Download or read book New Rules written by Bill Maher and published by Rodale Books. This book was released on 2006-09-05 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bill Maher is on the forefront of the new wave of comedians who influence and shape political debate through their comedy. He is best known not just for being funny, but for advocating truth over sensitivity and taking on the political establishment. Maher first came to national attention as the host of the hit ABC-TV program Politically Incorrect, where he offered a combustible mixture of irreverence and acerbic humor that helped him to garner a loyal following, as well as a reputation for being a controversial bad boy. Bill Maher's popular new HBO television show, Real Time, has put Maher more front and center than ever before. Particularly one regular segment on the show, entitled "New Rules," has been a hit with his ever-growing legion of fans. It is the part of the show during which Maher takes serious aim, bringing all of his intelligence, incisiveness, wit, and his signature exasperation to bear on topics ranging from cell phones ("I don't need my cell phone to take pictures or access the Internet. I just need it to make a phone call. From everywhere! Not just the places it likes!") to fast food ("No McDonald's in hospitals. I'm not kidding!) to the conservative agenda ("Stop claiming it's an agenda. It's not an agenda. It's a random collection of laws that your corporate donors paid you to pass."). His bestselling book, New Rules, brings these brilliantly conceived riffs and rants to the written page. This new edition of the book, in paperback for the first time, also features some brand-new material.

Download or read book Musings Politics written by Kevin Udicious and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-20 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Musings Politics are introspective and reflective streams of writings on current United States political issues. To understand political issues, I believe everything starts with the mind and psychology. As the mind and psychology is what controls the entire political system, is what holds up the government. To understand politics, you must understand the mind and psychology behind politics. Musings Politics is that psychological and philosophical perspective on politics I want you to possess. We will be exploring the current economy. I will argue that the current economy simply values profits and earning money off people> helping people. The economy is not really about helping people live their best lives. It's about milking them for excessive, extreme corporate wealth and power. We will be exploring the nature of terrorism, especially in relation to the Middle East, the September 11th terror attacks, and United States foreign policy in the middle east. I will present an eye opening, but dark and disturbing truth: The United States are largely to blame and are responsible for these attacks, due to reckless foreign policy and imperialism in the Middle East. And finally, we will be looking into Donald Trump. We will be exploring how Donald Trump rose to power. The psychology and manipulation of Donald Trump, the cult psychology of his followers and believers, how he got himself into the White House through conning and manipulating his voter base. Generally, my beliefs are aligned with progressives. This is a book for progressives, made by a progressive. If you're progressive, or you're at least open minded enough to consider progressive ideas, please consider checking out Musings Politics. I hand crafted this book for progressive minded people, people who want to help the majority and downtrodden instead of extreme corporate wealth and power.

Download or read book Musings written by William Charles Arbaugh and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is often said that in polite conversation the topics of religion and politics should be avoided but how long can most of us carry an engaging conversation on the weather? One who is concerned about the directions in which this nation is moving must necessarily discuss controversial topics. Have the labels liberal and conservative outlived their usefulness? Is liberalism truly a bad word? What are conservatives trying to conserve? Is it possible to rise above the din of partisan debate? These brief essays are critical comments on society, politics and religion in which the author avoids the pitfalls of extremism. The author, a minister of the Lutheran Church and with an interest in education, sees danger in extreme positions, religious or political, noting that the "right" produced Mussolini's Fascism and Hitler's Nazism whereas the "left" resulted in Stalinist Communism. Against rigid, absolutist positions as well as spineless relativism, one is reminded of the church mouse who once delivered a pertinent aphorism: "If you stand in the middle of the road, the traffic in two directions will flatten you into road kill" (Essay 10). The point is that controversial topics must not be ignored. Problems of narrowness, for example, have been tackled by the author in Essay 6, which begins with this paragraph: Some years ago an acquaintance who liked to speak in grand terms said to me in all seriousness, "My philosophy is the pursuit of happiness". It was narrow and egocentric but at the time I had no response. However, now, many years later, I have an answer to that unforgotten statement, thanks to a guest at St. James. Last month Dr. William Foege ... [from the Carter Center and Emory University], speaking at St. James, stated that there have been many attempts to define civilization. One of these is happiness, which caused him to wonder whether a three-year-old with a chocolate might be more civilized than the parents.

Download or read book Musings of A Moderate written by Jordan R. Brown and published by Palmetto Publishing Group. This book was released on 2020-07-09 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the political climate of a post-truth era, it may be a return to moderation in the national discourse that mends the ideological divide. In, Musings of A Moderate: Political Discourse in The Age of Polarization, a compelling case for cooperation and critical analysis is presented as a way to reverse the effects of tribalism and the development of an adversarial democracy. We live in a time of limitless potential, where diversity and the open exchange of ideas will become our strength rather than a source of endless division. However, the first step towards a cooperative political environment is to appreciate that differing opinions are a key resource that enhance our ability to create optimal solutions for the challenges of the future. Now is the time to embrace critical thinking and encourage people to express their political, social, and cultural commentary in a manner that reflects our values in a free society.

Download or read book Musings Socio Political and Spiritual Thoughts of a Targeted Individual written by Fredricka Gaines and published by Outskirts Press. This book was released on 2021-05-30 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the chronicle of the life of a targeted individual. It lays out the growth and struggles of a disenfranchised American family during the era of the second great migration. It provides insight into the experiences that shaped the author’s psyche as she pursued, what seemed to be at times, the elusive American dream. It documents the withering of that American dream which is gradually replaced by a living nightmare. The author shares a step-by-step outline of the terrifying events that left her paralyzed with fear. Through her sometimes wavering faith, she manages to summon enough spiritual strength to survive the initial mental, emotional and physical onslaught. Only after recognizing a meaningful purpose for her life did she experience a “resurrection” of life. She writes of finding a true purpose in life and of hope for stemming the tide of moral decline in America.

Download or read book All Politics Is Loco written by Tony Corvo and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2007-06 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many people merely shake their heads when they hear of another useless $10 million federal study, but those same people go nuts when their city approves a thousand dollars for new plants for city hall. Does this mean that hometown politics are just "petty"? Author Tony Corvo doesn't think so. Expanding on what he has learned as a founding member of his local political action committee, Corvo satirically interweaves local, state, and federal politics as he explains his view of the world-a view that also foresees serious consequences for the United States of America. In All Politics Is Loco: Musings from the Conservative Next Door, Corvo introduces us to the "movers and shakers" in the political arena, including: - Psychosocial-babblers - Educationologists - Peeps in the hood - Propagandists - Legal unprofessionals - Jocks and moochers From educational matters to local politics, Corvo leads you through a myriad of political and social issues with his distinctive and downright funny style.

Download or read book Creatures of Politics written by Michael Lempert and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2012-09-12 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores political communication in American presidential politics, focusing on what political insiders call "message." The authors argue that message is not just the individual's positions on the issues but the craft used to fashion the creature the public sees as the candidate. They examine some of the revelatory moments in debates, political ads, interviews, speeches, and talk shows to explain how these political creations come to have a life of their own.

Download or read book Musings on Global Politics written by Naveed Qazi and published by . This book was released on 2018-01-25 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An anthology of selected newspaper columns and essays about the provoking influence of global politics in our modern world.

Download or read book Political Musings Classic Reprint written by Charles Littell Wilson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-16 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Political Musings Says one: I can read political musings over and over and don't seem to tire. Perhaps it leaves the impressions of a letter from one whom you love. They often set a fellow almost on fire, Everyone having any experience knows How often they read over those little billet-doux. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book Political Musings written by Wilson Charles Littell and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book POLITICAL MUSINGS written by Charles Littell Wilson and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-28 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Download or read book The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism written by Theda Skocpol and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-01-02 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This revised edition features a new afterword, updated through the 2016 election. On February 19, 2009, CNBC commentator Rick Santelli delivered a dramatic rant against Obama administration programs to shore up the plunging housing market. Invoking the Founding Fathers and ridiculing "losers" who could not pay their mortgages, Santelli called for "Tea Party" protests. Over the next two years, conservative activists took to the streets and airways, built hundreds of local Tea Party groups, and weighed in with votes and money to help right-wing Republicans win electoral victories in 2010. In this penetrating new study, Harvard University's Theda Skocpol and Vanessa Williamson go beyond images of protesters in Colonial costumes to provide a nuanced portrait of the Tea Party. What they find is sometimes surprising. Drawing on grassroots interviews and visits to local meetings in several regions, they find that older, middle-class Tea Partiers mostly approve of Social Security, Medicare, and generous benefits for military veterans. Their opposition to "big government" entails reluctance to pay taxes to help people viewed as undeserving "freeloaders" - including immigrants, lower income earners, and the young. At the national level, Tea Party elites and funders leverage grassroots energy to further longstanding goals such as tax cuts for the wealthy, deregulation of business, and privatization of the very same Social Security and Medicare programs on which many grassroots Tea Partiers depend. Elites and grassroots are nevertheless united in hatred of Barack Obama and determination to push the Republican Party sharply to the right. The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism combines fine-grained portraits of local Tea Party members and chapters with an overarching analysis of the movement's rise, impact, and likely fate.

Download or read book Remaking Romanticism written by Casie LeGette and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-01-20 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book shows that the publishers and editors of the radical press deployed Romantic-era texts for their own political ends—and for their largely working-class readership—long after those works’ original publication. It examines how the literature of the British Romantic period was excerpted and reprinted in radical political papers in Britain in the nineteenth century. The agents of this story were bound by neither the chronological march of literary history, nor by the original form of the literary texts they reprinted. Godwin’s Caleb Williams and poems by Wordsworth, Southey, Coleridge, and Shelley appear throughout this book as they appeared in the nineteenth century, in bits and pieces. Radical publishers and editors carefully and purposefully excerpted the works of their recent past, excavating useful political claims from the midst of less amenable texts, and remaking texts and authors alike in the process.

Download or read book World Politics at the Edge of Chaos written by Emilian Kavalski and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2015-04-15 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why are policymakers, scholars, and the general public so surprised when the world turns out to be unpredictable? World Politics at the Edge of Chaos suggests that the study of international politics needs new forms of knowledge to respond to emerging challenges such as the interconnectedness between local and transnational realities; between markets, migration, and social movements; and between pandemics, a looming energy crisis, and climate change. Asserting that Complexity Thinking (CT) provides a much-needed lens for interpreting these challenges, the contributors offer a parallel assessment of the impact of CT to anthropocentric and non-anthropocentric (post-human) International Relations. Using this perspective, the result should be less surprise when confronting the dynamism of a fragile and unpredictable global life. This book is freely available in an open access edition thanks to Knowledge Unlatched—an initiative that provides libraries and institutions with a centralized platform to support OA collections and from leading publishing houses and OA initiatives. Learn more at the Knowledge Unlatched website at: https://www.knowledgeunlatched.org/, and access the book online at the SUNY Open Access Repository at http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12648/7129.

Download or read book Musings Politics Edition written by Kevin Udicious and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-03 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Musings, Politics Edition, is part of the new groundbreaking series of meditative and surreal self help and philosophy.I ask the simple question, "What is ___ ?", filling in the blank with whatever I'm trying to understand the truth and reality of. Musings, Politics Edition is part of the Musings series, but with a political edge. We'll be exclusively exploring political ideas and asking political questions about United States politics. I take a direct, nonpartisan, no nonsense, cold hard truth, philosophical perspective on political issues.After reading Musings, Politics Edition, you'll have an advanced, philosophical perspective on political issues, a deep understanding of what's happening in United States politics, from Donald Trump to capitalism/socialism, to rights/lawfulness to Republicans/Democrats, conservatives/progressives, to terrorism and immigration, and critique of the private forces and corporate powers destroying our country and democracy with greed and selfishness.

Download or read book An American Body Politic written by Bernd Herzogenrath and published by UPNE. This book was released on 2010-11-09 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reflection on the metaphor of the body politic throughout American history

Download or read book What Should Political Theory Be Now written by John S. Nelson and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1984-06-30 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Confronted with the alienation of political theory from the practice of politics, prominent theorists respond in this book to the growing question: What should political theory be now? New and original contributions by such thinkers as Charles Anderson, John Gunnell, Terence Ball, Paul Kress, Ira Strauber, and William Connolly analyze the current malaise in the field and offer remedies for it. Each contribution is at once an argument about what is to be done in political theory and an exemplar of how to do it. Spurred by the Shambaugh Conference on Political Theory, this cross-disciplinary effort addresses two major issues: What is the proper stance for theorizing about politics? What are the priority projects for current political theory? The contributions encompass many of the major themes concerning political theorists today, including criticism as a project for current political theory, dangers in the latter-day disengagement of political theory from politics, theorists' perplexity within and about history, issues of reason, and the relationships among science, theory, and politics. The viewpoints presented are diverse, yet the contributors to this volume are typical of political theorists generally. Almost all share inklings of actual or incipient disasters reaching from politics into theory and vice versa.