false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174459177m/404269.jpg 404269 3 "Our government is no longer serving us," declares Arianna Huffington in <I>How to Overthrow the Government</I>. "[It] is slow, unfair, corrupt, and peopled by politicians living on graft and sinecure." While the political class gloats about unprecedented prosperity, Americans are more turned off by their rulers than ever before: the public holds deeply cynical views about Washington, voter turnout continues to drop, and "modern campaigns ... are so thoroughly dominated by pollsters and consultants that there's no oxygen left for ideas that might challenge the status quo." Politicians have turned a blind eye to America's real problems. "Glad-handing lobbyists" (there are roughly 38 per member of Congress, says Huffington) and "the seductive allure of incumbency" have made lawmakers resistant to necessary reforms. "It's this vicious cycle that explains why 35 million Americans are living in poverty and more children are homeless than at any time since the Great Depression; why middle-income Americans are saddled with crippling levels of debt; why our children attend drug-ridden schools where they are not safe and cannot learn." Much of this book reads like an extended political column, full of anecdotes and zinging one-liners. Yet there's also more earnestness and less satire on these pages than was glimpsed in Huffington's previous book <I>Greetings from the Lincoln Bedroom</I>. <I>How to Overthrow the Government</I> and its provocative recommendations will appeal mainly to the supporters of America's dissident politicos, such as Sen. John McCain, Ralph Nader, and the Reform Party. <I>--John J. Miller</I> 1193055 2000 How to Overthrow the Government total:41|5:0|4:0|3:2|2:0|1:0| 41 140 82 3 5 1 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 17 18:53:17 -0700 2008 Fri May 02 08:17:41 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false false Mon Jul 02 10:20:48 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 03 01:10:57 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Wed Mar 26 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Wed Jan 07 16:51:06 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 16:51:06 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Nov 22 14:15:36 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 22 14:15:36 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Mon Nov 02 08:45:08 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 02 08:45:08 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Tue Oct 27 22:03:46 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 22:03:46 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Oct 05 10:52:26 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 10:52:26 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Sep 26 19:06:29 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 19:06:39 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Wed Apr 02 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Sun Sep 06 08:31:53 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 08:32:06 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Jun 18 17:36:33 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 17:36:33 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Jun 07 20:02:45 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 20:02:48 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon May 11 11:18:09 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 11:18:09 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Apr 28 10:36:07 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 10:36:08 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Apr 23 16:24:04 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 16:24:04 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Apr 11 14:07:44 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 11 14:07:46 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Apr 01 22:05:28 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 22:05:28 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Apr 01 06:58:16 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 06:58:16 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Mar 20 11:34:15 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 20 11:34:15 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Mar 16 19:18:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 19:18:00 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Feb 24 00:50:59 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 00:50:59 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=404269