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| Armed Madhouse: From Baghdad to New Orleans--Sordid Secrets and Strange Tales of a White House Gone Wild | 
 enlarge | Author: Greg Palast
Publisher: Plume
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 28213
Media: Paperback
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Pages: 432
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Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.3 x 1.1
ISBN: 0452288312
Dewey Decimal Number: 973.931
EAN: 9780452288317
ASIN: 0452288312
Publication Date: April 24, 2007
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Product Description
In his most provocative and caustically funny book yet, Greg Palast, author of the national bestseller The Best Democracy Money Can Buy, once again gives us the straight scoop on the stories that Big Media wont report. Digging up reams of documents marked secret and confidential, Palast provides the latest lowdown on Bushs secret plans to seize Iraqs oil, the fix planned for the 2008 election, who drowned New Orleans, and the horror and the humor of the War on Terror. With diligent detective work, moral outrage, and a keen sense of the absurd, Palast takes on the armed and dangerous clowns that rule us as only he can.
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 behind the bull November 23, 2008
If you don't already know some of this stuff, prepare yourself to be disillusioned. We live in a wonderful country, and we are not in charge. This book names those who are in charge and how they do what they do. It exposes graft, greed, corporate manipulation, and more that will make you mad, I hope.
Excellent research & funny writing about the 2004 US election October 22, 2008
Greg Palast is a great reporter. He's thorough, gives superb references and is a funny writer. Some of the things he exposes here are just jaw-dropping examples of voter fraud.
This is an excellent book that pulls you in, and strongly recommended for anyone interested in the nature of democracy these days. Great food for thought.
 Good book--Questionable sources September 21, 2008
This book is another great read by Greg Palast. I love his dedication to uncovering the corruption in the government. Although this book can be a bit one sided (not Michael Moore one sided though) and have some very questionable sources (the document just fell out the sky and someone in my department found it) it is a great view into how the government works through the eyes of a investigative journalist. I would recommend The Best Democracy Money can Buy if you want to read some of his better work.
Hits on point for which the real arguments are commonly diverted from July 7, 2008
To me, the two most important points of the book had little to do with the U.S. election. The first relates to Iraqi oil. The few remaining Bush apologists simplify the concept of "war for oil" to mean that if Americans aren't looting the oil and coming home with a barrel under each arm then the war cannot possibly be "about oil". The issue is about CONTROL of oil. The battles between various American factions (neo-con enemies of OPEC vs. corporate friends of OPEC) is as important as any Sunni vs. Shia conflict. Being about oil means being about control means a lot more than just "getting" the oil.
The second is about the levees in New Orleans. It issue is about the levee failure not the hurricane directly. Did the levees failed when they should not have based on the government's effective guarantee of them? It appears the government failed at a responsibility it had taken upon itself. Greg does a good job making the argument that the administration had a fair warning that the levees were not up to the task they had been suggested to be. Also, as they failed, there was time to respond which was ignored. This failure to respond turns out to be to the benefit for many people (both Democrat and Republican). So much time is spent talking about the hurricane. The conservative reply has been to try to focus on the hurricane itself. George Bush cannot be blamed for the weather right? Failing that, blame the people themselves. Failing that, blame state and local officials. And finally failing that blame Brownie (offer up ONE bad guy in the Federal government who maybe have done a little better). All that diverts from the real problem. It was the levees, and it could have been avoided.
Armed Madhouse May 31, 2008
Excellent book. Gives a lot of information on what is going on with Iraq and Oil.
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