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THE BOOKS WITH "BUZZ":
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Senator Edward M. Kennedy tells his extraordinary personal story:

True Compass: A Memoir
by Edward M. Kennedy.

Read Barack Obama's vision for America:

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

Boran2 and maryb2004 recommend:

The Big Over Easy: A Nursery Crime
by Jasper Fforde

Must-have information for all presidents-and citizens-of the twenty-first century?

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.

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

Here’s a good one from
Elizabeth Gilbert:

Eat Pray Love
by Elizabeth Gilbert

"Crash" * Best Motion Picture, Academy Awards * Only $11.79 at Overstock * 2006 SAG Winner, Best Ensemble

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Selected new arrivals at 30% off

Recommended by Indianadem and ejmw:
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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Find mystery novels by Nancy Pickard ("Kansas")



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


Green Press Initiative
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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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Imperial Ambitions: Conversations on the Post-9/11 World by Noam Chomsky (Power & Terror: Post 9-11 Talks)


The Price of Privilege:

How Parental Pressure and
Material Advantage Are Creating a Generation of
Disconnected and Unhappy Kids

by Madeline Levine


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That's what you missed.  None of the budget deadlines mean jack-shit, since it's all done as a special supplement.  And it will continue to be.

Of course, it is disgusting and a HUGE lie that Bush, that total asshole, continues to pretend that he is reducing the deficit.

The Democrats should include an amendment saying that this supplemental will count against the budget deficit.

by dataguy on Thu May 24th, 2007 at 12:38:07 PM EST
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I know that most of the funding for the war has gone through the emergency appropriations / supplemental route, which don't count towards the budget.  The current bill is no different from that.

But what I'm saying is that after this current crop of funding is used up, Bush won't have to go back to Congress for more (at least for a while) because there is money available that has already been appropriated.

And yes, I agree on the budget deficit.  If a corporation were doing that, it'd be called "cooking the books".  When the government does it, it's just standard practice.  Sick.

Tengo un sueño.
by ejmw (ewitham (at) umich (dot) edu) on Thu May 24th, 2007 at 12:43:54 PM EST
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He has never played by the budget rules.  He knows good and well exactly what the war will cost.  That's what statistics is for.  We can predict pretty accurately.

But he knows that a true accounting of costs would be a huge problem.

If he needs money, he will just go back for another supplemental.  What's to stop him?

by dataguy on Thu May 24th, 2007 at 01:19:03 PM EST
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I'm fine with being wrong, but so far I fail to see where you've said anything about the substance of my argument.  You're looking it as purely accounting shenanigans, and I haven't disagreed with any of that.

But my point is this:  The President has, ostensibly, a pool of funds with which to prosecute this war.  That pool is being refreshed from time to time with monies appropriated through supplementals passed by the Congress.  This is why he has to keep going back for more.  Correct?

The FY 2008 budget that has already been passed includes another $235 billion that has been allocated for prosecuting this war thereby re-filling that pool of funds.  So when the current supplemental's funds run out in September, he won't have to go back to Congress for more funds just then.  I'm not claiming that the budgeted amount will cover all the costs of the war through the entire year (because yes, that's ludicrous).  And I'm not saying he won't ask for more funds.  I'm saying he won't have to.  Is that correct?  And if not, please tell me why not, I'm obviously not a governmental budgeting expert.

Tengo un sueño.
by ejmw (ewitham (at) umich (dot) edu) on Thu May 24th, 2007 at 01:44:20 PM EST
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I guess I was not reading carefully enough.  I think that we agree
by dataguy on Thu May 24th, 2007 at 01:47:09 PM EST
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