Fleeced how Barack Obama, media mockery of terrorist threats, liberals who want to kill talk radio, the do-nothing Congress, companies that help Iran, and Washington lobbyists for foreign governments are scamming us-- and what to do about it
Analyzes power abuses by the American government, wealthy corporations, and high-profile celebrities, in an account that addresses topics ranging from sub-prime mortgages and the secret purchases of Dubai to corporate salaries and the 2008 election.
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New York, NY :
Harper,
c2008.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- President Obama : what would he do?
- How the liberal media downplay terrorism
- The liberals' secret plan to muzzle talk radio
- The do-nothing Congress is still doing nothing! : House Democrats scale back the congressional workweek--it's too burdensome!
- Foreign companies and American pension funds that help Iran build the bomb
- The new lobbyists : peddling the agendas of foreign governments, oppressive dictators, and foreign corporations to the U.S. government and the American public
- The Dubai-ing of America
- The plastic fleece : credit card company abuse
- Teachers are leaving the profession--too much stress, too little pay
- Released from Guantánamo, they kill again
- How hedge fund billionaires live off tax breaks
- How the teachers' union rips off its members
- Re-building luxury second homes in flood areas again and again--at our expense
- The subprime loan crisis : why the greedy are going free
- How Halliburton rips off the Pentagon : while some fight for freedom, others use war to get rich
- Blocking toys that poison children from being sold in America--and being made in China
- How the company Bill Clinton works for fleeces the vulnerable elderly
- From movie lights to lighting up : how films induce teens to smoke.
