This personifies the depths to which our country has descended.
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And we wonder why children are being bullied, couples no longer feel the need to honor commitment and demonstrate "give and take" .. and  thus create another generation of emotionally damaged citizens... There is enough garbage in everyday life in today's world... we don't need more of it on the screen.  The bar is set low enough as it is for young generations.  Hope they deep six this one.
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This book illustrates all the fears of those of us who believe our freedoms are being eroded by our government.

It is a chilling depiction of what life will be like unless we awake up and take back control of our country. While many will say this can never happen, some readers will realize It is already happening.
Very well written and thought provoking.
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This piece takes us deeper into the war against the resistence we all face to live into our deepest calling.
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this book will make you stop and think of how far America has fallen and what we need to do before it is too late
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I think more people should read this book to realize how we, the people of the US were taken for a ride.  The book also addresses the extent of the failure by our media to investigate and challenge the administration.  The last section of the book presents a sobering view of the decline of the US.
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This book is filled with great thought of a nation that became strong through determination and courage of those before us.
This book gives insight why our forefathers did what was necessary to develop a constitution to protect we the people from those who want to enslave us to the government.
We the people of a great nation have become complacent and allowed the development of what is called the professional politician. We as a people should be alarmed of where the " professional politicians are leading this great nation.

It's very obvious it's not for the people and by the people.
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Guiness is a deep thinker .  His analysis of what is happening to our society is sadly true, especially interesting coming from an Englishman who loves this country.
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Mr. Buchanan has put down in print what many have been feeling for years-that the America we grew up in is vanishing before our eyes. Speaking to the "cultural revolution", the author challenges us to return to a time where God and country matter, and there IS a difference between right and wrong. He addresses the current problems AND gives us a solution, not just empty hand wringing. I applaud his insight, and am inspired by his courage.
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This book is humbling in it scope. The author begins in the time of our governing fathers - who were not afraid to build the country on Christian principles and embrace the Jews as God's chosen people. It covers entirely how America is leading to its own demise by trying to appease Islamic Fundamentalism while subsidizing it through excessive need for petroleum products.  Even liberals who might bash this book as being too Biblical would have to admit that long-term renewable energy sources need to be implemented so as to avoid our economic downfall at the hands of the Middle East.

I am appreciative of Mike Evan's courage in standing up to Yasser Arafat in public, and by exposing the lies of both radical Islamic ideals and liberal indifference to maintaining american values.
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Hedges reports that American culture has slid into a vast, narcotizing, fantasy realm that distracts us from confronting the economic, environmental, political and moral collapse that surrounds us.  The argument goes beyond Neil Postman's in that media and journalism are smoking the same pipes, and have become vapid celebrities and courtiers instead of truth diggers.  Financial movers and shakers are indifferent to the human suffering they are causing.  It takes enormous effort for the citizenry to achieve clear sightedness since society has become a vast forum for illusion immersion.  As the country hurtles toward the rocks ahead, there are demogogues lying in wait for their chance to peddle yet more illusions of healing and relief.  As despair and disillusion become more acute and riots erupt, the incipient forces of authoritarian clampdown will have the excuse they've been waiting for to destroy civil liberties, restore order and make the Constitution a faded memory.  As Hedges notes, "the tools are in place" and all that's needed is a national crisis to legitimize their use.  The novel feature of Hedges's diagnosis is that hatred of the present elites that are leading us to destruction through greed or pipedreams is growing, and these familiar elites may be thrown overboard in favor of a new cadre we cannot imagine, but who will immerse America in a deep valley of tears with all exits blocked.  The route will be blindness to our crisis, then despair, then social convulsions, then the clampdown that extinguishes our democracy for good for the sake of law and order.  Hedges lists the illusions we"ve bought into that are greasing the slide.
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The story makes you feel like you were there.  The living conditions  are unbelievable.  WE are on our way to an economy like there's, if we don't get rid of Obama and the Socialist Democratic Party.
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The author doesn't paint a pretty picture, unfortunately it would seem to be an accurate one.  I pray that more people will look at what is going on in our government so that we can avoid living through a future such as this.

Thank you, Mr. Meents.
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Great documentation of a shameful part of our history.
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With a keen eye and a razor wit, Charlie LeDuff performs an autopsy of one of our great American cities. He documents the corruption and crime, but, also the corruption of the spirit at the heart of so many American cities today. His eye for the tragedy and the pathos in the lives of the everyday people caught up in this failure makes for a compelling, stark read.
  In the light of our current political climate, the fate of these people in the cities has an impact that should resonate with all of us comfortably ensconced in the suburbs. We need to listen to these voices, and, we as a people should take action to solve it.
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I give it 5 stars because it's very detailed and easy to understand and written in a way to make it easy to relate to.  I say it's not a good book because who wants to read the truth about the total decline of this once great country which is happening right before our eyes.  Almost every page I read I almost have to shake my head because I can't believe this is all happening right now.  The only comfort I take from this book is, I will not be the one in shock asking what happened when the last of our freedoms have been taken away.
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Insightful.  The disparities within the country are remarkable and unsettling.  Where do we go from here???
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For anyone trying to put the pieces together to understand the perpetual decline of the USA, it's currency, the destruction of morals, values, and the rise of evil worldwide, this documentary puts many of the pieces together.  I hope everyone takes the time to educate themselves and experience this film.