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Post by Hunessai on Jan 28, 2006 0:19:30 GMT -5
This thread serves as a list for political, religious, or otherwise debate-worthy books and movies that you have enjoyed or suggest that others read.
This is not a thread for debate, but may contain certain points of view you would wish to refute. If that is the case, start a new thread concerning the subject.
Follow this format:
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Short Summary: (Limited to a paragraph- don't want to clutter the thread.)
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Post by illicit on Jan 28, 2006 0:23:57 GMT -5
This thread serves as a list for political, religious, or otherwise debate-worthy books and movies that you have enjoyed or suggest that others read. This is not a thread for debate, but may contain certain points of view you would wish to refute. If that is the case, start a new thread concerning the subject. Follow this format: Title: Author: Short Summary: (Limited to a paragraph- don't to clutter the thread.) How to Talk to a Liberal Anne Coulter About the Liberal mindset and the way they use the media to their advantage. Has great sources, just about every word is footnoted with a source. Liberal Rascism Jim Sleeper About how rascism runs through the people who were formed to protect the civil rights. Not defending conservativism but pointing it out to the not so obvious liberals. |
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mastab
Gallant
Orgasmic Flooding
Free hugs!
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Post by mastab on Jan 31, 2006 20:30:31 GMT -5
Bushism I - V A collection of George Bush's greatest speeches. America (the book) A book by John Stewart about the history of democracy. Farenheit 9/11 This needs no explanation. www.buckfush.comFunny site. |
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Post by illicit on Feb 1, 2006 21:47:23 GMT -5
Oh yea, 9/11 reminded me
FerenHYPE 9/11: Disproving just about every point about Farenheit.
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Ratwar
Squire
Horkers Rule!
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Post by Ratwar on Mar 1, 2006 20:21:06 GMT -5
Looking Backward
Edward Bellamy
A book describing socialism before Karl Marx became popular. It is very interesting to see how closely the ideas resemble each other, (though I can't make to much of an accurate comparison, I haven't read the Communist Manifesto in years). One very interesting point common in both of the works is a peaceful transformation from capitalism to socialism in the US.
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Post by penguinhhunter on Mar 2, 2006 7:34:27 GMT -5
Ismael
My Ishmael
The Story of B
All these are books by Daniel Quinn. They describe the problems with our society and what we need to do to fix them. They are very amazing and a real eye opener.
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Post by ShadowLynx on Mar 4, 2006 14:01:01 GMT -5
Marx, Karl
Capital
I'm reading the revolutionary socielist works of this great man...
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Post by Hunessai on Mar 16, 2006 23:01:13 GMT -5
"Guns, Germs, and Steel"Jared Diamond A novel and tv series that describes how and why cultures advanced in the world. Incredibly interesting read, goes well with "Ishmael."
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Post by thaddius on Mar 16, 2006 23:39:10 GMT -5
The world is flat
Thomas L. Friedman
An in-depth look at the effects outsourcing and globalization mainly on the United States.
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Post by lulu on Apr 26, 2006 16:40:19 GMT -5
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Post by morty14 on Apr 26, 2006 19:59:43 GMT -5
Ebenstein, Alan; Ebenstein, William; Fogelman, Edwin
Today's Isms (11th Edition)
A very nice overview of Fascism, Socialism, Communism, Capitalism, and Libertarianism. Goes indepth without being ridiculously long (tells the beginnings of each, major contributors to the respective theories, what the terms mean, the fundmentals of each ideology, etc) a very good read IMO.
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Post by morty14 on May 12, 2006 15:37:16 GMT -5
I'm not sure what the exact title is but the series is called "Stossel in the Classroom" and I think the title was "Greed."
My review:
This is probably one of the best films to watch if you want to see the bullcrap that high school students are fed by the American government. Ah, the joys of propaganda. ABC's John Stossel (the host) proves to be an excellent strawman for the rich businessmen he talks with to rip apart. His agruements are so unrepresentative of reasonable leftists that ANYONE who has ever spoken with a leftist about economics would immediately see that he is being a strawman. An excellent film for children who need to be brainwashed and have no ability to think deeper than what they are being told. The movie critized people who do things for the greater good, donate money to charities, or think that having a 250 room house for one person may be a bit over-the-top. Also it uses not just John Stossel as a willing strawman, but also some movies (as we all know movies portray exactly what the left thinks all the time because they clearly control the media), and figures of minimal importance, armed with even less knowledge. One notable aspect that will be noticed by anyone with an ounce of thought is that by the system for judging accomplishments of people for society shown in the movie, Adolf Hitler is clearly one of the greatest men to ever grace the Earth with his presence. A nice showing of this theory in the movie is when they compare two people's accomplishments for society. One is a corrupt businessman who broke the law and went to jail for money laundering and selling fake bonds [and for generally being a prick]. Verses Mother Teresa, who's accomplishments and good deeds are well known. But since this businessman created more jobs (directly and indirectly something in the region of 10,000) and built up businesses using stolen money and fake bonds, he was deemed as a much better person. He was also a better person because (I am not making this up, they actually said this in the movie) he did this for his own self interest and lived laviously, while Mother Teresa chose to suffer, and to paraphrase a wealthy businessman Stossel interviewed in the movie, "Why do we think suffering is so noble?" Overall, this is one of the best heart buying and mind washing movies currently on the market. Capitalism FWD!
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Post by Britney on Jul 13, 2006 18:39:48 GMT -5
The world is flatThomas L. Friedman An in-depth look at the effects outsourcing and globalization mainly on the United States. I knew someone would quote Friedman. Very good author, easy to read and interesting subject matter. His book Lexus and the Olive Tree is also an interesting read on globalization (if you are into that stuff). I used alot of his ideas for debates in TESforums. I would suggest everyone read: Dale Carnegie, 1936, "How to Win Friends and Influence People". Mandatory reading for most business schools today, easy and quick reading and you WILL learn many ways to tactfully get what you want out of others. It helped me learn to be more friendly, something which is not one of my natural strong points. |
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Post by Vinya on Jul 17, 2006 1:17:48 GMT -5
one thing about America: the Book for those of you who haven't read it (since other than URLs its not gone into much detail) its genius is that it points out just as many flaws in extreme liberalism as it does extreme conservatism. And its hilarious to boot.
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