8 of 24 people
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January 07, 2009
I pride myself on always taking input from all sources, including those at the very extreme (say Ayn Rand and Naomi Klein as book-ends), but this 'book' is a constant rant based on hyperbole, and introduces facts only when they are convenient.
To make an argument that Chernobyl shouldn't be used by the anti-nuclear 'liberals' as an indication of the dangers of nuclear power because it only killed 4000 instead of 10,000 people is almost hilarious, if I didn't think she was serious. As a person who is pro-nuclear myself, I wouldn't touch that argument with a 10 foot pole.
This book only succeeds at three things:
1. I read this to try and better understand how the far-right thinks, it proves they do not.
2. It makes a strong case for ultra-conservatism being a form of mental illness.
3. The 'liberal religion' that runs the country is a hell of a lot better than Coulter's alternative.
This book didn't make me laugh, it only made me sad for this sort of person.
2 of 3 people
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January 06, 2009
The one thing I do want to comment on specifically is the quality of the recording. The reader does a great job, but I think the recordings would have been much better if they had put chapter breaks in the recordings which corresponded to the actual chapter breaks in the book. There are times when I want to skip around to different chapters, and it's rather difficult to do so because the breaks in the recording have nothing to do with the breaks in the book. This is an unnecessary annoyance, and I hope that this gets corrected for future books.
6 of 8 people
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February 05, 2008
Wow! I got this to keep me awake as I drove through the night. I chose a controversial book for that purpose. And it worked
I didn't think I would laugh so hard. She makes very good arguments for her positions with scalding little jabs that fit so well even liberals have to swallow a smile. Both Clintons had to put aloe vera on their ears.
This is ultra conservative in nature and a good read from that point of view. Political correctness is not one of her virtues - I found that refreshing.
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Bill (Saint Petersburg, FL, USA)
November 20, 2007
I thoroughly enjoy Ann's books and columns. She has a way of pointing out the idiocy of the liberal religion that is both thought provoking and scary at the same time. She backs up her comments with data that for some reason is left out of the public dialog by the liberal media who push their own agendas. The only issue I have with Ann is how someone so intelligent can be so blinded by faith in the bible and god as to not question the inaccuracies and contradictions in it. She calls environmentalism a religion which I completely agree with but does not connect them as both being bad for society. Nothing in the bible is a proven fact as with man made global warming but yet it is defend just as much by anyone who has drank the koolaid. Maybe if we new for a fact that the authors of the bible were liberal she would take a deeper look at its flaws.