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Dude, Where's My Country [Hardcover]

Michael Moore (Author)
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The people of the United States, according to author and filmmaker Michael Moore (Bowling for Columbine, Stupid White Men), have been hoodwinked. Tricked, he says, by Republican lawmakers and their wealthy corporate pals who use a combination of concocted bogeymen and lies to stay rich and in control. But while plenty of liberal scholars, entertainers, and pundits have made similar arguments in book form, Moore's Dude, Where's My Country? stands out for its thoroughly positive perspective. Granted, Moore is angry and has harsh words for George W. Bush and his fellow conservatives concerning the reasoning behind going to war in Iraq, the collapse of Enron and other companies, and the relationship between the Bushes, the Saudi Arabian government, and Osama bin Laden. But his book is intended to serve as a handbook for how people with liberal opinions (which is most of America, Moore contends, whether they call themselves "liberals" or not) can take back their country from the conservative forces in power. Moore uses his trademark brand of confrontational, exasperated humor skillfully as he offers a primer on how to change the worldview of one's annoying conservative blowhard brother-in-law, and he crafts a surprisingly thorough "Draft Oprah for President" movement. Refreshingly, Dude, Where's My Country? avoids being completely one-sided, offering up areas where Moore believes Republicans get it right as well as some cutting criticisms of his fellow lefties. Such allowances, brief though they may be, make one long for a political climate where the shouting polemicists on both sides would see a few more shades of gray. Dude, Where's My Country? is a little bit scattered, as Moore tries to cram opinions on Iraq, tax cuts, corporate welfare, Wesley Clark, and the Patriot Act into one slim volume--and the penchant to go for a laugh sometimes gets in the way of clear arguments. But such variety also gives the reader more Moore, providing a broader range of his bewildered, enraged, yet stalwartly upbeat point of view. --John Moe

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Flush from the success of Stupid White Men and an Academy Award for best documentary, Moore continues his rhetorical assault on the Bush administration. The book shares much with Al Franken's Lies besides liberal sentiment and satirical tone; not only do both authors rely on the hoary device of having God tell them He doesn't support the president, but they each claim to pack their carry-on luggage with baseballs to bean would-be hijackers. But where Franken attacks individual conservatives, Moore focuses on issues. His first chapter is a series of unsettlingly specific questions (based on rigorously footnoted facts) about the political and financial ties among Bush, the Saudi Arabian government and Osama bin Laden's family, though he leaps from the facts to speculation when he wonders whether the September 11 attacks might have been hatched within the Saudi military. Other chapters attack the public's susceptibility to what he casts as the fear-mongering tactics the administration has used to justify foreign military interventions and, he says, the erosion of domestic civil liberties, and he lays plans for a Democratic victory in 2004: in addition to a half-serious nomination of Oprah, he offers a prescient, reasoned and highly favorable evaluation of Wesley Clark as a candidate. Moore's arguments work best when delivered mostly straight, since he isn't always as funny as he seems to think he is. Straightforward propositions leavened with humor, like a guide to talking to conservative relatives, work fine, while efforts at flat-out farce ring hollow. But expect liberals to once again eagerly support one of their most prominent spokesmen by checking this out at the cash register.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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5.0 out of 5 stars [...] can't refute, Nov 19 2003
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This review is from: Dude, Where's My Country (Hardcover)
All the facts in this book. They resort to 3rd grade bashing by calling Moore fat and godless and other pathetic insults hurled by bible thumpers. This book has been selling like hotcakes and it has the fascist right petrified. They can feel the tide changing much like it did in 1992. Fact of the matter is Moore is actually thought-provoking and intelligible. Unlike O'Reilly and Coulter who both should be committed.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Again, Moore Hits The Nail On The Head, Jan 4 2004
This review is from: Dude, Where's My Country (Hardcover)
Michael Moore is dead on in this entire book. From the lies of this administration about ever-changing reasons for my brothers in arms go to war and die for his cause, only to have horrible medical care and ever-dwindling medical covereage for this country's veterans, to the arming of Saddam Hussein by the likes of dickey "5-deferments, baby!" cheney's Halliburton in the 1980's and even in 2000!

This administration has a lot to answer for, and as one who used to think the republican administrations actually cared about the US military and our country, to face the harsh reality the past 20 years that they only care about big corporations and their fat cat military contractor friends was a sad, sad eye opener.

Democrats in the upcoming presidential race aren't much better. They're all bought and sold. Except for Dennis Kucinich. But Americans are looking in the wrong direction, as always.

If we Americans would access the Internet and read news and views from EVERY COUNTRY IN THE ENTIRE WORLD, other than the US, things would be much clearer. We're the only country who always seems to realize 25 years later that we were totally off kilter, misinformed, and duped.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Duuuuuude!, Nov 13 2003
This review is from: Dude, Where's My Country (Hardcover)
Great book. Required reading for all of those who are "real" Americans! Moore, has received his fair share of crap for his statements, his movies, and his books. After his latest work all that can be said is keep it up Mr. Moore.

Most liberal and conservative books speak with overt bias swinging one way or the other. "Dude" is no different...with one major exception. Most of these political books never produce accurate references or quotes. Worse, many of these books take words out of context. However, with the exception of "Lies" by Al Franken, "Dude" is the only text that isn't afraid to back up its words with proper and accurate references. Is it any wonder that Coulter, (poor, poor) Limbaugh, Sean "Crappitty", O'Reilly, the White House, the Republican party, and other conservative voices have only produced feeble attempts at discrediting the information contained in this book?

You gotta admire a person who isn't afraid of going up against a media with such "liberal" bias.

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