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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Fully agree with what he is saying but reading it feels rather like being shouted at. Inevitably becoming a bit dated now that the reign of Bush is mercifully over but much still remains sadly true about the remaining stupid white men. (  ) samsheep | Aug 14, 2009 |  A liberal comedian's take on the stupidity of Bush (always described as "President" Bush in view of the dubious electoral arrangements in Florida that triggered his initial win) and his era. Funny, but the reaction of the butts of his humour has always amused me more. Moore seems to be able to really get under the skin of the conservatives and neo-cons. ( ) mbmackay | Aug 1, 2009 | It took me a while to get through this book, its a fairly easy and light read. I understand that Moore is anti-Bush, anti-Republican, anti-Democrat, and anti-Man. He makes his opinions known very clearly. And if you don't absorb everything that he states as fact, then its an ok book. Its an opinion, so of course its going to be one-sided. Just enjoy it as the rantings of a middle-aged man. ( ) dman999327 | Jul 17, 2009 | blame (  ) purplesue | May 29, 2009 | Random thoughts that occurred as I read -- prettified for public consumption: I realize this book was written and published less than a year after the 2000 election; but Moore's over-the-top anger in the first chapter took me aback. I'm thankful he dialed the emotion down a notch or several in subsequent chapters. For a while, I feared the book was going to burst into flames right in my hands. Still, when I had finished it, I felt like I had been listening to someone yell at me for hours. Some valid observations and occasional good suggestions, but the pre-September 11 viewpoint seems so...petty. Which leads to my next thought. I guess I'm one of the no-more-fire-in-the-belly Democrats to whom Mr. Moore refers so scathingly in this book. I like my comfortable cushy government job and cozy middle-aged middle class life. I agree that more must be done to alleviate poverty, hunger, prison overcrowding and any number of other societal ills, but at what cost to the rest of us? It's a conundrum. As I read I kept thinking, "Where are your footnotes?" It wasn't until I got to the end and read his sources that I felt at all good about the book. My first Michael Moore book. Probably my last. It seemed mean-spirited, and I don't believe mean-spiritedness is helpful. (  ) avanta7 | May 4, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com (ISBN 0060392452, Hardcover)Stupid White Men, Michael Moore's screed against "Thief-in-Chief" George Bush's power elite, hit No. 1 at Amazon.com within days of publication. Why? It's as fulminating and crammed with infuriating facts as any right-wing bestseller, as irreverent as The Onion, and as noisily entertaining as a wrestling smackdown. Moore offers a more interesting critique of the 2000 election than Ralph Nader's Crashing the Party (he argued with Nader, his old boss, who sacked him), and he's serious when he advocates ousting Bush. But Moore's rage is outrageous, couched in shameless gags and madcap comedy: "Old white men wielding martinis and wearing dickies have occupied our nation's capital.... Launch the SCUD missiles! Bring us the head of Antonin Scalia!... We are no longer [able] to hold free and fair elections. We need U.N. observers, U.N. troops." Moore's ideas range from on-the-money (Arafat should beat Sharon with Gandhi's nonviolent shame tactics) to over-the-top: blacks should put inflatable white dolls in their cars so racist cops will think they're chauffeurs; the ever-more-Republicanesque Democratic Party should be sued for fraud; "no contributions toward advancing our civilization ever came out of the South [except Faulkner, Hellman, and R.J. Reynolds]," because it's too hot to think straight there; Korean dictator Kim Jong-il "has got to broaden himself beyond porn and John Wayne" by watching better movies, like Dude, Where's My Car? (which contains "all you need to know about America"). Whatever your politics, Stupid White Men should make you blow your stack. --Tim Appelo(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:08 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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