America's Nightmare: The Presidency of George Bush II

by John Stanton, Wayne Madsen

Media & Language, War & Weapons, Internal Affairs and a variety of other issues pointing out the US "crisis without precedent" that was wrought by the US Presidential election of 2000 followed by 9/11. "Stanton & Madsen will challenge many of the things you've been told by CNN and Fox news. This book is dangerous."

173 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2003

Reviews

[Becky Reed]

American’s Nightmare: The Presidency of George Bush II by John Stanton & Wayne Madsen, should be the political science mandatory text of 2008. Every nerve triggered in Orwellian buffs should be screaming in horror with the collapse of the American “free and uncensored press,” along with present day “New-speak” code names for military operations that herald the war machine’s benignly oozing reports where magically appearing new exploitable markets are ushered into place. These incisive political analysts remind us that as the use of language and articulation dies in the U.S., so does the thinking process. What made us feel a “good old boy” could find a niche in an environment completely alien to his demeanor and too challenging for his intellect? Dwight Eisenhower was eerily correct in his speech: “the potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic process.” The corporate megaliths taking over the news networks have created a new entity of “news” that is really nothing more than propaganda. Will keeping the people busy and acquiescent work long term? Oscar Sanchez, the 1987 Noble Peace Prize Winner says it well. “With what the world spends on defense, we could address poverty, inequality, illiteracy, disease, environmental degradation, and drought.” We must wake up to the realities of our priorities.

[columbialion · Rating 4 out of 5]

A liberal account of the disastrous Bush years