or as the editor to the Four Corners Free Press put it:
"The Dark Side of the Moon Landing" ;-)
At fourteen I got permission to camp out in the living room for three days running, no school, no play, little sleep. Seldom leaving the couch and then only for a quick pitstop frigstop & occasionally going outside to meditate on the actual crescent moon up there in the sky, then back to the TV.
Something fantastic was happening and I didn’t care how many times I listened to repeated news-flashes gone stale because I was determined to hear every next world premiere news-flash as it happened. Besides, the repetitions echoing on the TV networks gave me a chance to digest the story. Even better there were these great side-stories about mission details that never made the news shows.
Come Neal Armstrong’s small step for a man, but big leap for mankind and it was my Dad’s Birthday. The living room was full of family and a few hours of celebration infused with the profoundest aura: For the first time ever! People were actually standing on that midnight orb of my imagination ~ while the whole world watched!
After the party I remained glued to that TV until Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin blasted off from the moon to rejoin Michael Collins and begin their return to earth. My, and I dare say humanity’s, gaze upon the moon has never been the same. It was a fantastic achievement, exemplifying America’s ingenuity, can do and promise.
Yet, even at my tender age there was also an unshakable sadness about the moon landing. The man who made it all possible had been taken from us by forces unseen but resented ever after. It felt as though along with Kennedy a certain attitude of solidarity, (or was it just civility?), with the rest of humanity was systematically being abandoned.
Championed by Ronald Reagan and his driven economics ~ along with all the dirty-tricks needed to make it happen. Before our eyes the rest of the world was becoming nothing more than a potential profit point.
I believe it’s this evolution in our collective outlook that has step by step and season by passing season, ushered in today’s reality of a world full of intensely pissed off people running amok. Nor to be forgotten is the creation of uncountable masses of dispossessed refugees huddled in destitute pockets throughout the world. For what? So westerners can pretend living has no limits?
For nearly fifty years I’ve listened to the beautiful promises made by politicians, businessmen and scientist. Great strides have undoubtedly been made, but I’ve noticed there has been a tremendous cost attached to everyone of our successes. Disaster after disaster the battle cry remains: “Move along; don’t look back; let’s not dwell on it (read “think” about it); put the past behind you; move along now.” All these years watching “solutions” consistently creating more “unanticipated” problems than anyone of 'em solved is really disheartening.
All the while the masters of the universe continue selling each other more weaponry and ideological garbage, and our major religions continue playing their role of turning “God’s Will” into bludgeons for beating everyone who makes them uncomfortable.
The moon landing was a political act meant to prove we could do it, thus awarding us a feeling of invincibility. Why than, have our ‘quality of life’ issues imploded?
As much as I loved it back then, today I can’t help but think people would be far better off pulling their heads out of their heavens and refocusing their attention back down here, to this incredible little battered blue gem of a planet.
The one and only speck in the vast void of our Universe that can claim to be the cradle of all life. And, incidentally, the only home our future has.
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Sunday, July 12, 2009
why is the right wing scared of Sonia Sotomayor?
I've submitted the following letter to the Durango Herald editor:
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Regarding Sonia Sotomayor's Supreme Court nomination
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Regarding Sonia Sotomayor's Supreme Court nomination
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Those damning words keep ringing in my ears: “ A wise Latina woman would do a better job of judging than a wise white male.” Quite the affront against those powerful white guys who were always convinced they alone possessed omniscient judgement.
On the other hand, one of the hallmarks of a judge is an internalized sense that they, personally, do indeed possess clearer judgement/responsibility skills, along with a greater sense of obligation and duty. Makes me wonder why the right wing knocks Sotomayor for her healthy confidence, when balanced confidence is part and parcel of being a successful judge, let alone Justice of our US Supreme Court.
What’s below the surface? Why are right wing extremists so angry & scared of this confident little lady? Are the likes of Senator Sessions, Coulter, Limbaugh, et. al, too unprepared for allowing a Sotomayor to sit as an equal in this ultimate establishment Club of nine?
Are they worried because they don’t want the like’s of a Sotomayor having a chance to present her perspective directly into the high court? And, what would be wrong with that? Looking at the demography of this country it is hard to understand how people who trumpet “democracy” can despise someone who’s only sin is recognizing who she is and being proud of it.
Sotomayor’s public record reflects decades of honorable, very competent judicial service to her country. Our Supreme Court needs a good shot of main street reality. Left wing, right wing, and all who are in between, need this person, judge Sonia Sotomayor, to take her rightful place at the “round table” of nine respected elders, for all her merits, glowing achievements, intelligence, humanity & pride.
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Monday, June 15, 2009
Cheney's May 21st American Enterprise Institute speech examined
In May ex-Vice President Cheney went on a publicity offensive against the Obama Administration. Within a few weeks he seemed to give more press interviews and speeches than during his entire tenure in the White House. Thanks to the wonder of the internet & YouTube one can listen to his crowning AEI speech, and I have, a few times over. Being on the internet I was also able to fact check some of Mr. Cheney’s telling along with my own memory of events.
The speech was given May 21, 2009 at the American Enterprise Institute and what I found was that Cheney defended his entire case like a great novelist. Building and weaving his story and its substance to fit his chosen solution to his plot’s dilemma. Though that works great for writers of fiction who are welcome to use artistic license to move their story along, it’s not how to run a government, build a sustainable future, or trumpet a policy.
During his speech Mr. Cheney radiated incredible conviction and even stronger ego, but, he also showed himself incapable of admitting to any short coming or mistakes. That begs the question: what good is his judgment if he is incapable of honest introspection?
Reflecting this is a remarkable anecdote regarding the ex-Vice President. Cheney was describing the Bush Administration’s doctrine on dealing with terrorism. He is quoted saying, “If there’s a 1% chance that Pakistani scientists are helping al-Qaeda build or develop a nuclear weapon, we have to treat it as a certainty in terms of our response. It’s not about our analysis ... It’s about our response.”
Cheney’s speech reaffirmed his unwavering commitment to that mindset. It makes me wonder: How can this man remain oblivious to the astounding negative consequences his actions have had for our United States of America? (Ron Suskind’s book “The One Percent Doctrine,” documents how this world view effected Bush Administration actions.)
The trouble is, the world’s full of potential disasters and conceivable threats lurk in every direction. If one is going to put all their energy into every imaginable potential threat that comes to mind they’ll drive themselves insane... while missing actual incoming threats. There needs to be some intelligent evaluation, prioritizing and careful planning. Otherwise you’re just falling prey to one’s own paranoia and unrestrained pipe dreaming.
For instance, Cheney claims “You can look at the facts and conclude that (our) comprehensive strategy has worked, and therefore needs to be continued.” What has worked? Where is America any better off? Where are things being resolved constructively?
If there’s any comprehensive strategy to be teased from events, its a strategy of pursuing war for war’s sake. Only then do Bush Administration neocon actions fall into place and make sense. Their own New American Century documents support such an interpretation. Projecting power and exercising military options is an end in itself for ex-Vice President Cheney. But, is that what America needs? Didn’t Washington and Eisenhower expressly warn against such folly?
Cheney claims success because al-Qaeda hasn’t struck our homeland since 9/11. That conceit is filled with too many flimsy assumptions. Did al-Qaeda actually try again? Did they have to? After all American’s were ,... are, doing a pretty good job of tearing itself down - from damaging our own economy, to vandalizing our world position, to damaging our own military, to how Americans are being encouraged to distrust and even despise one another. This seems Cheney’s true legacy.
When we get to the Abu Ghraib torture scandal Cheney is quick to throw military personnel off the cliff. Where’s the man’s honor or sense of loyalty as he lectures us? Furthermore, his words are directly contradicted by reams of official documentation and the tenor of his own words back then. Cheney championed going to extremes but now condemns the soldiers who were carrying out his orders. It’s Cheney-speak at its ugliest.
Cheney says, “(Obama) can project values, and that’s fine, but we need to project strength and that has to rule in certain situations.” True enough. But, only when it makes sense! What’s the sense behind projecting strength in the form of vengeance-lust inspiring shock and awe, while leaving the heart of the real perpetrators to enjoy the successes of their terror?
So far as on the ground happenings - we have invaded & demolished a nation that was not a strategic threat to our nation. While the Administration’s half hearted attempts to track the true perpetrators of 9/11 have only served to train and harden al Qaida and bring in a huge fresh young generation fired-up by the atrocities they experienced at the hands of Cheney’s “projection of strength.” Yet, Cheney still doesn’t recognize that might & military strength must be handled with wisdom - and acts of wisdom require an ability to admit to mistakes and to learn from them.
I do agree with Cheney that documents relating to intercepted plots should be released. (But, here again, he lies in that it is the CIA not Obama who’s holding back those documents.) Cheney believers constantly refer to their facts, facts that upon closer examination too often turn out to be smoke, mirrors and ideologically motivated deceptions - therefore, it would be valuable to see those documents. Then Americans can decide for themselves how well they can believe Cheney’s boast of thousands, even hundred’s of thousands of lives saved.
Another dishonest aspect of Cheney claiming facts support him is that he steadfastly ignores the huge body of documented contrary facts as reported on sites like www.bushlies.net or www.bushwatch.com and others.
Solutions won’t be found in ratcheting up the paranoia and encouraging yet more faith-based hostility. Seems to me, the tenor of the myopic absolutism Cheney preached in his recent fear mongering tour displays an approach that in the cold glare of reality once again acts more as al-Qaeda’s booster than America’s protector.
One of the tragic hallmarks of faith-based reasoning is that only the facts fitting ones ideology are acknowledged, and a blind eye to all else is considered a virtue. Sadly, such thinking will only further damage our children’s future.
Shouldn’t we, as a nation, do better?
Sincerely, Peter Miesler
Durango, Colorado
The speech was given May 21, 2009 at the American Enterprise Institute and what I found was that Cheney defended his entire case like a great novelist. Building and weaving his story and its substance to fit his chosen solution to his plot’s dilemma. Though that works great for writers of fiction who are welcome to use artistic license to move their story along, it’s not how to run a government, build a sustainable future, or trumpet a policy.
During his speech Mr. Cheney radiated incredible conviction and even stronger ego, but, he also showed himself incapable of admitting to any short coming or mistakes. That begs the question: what good is his judgment if he is incapable of honest introspection?
Reflecting this is a remarkable anecdote regarding the ex-Vice President. Cheney was describing the Bush Administration’s doctrine on dealing with terrorism. He is quoted saying, “If there’s a 1% chance that Pakistani scientists are helping al-Qaeda build or develop a nuclear weapon, we have to treat it as a certainty in terms of our response. It’s not about our analysis ... It’s about our response.”
Cheney’s speech reaffirmed his unwavering commitment to that mindset. It makes me wonder: How can this man remain oblivious to the astounding negative consequences his actions have had for our United States of America? (Ron Suskind’s book “The One Percent Doctrine,” documents how this world view effected Bush Administration actions.)
The trouble is, the world’s full of potential disasters and conceivable threats lurk in every direction. If one is going to put all their energy into every imaginable potential threat that comes to mind they’ll drive themselves insane... while missing actual incoming threats. There needs to be some intelligent evaluation, prioritizing and careful planning. Otherwise you’re just falling prey to one’s own paranoia and unrestrained pipe dreaming.
For instance, Cheney claims “You can look at the facts and conclude that (our) comprehensive strategy has worked, and therefore needs to be continued.” What has worked? Where is America any better off? Where are things being resolved constructively?
If there’s any comprehensive strategy to be teased from events, its a strategy of pursuing war for war’s sake. Only then do Bush Administration neocon actions fall into place and make sense. Their own New American Century documents support such an interpretation. Projecting power and exercising military options is an end in itself for ex-Vice President Cheney. But, is that what America needs? Didn’t Washington and Eisenhower expressly warn against such folly?
Cheney claims success because al-Qaeda hasn’t struck our homeland since 9/11. That conceit is filled with too many flimsy assumptions. Did al-Qaeda actually try again? Did they have to? After all American’s were ,... are, doing a pretty good job of tearing itself down - from damaging our own economy, to vandalizing our world position, to damaging our own military, to how Americans are being encouraged to distrust and even despise one another. This seems Cheney’s true legacy.
When we get to the Abu Ghraib torture scandal Cheney is quick to throw military personnel off the cliff. Where’s the man’s honor or sense of loyalty as he lectures us? Furthermore, his words are directly contradicted by reams of official documentation and the tenor of his own words back then. Cheney championed going to extremes but now condemns the soldiers who were carrying out his orders. It’s Cheney-speak at its ugliest.
Cheney says, “(Obama) can project values, and that’s fine, but we need to project strength and that has to rule in certain situations.” True enough. But, only when it makes sense! What’s the sense behind projecting strength in the form of vengeance-lust inspiring shock and awe, while leaving the heart of the real perpetrators to enjoy the successes of their terror?
So far as on the ground happenings - we have invaded & demolished a nation that was not a strategic threat to our nation. While the Administration’s half hearted attempts to track the true perpetrators of 9/11 have only served to train and harden al Qaida and bring in a huge fresh young generation fired-up by the atrocities they experienced at the hands of Cheney’s “projection of strength.” Yet, Cheney still doesn’t recognize that might & military strength must be handled with wisdom - and acts of wisdom require an ability to admit to mistakes and to learn from them.
I do agree with Cheney that documents relating to intercepted plots should be released. (But, here again, he lies in that it is the CIA not Obama who’s holding back those documents.) Cheney believers constantly refer to their facts, facts that upon closer examination too often turn out to be smoke, mirrors and ideologically motivated deceptions - therefore, it would be valuable to see those documents. Then Americans can decide for themselves how well they can believe Cheney’s boast of thousands, even hundred’s of thousands of lives saved.
Another dishonest aspect of Cheney claiming facts support him is that he steadfastly ignores the huge body of documented contrary facts as reported on sites like www.bushlies.net or www.bushwatch.com and others.
Solutions won’t be found in ratcheting up the paranoia and encouraging yet more faith-based hostility. Seems to me, the tenor of the myopic absolutism Cheney preached in his recent fear mongering tour displays an approach that in the cold glare of reality once again acts more as al-Qaeda’s booster than America’s protector.
One of the tragic hallmarks of faith-based reasoning is that only the facts fitting ones ideology are acknowledged, and a blind eye to all else is considered a virtue. Sadly, such thinking will only further damage our children’s future.
Shouldn’t we, as a nation, do better?
Sincerely, Peter Miesler
Durango, Colorado
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Regarding National Public Radio News
Recently I’ve made a new hobby of dogging NPR, National Public Radio.
As a decades long listener I see myself as having a vested interest and like to think of myself as a member of the loyal opposition.
You see I do believe NPR is first rate on many levels, even its news has its glowing moments.
But, these trying times demands better than last administration’s status quo of ignoring all that don’t fit the official storyline.
I’ll admit I’m no expert on the deep background, but I do know the Cheney/Bush Administration failed in various attempts to cripple NPR.
Three cheers for the public outcry that stymied them!
However, I also noticed that they sure managed to get NPR News programming watered-down.
I believe the time has come for a more thoughtful assessment of real world facts & science to retake its rightful place within the NPR News lineup.
And for this I shall continue dogging my pals at NPR
as "myperspectives"
I’m sharing the following because I think it’s a good short synapsis of a point I keep trying to enunciate regarding the financial/biosphere interface
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http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=104841465
Expert Still Backs Investing In Stock Market
All Things Considered, June 2, 2009 · Jeremy Siegel, professor of finance at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and author of Stocks for the Long Run, says he still thinks the best investment in the long run is the stock market. He says he is "virtually sure" it's not going to be a long wait for a good return on stocks.
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Professor Siegel, your chain of logic is stupefying.
Where in all this prognostication do you ever consider the realities of our Earth’s health?
You speak of the thirties, yet never mention the vast untapped resources that abounded back then.
Professor, haven’t the past two centuries of economic prosperity, nay exploding wealth been predicated upon the consumption of our Earth’s resources... that is its biosphere along with its mineral wealth?
And hasn’t this consumption taken place with rampant abandon?
Coupled with absolute contempt for sustainable strategies?
Our crop lands and ocean fisheries are seriously damaged.
What about future water supply issues?
What about the next inevitable natural weather catastrophe(s) coming our way?
Prof. Jeremy why do all you economic big shots always ignore such real world factors?
Any wonder why you’re always taken by surprise at the next “shoe dropping.”
What good are the professor’s & NPR’s myopic assurances when you all ignore predictable future consequences of current real world trends.
NPR NEWS needs less fluff &
more serious investigative reporting!
start with less music
and more real world science
during NPR’s “news” programs.
ps. in my NPR comments I go under myperspectives, which relates to a previous email address.
As a decades long listener I see myself as having a vested interest and like to think of myself as a member of the loyal opposition.
You see I do believe NPR is first rate on many levels, even its news has its glowing moments.
But, these trying times demands better than last administration’s status quo of ignoring all that don’t fit the official storyline.
I’ll admit I’m no expert on the deep background, but I do know the Cheney/Bush Administration failed in various attempts to cripple NPR.
Three cheers for the public outcry that stymied them!
However, I also noticed that they sure managed to get NPR News programming watered-down.
I believe the time has come for a more thoughtful assessment of real world facts & science to retake its rightful place within the NPR News lineup.
And for this I shall continue dogging my pals at NPR
as "myperspectives"
I’m sharing the following because I think it’s a good short synapsis of a point I keep trying to enunciate regarding the financial/biosphere interface
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=104841465
Expert Still Backs Investing In Stock Market
All Things Considered, June 2, 2009 · Jeremy Siegel, professor of finance at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and author of Stocks for the Long Run, says he still thinks the best investment in the long run is the stock market. He says he is "virtually sure" it's not going to be a long wait for a good return on stocks.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Professor Siegel, your chain of logic is stupefying.
Where in all this prognostication do you ever consider the realities of our Earth’s health?
You speak of the thirties, yet never mention the vast untapped resources that abounded back then.
Professor, haven’t the past two centuries of economic prosperity, nay exploding wealth been predicated upon the consumption of our Earth’s resources... that is its biosphere along with its mineral wealth?
And hasn’t this consumption taken place with rampant abandon?
Coupled with absolute contempt for sustainable strategies?
Our crop lands and ocean fisheries are seriously damaged.
What about future water supply issues?
What about the next inevitable natural weather catastrophe(s) coming our way?
Prof. Jeremy why do all you economic big shots always ignore such real world factors?
Any wonder why you’re always taken by surprise at the next “shoe dropping.”
What good are the professor’s & NPR’s myopic assurances when you all ignore predictable future consequences of current real world trends.
NPR NEWS needs less fluff &
more serious investigative reporting!
start with less music
and more real world science
during NPR’s “news” programs.
ps. in my NPR comments I go under myperspectives, which relates to a previous email address.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Got Something to Say... "Hello Policy Maker" reference
Recently, I came across two websites that definitely belong in the library of resources I’m beginning to build up.
Where as I only dream of getting people motivated,
Keya Lea Horiuchi is actually doing something.
She's building a platform & tools for
directly speaking to our leaders...
And To Each Other.
Got something serious to say to the man,
but no connections?
Check it out ~
if you want to participate !
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
in Keya Lea's own words:
http://hellopolicymaker.org
Ever wished you had greater political access and reach?
Together, we can extend our political reach.
Hello Policy Maker.org helps you to quickly access basic political information as well as voice your political concerns. You’ll also be able to see other people's concerns. It's a place to submit and share political videos with, well, everyone really.
Hello Policy Maker.org also seeks to engage and stimulate representative democracy by creating a web - based structure that encourages Americans to be creative and ask difficult questions that need to be discussed but may be systemically absent from our media.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
http://consideringdemocracy.com
How does U.S. policy compare to other democratic nations?
A filmmaker traveled around the world asking people about their nations' policies and about how they view the United States. After returning, research was carried out to see if what people were saying was true. Interesting differences between the U.S. and all the other developed countries were found.
Shot in ten countries, Considering Democracy weaves together seemingly different topics into an interconnected tapestry. People from around the world act as a mirror for Americans to see a reflection of political power in the United States.
Where as I only dream of getting people motivated,
Keya Lea Horiuchi is actually doing something.
She's building a platform & tools for
directly speaking to our leaders...
And To Each Other.
Got something serious to say to the man,
but no connections?
Check it out ~
if you want to participate !
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
in Keya Lea's own words:
http://hellopolicymaker.org
Ever wished you had greater political access and reach?
Together, we can extend our political reach.
Hello Policy Maker.org helps you to quickly access basic political information as well as voice your political concerns. You’ll also be able to see other people's concerns. It's a place to submit and share political videos with, well, everyone really.
Hello Policy Maker.org also seeks to engage and stimulate representative democracy by creating a web - based structure that encourages Americans to be creative and ask difficult questions that need to be discussed but may be systemically absent from our media.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
http://consideringdemocracy.com
How does U.S. policy compare to other democratic nations?
A filmmaker traveled around the world asking people about their nations' policies and about how they view the United States. After returning, research was carried out to see if what people were saying was true. Interesting differences between the U.S. and all the other developed countries were found.
Shot in ten countries, Considering Democracy weaves together seemingly different topics into an interconnected tapestry. People from around the world act as a mirror for Americans to see a reflection of political power in the United States.
Monday, May 25, 2009
stolen from the New York Review of Books
I stumbled across the following list.
It seemed like a pretty good reference guide for, to-the-point, books regarding the Cheney/Bush Administration & Neocon thinking & recent history.
It was copied from The New York Review of Books, volume 53.
The titles are linked to reviews or descriptions of the books.
Authors names are linked to biographical information.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
thank you nybooks.
The New York Review of Books
Volume 53, Number 15 · October 5, 2006
Cheney: The Fatal Touch
By Joan Didion
BOOKS DRAWN ON FOR JOAN DIDION'S ARTICLE:
A Very Thin Line: The Iran-Contra Affairs
by Theodore Draper
Hill and Wang, 690 pp., $27.95
Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror
by Richard A. Clarke
Free Press, 304 pp., $27.00
Burn Before Reading: Presidents, CIA Directors, and Secret Intelligence
by Admiral Stansfield Turner
Hyperion, 308 pp., $23.95
Disarming Iraq
by Hans Blix
Pantheon, 285 pp., $24.00
The Halliburton Agenda: The Politics of Oil and Money
by Dan Briody
Wiley, 290 pp., $16.95 (paper)
My Year in Iraq: The Struggle to Build a Future of Hope
by L. Paul Bremer III, with Malcolm McConnell
Simon and Schuster,417 pp., $27.00
Now It's My Turn: A Daughter's Chronicle of Political Life
by Mary Cheney
Threshold, 239 pp., $25.00
The One Percent Doctrine: Deep Inside America's Pursuit of Its Enemies Since 9/11
by Ron Suskind
Simon and Schuster, 367 pp., $27.00
Plan of Attack
by Bob Woodward
Simon and Schuster, 467 pp., $28.00
The Rise and Rise of Richard B. Cheney: Unlocking the Mysteries of the Most Powerful Vice President in American History
by John Nichols
New Press, 268 pp., $14.95 (paper)
Rise of the Vulcans: The History of Bush's War Cabinet
by James Mann
Penguin, 426 pp., $16.00 (paper)
Report of the Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran-Contra Affair, with Supplemental, Minority, and Additional Views
Government Printing Office, 690 pp. (1987)
31 Days: The Crisis That Gave Us the Government We Have Today
by Barry Werth
Nan A. Talese/Doubleday,398 pp., $26.00
Torture and Truth: America, Abu Ghraib, and the War on Terror
by Mark Danner
New York Review Books, 580 pp., $19.95 (paper)
Worse Than Watergate: The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush
by John W. Dean
Warner, 281 pp., $14.95 (paper)
Years of Renewal
by Henry Kissinger
Touchstone, 1,151 pp., $24.00 (paper)
Then, Joan Didion's article begins:
It was in some ways predictable that the central player in the system of willed errors and reversals that is the Bush administration would turn out to be its vice-president, Richard B. Cheney....
It seemed like a pretty good reference guide for, to-the-point, books regarding the Cheney/Bush Administration & Neocon thinking & recent history.
It was copied from The New York Review of Books, volume 53.
The titles are linked to reviews or descriptions of the books.
Authors names are linked to biographical information.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
thank you nybooks.
The New York Review of Books
Volume 53, Number 15 · October 5, 2006
Cheney: The Fatal Touch
By Joan Didion
BOOKS DRAWN ON FOR JOAN DIDION'S ARTICLE:
A Very Thin Line: The Iran-Contra Affairs
by Theodore Draper
Hill and Wang, 690 pp., $27.95
Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror
by Richard A. Clarke
Free Press, 304 pp., $27.00
Burn Before Reading: Presidents, CIA Directors, and Secret Intelligence
by Admiral Stansfield Turner
Hyperion, 308 pp., $23.95
Disarming Iraq
by Hans Blix
Pantheon, 285 pp., $24.00
The Halliburton Agenda: The Politics of Oil and Money
by Dan Briody
Wiley, 290 pp., $16.95 (paper)
My Year in Iraq: The Struggle to Build a Future of Hope
by L. Paul Bremer III, with Malcolm McConnell
Simon and Schuster,417 pp., $27.00
Now It's My Turn: A Daughter's Chronicle of Political Life
by Mary Cheney
Threshold, 239 pp., $25.00
The One Percent Doctrine: Deep Inside America's Pursuit of Its Enemies Since 9/11
by Ron Suskind
Simon and Schuster, 367 pp., $27.00
Plan of Attack
by Bob Woodward
Simon and Schuster, 467 pp., $28.00
The Rise and Rise of Richard B. Cheney: Unlocking the Mysteries of the Most Powerful Vice President in American History
by John Nichols
New Press, 268 pp., $14.95 (paper)
Rise of the Vulcans: The History of Bush's War Cabinet
by James Mann
Penguin, 426 pp., $16.00 (paper)
Report of the Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran-Contra Affair, with Supplemental, Minority, and Additional Views
Government Printing Office, 690 pp. (1987)
31 Days: The Crisis That Gave Us the Government We Have Today
by Barry Werth
Nan A. Talese/Doubleday,398 pp., $26.00
Torture and Truth: America, Abu Ghraib, and the War on Terror
by Mark Danner
New York Review Books, 580 pp., $19.95 (paper)
Worse Than Watergate: The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush
by John W. Dean
Warner, 281 pp., $14.95 (paper)
Years of Renewal
by Henry Kissinger
Touchstone, 1,151 pp., $24.00 (paper)
Then, Joan Didion's article begins:
It was in some ways predictable that the central player in the system of willed errors and reversals that is the Bush administration would turn out to be its vice-president, Richard B. Cheney....
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