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Learn the real story behind the CIA's War on Terror:

The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals
by Jane Mayer

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

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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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James Hunter - People Gonna Talk:

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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
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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

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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"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

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Iraq War Grief Daily Witness - Day 527

by RubDMC
Tue Aug 28th, 2007 at 12:11:13 PM EST

for all who suffer because of war

I'm trying to get back to it - thanks for your patience

cross posted at MyLeftWing, BooMan Tribune, and my blog

Read more... (5 comments, 579 words in story)

Iraq War Grief Daily Witness - Day 526

by RubDMC
Thu Aug 2nd, 2007 at 08:03:12 AM EST

for all who suffer because of war

cross posted at MyLeftWing, BooMan Tribune, and my blog

Read more... (7 comments, 375 words in story)

Iraq War Grief Daily Witness - Day 525

by RubDMC
Fri Jul 27th, 2007 at 12:25:31 PM EST

for all who suffer because of war

cross posted at MyLeftWing, BooMan Tribune, and my blog

Read more... (4 comments, 481 words in story)

Iraq War Grief Daily Witness - Day 524

by RubDMC
Thu Jul 26th, 2007 at 05:08:01 PM EST

for all who suffer because of war

cross posted at MyLeftWing, BooMan Tribune, and my blog

Read more... (6 comments, 398 words in story)

Iraq War Grief Daily Witness - Day 523

by RubDMC
Fri Jul 13th, 2007 at 01:04:42 PM EST

"You must let the poem speak to you; you must let the poem tell you
how it wants to be." - Phillip Booth (1925-2007)

for all who suffer because of war

cross posted at MyLeftWing, BooMan Tribune, and my blog

Read more... (5 comments, 465 words in story)

Iraq War Grief Daily Witness - Day 522

by RubDMC
Thu Jul 12th, 2007 at 09:29:38 PM EST

for all who suffer because of war

cross posted at MyLeftWing, BooMan Tribune, and my blog

Read more... (6 comments, 255 words in story)

Iraq War Grief Daily Witness - Day 521

by RubDMC
Wed Jul 11th, 2007 at 03:07:16 PM EST

to take a moment, and know that so many suffer because of war

cross posted at MyLeftWing, BooMan Tribune, and my blog

Read more... (5 comments, 294 words in story)

Iraq War Grief Daily Witness - Day 520

by RubDMC
Tue Jul 10th, 2007 at 12:42:24 PM EST

to take a moment, and know that so many suffer because of war

cross posted at MyLeftWing, BooMan Tribune, and my blog

Read more... (4 comments, 475 words in story)

Iraq War Grief Daily Witness - Day 519

by RubDMC
Sun Jul 8th, 2007 at 01:12:45 AM EST

this diary is dedicated to all who suffer because of war

we love and support our troops, just as we love and support the Iraqi people - without exception, or precondition, or judgment

we have no sympathy for the devil

we acknowledge the power to act that is in us

cross-posted at MyLeftWing, BooMan Tribune, and my blog.

video with images, music, and poem below the fold

Read more... (6 comments, 122 words in story)

Iraq War Grief Daily Witness - Day 518

by RubDMC
Mon Jun 4th, 2007 at 11:55:17 AM EST

this diary is dedicated to all who suffer because of war

we love and support our troops, just as we love and support the Iraqi people - without exception, or precondition, or judgment

we have no sympathy for the devil

we acknowledge the power to act that is in us

cross-posted at MyLeftWing, BooMan Tribune, and my blog.

image and poem below the fold

Read more... (6 comments, 309 words in story)

Iraq War Grief Daily Witness - Day 517

by RubDMC
Tue May 29th, 2007 at 12:10:50 PM EST

this diary is dedicated to all who suffer because of war

we love and support our troops, just as we love and support the Iraqi people - without exception, or precondition, or judgment

we have no sympathy for the devil

we acknowledge the power to act that is in us

cross-posted at MyLeftWing, BooMan Tribune, and my blog.

image and poem below the fold

A special dedication today to all in Congress who voted to continue unconditional funding for the occupation of Iraq.

Read more... (5 comments, 511 words in story)

Iraq War Grief Daily Witness - Day 516

by RubDMC
Mon May 28th, 2007 at 08:06:31 AM EST

this diary is dedicated to all who suffer because of war

we love and support our troops, just as we love and support the Iraqi people - without exception, or precondition, or judgment

we have no sympathy for the devil

we acknowledge the power to act that is in us

cross-posted at MyLeftWing, BooMan Tribune, and my blog.

Memorial Day, 2007

image from iCasualties.org

And they shall beat their swords into plowshares,
And their spears into pruning forks;
Nation shall not lift up sword against nation,
Neither shall they learn war any more.

Isaiah 2:4

Read more... (7 comments, 112 words in story)

Iraq War Grief Daily Witness - Day 515

by RubDMC
Sat May 12th, 2007 at 02:12:35 PM EST

this diary is dedicated to all who suffer because of war

we love and support our troops, just as we love and support the Iraqi people - without exception, or precondition, or judgment

we have no sympathy for the devil

we acknowledge the power to act that is in us

cross-posted at MyLeftWing, BooMan Tribune, and my blog.

image and poem below the fold

Read more... (5 comments, 333 words in story)

Iraq War Grief Daily Witness - Day 514

by RubDMC
Tue May 1st, 2007 at 11:20:31 AM EST

this diary is dedicated to all who suffer because of war

we have no sympathy for the devil

we acknowledge the power to act that is in us

cross-posted at MyLeftWing, BooMan Tribune, and my blog.

Read more... (5 comments, 68 words in story)

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