bookshelves: from-public-library
This chronicles the post civil war to early 1900s greed grab of some of the greatest scoundrels in American history. Vanderbilt, Astor, Rockefeller, Carnegie, J.P Morgan, Harriman, and the slithery Jay Gould. Immoral Capitalist pig scumbags who made money no matter what the cost (to others) through steel, oil, banking, coal and especially through the railroads. At that time if you controlled the railroads you 100% controlled all shipping and movement of goods so they got their cut even if it wasn't an industry that they had a controlling interest in. Some of these peoples descendents are currently at the top of the food chain of the criminal globalist network that currently controls the world.
There was some but not enough in this about how they screwed over the working man and consumer but it was laugh out loud funny to see how they would backstab each other. In some cases they took great delight in completely destroying the very people who gave them their first break so they could get their feet in the door in the world of big business. It was funny to see how they would slander anybody who opposed them with the communist (never mind that these uber-capitalists had a huge hand in funding various communist revolutions themselves) slur, which worked well for these types well into the 1970s. Now the same types throw around terms like racist and terrorist in the same way at anybody that opposes them. Also it was not surprising to see how these same types then, as they do now, use immigration and the Christian church to their advantage. One thing I would liked to have seen in this book which wasn't even touched on is the belief many have that most of the Robber Barons were creations of and lackeys for banking houses based in Britain and Europe but overall this was an excellent book. ]]>
bookshelves: from-public-library
]]>
bookshelves: currently-reading, on-my-shelf-home-library
]]>
Cwn_annwn_13
read and liked
Matthew W's
review of Don't Call Me a Crook!: A Scotsman's Tale of World Travel, Whisky and Crime:
"Not since James Shelby Downard's "The Carnivals of Life and Death: My Profane Youth: 1913-1935" have I read such a fantastic "real-life" story of a man from many decades past as that told in Bob Moore's autobiography "Don't C...more "
"Not since James Shelby Downard's "The Carnivals of Life and Death: My Profane Youth: 1913-1935" have I read such a fantastic "real-life" story of a man from many decades past as that told in Bob Moore's autobiography "Don't C...more "
bookshelves: from-public-library
If your looking for a book that covers Asatru/Odinism from an academic/sociological point of view as this book is marketed as being then you will disappointed. 70% or more of this book is about Christian Identity, The Church of the Creator, historical revisionists, the KKK, Militias, Neo-Nazis, Anton Lavey and the Church of Satan, and other random occult groups. I was also told by one of the Odinists profiled in this book that the author misrepresented himself claiming to be the leader of a Scandinavian Asatru organization, even wearing a big Thors Hammer around his neck when he introduced himself.
The most telling thing about this book is the photos section. You have on one page a kid who wouldn't look out of place at an SCA event, or Renfaire, dressed in Viking garb and on the opposite page a picture of a group of skinheads giving the Hitler salute. Another page has a woman standing next to a Viking totem and on the opposite page three people from Aryan Nations standing in front of a swastika flag. So the association that this book is trying to make is hardly subtle. There are also pics of William Pierce, Ernst Zundell, and more than one from Aryan Nations. People like the man who wrote this book are a real Freudian delight finding Hitler and Nazism under every rock.
It gets even better though. In the last chapter he tries make an association with Odinism and Al-Queda/Terrorism, even saying "the unfolding terrorist scenario well matches the wet dreams of Aryan militants". The way things are now any unapologetic expression of white culture or soveriegnty is equated with Nazism or potential terrorism. At the rate we are going within a few years anybody that likes to read Tolkien or Norse Mythology, or listens to classical music will be a suspected Nazi or terrorist. ]]>
bookshelves: currently-reading, from-public-library
]]>
Cwn_annwn_13
read and liked
Matthew W's
review of The Long Hard Road Out of Hell:
"Entertaining but Brian Warner is still a degenerate con-artist that has yet to do anything original. I guess that is part of the carny trade as Mr. Warner goes into detail in this dubious (in authenticity) autobiography. I also found the title a li...more "
"Entertaining but Brian Warner is still a degenerate con-artist that has yet to do anything original. I guess that is part of the carny trade as Mr. Warner goes into detail in this dubious (in authenticity) autobiography. I also found the title a li...more "
Cwn_annwn_13
read and liked
Barbarossa's
review of Law of the Playground:
"Funny reminder of the nasty things children do to each other, the horror of school as it was.
Not PC, but then school never was.
Read this and watch "The Inbetweeners" to fully understand the Brit school system as seen from the pu...more "
"Funny reminder of the nasty things children do to each other, the horror of school as it was.
Not PC, but then school never was.
Read this and watch "The Inbetweeners" to fully understand the Brit school system as seen from the pu...more "
bookshelves: on-my-shelf-home-library
To say that many of his fans are morons that get grandiose and delusional about him is an understatement but I still find that The Doors music stands the test of time and think Morrison was a talented and interesting guy. This book, while good, could have been a lot better. The authors, one of whom knew Morrison personally, interviewed multiple people that were close to him and The Doors, but yet its hard get a true feel for what sort of person Morrison was underneath the front that he put up. Maybe this can't fully be blamed on the authors because I believe Morrison put up a wall/image at a very young age and rarely if ever ventured on the other side of it. One thing I liked about Morrisson is he seemed to have more of an interest in literature and poetry that music, and his long term aspirations were in that direction.
Overall this book is interesting/entertaining. A good portion of it is recounting of Morrisons self destructive drunken antics. The faults are it didn't get on the other side of the mask that Morrison wore, the authors were obviously overly enthusiastic fans. I also find this books habit of quoting/enacting conversations greatly annoying. I realize they interviewed people were involved in them but how sure can we be of the accuracy of word for word quotations of words that were exchanged 30 years before this book was published. ]]>
bookshelves: currently-reading, from-public-library
]]>