Just finished the book "Hoax: Why Americans Buy White House Lies"

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

it is FANTASTIC. By Nicholas Von Hoffman. Here is a little blurb from Amazon (look for it in your library first!!!):

How is it that the majority of Americans believed the fabrications of the Bush administration in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq when people in other countries, even those who enlisted in "the coalition of the willing," didn't buy them? Something has happened here and nowhere else, argues provocateur and gadfly Nicholas von Hoffman. It is something that impels vast numbers of Americans to believe the unbelievable when served up by its war-loving government. Best-selling author von Hoffman reveals how the American people have been gulled into cheering for a gigantic hoax by the Bush administration. "It happened because America has manufactured its own reality. A dome has slipped over the country, turning the nation into a unique biosphere which causes Americans to see, hear, and interpret every event and each happenstance as no other people do. Poisoned by recycled, unrefreshed air, Americans think differently." Hoax is both an impassioned exploration of American propaganda and public opinion, and an urgent dissection of our culture and way of life.


He spares no one and it's the first time I've read a really all-encompassing look at American foreign policy in terms of what Americans buy and believe.

He saves his most scathing digs for Commander Fulldiaper. It's relatively short, reads quickly, but is meaty. His main jist is that Americans have come to be so out of touch with the rest of the world that we are now a dangerous lot because of what we will believe.

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1. Any idea exactly when it was released?

My libraries (both city and campus) usually have a lead-in period of about a month or two while books are being prepped (laminated, etc.) for circulation.

I'll check online. Thanx, luv.

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2. Let me check.

April 2004, according to the book.

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3. I just checked my library online as well...

It's in, it's reserved, and I'll be heading out to pick it up shortly.

I'm quite familiar with the subject matter (ie. I've got MSNBC on as we speak!!!), but I've always got a half-dozen titles going at once, so onward I go.

Thanx again!!!

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

4. Cool! you must live in a blue state!

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5. British Columbia is a PROVINCE, my friend!!!

And very liberal indeed.

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6. Sounds like there will probably be a lot of references to Rushbo.

That sanctimonious, hypocritical pile of raw sewage.

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7. Rush?

No, I can't recall any reference to Rush Limbaugh. But he skewers bushco.

[Catchawave]

8. Oh, those pesky White House Lies.... I shoulda known....

When Bill was dallying with Monica, my GOP friends were just over the top verklempt he was using our taxpayin' money ...you know WE, the Peeps, pay the White House rent doncha?....in such a/an unchristian way??? At least no-one died when he lied.

What are we up to now since 9-11...???...ummm...+4000 Americans?