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The 10 Big Lies About America: Combating Destructive Distortions About Our Nation |
Rating: 4 (out of 5)
Summary: Liked it, however
Comments: The idea that America should get credit for ending sla is simply not true. I did like the book overall. Mexico had ended sla in the Americas 1st due to fighting the Spanairds who had in turn enslaved them. As a matter of fact that was1of the reasons Mexico sent troops to stop the revolts on Mexican soil (Texas) because the ex-American patriots wanted their RIGHT to own slaves which the Mexicans really did not care for after having fought off the Spainards to end their own sla. |
Rating: 5 (out of 5)
Summary: Must READ!!!!
Comments: This should be required reading in all venues. It is refreshing to read some actual facts and a great counterpoint to the hype the media loves to put out. |
Rating: 3 (out of 5)
Summary: Ha ha ha!!
Comments: 10 Big Lies About America.
This was whining however I liked it.
To be honest, I am having trouble finding really GREAT books
to read since I switched to my Kindle.
The almost all engrossing read so far has been "Diary of a Lost Girl,"
the memoir by Osama Bin Laden's mistress/sex slave Kola Boof and
the fact that I originally did not believe her story shocks me
now that I read the book.
I hated when that book ended, it was surprisingly thorough,
well written and fantastically entertaining, mainly because of the
author's blunt candor. So if you want Medved's same political views
however from an African immigrant who loves America with great reason in better detail as to WHY then you might want to sample that book.
Anybody know any other really GREAT books they've read on their Kindle,
post 'em!!
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Rating: 1 (out of 5)
Summary: Rant-O-Rama
Comments: "The 10 Big Lies About America" taught as truth on Talk Radio and Fixed Noise is a grotesque, propagandistic distortion of the historical record.
And how's this for a doozie of a distortion? "the U.S. deserves unique CREDIT for ending sla."
Yeah. Right Michael. How long again after Britain banned sla did that happen in the US? Where does the 'credit' part come in?
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Rating: 2 (out of 5)
Summary: tilting at windmills
Comments: Medved is a great writer and has done his research for this book.
Unfortunately I take issue with the entire premise of the book, which is that these 10 lies of his are ewhere, are inarguably pervasive in our culture, and must be undone to save America.
Medved takes a great 1st step in fighting these concepts by revising them to sound as extreme as possible. I do not know anyone who has spoken any of these opposing statements, or supports any of the extreme views that he quotes in his book. He makes the all-too-familiar conservative podium that we the conservative people are under attack and must fight to survive etc etc. however he represents the opposition opinion in a way that the common person couldn't possibly agree with them; it's a "DISTORTION" of other peoples opinion, and 'distorting' is something the book warns against and accuses other of repeatedly.
I got this book as a gift and hadn't heard of Medved before this. I could tell right from the title though what I was in for: "BIG LIES", these are the "TOP 10" of them, and in this book is the artillery you will need to "COMBAT" these "DESTRUCTIVE" lies about our country. Well, the arguments he makes are great ones, solid, however he's arguing against self-crafted extreme viewpoints. 2BIG lies I hear spread throuhg our country are, "socialist ideas can only be bad for America", and "eone in America has an equal chance to succeed." I guess that's someone elses book though.
If you are a conservative and you want to bring this to your book club, it's a great choice; you will whoop and pat eachother on the back a lot and only distance yourselves further from your fellow Americans. however if you are an average American whose ideas are dynamic and have variance, you will just feel accused and disconnected from this conservative combat manual.
If given the choice, I'd pass.
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