READING and VIEWING LIST
*****Absurdistan by Gary Shteyngart/ Humor-fiction..obviously a reader of Bulgakov have not had any "fiction" other than Beirne's work but this is fun. Probably should have "Borat" as the dvd pick.
****Confessions of an Economic Hitman by John Perkins
****Chain of Command by Seymore Hirsh
**** PARIS 1919: Six Months That Changed the World. By Margaret MacMillan.
****The Battle for Saudi Arabia: Royality, Fundamentalism, and Global Power by As`ad AbuKhail
*** Saudi Arabia Exposed: Inside a Kingdom in Crisis by John Bradley
****Secrets of the Kingdom by Gerald Posner
-----Women Who Made the World Worse by K. O'Beirne
****First IN by Gary C. Schroen
*** Cobra II: The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq
by Michael R. Gordon and Bernard E. Trainor
***The Battle for Peace: A Frontline Vision of America's Power and Purpose
by Tony Zinni and Tony Koltz
*********2006 PIG BOOK: How Government Wastes Your Money
by Citizens Against Government Waste
A Interesting view of today.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Ages
where feudalism maybe Iraq's present state let us hope it does not last centuries
Hey Rube: Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and the Downward Spiral of Dumbness--Modern History from the Sports Desk the late Hunter S. Thompson
From The New YorkerIn November, 2001, Suskind writes, Vice-President Dick Cheney announced that if there was "a one percent chance" that a threat was real "we have to treat it as a certainty in terms of our response."
From Publishers WeeklyIn this hard-hitting expose, investigative journalist Bamford (The Puzzle Palace; Body of Secrets) paints a damning portrait of an incompetent and politicized intelligence community.
Book DescriptionThe House of Representatives - the people's House - is supposed to most closely reflect the needs and desires of ordinary citizens. But over the past decade, House leaders fearful of losing power have torn the House from its roots. The creation of politically safe, more ideologically-tilted congressional districts through redistricting has cemented this shift and seated more politicians from both the extreme left and right. Fight Club Politics will show how we have come to the point where average Americans have little say over what happens in the House, and what can be done about it.
Other Books:Off Center: The Republican Revolution and the Erosion of American Democracy --
The K Street Gang: The Rise and Fall of the Republican Machine
From Publishers WeeklyOne of the mysteries of contemporary American politics is how, in the wake of triangulating Democrats, a small base of conservative Republicans has steered the country so far to the right. In this book, two political science professors from Yale and Berkeley examine ascendant far-right Republicans and offer a sobering analysis of their strategies, many of which, the authors argue, have weakened the ordinary voter's power to "ensure that American politics remains on center."
Worse Than Watergate: The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush
From Publishers Weekly
In his seventh book,(CWC) Dean, the former Nixon legal counsel whom the FBI has called the "master manipulator" of the Watergate coverup, weighs in with a rebuke to Christian fundamentalists and other right-wing hard-liners. A self-described Goldwater conservative...etc
MOVIES:
"Paridise Now" Hany Abu-Assad director
"Born Into Brothels":Calcutta's Red Light Kids Zana Briski, Ross Kauffman Directors
