BOOK CLUB: Time to choose Feb. book!

[crispini]

Poll question: BOOK CLUB: Time to choose Feb. book!

Here ya go! The voting will remain open a week, so let's say next Thursday at midnight CST?

1-- Dem Bones Dem Bones: "Imperial Hubris" by Anonymous
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1574888498/qid=1100978935/sr=2-1/ref=pd_ka_b_2_1/102-0812768-1832166
About why the U.S. does not understand Osama bin Laden's motivations and why we will not succeed in establishing democracy in the tribal Islamic society of Afghanistan, or fare much better in Iraq.
**seconded by DebJ
**Seconded by 48percente

2-- TaleWgnDg: "Crimes Against Nature" by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
seconded by Tafiti
seconded by Fleurs du Mal
seconded by AZDemDist6

3-- OMG: "Chain of Command : The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib" by Seymour Hersh
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060195916/qid=1100980660/sr=2-1/ref=pd_ka_b_2_1/102-0812768-1832166
**seconded by Dem Bones Dem Bones

4-- Dem Bones Dem Bones: "American Dynasty" by Kevin Phillips
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0670032646/qid=1100980729/sr=2-1/ref=pd_ka_b_2_1/102-0812768-1832166
(about the Bushes)
**seconded by DebJ

5-- Dem Bones Dem Bones: "Against All Enemies" by Richard Clarke
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0743260244/qid=1100980835/sr=2-1/ref=pd_ka_b_2_1/102-0812768-1832166
about the screw ups, and the right things done by, four different American presidents that led us to our current situation
**seconded by DebJ

6-- Tesebria: "Charlie Wilson's War" by George Crile
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0871138549/qid=1100980925/sr=2-1/ref=pd_ka_b_2_1/102-0812768-1832166
Great book b/c it is funny, however horrifying, and very revealing about how government really (?!) works
**Seconded by crispini

7-- mike6640: "The Blind Watchmaker" by Richard Dawkins
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0393315703/qid=1100981129/sr=2-1/ref=pd_ka_b_2_1/102-0812768-1832166
It is a thesis on evolution and the complexity of life, one step at a time. Dawkins does a pretty good job quoting and rebutting the 'creationist' arguments.
**seconded by Tesibria

8-- 48percenter: "Running On Empty - How The Democratic and Republican Parties Are Bankrupting Our Future and What Americans Can Do About It" Pete Petersen
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0374252874/qid=1100981183/sr=2-1/ref=pd_ka_b_2_1/102-0812768-1832166
**seconded by Tangledog

9-- Fleurs du Mal: "Freedom Evolves" by Daniel Dennett
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0670031860/qid=1100981273/sr=2-1/ref=pd_ka_b_2_1/102-0812768-1832166
**seconded by Tangledog

[crispini]

1. Wow, it's very even so far, isn't it!

I guess if we have a tie then we have a runoff, eh?

[Fleurs du Mal]

2. Skinner will need to cough up the web server logs

for a recount :toast:

[crispini]

3. bwahahahaha!

good one. :D

[crispini]

4. kick

[crispini]

5. Looks like it's a runoff

between "Running on Empty" and "Chain of Command."

I'll fire a new poll up! :)

[crispini]

6. Wups! No, it's not time for the runoff yet!

Nevermind!

[absolutezero]

7. oops

unlocked, sorry

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[crispini]

9. Ah-ha! We have a tiebreaking vote.

Nudgeing across the finish line with 5 votes, it's "Running On Empty - How The Democratic and Republican Parties Are Bankrupting Our Future and What Americans Can Do About It" Pete Petersen

OK, NOW we can lock the thread.

[Moderator]

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