Borders - A Wealth of Knowledge
Amazing, the information you can get at your local Border's bookstore. It's no wonder that when I was growing up contemplating a career path that Goh said it would be okay to work in a bookstore.
Today, I wandered all over Border's. One of my favorite sections is undoubtedly the politics section. That section hosts a variety of books that are either written by leftist extremists who blame the nation's international and economic problems on Religious Right Wing Republicans, or written by right wing fascists who blame the nation's moral decadence on left wing liberal Socialists.
A few interesting titles include:
The Architect: Karl Rove and The Master Plan for Absolute Power - One would figure if Rove's master plan was published in a book, it would be easily discovered and thwarted by his opponents. But hey, let's face it: abortion, gay marriage, flag burning, Creationism, and hosting prayer in schools are important issues that far outweigh trivial things like...being involved in a war in which the U.S. has no business being, political scandal for the purpose of financial gain, civil liberties violations, and violation of the Geneva Convention.
Stupid White Men, And other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation: Still White, Still Men, Still Stupid. Pretty funny title, and yet so very very sad. Because it's true. This reminds me of a discussion I had in my college English class. We were debating the glass ceiling, and some optimists predicted there would be a Black president within the next 20 years. That prediction was 15 years ago. To the one who made that prediction, dream on! The U.S. is becoming more conservative, not less. I predicted there wouldn't be a Black president for another 100-200 years and even that prediction might be optimistic.
The Official Fahrenheit 9/11 Reader: The front cover shows Bush eating popcorn and watching a movie with Michael Moore. I thought that was funny, too. The book was confusing to read, but I heard the movie was good.
But the most interesting book that I've been eyeing for the past few months is My Life by Bill Clinton. So the guy had sex with a White House intern and lied about it. Big deal! At least he wasn't having sex with under-aged boys, lying about it, then preaching to others about sin and how others are so sinful. In any case, from the few pages that I read it appears that the book is very well-written and intelligent, unlike GWB's broken and non-sensical banter. It seemed to be a book that had a lot about hardships, how Clinton handled them, and how he overcame them. It was a political book with positive undertones, something quite different from all the other books that were blaming the other political party for the country's woes. I guess that's why I'm so eager to read it. However, on my "to read" list includes finishing Lord of the Rings, 3 DragonLance books, 3 Shanara books, the Romance of the 3 Kingdoms, the Harry Potter books, that book Goh bought me about the Philippines, Critical Condition, and multiple medical texts that I'd like to read from cover to cover. Maybe I can get to them in between reading journals for CME's.
Just to backtrack, what are the odds that GWB will come out with an autobiography? And will the book be sold in the childrens section?
Today, I wandered all over Border's. One of my favorite sections is undoubtedly the politics section. That section hosts a variety of books that are either written by leftist extremists who blame the nation's international and economic problems on Religious Right Wing Republicans, or written by right wing fascists who blame the nation's moral decadence on left wing liberal Socialists.
A few interesting titles include:
The Architect: Karl Rove and The Master Plan for Absolute Power - One would figure if Rove's master plan was published in a book, it would be easily discovered and thwarted by his opponents. But hey, let's face it: abortion, gay marriage, flag burning, Creationism, and hosting prayer in schools are important issues that far outweigh trivial things like...being involved in a war in which the U.S. has no business being, political scandal for the purpose of financial gain, civil liberties violations, and violation of the Geneva Convention.
Stupid White Men, And other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation: Still White, Still Men, Still Stupid. Pretty funny title, and yet so very very sad. Because it's true. This reminds me of a discussion I had in my college English class. We were debating the glass ceiling, and some optimists predicted there would be a Black president within the next 20 years. That prediction was 15 years ago. To the one who made that prediction, dream on! The U.S. is becoming more conservative, not less. I predicted there wouldn't be a Black president for another 100-200 years and even that prediction might be optimistic.
The Official Fahrenheit 9/11 Reader: The front cover shows Bush eating popcorn and watching a movie with Michael Moore. I thought that was funny, too. The book was confusing to read, but I heard the movie was good.
But the most interesting book that I've been eyeing for the past few months is My Life by Bill Clinton. So the guy had sex with a White House intern and lied about it. Big deal! At least he wasn't having sex with under-aged boys, lying about it, then preaching to others about sin and how others are so sinful. In any case, from the few pages that I read it appears that the book is very well-written and intelligent, unlike GWB's broken and non-sensical banter. It seemed to be a book that had a lot about hardships, how Clinton handled them, and how he overcame them. It was a political book with positive undertones, something quite different from all the other books that were blaming the other political party for the country's woes. I guess that's why I'm so eager to read it. However, on my "to read" list includes finishing Lord of the Rings, 3 DragonLance books, 3 Shanara books, the Romance of the 3 Kingdoms, the Harry Potter books, that book Goh bought me about the Philippines, Critical Condition, and multiple medical texts that I'd like to read from cover to cover. Maybe I can get to them in between reading journals for CME's.
Just to backtrack, what are the odds that GWB will come out with an autobiography? And will the book be sold in the childrens section?
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