The Way of the World: A Story of Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism (Audio CD) (Unabridged)
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Genres: History, Nonfiction, Uncategorized
Book Type: Audio CD
Author:
Genres: History, Nonfiction, Uncategorized
Book Type: Audio CD
Ronald A. (rarendt) reviewed on + 107 more book reviews
I only listened to the first disc and half of the second. By that time I had had enough Bush bashing to last a while. This book was published three months before the 2008 elections and was preceeded by two others in the same vein. I wonder if the author was on the Democrat's payroll.
As I write this President Wonderful is a month into his second term, the unemployment rate is still around 7 percent, the federal government has grown into a behemoth affecting all our lives in ever-increasing ways, and the federal budget will come in at over a trillion dollars for the fifth year in a row. I think President Obama has now increased the national debt more than all the presidents before him combined, and he still insists our federal government has no spending problem.
After several gratuitous shots at George W. Bush, the author launches into a long sob story about a Paki in this country on a work visa, who was mistreated by the Secret Service. As luck would have it, I finished Ronald Kessler's book "In the President's Secret Service" about six weeks ago, and, after interviewing a large number of Secret Service agents, Kessler spends considerable time on this same incident and thoroughly debunks Ron Suskind's version of events - and he provides sources for all his information - something this author never bothers with in any of his books. I checked the hard cover version of the book - no notes, no bibliography, no source information of any kind. According to Amazon reviews, the preceeding book suffers from the same deficiency. Making accusations of "impeachable offenses" without naming any sources is pretty shoddy journalism. I decided I had better things to do than spend any more time on a book that begins with half truths, inuendos, and disinformation.
In defense of the author, I did read a large number of favorable Amazon reviews of this author's last two books - they invariably started with some sort of shot at Bush and Cheney; I can only assume they were mostly written by the "Blame Bush For Everything" crowd. I remind you that this country was never attacked again during the seven years folloowing 9/11. Meanwhile the current occupant of the White House is "leading from behind", the American ambassador to Lybia was killed and mutilated in Behghazi, the Taliban and Al Quaida are on the rise, and the Iranians and North Koreans are developing nuclear weapons and missles while The Chosen One polishes his unearned Nobel Peace Prize.
As I write this President Wonderful is a month into his second term, the unemployment rate is still around 7 percent, the federal government has grown into a behemoth affecting all our lives in ever-increasing ways, and the federal budget will come in at over a trillion dollars for the fifth year in a row. I think President Obama has now increased the national debt more than all the presidents before him combined, and he still insists our federal government has no spending problem.
After several gratuitous shots at George W. Bush, the author launches into a long sob story about a Paki in this country on a work visa, who was mistreated by the Secret Service. As luck would have it, I finished Ronald Kessler's book "In the President's Secret Service" about six weeks ago, and, after interviewing a large number of Secret Service agents, Kessler spends considerable time on this same incident and thoroughly debunks Ron Suskind's version of events - and he provides sources for all his information - something this author never bothers with in any of his books. I checked the hard cover version of the book - no notes, no bibliography, no source information of any kind. According to Amazon reviews, the preceeding book suffers from the same deficiency. Making accusations of "impeachable offenses" without naming any sources is pretty shoddy journalism. I decided I had better things to do than spend any more time on a book that begins with half truths, inuendos, and disinformation.
In defense of the author, I did read a large number of favorable Amazon reviews of this author's last two books - they invariably started with some sort of shot at Bush and Cheney; I can only assume they were mostly written by the "Blame Bush For Everything" crowd. I remind you that this country was never attacked again during the seven years folloowing 9/11. Meanwhile the current occupant of the White House is "leading from behind", the American ambassador to Lybia was killed and mutilated in Behghazi, the Taliban and Al Quaida are on the rise, and the Iranians and North Koreans are developing nuclear weapons and missles while The Chosen One polishes his unearned Nobel Peace Prize.
