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Shooting The Bull
by
Guy Smith (Goodreads Author)
In politics, everyone lies. Voters distrust everything they are told by politicians, the media and even their neighbors. Despite universal suspicion of news and opinion makers, very few people understand how political lies are created and thus most folk are unable to dissect spin and discover truth. Shooting the Bull details how all political falsehoods are created, why th...more
Paperback, 210 pages
Published
May 1st 2011
by Free Thinkers Media
(first published April 19th 2011)
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Shooting the Bull by Guy Smith is a no-nonsense book looking at the issue of gun control and how politicians can misuse facts in order to get their point across. I may not share the author's view on the subject, but I do see what his point is, and it is a valid one: propaganda works. Whether it is for or against guns, propaganda rules the airwaves.
In making his point, the author does a good job finding the misinformation and matching it up with the statistics that were available to the person m...more
In making his point, the author does a good job finding the misinformation and matching it up with the statistics that were available to the person m...more
So far it's entertaining light reading with some interesting facts introduced that I've never heard. So now I need to check these interesting facts to see if the other side is blowing smoke up my a$$. Is this healthy skepticism? Or paranoia? To quote President Reagan, "Trust but verify"
Great read! Funny and enlightening.
Was free, snagged to to check it out.
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Guy Smith is a writer, songwriter, and political provocateur. At times Smith has been a cowboy, surfer, computer guru, and a marketing strategist. Smith contributes Op/Ed pieces to major metropolitan newspapers (San Francisco Chronicle, Oakland Tribune). He has published over 150 magazine articles, and writes both fiction and non-fiction books.
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