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Senator Edward M. Kennedy tells his extraordinary personal story:

True Compass: A Memoir
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The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
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The Big Over Easy: A Nursery Crime
by Jasper Fforde

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Physics for Future Presidents: The Science behind the Headlines
Richard A. Muller

rae recommends:

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

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

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Adventure Divas
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The Conscience of a Liberal
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The New Golden Age:
The Coming Revolution Against
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A novel about contractors in Iraq from the woman that runs The Spy That Billed Me:

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"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


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PERMACULTURE:
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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



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How Parental Pressure and
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[This doesn't fit so well with the thread here, but reading this by a woman I've come to loathe did my heart good and I wanted to share it with the Tribble folk.]

Even the Republican columnists aren't buying the "Dems did it too" line. Saturday's column by Kathleen Parker of the Orlando Sentinel:

The strategy seems to be that by widely distributing "blame" across party lines, everyone's equally duped and, therefore, equally not-to-be-blamed. Dumb ol' Republicans; dumb ol' Democrats.

The only problem is, it won't wash, and it's bad strategy if Republicans want to maintain a drop of credibility as the ethical party. While true that some Democrats did accept money from Abramoff -- and some will get burned -- it is more true that this is a Republican problem. . . .

Meanwhile, there's a critical difference between "directly" and "indirectly." What "indirectly" means is that many Democrats have accepted funds from the Florida-based law-lobbying firm Greenberg Traurig, to which Abramoff once belonged. He "left" the firm when Abramoff's questionable practices with Indian tribes were first reported.

That Greenberg Traurig should give campaign funds to Democrats is far less surprising than that the firm would hire Abramoff in the first place. . . .

What's clear is that, however the GOP tries to spin it, this is a huge deal, and it's primarily a huge Republican deal.

Parker is generally a reliable shill for the RNC talking points. For example, her column on the NSA spying takes the predictable "But the privilege of debating our constitutional rights requires first that we be alive." line. But even she can see that this is about Republican corruption.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little. -Edmund Burke

by Janet Strange (jstrange1925athotmaildotcom) on Sun Jan 8th, 2006 at 12:31:38 PM EST
[ Parent ]
This "Democrats did it too" line is to scare Dems out of shouting at every opportunity about the rethug culture of corruption.

And if we fall for it then we deserve what we get.

But how interesting...for now, at least, they're not mindlessly spitting out talking points. If this is because they're genuinely disgusted or to further undermine the Congress so Shrub & co. can say See, I had to spy on you because the Congress can't be trusted remains to be seen.

Can't hear ya, Peach!

by AP on Sun Jan 8th, 2006 at 02:01:08 PM EST
[ Parent ]
Thanks for the quote from the Orlando Sentinel. We have to help turn that "Dems do it too" disinformation around. The truth is Jack Abramoff NEVER gave a dime to Dems. Here is a list of specifically who Abramoff gave money to and how much each time.

Delay also NEVER gave to dems and here is Delay's list

Dems need give these lists to every reporter and newscaster they come in contact with.

"The most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking the most often and in the loudest voice." Theodore Roosevelt.

by Grandma M on Sun Jan 8th, 2006 at 06:56:50 PM EST
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