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An Inconvenient Book: Real Solutions to the World's Biggest Problems
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Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster Audio
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Binding: Audio CD
Dewey Decimal Number: 973.92
EAN: 9780743569538
Format: Audiobook
ISBN: 0743569539
Label: Simon & Schuster Audio
Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster Audio
Number Of Items: 5
Number Of Pages: 5
Publication Date: 2007-11-20
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Studio: Simon & Schuster Audio
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FUNNY. OUTRAGEOUS. TRUE. Have you ever wondered why some of the biggest problems we face, from illegal immigration to global warming to poverty never seem to get fixed? The reason is simple: the solutions just aren't very convenient. Fortunately, radio and television host Glenn Beck doesn't care much about convenience, he cares about common sense. Take the issue of poverty, for example. Over the last forty years, America's ten poorest cities all had one simple thing in common, but self-serving politicians will never tell you what that is (or explain how easy it would be to change): Glenn Beck will. Global warming is another issue that's ripe with lies and distortion. How many times have you heard that carbon dioxide is responsible for huge natural disasters that have killed millions of people? The truth is, it's actually the other way around: as CO2 has increased, deaths from extreme weather have decreased. Bet you'll never see that in an Al Gore slideshow. An Inconvenient Book contains hundreds of these same "why have I never heard that before?" type of facts that will leave you wondering how political correctness, special interests, and outright stupidity have gotten us so far away from the common sense solutions this country was built on. As the host of a nationally syndicated radio program and a prime-time television show on CNN, Headline News, Glenn Beck combines a refreshing level of honesty with a biting sense of humor and a lot of research to find solutions that will open your eyes while entertaining you along the way.
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Summary: An Inconvenient Read...for Liberals!
Comment: This was an enjoyable quick read filled with traditional Glenn Beck humor rants. A few of his diatribes border on the tedious, but all-in-all, he delivers a "fusion of entertainment and enlightenment." The illustrations, insets, and charts add depth to the text, and his refutation of the global warming scare as well as the uselessness of reducing the collective carbon footprint is both cutting and concise. The best chapter, though, is the one concerning how men choose what movies to watch. Absolutely classic.
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Summary: Glenn Beck is what's wrong with the USA.
Comment: Shallow. Uninformed. Pseudo-thinking. It would be nice if all issues were as simple-minded as the Glenn Beck solution, then his ideas might be useful.
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Summary: An enlightening, entertaining informative volume that is as much about life as it is about politics
Comment: An Inconvenient Book: Real Solutions to the World's Biggest Problems by Glenn Beck discusses such diverse subjects as global warming, Islam, blind dating, marriage and porn, media bias, political correctness, tipping, child molesters, minimum wage, aging, oil dependence, liberal universities, illegal immigration, and opinion polls to name a few.
Glenn Beck, one of CNN's few conservative voices, has earned credibility by reaching some four million listeners with America's third most popular radio talk show. A former radio DJ, Beck is a recovered alcoholic and a Mormon convert.
Some might pre-judge Beck as the author of a political book but this book is an enlightening, entertaining informative volume that is as much about life as it is about politics. Beck certainly avoids the label of being politically correct by downplaying global warming, explaining why the minimum wage actually hurts those it tries to help, and suggesting that the U.S. should close its borders to immigrants. Beck narrows in on global warming by stating that to cool the earth's temperature buy two degrees Celsius could cost about $26 trillion or three times the entire federal budget.
In his usual fashion, Beck says that the best way to kill Islamic Fundamentalist who want to kill Americans is to wipe out political correctness, that politics has degenerated into hypocrisy and name-calling, that the liberal media is harmful to American values, that the UN hates America, that chick flicks are lame, and that he doesn't tip waitresses because employers should be forced to pay more. Beck also shares why he wants to abolish the minimum wage, why polls are worthless, that most people are too stupid or immature to be parents, that poverty isn't real, and that illegal immigrants are tolerated because of a conspiracy between big business and government. And one of the most fascinating topics Beck covers is why gas prices need to go up and stay up.
While An Inconvenient Book is both serious and funny and sometimes frivolous, Beck's new book has come out just in time to be purchased as a wonderful holiday gift for friends and family. Whether liberal or conservative, the recipient will enjoy the author's sense of humor and crisp writing style. Beck mixes wit and wisdom with the safe dexterity and balance as a skilled chef mixes up a sweet and sour dish. The outcome of both is very tasty to the diner and to the reader.
Darin Manis
CEO and Founder
RJ & Makay
www.rjandmakay.com
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Summary: BORING!
Comment: If you drink the kool aid Repubs and right wing nuts give you then buy this book. I love to read all these type of books to see what the repubs in this country think. I, of course, do not fund these people with my money, I always check out a copy at the local library.
This book is a complete waste of time (I'm glad I didn't waste a penny on it).
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Summary: If you really want the straight goods;there's no better place to get it than from Glen Beck!!
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I found this book exceptional in every respect.As a frequent listner to his show,I was surprised how his book is so well written and how he is able to cover such a wide variety of subjects and in a way that what he has to say does not become dated in a very short time. To be able to do this with subjects that are often called current affairs is not easy.
All the issues Beck deals with in this book are well known to most people but he is able to cut through the fog and present the facts that a
rte the essence of the subject and sum it up using very logical analysis and common sense. I have to say;there is extremely little in this book and Beck's conclusions that I am not in full agreement.
Beck reminds us that "If science has occasional problems,the Media has many,and the Government has an unlimited supply."
While I enjoyed this book and will look fordward to more by this person who is adept at sorting the wheat from the chaff and pure nonsense;I must admit I still prefer to listen to him on his show.
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