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are some books that fellow Democrats believe are worth reading.
If you'd like to made a recommendation, email your suggestion
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Big
Lies: The Right-Wing Propaganda Machine and How It Distorts
the Truth
by Joe Conason |
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Reading this book may cause gnashing of teeth, rending of
garments and pounding of fists. Hard to decide which reaction
to "Big Lies" is worse: rage over the arrogance of the fascists
who perpetuate the bullsh*t, or heartbreak over the ignorance
of the Americans who perpetually buy it. If you can finish
this work and not feel compelled to say/do SOMETHING to help
restore sanity to our country, then H.L. Mencken was right
when he said: "People have the government they deserve." |
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Recommended
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David
Deeds (Daejeon, South Korea, but a Prior Lake wannabe)
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The
Divine Right of Capital (Dethroning the Corporate Aristocracy)
by Marjorie Kelly |
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book is a must-read for anyone interested in the problem of
wealth inequality in this country. Local business ethics author,
Marjorie Kelly, explains in great detail how governments have
become democratized over the past two centuries, but the world's
economies have not. Our ideas toward government have matured
beyond the divine right of kings; but when it comes to notions
of wealth and privilege, we continue to live our economic
lives under the divine right of capital. Today, multinational
corporations have taken on the role of sovereign from feudal
times. Kelly poses many interesting questions and offers hope
that as a society we can ensure that all corporate stakeholders—stockholders,
employees, customers, the community, and the environment—share
equally in the profits of business. Not one to typically read
a book on economics, I found this book riveting. It's clear,
logical, humane thinking such as this than gives one hope
for the future. |
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Recommended
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Larry
Muelken (Prior Lake)
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Endless
Enemies
by Jonathan Kwitny |
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book, more than any other, awoke me to the realities of American
foreign policies. Kwitny discusses American intervention around
the globe in the past half century and the mess we've gotten
ourselves into over and over again. Anyone who had read this
book prior to our most recent adventure in Iraq would know
that war was virtually inevitable. Endless Enemies is as relevant
today as it was when it was written in 1984. |
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Recommended
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Larry
Muelken (Prior Lake)
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Lies
My Teacher Told Me (Everything Your American History Textbook
Got Wrong)
by James Loewen |
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book reveals the white-washing of American history. The truth
is that there have been plenty of true American heros throughout
the years. You will be surprised that these heroes are not
those that have been traditionally championed. If I only would
have read this book back when I was in school; the interactions
with my history teachers would have been so much more entertaining.
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Recommended
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Larry
Muelken (Prior Lake)
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| Radio
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Tired
of the rightwing ranters that dominate so much of the nation's
airwaves? Check out alternatives to the conservative talk
radio echo chamber. Listen to Straight Talk Radio plus news
and information throughout the day on AM
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