history- and as a symbol of the nation's discontents and uncertainties. Ultimately, it is his rallying cry for a saner, more civil way of life
Read moreWednesday, February 15, 2012
The Masterpiece: A Short Story (Kindle Edition)
By Jason Baldwin-Stephens
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What happens if you are an artist and someone legally steals your identity and your career? Who remains once all you've worked for is gone?What happens if you are an artist and someone legally steals your identity and your career? Who remains once all you've worked for is gone? Read more
Saturday, February 11, 2012
That's a crock, Barack: President Obama's record of saying things that are untrue, duplicitous, arrogant and delusional or Barack Obama's lies and Why Obama should not be re-elected (Paperback)
By Fred J. Eckert
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Does President Barack Obama play fast and loose with the truth and say a lot of things that really don’t make sense?
In That’s a crock, Barack, Ambassador Fred J. Eckert -- author of the political satire novel Hank Harrison for President that Library Journal hailed as “One of the best political spoofs since The Mouse That Roared” -- examines Barack Obama’s own words – incredibly duplicitous, deceitful, arrogant and delusional – and subjects them to logic and wit to demonstrate what a con job Obama and his fawning media cheerleaders have perpetrated upon the American people.
Ambassador Eckert, a former conservative Republican Member of Congress and a man President Ronald Reagan described as “a good friend and valued advisor,” turns the tables on Barack Obama, the Left and the media by subjecting them to the sort of ridicule that they are so fond of using against conservatives.
Intelligent and amusing, That’s a crock, Barack reminds us that in their allied efforts to promote Barack Obama, the Obama campaign, the Democrats and much of the media make the focus about how and where Barack says the things he says – Greek columns surrounding him, someone in the audience fainting, campaigning overseas in Berlin, the cheering Muslim audience, etc. – but rarely about what really matters -- the substance of what he actually says.
Writes Ambassador Eckert: “Barack Hussein Obama, it turns out, has a pattern of saying things that are untrue, delusional, arrogant, self-indulgent, absurd, silly, ludicrous, laughable and just plain wrong.”
Eckert holds the words of Barack Obama up to the light of logic and reason and makes a compelling case that -- if one bothers to actually think about what Obama says -- so often the words Obama spouts are, in truth, a crock.
Gaffs Obama makes are ignored or covered up by a media that would turn them into some brouhaha were they made by a conservative – and Eckert demonstrates the double-standard with potent examples.
Eckert makes it compellingly clear that it’s not just the small stuff on which the media give Obama a pass. When Obama says things that a George Bush or a Sarah Palin would be savaged as dumb for saying, it tends to get excused or covered up; when Obama says things most Americans would find to be megalomaniacal or mind-bogglingly absurd, often it is not just ignored or excused but actually passed off as dazzling and profound.
For example, Eckert points out that while the media raved about Obama’s Cairo speech they ignored reporting things that show it to be such an incredibly silly speech. Eckert exposes the foolishness of statements Obama made there, raising questions the media should have raised. In this speech that the media gushed over Obama told his Muslim audience he knows that “Islam has demonstrated through words and deeds the possibilities of religious tolerance”? Wonder why the media didn’t ask him if the “Death to Infidels” 9/11 attacks and all the bombings and beheadings were among the words and deeds he had in mind?
Are you aware that Barack Obama thinks and says things that outrageously detached from the truth? Are you aware that he boasted during a 60 Minutes interview that he is at least our fourth greatest president and possibly our greatest? Are you aware that CBS tried to cover up his braggadocio to protect him?
Readers across the political spectrum – from Republican Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole to Democratic NY Governor Mario Cuomo --heaped high praise upon Ambassador Eckert’s political satire novel Hank Harrison for President.
That’s a crock, Barack will likely be received with wild enthusiasm by conservative Republicans and with fear and loathing by liberal Democrats.
Read moreFriday, February 10, 2012
Occupy My Ass (Kindle Edition)
By JF Harker
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Joe is part of the 99% - and he doesn't care who knows it! When the police break up his peaceful march he finds that his growing attraction towards men in uniform puts in in an uncomfortable place - alone with a horny riot cop. The park isn't the only thing that ends up "Occupied!"
As Joe ran through the tear-gas-obscured night he couldn't help but feel aroused by the police presence around him, looking for him, hunting him. With every step he took he felt like a stag in an urban woods filled with predators. Every time his foot hit the ground he couldn't help but wonder if it was last, if a hunter's arrow would find him, take him down, overpower him...
The cop's shoulder hit his back like a battering ram, knocking him off his feet and into the refuse of a dirty alleyway. Joe had been so lost in his "being hunted" fantasy that he hadn't registered the dark forms moving through the gas ahead of him, hadn't seen one of them suddenly turn and dash laterally to intercept him, hadn't noticed the officer looming out of the darkness until it was too late. He had the brief impression of a broadly built and very solid looking officer barreling into him before he was knocked aside to land stunned and splayed. The officer was on him in an instant, his hot heavy weight pressing into his back, gloved hands roughly yanking Joe's arms behind him and zip-tying his wrists.
This can't be happening, Joe thought, a deep dark abyss opening in his gut as he felt utter helplessness settle around his shoulders. The cop had a knee between his shoulder-blades as he yanked up -- painfully -- on Joe's bound wrists, pulling them almost up to the small of his back. Joe gave out a cry that was half agony and half delicious ecstasy.
"Stay down!" the officer pinning him growled, the scent of his aftershave heavy in Joe's nose, and he instinctively obeyed.
The cop rose to his feet, dragging Joe along with him and slamming him into the alley wall. The roughness of the brick scratched his cheek and he felt his chest compressed, struggling for breath. "I'm not resisting arrest! I'm not resisting arrest! I'm not resisting... arrest!"
"Shut the fuck up."
Joe felt the cop's strong hands running over his body, frisking his chest, his pits, his abdomen. He felt small next to the burly officer, compact, tiny. It was strangely arousing, feeling kept. Feeling owned, almost. The cop had somehow taken possession of him, and he found himself incredibly turned on. The cop's hand froze when it felt Joe's hardening erection through his jeans.
"What's this? Concealed weapon? Marijuana pipe?" he mocked...Joe is part of the 99% - and he doesn't care who knows it! When the police break up his peaceful march he finds that his growing attraction towards men in uniform puts in in an uncomfortable place - alone with a horny riot cop. The park isn't the only thing that ends up "Occupied!"
As Joe ran through the tear-gas-obscured night he couldn't help but feel aroused by the police presence around him, looking for him, hunting him. With every step he took he felt like a stag in an urban woods filled with predators. Every time his foot hit the ground he couldn't help but wonder if it was last, if a hunter's arrow would find him, take him down, overpower him...
The cop's shoulder hit his back like a battering ram, knocking him off his feet and into the refuse of a dirty alleyway. Joe had been so lost in his "being hunted" fantasy that he hadn't registered the dark forms moving through the gas ahead of him, hadn't seen one of them suddenly turn and dash laterally to intercept him, hadn't noticed the officer looming out of the darkness until it was too late. He had the brief impression of a broadly built and very solid looking officer barreling into him before he was knocked aside to land stunned and splayed. The officer was on him in an instant, his hot heavy weight pressing into his back, gloved hands roughly yanking Joe's arms behind him and zip-tying his wrists.
This can't be happening, Joe thought, a deep dark abyss opening in his gut as he felt utter helplessness settle around his shoulders. The cop had a knee between his shoulder-blades as he yanked up -- painfully -- on Joe's bound wrists, pulling them almost up to the small of his back. Joe gave out a cry that was half agony and half delicious ecstasy.
"Stay down!" the officer pinning him growled, the scent of his aftershave heavy in Joe's nose, and he instinctively obeyed.
The cop rose to his feet, dragging Joe along with him and slamming him into the alley wall. The roughness of the brick scratched his cheek and he felt his chest compressed, struggling for breath. "I'm not resisting arrest! I'm not resisting arrest! I'm not resisting... arrest!"
"Shut the fuck up."
Joe felt the cop's strong hands running over his body, frisking his chest, his pits, his abdomen. He felt small next to the burly officer, compact, tiny. It was strangely arousing, feeling kept. Feeling owned, almost. The cop had somehow taken possession of him, and he found himself incredibly turned on. The cop's hand froze when it felt Joe's hardening erection through his jeans.
"What's this? Concealed weapon? Marijuana pipe?" he mocked... Read more
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Saving Sam: An Illustrated State of the Union (Perfect Paperback)
By Thomas C. Ramey
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Saving Sam is an entertaining, data-rich, graphic novel illustrating how we got into the current economic crisis, and how we can get out of it. Utilizing both humor and statistics, it includes a Conspirator and Super Heroes, but, most importantly, a citizen s recognition that we must solve these problems ourselves. Read more
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Cocoon (Short Story) (Kindle Edition)
By Sabrina Pena Young
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Opening the door to a crack addict on a freezing winter's night leads to a dizzying series of events and the most chilling questions about charity, humanity, and the soul in S. Peña Young's controversial short story inspired by the author's harrowing life experiences.
Excerpt:
"What are you doing in this part of town, Elma?"
"Jus'ta meet some friends."
Why ask? Sure, friends. Nice friends with nice powders and needles and rocks. Real nice friends who will kill you for a bag of the good stuff. Friends. Kind of how I'm your friend, your supplier, but not drugs, just food, and a ride or two. I'm a supplier, too.Opening the door to a crack addict on a freezing winter's night leads to a dizzying series of events and the most chilling questions about charity, humanity, and the soul in S. Peña Young's controversial short story inspired by the author's harrowing life experiences.
Excerpt:
"What are you doing in this part of town, Elma?"
"Jus'ta meet some friends."
Why ask? Sure, friends. Nice friends with nice powders and needles and rocks. Real nice friends who will kill you for a bag of the good stuff. Friends. Kind of how I'm your friend, your supplier, but not drugs, just food, and a ride or two. I'm a supplier, too. Read more
Saturday, January 21, 2012
The New York Times Magazine, October 16, 2011 [cover story: Does Anyone Have a Grip on the G.O.P.?] (Single Issue Magazine)
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By The New York Times
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Cover story: Does Anyone Have a Grip on the G.O.P.?: The Republican elite tries to take its party back, by Matt Bai. Contents: The Dumbest Guys in the Room, by Karen Olsson. My Dearest Damien, by Geoffrey Gray. A Girl Not Named Sybil, by Debbie Nathan; much more. Read more
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
A Dimes Difference?: Democrats, Republicans, and the US National Debt (Paperback)
By Charles F. Stamper
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Customer tags: politics(2), government, educateyourself, political parties, democrats, current events, american history, republicans
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Charles F. Stamper's The Grand Old Party and The Party of the People made an admittedly humorous, yet persuasive case for the ideological bankruptcy of both the Democratic and Republican Parties. In this most crucial time, this ordinary working man embarks on a much more serious exploration of the idea that both individuals and American society as a whole are being devoured by the predominance of the two party system.
In A Dimes Difference?: Democrats, Republicans, and the US National Debt Stamper asks, what is the mechanism that allures a free people while simultaneously threatening to destroy them? In the end, Stamper's message is clear: The American republic is in extreme jeopardy. The people must now choose between preserving their own liberty and the fulfillment of this most dire warning from President George Washington: "However combinations or associations of the above description may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely, in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government, destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion." Read more
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
A Chilling Effect : The Mounting Threat of Libel and Invasion of Privacy Actions to the First Amendment (Hardcover)
By Lois G. Forer
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Customer tags: freedom of speech, current issues, invasion of privacy, freedom of speech and expression, current events, civil rights, current issues topics, contemporary issues, libel, first amendment, civil and political rights
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
War of the Horses (Kindle Edition)
By Mark D. Bristow
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Customer tags: end times, prophecy, bible prophecy, current events
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There is an incredible amount of interesting things happening in our world today. Politics, military actions, economic trials etc. All of these things are interrelated because of the horsemen.
If you want to understand the "behind the scenes" impetus for the events of the day, you need only understand the war of the horses.There is an incredible amount of interesting things happening in our world today. Politics, military actions, economic trials etc. All of these things are interrelated because of the horsemen.
If you want to understand the "behind the scenes" impetus for the events of the day, you need only understand the war of the horses. Read more
Seasons of Faith (Paperback)
By Susan Hardy
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Poems written in free form are by a part-time lay poet. Her poems reflect her vision of seasons, current events, and prayers from her faith as an African-American Christian living in the United States. She shares them as her testimony of faith and hope for peace to all people everywhere. Blessings and grace by faith to all who read these poems! Read more
Friday, January 6, 2012
IMPLOSION: Can America Recover from Its Economic and Spiritual Challenges in Time? (Hardcover)
By Joel C. Rosenberg
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Bestselling author and international political expert Joel C. Rosenberg tackles the question: Is America an empire in decline or a nation poised for a historic Renaissance?
America teeters on a precipice. In the midst of financial turmoil, political uncertainty, declining morality, the constant threat of natural disasters, and myriad other daunting challenges, many wonder what the future holds for this once-great nation. Will history’s greatest democracy stage a miraculous comeback, returning to the forefront of the world’s economic and spiritual stage? Can America’s religious past be repeated today with a third Great Awakening? Or will the rise of China, Russia, and other nations, coupled with the US’s internal struggles, send her into a decline from which there can be no return?
Implosion helps readers understand the economic, social, and spiritual challenges facing the United States in the 21st century, through the lens of biblical prophecy. Read more
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Davids Musings (Kindle Edition)
By James D. Weldy
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A blog concerning my thoughts on politics, religion, sports, current events and people I have met who shaped my life. Read more
The Heritage Guide to the Constitution (Hardcover)
By Edwin Meese
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