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I like the suggestion of picking 12 habits to change and working on one at a time.

I didn't read this cover to cover but at this point I think I have looked at just about every page. I refer to this book often when mixing up household cleaners.

(no page #) "Trying to look good limits my life" is one of my fav lessons. I try not to worry any more about appearing stupid.

(no page number) The section on "Starting a Charity is Surprisingly Easy" makes me want to start one.

I like that this book simplifies green cleaning. I have another book with some great advice, but this one breaks it down to a few formulae

Finished the book.

I love the chapter that compares PETA to anti-choicers! Exactly!

I'm reading this so I can decide whether to recommend it to young womyn.

"...both liberal and conservative, serve the brutal American brand of market capitalism"

"In much the same way that old-line fascists dutifully served the state, so do the catering classes ..."

...The fact is that many of them cannot see outside that zone at all."

"Anyone who thinks that these white conservatives ... don't care about anything outside their own zone of ignorance is only 1/2 right

"In America your economic status pretty much determines your social status A dentist's wife is treated differently than her nanny ..."

"...if we use [people saying things like 'towelhead'] as an excuse not to listen, we rule out listening to half of America"

"Besides learning more about the religious right, we need to learn how to talk about them calmly and thoughtfully." Yes, I agree.

I've checked this book out of the library twice now ... I'm going to have to buy my own copy.

I don't know what page I was on, actually, when I misplaced this book. I think I left it at the laundromat when my dryer was broken.

I love how clear and easty to understand the images in this book are!

this isn't a book you necessarily read from front to back, but I read the Intro and am looking through it front to back.

lmao: "...millions of Americans whose magical thinking about the Bible resembles Dungeons and Dragons more than religious contemplation."

seriously, needing a written excuse from your doctor for work is noteworthy?

I meant to say to show he's on the "liberals" side

hm, I think Bageant spent all that time badmouthing working people just to show he's on their side so maybe they could be persuaded re guns.

When Bageant talks about his own family and past his observations are much more warm and understanding.

"we would have to end, just for starters, the reckless issuance of mortgages and the entire credit card business and invest in mass transit"

"Real movements take advantage of the protest-potential to be found amoung dissatisfied and disappointed people ..."

"There is no good reason why ... the uncertainty and dissatisfaction ... was ... snubbed as unenlightened by so many on the left ..."

love this line: " ... the liberals are going to make all her grandchildren wear condoms to school ..."