F.U.B.A.R.: America's Right-Wing Nightmare
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| Rating | : | 4.62 (603 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B000FTCJFK |
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| Number of Pages | : | 472 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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A New York-based writer, director, and actor, Seder served with distinction as an intern on Capitol Hill, where he was once caught urinating on the IMF seal.Stephen Sherrill, a producer at the Majority Report, has written for the Late Show with David Letterman and for TV Nation, as well as for the New Yorker, the New York Times, Esquire, and McSweeney's. Sam Seder is the cohost, with Janeane Garofalo, of the Air Ame
What happened?Finally, Seder and Sherrill offer a helpful and hopeful vision for a future that remarkably doesn't look like a cross between the Matrix and Mayberry. If you're a liberal who's somehow not panicked over the state of our Union, or if you're a Republican who's just having voter's remorse, or if you think what's happening to the country is just politics as usual, F.U.B.A.R. will open your eyes to our current national nightmare. F.U.B.A.R. is the wake-up call America has been waiting to receive -- and it will probably be wiretapped.. But no matter how enormous the crisis -- the Great Depression, Vietnam, Watergate, Monica Lewinsky's thong -- America's always come out looking like, well, America.This time, however, something's different. The United States has survived clueless presidential administrations before. Friedman's mustache, in fact, the sign of the Beast?I thought we ran the media. Things aren't just screwed up; they're f&#!$d up beyond all recognition. Can I still be a Republican?Do I need to own my own congressman, or is a time share okay?Is New York Times columnist Thomas L. Wel-come to F.U.B.A.R., a hilarious and scathing satire of the American Right's bad behavior, by the creators of Air America's Majority Report. With completely unfair
And here the authors hammer home their best point: the need for so-called "objectivity," which translates as the need to present both sides of an argument, no matter how patently inane. To read this volume, which uses sarcasm as its main analytical tool, one would think the American right was composed solely of born-again Christians. And that take would indeed justify the title of the book, which is a military acronym meaning "Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition." But devoting more than 40 pages (albeit funny ones) to problems plaguing gay Republicans, for example, seems excessive. . All rights reserved. (June)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. From Publishers Weekly In this manifesto, which is occasionally hilarious but more often stale diatribe, Air America radio's Seder and Sherrill have increased the scope of liberal rage to n
"Amazing" according to Joseph Vitale. Worth the readSam Seder has a funny and quirky personality and it comes through so genuinely in this book. THIS IS A MUST READ FOR ANYONE INVOLVED IN POLITICS TODAYMajority Report is a great podcast. check it out. A fun read Light and entertaining, F.U.B.A.R. Is a fun read, although I am sure that by reviewing it online I'll be, as the author's say, hunted down by "Them" at some point. It is definitely a book that is rooted in the historical context of GW's swashbuckling presidency, but the end game one this one hasn't played out yet!. Enigma said FUBAR = America's Extreme Left-Wing. The book is a very quick read and is funnier than Al Franken's books. It rambles through many different subjects but the theme of this book, like so many other left-wing tomes, was clearly stated by the authors on page FUBAR = America's Extreme Left-Wing Enigma The book is a very quick read and is funnier than Al Franken's books. It rambles through many different subjects but the theme of this book, like so many other left-wing tomes, was clearly stated by the authors on page 41."It's no fun to realize that virtually everything the president says about something is false."This being the main line of reasoning of almost all extreme leftist you can understand that logical thinking, and clear and concise arguments are NOT going to be found in this book. This scary goose-stepping your way down the reflexive "Bush is always wrong" road brings nothing to the intellectual debate.. 1."It's no fun to realize that virtually everything the president says about something is false."This being the main line of reasoning of almost all extreme leftist you can understand that logical thinking, and clear and concise arguments are NOT going to be found in this book. This scary goose-stepping your way down the reflexive "Bush is always wrong" road brings nothing to the intellectual debate.