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  <read_at>Tue Dec 30 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the most disturbing book I read in 2008.   It chronicles how the conservative Republicans set out to destroy the government.  This sounds too crazy to believe, but this is a story I've read of elsewhere (ie. see  The Right Nation by the man who writes Lexington for the Economist, for instance).   Mr. Frank actually quotes from Grover Norquist's speeches and writings where he, along with many others, sets out the plan.   The idea was to privatize where possible (Blackwater and FEMA) to cripple the bureaucracy by under funding it and shrinking the work force (EPA and FDA) and by running up such dept that the liberals would not be able to fund social programs (a trillion+ dollars now).   All this would allow business to prosper and the rich to get richer (look at CEO pay).  This is a well documented history, not a made up rant.<br/><br/>The problem with the book is the author's absolute loathing of everything these people did.  If his tone had been less intense - if he had just let the facts speak for his case, it would have been a better book.  As it is, it's a book we should all read.   I feel sad for my country. ]]></body>
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