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2008 Annotated Bibliography ELECTION 2008 – Lipstick on the Pig (Full Text Online for Google Translate)

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Chapter in ELECTION 2008: Lipstick on the Pig (Earth Intelligence Network, 2008)

Anti-Americanism, Blowback, Why the Rest Hates the West
Betrayal of the Public Trust
Biomimicry, Green Chemistry, Ecological Economics, Natural Capitalism
Blessed Unrest, Dignity, Dissent, & the Tao of Democracy
Capitalism, Globalization, Peak Oil, & “Free” Trade Run Amok
Collective Intelligence, Power of Us, We Are One, & Wealth of We
Culture of Catastrophe, Cheating, Conflict, & Conspiracy
Deception, Facts, Fog, History (Lost), Knowledge, Learning, & Lies
Democracy in Decline
Emerging and Evolving Threats & Challenges
Failed States, Poverty, Wrongful Leadership, and the Sorrows of Empire
Future of Life, State of the Future, Plan B 3.0
Innovation & 21st Century Leadership
Instruments of National Power Hard and Soft
Intelligence, Decision-Support, & Decision-Making
Internet (Good, Bad, & Ugly)
Philosophy, Psychology, & Religion from Faith to Fascism
Strategy
War, Waste, & Crimes Against Humanity

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Review DVD John Adams (HBO Miniseries)

5 Star, America (Founders, Current Situation), Reviews (DVD Only)
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DVD John AdamsRenters & Buyers Be Alert, October 4, 2008

Paul Giamatti

I rented, and learned that there are three separate disc in Blockbuster, AND a duplicate third disc so if you grab the four that are on display, you end up with three useful and one duplicate. I certainly hope that Best Buy and others are only selling a single disc, but thought to mention, renter or buyer, beware. There are seven parts in all. The first two (disc one) takes you up to his riding off to the first Congress. The second goes through Washington's being elected President, and the last features his own presidency, tragedies, the rise of his son John Quincy to be president himself, and his death, the last of two (Thomas Jefferson the other) to survive, both dying on the 4th of July 50 years after independence.

I was moved by this movie, and think ever more highly of Paul Giamatti for his acting. I received insights I did not have before, and while some may complain about the details, for myself, this was an extraordinary three hours or so watched over the course of three evenings.

In books, consider:
1776
What Kind of Nation: Thomas Jefferson, John Marshall, and the Epic Struggle to Create a United States
The Thirteen American Arguments: Enduring Debates That Define and Inspire Our Country

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Review: The Energy Non-Crisis

5 Star, Economics, Environment (Solutions), Politics
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Flagging this for update and questions to Sarah Palin, October 3, 2008

Lindsey Williams

With a tip of the hat to a commenter on my review of Crossing the Rubicon: The Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil. I have asked for the book to be reprinted and offered immediately, and believe that with or without the reprint, those who are in a position to ask questions of Sarah Palin should make this book the focus: what has she known about why, and what are the possibilities?

Incidentally, taking this book at face value, it helps explain McCain's genius in picking Palin, so as to roll out the “October surprise,” “solving” the energy crisis.

I look forward to buying and reading the updated book.

Here are other books that I have read and reviewed that add to the betrayal of the public trust theme:
Sleeping with the Devil: How Washington Sold Our Soul for Saudi Crude
Resource Wars: The New Landscape of Global Conflict With a New Introduction by the Author
Blood and Oil: The Dangers and Consequences of America's Growing Dependency on Imported Petroleum
Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy
Web of Deceit: The History of Western Complicity in Iraq, from Churchill to Kennedy to George W. Bush
The Coming Economic Collapse: How You Can Thrive When Oil Costs $200 a Barrel
The Long Emergency: Surviving the End of Oil, Climate Change, and Other Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century

The good news is that the public is aroused now, and realizing we have all been cheated by the combination of Wall Street and the corrupt bi-opoly.
The Tao of Democracy: Using Co-Intelligence to Create a World That Works for All
Society's Breakthrough!: Releasing Essential Wisdom and Virtue in All the People