I just started reading "FIASCO".
The author details the American Military adventure in Iraq. It details the intelligence exaggerations, and how the policy of 'containment' and imposed sanctions were working to fall Saddam Hussein from power.
The book seems to contain more information than you get from the talking heads on the news channels.
....More to come 8)
Would you recommend the book? Does it cite verifiable sources?
Frankly, it's not hard to contain more information than you get from the news channels. The reason most adults under 40 get their primary news leads from the Daily Show and the Colbert Report is that they have more fact in four hours of satire a week than Fox, MSNBC and CNN cover in 168 hrs/week... in fact, the only other reliable source I've found on tv is Keith Olbermann on MSNBC. For unreliability, Fox has crossed the line with this whole "Foley is a Democrat and the Congressional Democrats not the Republicans were hiding his pedophilia; vote for the Republican candidate in Florida and don't pay attention to the fact that his name is Foley!" thing (I won't go into this in the forums without at least moving it into the politics section, so if you don't know about this, either PM me or ask in the Politics forum). I could understand one accidental use of "D-FL" in a caption, but they've really gone overboard on it, proving it was no accident at all but a blatant lie. But I guess that's really just an extension of the lack of journalistic integrity mandated by corporate infotainment.
On the same subject, has anyone read State of Denial or Clark's book whose title I can't remember at the moment? What did you think of them?
JUST TELL ME WHAT YOU'RE READING...
this isn't the book report thread.
I recommend this book, if you care to have the chain of events that lead to the GW Bush invasion attack on Iraq strung together.
Sources include various military leaders, administration advisors, and key cabinet members.
Fact is, intel was vague, and full of half truths, and outright lies. Bush did'nt know which way was up, with the BS being put on him by Paul Wolfowitz, and Donald Rumsfeldt.
Bestsellers by Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris have denounced the evils of religion and proclaimed that science has proven that there is no God. Their angry accusations are partially correct. Religions have been used to justify crimes against humanity: witness the Inquisition of centuries past or the sectarian slaughter in the Mideast today. Religions are indeed a problem. But the human misuse of religions and the existence of God are very different matters.
A remarkable discovery has emerged in astrophysics: that key properties of the Universe have just the right values to make life possible. Most scientists prefer to explain away this uniqueness, insisting that a huge, perhaps infinite, number of unseen universes must therefore exist, each randomly different from the other. That way ours only appears special because we could not exist in any of the other hypothetical universes.
The author proposes the alternative that the special properties of our universe reflect an underlying intelligence, one that is consistent with the Big Bang and Darwinian evolution. Both views are equally logical and beyond proof. However exceptional human experiences and accounts of mystics throughout the ages do suggest that we live in a purposeful universe. In The God Theory speculation on what that purpose might be… what that purpose means for our lives… how it might explain the riddle of evil.
After you finish that one I suggest "The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins, which is one of the books referenced in your summary. The characterization of Dawkins' book in that summary isn't very accurate.
And the second paragraph has it backward. It's been theorized for a long time that there are infinite universes. It's not coincidence that the one we would be in would have to have the properties required for life, or else we wouldn't be here to deny it. The discovery of one did not cause the theory of the other.
I am reading the various areas of this site. Am seeing how things are done and run here and reading a lot of the forum posts. I will loosen up after a bit and more likely become a pest. I have a lot to say on the genealogy thread at sometime.
in in the process of reading two books. the first by a well know kenoshan author Rev. Ron Auch, and co authored by another friend who resides in Colorado named Dean Niforatos. the title of the book is "The Jesus sensitive Church"Its real good reading, of course it targets a certain market segment.
what i really enjoy about ron's and several other author freinds books is that
when i buy them the first thing i do is go to their house and drink coffee and get it autographed. works for me.
Im also reading(actually taking a whole class based on the book) a book by Dave Ramsey ( the host of the nationally syndicated talk radio show) called
financial peace (revisited) which is the updated version. good stuff.
after that i will probably go back to reading just forums, and "whatever" for idiots books, till Keith Robinson's new fiction book comes out in july.(another Kenoshan) heheheehe looks like another autographed copy for the ol'rudedog.
oh yeah, i just joined 10 different webmaster forums yesterday. man, there is a incredible amount of information to be absorbed in these alone.
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"An adventure is just misfortune properly reconsidered,"
after that i will probably go back to reading just forums, and "whatever" for idiots books,
it's funny but in another forum I mentioned that I can't stand reading the 'dummies' books since I don't want to feel like a 'dummie' or be called one...no question is dumb etc...
And then you come up with the Idiots books!!! And I realized that I LIKE THEM!! LOL LOL Now that blows my comment about dummie's books away...guess it is easier to know that you are an idiot than a dummy!
yep, i like the dummy/idiot line of books. i have a habit of jumping into complex subjects without a good understanding of the basics, then struggling my way though it till eather im terrible or good at the subject. of course its done in the hardest of ways. the people who run these two lines of books are my idea of literary sam waltons. why fight your way through a subject when you can just admit your an idiot and read the book in plain easy to understand English, no techno babble. now i just need to develop the self disapline to actually read the book before i get in to deep..
besides i like the cartoons they put in there to keep things interesting.
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I dont think what I"m reading will be of any interest to anyone here.
But since you asked, I"ll tell you
I am reading Diseases of Swine ~ exciting huh?!
Since I also run a potbellied pig rescue I need to know stuff like this.
Carol
I've had my premis ID since it was made mandatory.
There are many potbellied pig rescues and sanctuaries across the United States, Canada and the UK.
Yearly symposiums are held at various Universities across the US as well for continued education for both the Vet, Vet Tech, and Rescue/Sanctuary.
Recently Mini Pigs from VA merged with Shepherds Green from TN to become the largest sanctuary in the US. Together they have over 500 pots. A few farm hogs as well.
There also used to be a yearly "PIG STOCK" held in New York. The last one ever held was the weekend of 9-11-2001. We were flying home when the planes were ordered to land immediatly. We landed in Chicago, so I was almost home. Friends of mine from FL were lost for a few days because their plane landed in TN and they finally found a limo that would drive them all the way home. I lost 2 dear friends in that attack on 9-11 when the towers fell.
There was no Pig Stock the following year, and then in 2003 Pig Tailz Junction moved to Virginia ~ pots, hogs, cats n all.
I held an open house in 2003. Here is a link to my pigtures from that event. It was unreal. So many people from all around, and some came down from Canada. Alan Eisenburg talked about it on the radio as well. We had great coverage and raised a lot of money for the animals here.
I've been thinking about holding an Open House this year for the animals here......just have not confirmed it with myself yet....LOL real bad when you talk to yourself hey!
I find I am always reading more than one book at a time. I"ve been told that is a strange thing to do. lol
I will have a few magazines in my van as well as a good book to read. (always waiting on someone to come out of school, or some activity). I also make sure I have a 'how to ' type of book if I don't want to read a fiction book. I make sure I have a light reading book in the house in case I want to read something while cooking, or when everyone is watching a boring TV show. You will also see me reading cookbooks, when I'm tired and know if I start to read anything else I will fall asleep. lol
Right now I am reading two 'light' books of which I can't even remember the names, (says alot for them huh?), and I just pcked up a great book on my digital camera at Barnes and Noble that is giving me hints and ideas of what everything is and what it can do.
I am also going through a new Taste of Home cook book I just got off EBAy (year 2007). If you haven't checked out the Taste of Home cookbooks they are the best.
I'm also reading another book I just bought at lthe book store on digital pictures. I may actually learn something yet! lol
That's it for this week of reading, unless you count the newspapers and everything I read and research on the internet?
so, pk, you're trying to say that you read at will. If it were'nt for having to have your eyes closed while you sleep, you'd be reading something then, as well. Very well, then...as you were.
Ever sit down with assembly instructions for the kids toys.
LOL!! You dont know what sleep is either PK?! I have no clue what it is.
I spent all day yesterday running around for the animals. From Rome to Brookfield and back, then from Rome Wales to drop off a sick raccoon, then back home. Then from Rome to Menomonee falls ~ not once but Twice!! Got home and had to turn around right back there.
I spent a lot of time in the car yesterday running around.
Rome back to Wales for the last time ~ my little raccoon did not make it. He passed on
Carol
Well it's summer time which means sun bathing at the beach, laying around in the hammock, sitting by the pool, being lazy in the evening and sitting in a rocker on the porch....(at least that is what I'm told!) lol
I started two suspense novels at the same time. One is entitled "The Shape Shifter", by Tony Hillerman. It's a mystery thriller about a retired police detective on a Navajo Indian Reservation in New Mexico.
It's an easy read, medium large print.
I recommend this book to those that enjoy a mystery "who done it" thriller.
Mr Hillerman has written numerous books in the fiction and non-fiction genre.
The other book is entitled, "Dead Aim", by Iris Johansen. I haven't read much of the book, but it seems like an good read about a news reporter that gets the picture, but of the wrong thing, at the wrong time.
Enjoy!
One is entitled "The Shape Shifter", by Tony Hillerman. It's a mystery thriller about a retired police detective on a Navajo Indian Reservation in New Mexico
About a year ago I stopped at a Garage Sale with lots of books. The person selling recommended Tony Hillerman so I purchased several of his books. I have yet to read any though but maybe I will check them out this summer and see if I like them.
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