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THE BOOKS WITH "BUZZ":
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Learn the real story behind the WMD in Iraq:

The Way of the World: A Story of Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism
by Ron Suskind

Read Barack Obama's vision for America:

The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
by Barack Obama

DaveW recommends:

I Am a Strange Loop
by Douglas Hofstadter

Need some laughs?

I Am America (and So Can You!)
by Stephen Colbert

rae recommends:

Dark Ages America: The Final Phase of Empire
by Morris Berman.

On BooMan’s shelf:

Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
by Doris Kearns Goodwin

This looks interesting:

Adventure Divas
by Holly Morris

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Elizabeth Gilbert:

Eat Pray Love
by Elizabeth Gilbert

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The Conscience of a Liberal
by Paul Wellstone

From northcountry’s bookshelf:

The New Golden Age:
The Coming Revolution Against
Political Corruption and Economic Chaos
by Ravi Batra

A novel about contractors in Iraq from the woman that runs The Spy That Billed Me:

Outsourced: A Novel
from RJ Hillhouse.


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Challenging Empire: How People, Governments, and the UN Defy US Power by Phyllis Bennis (interviewed on DN!)


Featured by Keith Olbermann, New (Powell's Sale): Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower by William Blum (whose other books merit serious consideration)


"Explosive" State of War: The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration
by James Risen


The book the CIA doesn't want you to read: Jawbreaker: The Attack on Bin Laden and Al Qaeda: A Personal Account by the CIA's Key Field Commander
Larry Johnson's review


BT's all-time best seller:

PERMACULTURE:
A Designers' Manual

$79.95 * Sale: $59.95


Unequal Sisters: A Multicultural Reader in U.S. Women's History (Third Edition)


The Undercover Economist: Exposing Why the Rich Are Rich, the Poor Are Poor And Why You Can Never Buy a Decent Used Car!


The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl
by Timothy Egan


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Journalistas: 100 Years of the Best Writing and Reporting by Women Journalists by Eleanor Mills * NYT review


Bury Me Standing: the Gypsies & Their Journey


1491: New Revelations of the Americas before Columbus



Brokeback Mountain
by Annie Proulx
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The Price of Privilege:

How Parental Pressure and
Material Advantage Are Creating a Generation of
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by Madeline Levine


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Excellent diary.You cleared alot up for me. I read Lakoff's book and it really hit home for me. Framing can be done honestly and without malice.Thank you for sharing your intellect here.

Frodo failed...Bush has got the ring.
by alohaleezy on Wed Oct 19th, 2005 at 12:43:28 PM EST
Frankly, I think it is more powerful to see when frames are being formed so that you don't step into them and get "framed" and also to break them.

The key is not letting the "paint dry" on a frame... you have to smash it before idiots start running around spouting "Blame game" and "Intelligent Design".

Also, the Democratic leadership likes to use frame...unfortunately not against the GOP but it's own base...

  • Ideological Purist
  • Centrist
  • Keeping our powder dry
  • Big Tent
  • Special Interest Groups
  • "Far" left
  • "Old School"


Let's beat the Republicans by by electing our own... Republicans.
by Parker on Wed Oct 19th, 2005 at 01:06:37 PM EST
[ Parent ]
Lakoff's mission is to raise our consciousness, make us aware of it, and help us learn how to frame things the way that consistently expresses what we want to say.

Would anyone object to someone teaching their child how to form sylables and words?  No, of course not!  Even though the child could just point and scream.

How about objecting to teaching spelling and grammer? Would anyone object to that?  Again, no.

How about teaching English composition? Would anyone object to that?  No?  Didn't think so.

So why object to teaching people how to express their ideas in a contextually consistent fashion?  Why is that a bad thing???

Again, this diary is an answer to that question.

by Paul Rosenberg on Wed Oct 19th, 2005 at 01:20:31 PM EST
[ Parent ]
I agree with you... I think it is "curious" to say the least.

Let's beat the Republicans by by electing our own... Republicans.
by Parker on Wed Oct 19th, 2005 at 01:32:55 PM EST
[ Parent ]
...particulary since the Tom Kertes debates... which were premised on the "philosophical merits" of the debate in itself about "Abortion is morally wrong


Let's beat the Republicans by by electing our own... Republicans.
by Parker on Wed Oct 19th, 2005 at 01:36:35 PM EST
[ Parent ]
you did answer it.

But the funny thing about this comment is the way it illustrates that there is a language-only focus.

You cannot teach how to author ideas... only statements!

We are writing ideas now... let's all join in.

Again, this is a fantastic piece of work!

- pyrrho

by pyrrho on Wed Oct 19th, 2005 at 03:45:39 PM EST
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