Stupid White Men: ...and Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation!
by Michael Moore | Humor | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0141011904 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0141011904 Global Overview for this book
Registered by Plum-crazy of Brighouse, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on 3/23/2009
This book is in a Controlled Release!
2 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by Plum-crazy from Brighouse, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Monday, March 23, 2009
Amazon Editorial Review:
Stupid White Men, Michael Moore's screed against "Thief-in-Chief" George Bush's power elite, hit No. 1 at Amazon.com within days of publication. Why? It's as fulminating and crammed with infuriating facts as any right-wing bestseller, as irreverent as The Onion, and as noisily entertaining as a wrestling smackdown. Moore offers a more interesting critique of the 2000 election than Ralph Nader's Crashing the Party (he argued with Nader, his old boss, who sacked him), and he's serious when he advocates ousting Bush. But Moore's rage is outrageous, couched in shameless gags and madcap comedy: "Old white men wielding martinis and wearing dickies have occupied our nation's capital.... Launch the SCUD missiles! Bring us the head of Antonin Scalia!... We are no longer [able] to hold free and fair elections. We need UN observers, UN troops". Moore's ideas range from on-the-money (Arafat should beat Sharon with Gandhi's non-violent shame tactics) to over-the-top: blacks should put inflatable white dolls in their cars so racist cops will think they're chauffeurs; the ever-more-Republicanesque Democratic Party should be sued for fraud; "no contributions toward advancing our civilization ever came out of the South [except Faulkner, Hellman, and RJ Reynolds]," because it's too hot to think straight there; Korean dictator Kim Jong-il "has got to broaden himself beyond porn and John Wayne" by watching better movies, like Dude, Where's My Car? (which contains "all you need to know about America"). Whatever your politics, Stupid White Men should make you blow your stack. --Tim Appelo
Stupid White Men, Michael Moore's screed against "Thief-in-Chief" George Bush's power elite, hit No. 1 at Amazon.com within days of publication. Why? It's as fulminating and crammed with infuriating facts as any right-wing bestseller, as irreverent as The Onion, and as noisily entertaining as a wrestling smackdown. Moore offers a more interesting critique of the 2000 election than Ralph Nader's Crashing the Party (he argued with Nader, his old boss, who sacked him), and he's serious when he advocates ousting Bush. But Moore's rage is outrageous, couched in shameless gags and madcap comedy: "Old white men wielding martinis and wearing dickies have occupied our nation's capital.... Launch the SCUD missiles! Bring us the head of Antonin Scalia!... We are no longer [able] to hold free and fair elections. We need UN observers, UN troops". Moore's ideas range from on-the-money (Arafat should beat Sharon with Gandhi's non-violent shame tactics) to over-the-top: blacks should put inflatable white dolls in their cars so racist cops will think they're chauffeurs; the ever-more-Republicanesque Democratic Party should be sued for fraud; "no contributions toward advancing our civilization ever came out of the South [except Faulkner, Hellman, and RJ Reynolds]," because it's too hot to think straight there; Korean dictator Kim Jong-il "has got to broaden himself beyond porn and John Wayne" by watching better movies, like Dude, Where's My Car? (which contains "all you need to know about America"). Whatever your politics, Stupid White Men should make you blow your stack. --Tim Appelo
Journal Entry 2 by Plum-crazy from Brighouse, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Monday, March 23, 2009
Seems to have been pinched by hubby....
Journal Entry 3 by Plum-crazy from Brighouse, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Saturday, June 20, 2009
Back on my TBR to possibly be read & released in July as part of the ULTIMATE CHALLENGE's non-fiction month. Watch this space....
Journal Entry 4 by Plum-crazy at Forget-Me-Not Trust Charity Shop in Brighouse, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Released 13 yrs ago (5/26/2010 UTC) at Forget-Me-Not Trust Charity Shop in Brighouse, West Yorkshire United Kingdom
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Bought in the Forget-me-Not charity shop, Brighouse for a friend. Bargain at just 50p! Who knows, I may read it first!
Journal Entry 6 by KawasakiBabe at Huddersfield, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Sunday, June 6, 2010
Released 13 yrs ago (6/6/2010 UTC) at Huddersfield, West Yorkshire United Kingdom
CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
Friend not interested so released to the Cafe Red, Cross Church Street, Huddersfield, where I picked up another bookcrossing book!
Good luck with this one!
Good luck with this one!