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davidinalameda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-15-05 03:27 PM
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One of the reasons I won't shop at Amazon.com
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The Doctor. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-15-05 03:29 PM
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1. Let's write some reviews!
Edited on Fri Jul-15-05 03:33 PM by Dr_eldritch
I have half a mind to buy the book for it's humor content.

This thing must be filled with such bald ignorance and stupidity we'd die laughing before getting through it.

{oe}- there, I went and rated it.
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swimmernsecretsea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-15-05 03:30 PM
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2. Hey! I didn't get a copy of the Agenda!
Where can I update my address on the mailing list? I do hope that America doesn't get changed before my good suit pants come back from the cleaners.
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nickinSTL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-15-05 03:30 PM
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3. right...because they carry a specific book?
Try Barnes and Noble...they carry it too

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=Ql6aVugB8j&isbn=1591857961&itm=1

:eyes:

(this is not an endorsement of Amazon, just saying that just because they carry a particular book, isn't reason to dislike them)
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davidinalameda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-15-05 03:59 PM
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9. I did check BN
they don't have it listed
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fooj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-15-05 03:31 PM
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4. Geez... that's scary! I used to shop there for books often.
Customers who bought this book also bought
The American Prophecies: Ancient Scriptures Reveal Our Nation's Future by Michael D. Evans
The Truth About Hillary : What She Knew, When She Knew It, and How Far She'll Go to Become President by Edward Klein
Men In Black: How the Supreme Court Is Destroying America by Mark R. Levin
Unfit for Command: Swift Boat Veterans Speak Out Against John Kerry by John E. O'Neill
Explore Similar Items: in Books

Operative words..."used to"

peace.
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Gildor Inglorion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-15-05 03:33 PM
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5. On the other hand, "Auctions & Zshops also recommend...."
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Psephos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-15-05 03:34 PM
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6. Hate the book, but don't hate its availability
Just like free speech. What good is free speech if we only tolerate the speech we like?

As for this book (which I am prejudging, because I obviously can't read it yet), I say it's better to have that kind of thought out in the open, so we can be familiar with it and defeat it with better thinking and pungent criticism.
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iconoclastic cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-15-05 03:39 PM
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8. As disgusting and vile as that book must be, we cannot begin to ban them.
Now, tarring and feathering the author and then running him out of the country is just fine with me!
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I Have A Dream Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-15-05 03:39 PM
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7. I won't shop at Amazon because they sometimes advertise...
on Glenn Beck's website. This is the Right-wing radio "personality" who discussed killing Michael Moore on the air.

I sent an E-mail complaining to them about it, and they ignored me.

By the way, DirectTV stopped advertising on his show because of this little skit. Kudos to DirectTV!
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Democrats_win Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-15-05 04:01 PM
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10. The pseudo-christian agenda is to banish love and instill hate.
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mourningdove92 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-15-05 04:01 PM
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11. As a consumer, it is your right to choose where you spend your
money. As a lesbian myself, the fact that Amazon is selling this book would not dissuade me from making purchases from them. Its a despicable book, yes, and if Amazon ONLY sold books that trashed us, I would concur with you, but they sell all books, not just politically or ideologically motivated books.
Besides, I have purchased some good Bush Bashing books from Amazon.
Anyone who sells Bush Bashing Books can't be all bad.
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arwalden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-15-05 10:15 PM
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12. Yeah... That's A Pretty Pathetic Book. But On The PLUS SIDE...
they also sell this one. And it surely pisses off the right.



I think I'd be more upset with Amazon for NOT selling something instead of what they DO sell.
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