false 40580 28 <I>Stupid White Men</I>, Michael Moore's screed against "Thief-in-Chief" George Bush's power elite, hit No. 1 at Amazon.com within days of publication. Why? It's as fulminating and crammed with infuriating facts as any right-wing bestseller, as irreverent as <i>The Onion</i>, and as noisily entertaining as a wrestling smackdown. Moore offers a more interesting critique of the 2000 election than Ralph Nader's <I>Crashing the Party</I> (he argued with Nader, his old boss, who sacked him), and he's serious when he advocates ousting Bush. But Moore's rage is outrageous, couched in shameless gags and madcap comedy: "Old white men wielding martinis and wearing dickies have occupied our nation's capital.... Launch the SCUD missiles! Bring us the head of Antonin Scalia!... We are no longer [able] to hold free and fair elections. We need U.N. observers, U.N. troops." Moore's ideas range from on-the-money (Arafat should beat Sharon with Gandhi's nonviolent shame tactics) to over-the-top: blacks should put inflatable white dolls in their cars so racist cops will think they're chauffeurs; the ever-more-Republicanesque Democratic Party should be sued for fraud; "no contributions toward advancing our civilization ever came out of the South [except Faulkner, Hellman, and R.J. Reynolds]," because it's too hot to think straight there; Korean dictator Kim Jong-il "has got to broaden himself beyond porn and John Wayne" by watching better movies, like <I>Dude, Where's My Car?</I> (which contains "all you need to know about America"). Whatever your politics, <I>Stupid White Men</I> should make you blow your stack. <I>--Tim Appelo</I> 1084282 book 2001 Stupid White Men total:3426|5:371|4:1086|3:1391|2:455|1:123| 3426 11405 4147 236 2 4 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2003 Wed Jan 09 11:43:07 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 09 12:04:59 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1 4 false false Tue Oct 30 15:32:05 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 30 15:39:36 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2003 Wed Jun 13 23:00:03 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 13 23:00:54 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1 1 false false Mon Jul 20 05:02:11 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 06:01:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Fri Mar 06 00:20:31 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 06 00:30:29 -0800 2009
His rhetorical style is a bit too folksy and proletarian for me. I guess that makes me a snob. More substantively, while Moore has a "Notes and Sources" section in the back...more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Aug 28 17:54:24 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 29 09:56:29 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 true false Fri May 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 23 22:08:59 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 19:39:23 -0700 2009 1 more...]]> 1 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Dec 02 10:55:52 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 11:06:01 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Thu Jul 09 17:12:11 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 17:14:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Jan 07 10:45:50 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 11:55:49 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Sep 30 17:00:21 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 23 05:54:15 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 23 05:55:29 -0700 2007 1 2 false false Mon Jul 20 05:52:37 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 08:08:33 -0700 2009 Stupid White Men, a person with average intelligence should already be highly dubio...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu May 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Feb 17 10:14:21 -0800 2009 Thu May 14 12:55:05 -0700 2009 Mir ist natürlich bewusst, dass das seine ganz persönlichen Ansichten und sicher vieles Ã...more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Dec 22 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Fri Dec 12 12:27:12 -0800 2008 Thu Oct 01 06:17:00 -0700 2009 So simpel ist die Welt nicht

Eine Frage stellte ich mir die ganze Zeit über, als ich das Buch gelesen habe: "Warum hat es dieses Werk in die Bestsellerlisten des deutschsprachigen Raumes geschafft?" Nun grüble ich schon einige Tage über dieser Frage und kann mir noch immer k...more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Sun May 18 11:27:44 -0700 2008 Sun May 18 11:56:53 -0700 2008 ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Sat Mar 08 11:11:49 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 08 11:12:54 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Sat Feb 02 12:54:26 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 02 13:03:50 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jul 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 04 05:37:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 09 21:44:58 -0700 2008
He is a MUCH easier radical to swallow when his voice is tempered by others - and video and a musical score.

With all of his beliefs in black and white on the page with absolutely no respite from the onslaught of what is wrong with Amer...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Dec 10 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 05 08:03:26 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 07:33:14 -0800 2008 This might be the longest published rant in the literary world. You can feel the emotion and frustrations withi...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Apr 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 01:49:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 01:51:57 -0700 2009 more...]]>