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What President Obama's summer reading list says about him. - By John Dickerson -...
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To Spit Aganist the Wind ... Benjamin Levin, biography of Thomas Paine.
For a fresh solution on how to transform the educational system: Your Child's Strengths, DIscover Them, Develiop Them, Use Them (Viking, 2008)
Gosh, a lot of doom and gloom suggestions for vacation reading. I'm still for the inclusion of some great literary novels once in awhile! I noticed, though, that the president's reading list included only male authors, and that troubles me a bit, so I'd like to suggest some wonderful female authors, including my favorite, Toni Morrison.
What???? No Liberty & Tyranny????
He should read the collected works of Mad Magazine..
I think he should read whatever nourishes his mind and spirit. He's done pretty well so far.
I'm glad they picked my choice to display (#40), but why'd they leave out my words and reasons why? Those aren't my words.
I said something to the effect...
I started to suggest something like Franz Fannon's "The Wretched Of The Earth" Or Elijah Muhammad's "A Message To The Black Man" or even Malcolm X's Speech "A Message To The Grass Roots". However, I decided that instead of berating Obama for being a NWO sellout, it would be much more constructive to suggest a book that is a true guide for daily living - something essential for the individual who's sold their soul and is lost in the world of secret societies.
Khalil Gibran's book is a true guide from the masters, for the wisdom that flowed through his pen is not often found on earth. It's a guide on how to live in balance w/ yourself and in harmony w/ your fellow man. If any thing can save Obama's soul - Khalil Gibran's "The Prophet" is it.
How about Reefer Madness by Eric Schlosser? There's no book that better illustrates better the perils of our marijuana policies in America.
??? Not sure but I hope you are being funny
Why isn't the Hitchhiker's Guide up there?
When Genius FAILED, the story of Long Term Capital Management and Derivative
"The Fourth Reich"
" Behold a Pale Horse"
" The Bilderberg Group"
" Beyond 2012"
" Rule by Secrecy"
"Confessions of an Economic Hitman"
Just to name a few...
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I prefer the President's choices.
1. Noel Barber, The War of the Running Dogs - The story of the only successful counterinsurgency campaign, waged by the Brits in Malaya in the 1950s. Won by truly winning the "hearts and minds" of the population, and NOT by high-tech gadgets.
2. Alfred W. McCoy, The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia - How the CIA took over the opium trade between the hill tribes and the Mafia to finance their operations during the Vietnam War. Makes the case for buying opium from the people we want to make friends with (e.g. the Afghans, currently) to use for our legitimate needs (e.g. morphine for dying people), instead of subsidizing opium growing in India and Turkey, neither of which are particular friends of ours. It's not our job to reform the Afghan opium farmers, just to get them on our side. If we buy their opium, even if we just dump the stuff into the sea, we will be cutting the financial legs out from under the Taliban.
Although most of the books on this list are good choices, I truly don't understand how Rogue State, Killing Hope, and Free Lunch didn't make it.
I adored FREE LUNCH...Da
Bushwacked by Ivins/Dubose. SCARY stuff man.
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First Posted: 09- 8-09 04:04 PM | Updated: 09- 9-09 03:23 PM