Booman Tribune ~ Comments ~ Open Thread

Gift Cards * New Arrivals

NOTE: Overstock bests Amazon's prices and is "blue."

THE BOOKS WITH "BUZZ":
______________

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

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

Check out
Powell's new section:
NEW FAVORITES
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.

Download Sleeper Cell on iTunes

(Better than "24") Download Weeds on iTunes

(Hilarious 1/2-hour adult comedy starring Mary-Louise Parker) Download Late Nite with Conan O'Brien on iTunes

Download South Park on iTunes

James Hunter - People Gonna Talk:

Great Deals
----- * ^ * -----

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
----- * ^ * -----

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
----- * ^ * -----
Check out Powell's
"At The Movies"

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

Save 35-70% on
name brand clothing,
footwear, and outdoor gear
at SierraTradingPost.com
:

We listened to PEN American Center's "State of Emergency" and found 1940s books by Curzio Malaparte only at Alibris. (Selection (MP3) excerpted from "The Skin.")

Banned Books * Are you a fan of Film Noir, Art House, Documentaries or Hong Kong Action? * Searching for a long-lost children's book or a first printing of Miles Davis' Kind of Blue on vinyl? Find it at Alibris!

:
:

Open Thread | 31 comments (31 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Open Thread (none / 0)

The Bush administration - 1
House Democrats - 7
House Republicans - 2
Senate Democrats - 5
Senate Republicans - 2
The Progressive Blogosphere - 3

If the supposed "Progressive" blogosphere can get its act back together, I may be willing to re-evaluate. But some of its self-appointed leaders really need to figure out if they're with us or if they're getting off the bus once and for all because I'm fed up with their whining about everything not being the way they insist it should be. This constant rattling of their followers with outrage directed at our own team instead of building movements for positive change through outreach really is not productive and reveals these "leaders" to be no more than WATB's. Look around the blogosphere. Greenwald, Stoller, Markos... and so many more. My reading list is getting so much shorter over time.

And a MUST READ post from the wise man Al Giordano for some background.

by RandyH on Thu Jul 10th, 2008 at 04:17:18 PM EST

Re: Open Thread (none / 0)

Damn right. I, too, am sick of all these whiners bitching away about how our Constitution is dying, our wealth is being given away to plutocrat cronies, and the country is on a quick trip down the toilet. These whiners really need to figure out if they're with us or if they're getting off the bus once and for all because I'm fed up with their whining about everything not being the way they insist it should be.

Bush is the commander in chief and no one has any right to criticize.

Did I get your logic about right?

FDR's response to progressive demands: "I agree. Now go out and make me do it."

by DaveW on Thu Jul 10th, 2008 at 04:23:52 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Open Thread (none / 0)

Well to the best of my knowledge Glenn Greenwald has never written anything except scathing posts full of doom. It's kind of depressing.

I mean granted it's a reason and they are well written but I'm stunned he can do it every single day for years.

by MNPundit on Thu Jul 10th, 2008 at 04:40:08 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Open Thread (none / 0)

he doesn't write every single day

The sleep of reason begets tyrants. -Goya

by joe in oklahoma on Thu Jul 10th, 2008 at 05:05:10 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Open Thread (none / 0)

5 days a week....

by MNPundit on Fri Jul 11th, 2008 at 02:45:49 AM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Open Thread (none / 0)

No. But you are a prime example of what I'm talking about, so I wouldn't expect you to "get my logic about right." Nobody wants to hear endless rants about how everything is DOOMED, just DOOMED! And hell, why bother getting involved because Obama's JUST AS BAD as McCain, anyway! I'm taking my marbles and going home!

Then go, already. Please.

by RandyH on Thu Jul 10th, 2008 at 05:00:55 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Open Thread (none / 0)

Do cite where I, or anybody else here, said Obama's as bad as McCain. He doesn't have to be as bad as McCain to start looking like a major disappointment. But I guess whether you want to hear rants about how things are shitty depends entirely on whether there's a D after the perp's name instead of an R. Maybe you should make a bumper sticker: Obama: love him or leave us.

You sound like a pre-teen girl with a miserable crush who can't STAND to hear anything about his that's less than worship. If that's what you want, maybe it's time for you to go join a cult somewhere.

FDR's response to progressive demands: "I agree. Now go out and make me do it."

by DaveW on Thu Jul 10th, 2008 at 05:11:28 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Re: Open Thread (none / 0)

Um, I suggest you read something like Confessions of an Economic Hit Man or The Shock Doctrine or The People's History of the United States to get some perspective. Or read any of Gore Vidal's later works, like The Last Empire to see what our one-party-two-party system really is. You've been relying on your grammar school education for understanding the U.S.A.

Dem Senate? 0
Dem Reps? 0

Get some education first before taking that poll.

Share. Share resources, share delight, share burdens, share the healing. Sharing will bring us back from mass suicide. www.share-international.org

by Isis on Thu Jul 10th, 2008 at 11:28:01 PM EST
[ Parent ]

Open Thread | 31 comments (31 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

. Home
. About
. Contact
. Advertise
. FAQ
. Search

Username:
Password:

. Make a new account
. Reset password

Recommended Diaries

The kind of story Israel does not want told...
by btchakir - Jan 6
13 comments

We just want to be free
by shergald - Jan 6
2 comments

It's a Circus: Di Feinstein says Seat Burris (Update)
by idredit - Jan 6
3 comments

Children of a Lesser Allah
by Jeff Huber - Jan 6
23 comments

Let's keep the Net Neutral (opinion of an Old Blogger)
by btchakir - Jan 7

WWL Radio Invitation (& shameless plug)
by Diane G - Jan 6
2 comments

Israel's Propaganda War
by ask - Jan 6
18 comments

Waiting to see what Sore Loser Coleman does in Minnesota
by btchakir - Jan 6
2 comments

Recommended World Diaries

Recent Diaries

Let's keep the Net Neutral (opinion of an Old Blogger)
by btchakir - Jan 7

Consumers Can Restore the Economy
by statusquobuster - Jan 7

Latest Lobe on Perle: "I know of no statement,...
by Mattes - Jan 7

It's a Circus: Di Feinstein says Seat Burris (Update)
by idredit - Jan 6
3 comments

We just want to be free
by shergald - Jan 6
2 comments

The kind of story Israel does not want told...
by btchakir - Jan 6
13 comments

WWL Radio Invitation (& shameless plug)
by Diane G - Jan 6
2 comments

Waiting to see what Sore Loser Coleman does in Minnesota
by btchakir - Jan 6
2 comments

The Hamas red herring now belongs to Obama
by shergald - Jan 6
9 comments

How to Pick Alternative Energy Winners.
by joelado - Jan 6

Israel's Propaganda War
by ask - Jan 6
18 comments

Children of a Lesser Allah
by Jeff Huber - Jan 6
23 comments

What the inauguration means to me
by Real History Lisa - Jan 6

End of Empire: Beginning of Wisdom
by gottlieb - Jan 5

Is Israel Going To Wipe Out Hamas?
by btchakir - Jan 4
5 comments

What is really going on in Gaza
by stormbear - Jan 4
9 comments

The myth of hamas ceasefires not working...
by Mattes - Jan 3
11 comments

Breaking News: Israel Ground Forces Enter Gaza
by Oui - Jan 3
6 comments

Saturday Painting Palooza Vol.178
by boran2 - Jan 3
9 comments

Preparing the Ground
by danps - Jan 3
1 comment

More Diaries...

Booman Tribune Homepage
admin@boomantribune.com
powered by Scoop

More blogs about Blogs at Technorati.