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| The Great Derangement: A Terrifying True Story of War, Politics, and Religion at the Twilight of the American Empire | 
 enlarge | Author: Matt Taibbi
Publisher: Spiegel & Grau
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (39 reviews)
Sales Rank: 4302
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6 x 1.3
ISBN: 0385520344
Dewey Decimal Number: 973.93
EAN: 9780385520348
ASIN: 0385520344
Publication Date: May 6, 2008
Release Date: May 6, 2008
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 "Seem like every time you stop and turn around, something else just hit the ground" July 22, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
An anecdote in journalist Matt Taibbi's book THE GREAT DERANGEMENT proves a snapshot of what's wrong with America. Covering the United States Congress in action, Taibbi witnesses legislation that is nothing more than a gift to well-off campaign contributors. Without shame, lawmakers approve it. The author attends a press conference regarding the bill where reporters ask zero tough questions, leaving the public they purportedly serve to figure out there's nothing in this for them except the tab they have to pick up.
The United States government is letting the moneyed interests from which it should protect citizens run it. And with corporations owning more than 95% of media and not about to report what they pilfer, too many Americans do not get the news they need to know.
In THE GREAT DERANGEMENT author Taibbi frames political debate as liberal-conservative, just as the corporate media does. He should pick up on populist writer/commentator Jim Hightower, who says the real struggle is not left-right but up-down, between the wealthy and poor. History and the world today are little more than the moneyed interests stealing from and dominating the people.
Taking it to the streets in THE GREAT DERANGEMENT, Matt Taibbi reports from the front lines of everyday citizens. The affluent divide and conquer the middle class and poor with red herrings and straw-man arguments. Mega-church pastors who must read Bush White House talking points more often than the Bible sway congregations to doubt global warming. The corporate media does not investigate why the Bush administration ignored over fifty 9/11 warnings (most famous the August 6, 2001, "Bin Laden Determined to Strike in the U.S." memo to Bush), resulting in a frustration-driven movement claiming the U.S. government orchestrated the attacks. Stress, fear and confusion from thirty-plus years of declining wellbeing for most Americans turn citizens against one another when instead they ought to unite and march against injustice. Divided, America falls.
Read THE GREAT DERANGEMENT.
 Not that good, No bang for the buck. July 20, 2008
1 out of 7 found this review helpful
Kind of a blah book with no continuity or anything positive to say. Very cynical and I didn't enjoy it...I'm selling my copy on ebay for 1.00
 Just a Great Read July 17, 2008
This book had me rolling with laughter and crying like a baby! What Taibbi exposes in a wild and hysterical way is the idiocy of the general public. The stuff about Hagee's "church" is frightening and funny. C'mon, throwing up the "demon of anal fissures"! How is that not funny!? That people can be so easily fooled and led like sheep is scary. And the 9/11 truthers - just go need to go away. What Taibbi exposes about how Congress really works is just plain sad. This country is in it deep and we may never recover. Buy this book and get a dose of reality! Awesome!
Entertaining, but not enlightening. July 15, 2008
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
The narrative is at times, laugh-out-loud funny, and is certainly entertaining and readable. Taibbi holds no punches. He is a bit unfair to religion and it is obvious that he is "left-of-center." He is almost gentle with the Dems. in this book, which kind of taints the whole point he is trying to make: the deranged are everywhere.
The Great Derangement: A Terrifying True Story of War, Politics, and Religion at the Twilight of the American Empire July 7, 2008
This book is both funny and scary. It gives a personal review of encounters with everyday Americans. People
who are good, kind, but share a lunacy that makes you wonder whether America is really in its twilight.
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