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.

Main Author: Morris, Dick.
Other Authors: McGann, Eileen.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York, NY : Harper, c2008.
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.