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    <body><![CDATA[I saw Gore Vidal talking about this book a while back and realized a good deal of what he is saying mirrored my own thoughts about our country and its government, in particular. I'd wager a lot of Americans feel the same way but we seem to have lost our voice and our willingness to question our gove...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37997359">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[What a odd little book. I am not sure what to think about Gore Vidal of all people endorsing the conspiracy theory that Timothy McVeigh was framed for the Oklahoma City bombing, made a patsy for a government plot to consolidate the Clinton police state. Not that I don't find the theory completely pl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43001101">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Mostly about the FBI's bungling of Waco and the subsequent Oklahoma City Bombings. Includes excerpts from Mr. Vidal's three-year correspondence with alleged bomber Timothy McVeigh.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[An excellent description knocking the good guy/bad guy mentality prevalent in the US. There are reasons behind everyone's actions, even all those evildoers out there.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's quite a short book (160 pages, fairly large print). Per page not great value for money but that is no way to judge a book. Gore Vidal touches on why something like September 11th happened, why the Oklahoma bombing took place. America's foreign policy is raised as a potential cause of September ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5057511">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's quite a short book (160 pages, fairly large print). Per page not great value for money but that is no way to judge a book. Gore Vidal touches on why something like September 11th happened, why the Oklahoma bombing took place. America's foreign policy is raised as a potential cause of September ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5055664">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[What kind of a name is 'Gore'? Aside from awesome I mean.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Overall, I enjoyed it.  Very Chomsky-like.  At points, his anti-U.S. government argument is almost unbearable (bordering on paranoid), but I definitely agreed with the message.<br/><br/>I also learned more about Waco and the Oklahoma City bombing than I ever thought I would.  <br/><br/>I'm not s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28594197">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Brilliant]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I happened to buy this book just after September 11 while at school in Ireland. It's a good thing I did since it wasn't released in the States until months later, and I've heard that the American version is slightly edited. Vidal cuts right through the bull and gets the heart of what's wrong with Am...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4497802">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Vidal really nails it, especially in how he sees that the cheap vilification of America's &quot;enemies&quot; shortcircuits a necessary process of self examination, and possibly even course-correction, without which the country would be doomed to repeat the past. Of course, nobody apparently listens...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16203277">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Gore Vidal is one of those guys whose books I keep meaning to read but I just ended up with a couple of Vanity Fair articles. This is a collection of essays written after 9/11. I remember searching for this book for a while after I read &quot;September 11, 2001&quot;, because he couldn't get them pu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1776988">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I want to believe in a fair democratic process but there is a subworld underneath the surface. What is exposed isn't wholesome or good or even christian. If destiny is written on stone I am not optimistic of the outcome.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[What can I say? Caustic, brilliant, wise - a small treasure.<br/><br/>It's worth having this book for the extensive timeline Vidal created to show how many wars the US has waged.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Eloquent, humorous, and timely. With conviction that is as pertinent as it is precise. &quot;The master essaying of our time.&quot; ]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Angry at American politics?  So is Gore!  I like these essays because they can make me laugh and be angry at the sametime.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Sep 30 21:06:45 -0700 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting political commentary regarding the Oklahoma City bombings and Timothy McVeigh.]]></body>
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    <review id="11793437">
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    <body><![CDATA[Lots of outrage! Now it's time to figure out what to do about it all.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Tim McVeigh as martyr?  Really, Gore?]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Everyone should read this...]]></body>
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