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Joker's Wild Dubya's Trick Deck
Author: Greg Palast

In The Jokers Wild: Dubyas Trick Deck, award-winning investigative journalist and author of the New York Times best seller The Best Democracy Money Can Buy Greg Palast gets to the bottom of the crooked hand weve been dealt and plays the slim suit that could save us. Reading this oversized deck of real playing cards, which feature o... more »riginal research, will amaze you, infuriate you, and make you laugh out loud. Or strike up a game for a whole new twist on gin Rummy.

With striking, hilarious, full-color original art by Robert Grossman on each card, The Jokers Wild gives the lowdown on the cast of high-priced back-scratchers that brought our mis-leader to power, paving Dubyas way to the White House with hefty campaign funds, lucrative insider trading tips, and sleights of hand that cancelled thousands of ballots.

Meet the Billionaire Clubs, a suit stuffed with ceos and top campaign contributors. Grossman brings us the menacing mugs of the folks behind Walmart and Wackenhut, Enron and Exxon, corporate cronies who hedge their bets, back both parties, and get their hands dirty everywhere from Venezuelacolluding with plotters of a coupto here at homespying on you.

The Diamonds glitter with a list of characters that reads like the black book of a Texan prince. Get the score on Georges friends, international bigwigs from Pakistani potentate Musharraf to former Canadian head of statecumgold baron, Mulroney. In Georges world, action figures come to life as the governor of the Golden State, nightly news men fall in line in the service of W., and a sheepish leader of the pack polishes his runner-up speech before the ballots are in.

Shadowy aces emerge from the suit of Spades, the -behind-the-scenes players on Team Bush. Well see James Baker, who fixed the election in Florida for George Bush; meet the fairy godsheik who bailed out the Texans dud exploration company to the tune of millions; and catch up with that former director of the cia and traveling salesman serving greater Arabia whom Dubya calls Pop.

With Hearts, Palast and Grossman play their best hand, packing the suit with profiles in courage from around the globeOscar Olivera, the man who took on Bechtel in Bolivia and won; Amy Goodman, the media exception to the rulers; Tundu Lissu, the Tanzanian environmentalist who socked it to Daddy Bush; and Joe Stiglitz, World Bank-er turned global justice advocate.

The game seems fixed, but even Dubyas Trick Deck has its surprisesit takes only one suit to flush the royals.

Greg Palast is author of The Best Democracy Money Can Buy. Palast based these cards on his award--winning investigations for BBC Televisions Newsnight, Harpers magazine, and the Guardian(uk). Visit his website at www.gregpalast.com.

Robert Grossman is the pen that punctures pomposity. His cartoons appear in the New York Observer, the Nation, the New York Times, and elsewhere. His Web site is www.robertgrossman.com.

ISBN-13: 9781583226247
ISBN-10: 1583226249
Publication Date: 6/30/2004
Pages: 52
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Publisher: Seven Stories Press
Book Type: Cards
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Genres:

History >> Americas >> United States >> 20th Century >> General
Humor & Entertainment >> Puzzles & Games >> General
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Humor & Entertainment >> Humor >> Political
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