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The All-American Sport of Bipartisan Bashing: Common Sense Rantings from a Raging Moderate
With the sacred cows of American politics practically begging for someone to puncture their pomposity, Will Durst hits them in the funniest places. In The All-American Sport of Bipartisan Bashing, this equal-opportunity offender swats both partisan political piñatas from both sides of the spectrum upside their heads. From the utter incompetence of the Bushies and Dick Cheney’s destruction of the Constitution to the spineless antiwar posturing of the Congress and Hillary Clinton’s unmatched ability to play fast and loose with the truth, everyone takes their licks. Claiming to represent only those 60 percent of Americans in the middle, Durst attacks the fringe for its lack of common sense and Starbucks-like semantic corruption: he agrees that marketing a small as “tall” and a medium as “grande” is a great way to sell coffee, but having politicians chase “venti”-sized vote totals by appealing to the extremes is hardly a good way to run a country. .
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Politically Incorrect Liberal Obama Jokes: Funny Liberal Bashing Done in Good Humor; Barack Obama Jokes, Congress, Rev. Wright, & Democrats
The 9th book in the Politicsisfun com series, this time trashing Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Charlie Rangel and others, Reverend Wright, Bill and Hillary Clinton, liberals, democrats, Chicago politics and more. A must collection for the political junkie and a great Christmas or birthday gift! Add this very funny, mostly clean joke book to your humor collection!.
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Why Is Corporate America Bashing Our Public Schools?
An invaluable combo of information and fiery inspiration, this book equips us to resist the business powers that be coiling themselves around public schools to squeeze out all respectful, individual teaching.
- Carol Bly, Author of Changing the Bully Who Rules the World Emery and Ohanian decode the Orwellian doublespeak on educationsuch as "no child left behindcutting through the smokescreen of testing that obscures the actual agenda of privatization.
- David Barsamian, founder and director of Alternative Radio Kathy Emery and Susan Ohanian shout Jaccuse! to the Business Roundtable, the Education Trust, politicians, and the rest who are selling out America's children in the name of high standards. A must read for all citizens, not just parents and educators.
- Gerald L. Bracey, Author of On the Death of Childhood and the Destruction of Public Schools Kathy Emery and Susan Ohanian have written a magnificent, carefully documented, and high-voltage manifesto to confront the degradation of our nation's schools by powerful corporations whose self-serving motives and assaultive tactics have developed into a relentless and dehumanizing juggernaut. Steam will be coming out of your ears by the time you finish this extraordinary book. It should be a wake-up call to all who care about the future of our schools and all who truly value children.
- Jonathan Kozol, Author of Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools Q: How many businessmen does it take to screw up American schools?
A: Only 13, the number of members of the Business Roundtable assigned to the Business Coalition for Education Reform!Emery and Ohanian explain why this joke isn't funny, asking readers to raise their consciousness and their voices to take back public education.
- Patrick Shannon, Pennsylvania State University, author of Becoming Political, Too Deluged by demands to regiment the curricula, noosed by high stakes tests, many educators ask, How can I keep my ideals and still teach? With meticulous research engagingly presented, Emery and Ohanian offer teachers ways to both resist and create.
- Rich Gibson, San Diego State University Where exactly did high-stakes testing come from anyway? Neither parents, teachers, administrators, nor school boards demanded it, and now many communities feel powerless to reverse its appalling effect on our schools. Hot on the heels of the testing masterminds and peeling back layer upon layer of documentation, Kathy Emery and Susan Ohanian found a familiar scent at the end of the paper trail. Corporate money. CEOs and American big business have blanketed United States public education officials with their influence and, as Emery and Ohanian prove, their fifteen year drive to undemocratize public education has yielded a many-tentacled private-public monster. With stunning clarity and meticulous research, Emery and Ohanian take you on a tour of board rooms, rightist think tanks, nonprofit "concerned citizens groups," and governmental agencies to expose the real story of how current education reform arose, how its deceptive rhetoric belies its goals, and the true nature of its polarizing and disenfranchising mission. Why is corporate America bashing our schools? Because it's in their interests - not yours. What can you do to promote your best educational interests? Read this expose and get ready to dismantle the education-reform machine. .
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Bashing Back: Wayne Besen on Glbt People, Politics, and Culture
The Best of Besen! Bashing Back: Wayne Besen on GLBT People, Politics & Culture is a compilation of 72 columns from the outspoken GLBT activist and author of Anything But Straight: Unmasking the Scandals and Lies Behind the Ex-Gay Myth. Funny, provocative, and informative, this unique book puts a progressive spin on hot-button topics in the political, cultural, and social arenas, covering everything from AIDS and African-Americans to Zach Stark. Bashing Back presents an A-to-Z look at Besen's worldview on a wide range of topics, including Bill O'Reilly, Brokeback Mountain, Ellen DeGeneres, gay pride parades, marriage rights, Mary Cheney, overhauling the gay movement, religion and politics, sports and homophobia, The Passion of the Christ, the pitiful state of TV news, the Vatican's war on gays, the World Trade Center, and New Orleans. Smart and funny, Besen delivers a knockout punch to the notion that liberalism stands for nothing and progressive means passive. From the author:
"The columns I have chosen for this book touch on politics and people, comedy and culture. But most of all, they are a strong defense of the liberal values that have made this nation strong. It is time we proudly stand up for what we believe in. If we don't defend our values, our opponents will define them. . . . Bashing Back is the first punch in a fight to take back our culture and restore progressive values for the good of the nation." An excerpt from "Bill O'Reilly:"
Once upon a time I actually enjoyed The O'Reilly Factor. While I almost always disagreed with him, he was at least entertaining. Lately, however, he has morphed into just another Bush mouthpiece. The master of the "No Spin Zone" is suddenly spinning so hard he is in the Twilight Zone, dizzy in his own deception. He even had the audacity on CNBC to suggest that Fox isn't a conservative news outlet. That's beyond spin. If it were closer to Hanukah I'd think O'Reilly was a dreidel. My other problem with his show is that it's unnaturally obsessed with gay issues. More gay people appear on The O'Reilly Factor than on Showtime's Queer as Folk. I know that sounds strange coming from a gay columnist who has twice appeared on his show. But it seems like he's had on every gay person in America to use as his personal political piñata. When even gay activists are tired of watching gay segments, it's time to find a new culture war issue. Bashing Back is an invaluable compilation of Besen's best columns from Planet Out, Gay.com, and the Washington Blade. It's an essential resource for longtime Besen readers and an entertaining introduction for newcomers. .
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The Art of Bashing
"Boldly developed and nurtured from five years of strenuous research around the globe, timeless proverbs have been developed from the styles, methods and mouths of numerous people that can be called Bashers. Enlightenment and a lifetime of glory are what await revelers in The Art of Bashing. With virtue on short supply and chivalry at an all-time low, navigating your way through life with unmatched confidence and fortitude can be a daunting process. Unworthy assumptions are on the rise, and the key to avoiding many of the contrivances that emerge from sociological differences is by utilizing superior etiquette and peerless human interactive skills. The tendentious environment of our surroundings can strike crippling fear in most, so one must become empowered over the barbarism and overwrought lack of respect that frequently passes off as "acceptable behavior." Old thought and illogical ideas can be easily jettisoned by the vividly demonstrated Way of the Bash. Bristling with sharp humor and unrivaled clarity, obstacles will be pushed away while misanthropes are vanquished forever. Become a Basher... become a Legend.".
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The Business of Assassination
The Business of Assassination is a scathing indictment of President George W. Bush and other American political players..
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For Straights Who Hate Gays: Unmasking your imaginary motive
Straight-talking facts of life for boys between the ages of 12 and 17 and who, together with a friend or neighborhood gang, are at greatest risk of committing hate crimes against gays and so of destroying their own lives in the process..
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