• When You Ride Alone You Ride with bin Laden

  • What the Government Should Be Telling Us to Help Fight the War on Terrorism
  • By: Bill Maher
  • Narrated by: Bill Maher
  • Length: 2 hrs and 58 mins
  • 3.9 out of 5 stars (415 ratings)

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When You Ride Alone You Ride with bin Laden

By: Bill Maher
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Publisher's summary

"After September 11, when Bill Maher offended easily-offended people with a widely (and in many cases, deliberately) misunderstood remark, Ari Fleischer said that people need to watch what they say and do. In this very funny but ultimately serious, provocative but truly patriotic book, Bill prescribes what Americans can do to defend our nation. And please put this blurb as far away from Ann Coulter's as possible." - Al Franken

"Bill Maher has inherited the mantle of Mark Twain and Jonathan Swift and he wears it with aplomb. If he were living in any other time or in one of many other countries he would truly be in danger of being put to death for his legendary ability to say the unthinkable and say it better (and before) anyone else. When You Ride Alone You Ride with bin Laden is destined to be the most talked-about book of the year." - Larry King

"Bill Maher rides alone daily but it is a hilarious, incisive trip. Maher versus bin Laden? Take Bill, give the points!" - Bill O'Reilly

"Bill Maher has the courage to speak his mind - no matter what the consequences - something you can't say about most people these days. And he's damn funny! Now, more than ever, the country needs his outrage. Agree or disagree with him, there is no question that what he has written in this book should be front and center in the great national debate and I, for one, am thrilled that this cantankerous s.o.b. is still there doing battle for the republic we all love." - Michael Moore

"Bill Maher loves America, hates conventional thinking, and, despite his curmudgeonly image, has a heart of gold. In the war on terrorism, we could use a little less tolerance and sensitivity and a little more manly anger. In this book, Bill leads the way hilariously." - Ann Coulter

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Critic reviews

"Refreshing in an age dominated by irony and cynicism." (Publishers Weekly)

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    4 out of 5 stars

Fill up your tank and you support terror!

Bill Maher is right on in his critique of our oil-addicted economy. Renewable energy programs should be a priority of our country, and yet here we are about to dump hundreds of billions of dollars into yet another Middle Eastern war to preserve the stable supply of oil into the world market. And they say renewable energy is too expensive?

Not only is Bill right, he's funny and engaging as well. Great book!

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  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars

Humor with a point

I must say reading the other reviews put me off from listening to this book until I saw Bill on Larry King live and was impressed at how he cuts to the heart of the matter on much of what is happening in the world today. I'm glad I gave this book a listen not because Bill has the "answers" but because he asks many of the "right" questions to get people thinking while poking fun of the slogan based pap generated by our current leaders. I recommend you download this book as it will immediately entertain you but of course if I'm wrong don't forget to "stay the course" and whatever you do don't "cut and run".

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  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars

provoking and funny

Calling this nonfiction is a bit of a stretch, but Maher raises one resounding point; Americans need to do more. What exactly no one individual knows. Maher gets the discussions going, but it there is a lot more to be figured out.

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  • Overall
    3 out of 5 stars

Witty and accurate, mostly, but outdated

I'm a big Maher fan but I found this book mostly a waste of time. Most of his rants he has done before and funnier -- this one is more "serious". However he wrote the book in 2002 and so much of the material is dated. Some of the rants in this book are off topic as well -- what does euthanasia have to do with terrorists?

He does bring up a lot of excellent points. If you need some enlightening as to the decline of Western civilization and the global effects of American gluttony, there are lots here. His wit is sharp as always.

However, while stating that American myopia and blissful ignorance about everything outside her borders infuriates the rest of the world (which it does), he promotes that kind of thinking in his own opinions. As Iraq has shown, the President is not the "leader of the free world" anymore, and the mighty American military can't beat any country in the world into submission simply by attacking it. No country can win a war against a determined population -- the Soviets found that out in Afghanistan. America found that out in Viet Nam. And America hasn't the greatest nation on Earth for 200 years, only for the last 50. Before WW2, America was still a struggling new nation.

He also neglected to mention the contributions other countries made in Afghanistan and even in WW2, continuing the trend of the American media to rewrite history. He also didn't mention that people of many countries lost their lives in 9/11, which made 9/11 an attack on everyone, not just America.

These kinds of hypocrisies disappointed me and detracted from my enjoyment of the book.

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  • Overall
    2 out of 5 stars

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day

Bill Maher is right when he reminds us that Bin Ladin and other Islamic terrorists are *Islamic* and that they are financed by the profits from oil produced by Islamic Middle East countries. The US seems to have forgotten the conservation movement of the '70's and we show little restraint in our National consumption of oil and gas. Why do we boycott French wine while demanding more and cheaper Middle East oil?

On the other hand, Mr. Maher indulges in hyperbole in his criticism of the Bush Administration. There are too many statements of opinion as fact, with little or no supporting evidence or examples and no references at all. Mr. Maher focuses exclusively on being negative and cynical, to the detriment of his logic, resulting in non-sequitors and tangential thinking.

He also has a couple of blind spots. He demonstrates a profound lack of understanding of the ethics of protecting human life as demonstrated by the belief that "assisted suicide" is a personal "choice" of "old" people. He should take a look at the evolution of euthanasia in contemporary Netherlands, where involuntary euthanasia by doctors is common practice, and it's now legal to kill children whose lives are deemed not worth living. Another blind spot concerns his comments about the "Holy Land." To many US citizens, Israel as the Holy Land has nothing to do with oil.

Maher fancies himself a libertarian, but he actually only objects to government regulation of sex, drugs, abortion, and "assisted suicide." It seems that everything else should be regulated and supported by laws and taxes in Maher's world view.








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  • Overall
    2 out of 5 stars

When You Ride Alone You Ride With Bin Laden

I didn't find Bill Maher that funny or clever, and I didn't especially enjoy listening to him rant. Maybe I was expecting Michael Moore? In any case, this book didn't do it for me, and I found it hard going to finish the book, in spite of the great title.

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  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars

Thought starter

Maher provides some thoughts worth considering, particularly about how we Americans should "frame" the situation in the Middle East - what fundamentally causes the issues that people concern themselves with, and sometimes cause bloodshed. My first encounter with Bill Maher, and I was impressed. Now I occasionally catch him on cable... -

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  • Overall
    1 out of 5 stars

Emotion destroyed the work

Unlike other works by the author, this work shows many weaknesses, which make it hard to listen to the whole tape. If you listened to the first chapter, you have nothing else to listen too. Indeed your appreciation of the work diminshes with every chapter. What started like an exciting book ends up as a hatred biased assessment. Very disappointed about a previously respected writer.

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  • Overall
    3 out of 5 stars

Tell us something new!

Bill is kind of a lightweight. I agree fully with what he says, and I appreciate his humor, but this book is stating the obvious. It's not bad - just not great. He doesn't bring a lot of insight to the issues he examines. Watch his show or HBO special and you will more than cover what is hashed out in this book. I think he has potential, but not this time around... Try Al Franken's LIES for a side splitting but serious take on the right wing nightmare.

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  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars

Funny and does make some good points

This book made me laugh, made me nod my head yes at times, and made me shake my head no in disagreement at others.

I'd recommend the book because it will cause some type of reaction in you.

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