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Wed Jan-12-05 10:40 AM
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can you recommend a book for someone with a lower level of reading comprehension that enlightens somewhat like the 9-11 movie does? thanks mimi
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Wed Jan-12-05 10:42 AM
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1. On the subject of 9/11... |
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Wed Jan-12-05 10:54 AM
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7. BUSH, GOP, the betrayal of the american people |
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Wed Jan-12-05 10:43 AM
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2. Jon Stewart's America is a good one |
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Wed Jan-12-05 10:43 AM
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3. How low is their comprehension? |
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Wed Jan-12-05 10:55 AM
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he writes to me like this Dear, Mimi
maybe 6th - 8th grade comprehension. He's in prison.
thanks
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Wed Jan-12-05 10:44 AM
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Fairly easy reading on a very difficult subject. It is a smaller book written mostly in an interview format. You can pick it up at any reputable bookstore.
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Wed Jan-12-05 10:45 AM
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Lies, and the Lying Liars That Tell Them. It is satire and an easy read.
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Wed Jan-12-05 10:48 AM
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Al Franken is entertaining. Another good one is John Dean's Worse than Watergate. It is pretty straightforward and focuses mainly on the obsessive secrecy of this administration.
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Wed Jan-12-05 11:01 AM
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9. Don't Think of an Elephant by George Lakoff |
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is written in a very simple style. I'm reading it now, and the simplicity of its language really struck me as being one of its most brilliant qualities, considering the profundity and complexity of its argument. Lakoff really intended this book to empower a maximum number of people.
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Wed Jan-12-05 11:03 AM
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10. Try Michael Moore's... |
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... Dude, Where's My Country?. Here's the link to a sample chapter: http://www.michaelmoore.com/books-films/dudewheresmycountry/freechapter/index.phpJudge for yourself if it suits. It just might. Cheers.
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Wed Jan-12-05 11:14 AM
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12. i agree...Dude, Where's My Country? will do it! |
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Wed Jan-12-05 11:11 AM
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11. Forbidden Truth - by Jean-Charles Brisard, Guillaume Dasquie .......... |
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A three years of investigation by a leading French intelligence expert and investigative journalist, Forbidden Truth is the untold story of the Clinton and Bush administration's attempts to stabilize Afghanistan so that U.S. energy companies could build a pipeline. In particular, it details the secret and hazardous diplomacy between the Bush administration and the Taliban between February and August 2001 — a story still untold in the U.S. media — talks that ultimately led the US to make threats via Pakistani intermediaries to the Taliban in July 2001 that they were going to bomb Afghanistan if the Taliban didn't comply.
First of all, this is the GOOD French book on 9/11. (The OTHER French book on 9/11 you hear people talking about is the same old conspiracy theory stuff. Dasquie and Brisard are well-respected professionals and completely mainstream. When 9/11 took place the American response was dominated by rage and disbelief: how could anyone ever do something like that to us? Suggestions that we figure out why it happened were automatically slapped down, as if even asking the question would give legitimacy to the attackers.
It's quite normal to have inquiries whenever a disaster takes place, so someone must have had something to hide. This book tells you who they were and what it was.
The United States was negotiating with the Taliban right into September of 2001. What was at issue was an oil pipeline across Afghanistan, and the options we offered them were two: cooperate with us on the pipeline, or war. When negotiations broke down, Osama Bin Laden (a U.S. ally only a decade earlier in the anti-Soviet war, and a major force in Afghanistan)struck first. Once we were at war with the Taliban, they became unspeakably evil; but as long as it seemed that they might be willing to play ball, we had no problem with them.
The role of Saudi Arabia in this story is a second major theme. Most of the hijackers were Saudis and the funding came from Saudi Arabia and the neighboring Gulf States. Furthermore, some of Bin Laden's support, contrary to what we have been told, came from very high levels in Saudi society. Saudi Arabia has long been a major source of funds for Muslim extremists globally, and the see-no-evil complicity in this of the U.S. government and the oil industry cannot be denied. While this book in no way claims that the CIA (much less the Mossad) had a hand in the 9/11 attacks, it makes it clear that excessively indulgent attitudes to the Saudis at very high levels of the US government led to extreme negligence and made the terrorists' job much easier.
Saudi Arabia is not on the list of ten or more terrorist nations which we plan to attack. After reading this book, you will ask why not.
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Wed Jan-12-05 11:14 AM
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13. i went with a Franken book, thanks! |
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humor wins a lot of hearts. :) thanks everyone
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Wed Jan-12-05 11:15 AM
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14. "Worse than Watergate" by John Dean |
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It is well written, and a fast read. He really lays it out on the line.
"Imperial Hubris" by Anonymous is a more difficult read, maybe a bit out of your friend's abilities at this time. Go with the John Dean book.
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