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1.The Pornography of Power: How Defense Hawks Hijacked 9/11 and Weakened America by: Robert Scheer
June 09, 2008
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So why does Boeing insist on making the wasteful and unneccessary C-17 military transport when not even the Pentagon wants it. Why not, for example, build civilian transports instead. Well, it's really a no-brainer, as they say. The C-17 pumps out a profit margin of 13 %, while the most profitable of airliners, the 747, earns less than 5% (p. 97). Think what that profit differential does for Boeing on Wall Street or for executive stock bonuses. And though Scheer doesn't mention it, military contractors don't have to claw as hard for the same buck as civilian outfits.

Then too, it's not like the C-17 is an isolated case. Think super-sophisticated jet fighters and cutting-edge submarines, all the billions being spent to defeat guys with razor blades and cell phones. There's a disconnect ... Read More

2.Playing President: My Close Ecounters with Nixon, Carter, Bush I, Reagan, and Clinton-and How They Did Not Prepare Me for George W. Bush by: Robert Scheer
May 01, 2006
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Playing President is an insghtful,well balanced review of six Presidents as candidates and as president that I would recommend to anyone who is concerned about where we are and how we got here. His assessment of Nixon, Carter, Reagan, Bush1, Clinton,and Bush2 is sometimes painful and sometimes complimentary, but always fair. This should be required reading for Pundits,and newspersons.

3.The Five Biggest Lies Bush Told Us About Iraq by: Christopher Scheer, Lakshmi Chaudhry, Robert Scheer
November 01, 2003
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Depresing but interesting book. Confirms what I already believed and then some. Outlook for the future of our country is uncertain and the new administration has what appears to be a herculan task.

4.Cherokee Animal Tales from: Council Oak Books
October 01, 1995
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Depresing but interesting book. Confirms what I already believed and then some. Outlook for the future of our country is uncertain and the new administration has what appears to be a herculan task.

5.The Pornography of Power Signed by: Robert Scheer
October 01, 1995
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Depresing but interesting book. Confirms what I already believed and then some. Outlook for the future of our country is uncertain and the new administration has what appears to be a herculan task.

6.How the United States Got Involved in Vietnam by: Robert Scheer
1965
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Depresing but interesting book. Confirms what I already believed and then some. Outlook for the future of our country is uncertain and the new administration has what appears to be a herculan task.

7.Eldridge Cleaver: Post-Prison Writings and Speeches by: Eldridge Cleaver
1969-02
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Depresing but interesting book. Confirms what I already believed and then some. Outlook for the future of our country is uncertain and the new administration has what appears to be a herculan task.

8.Cuba, an American tragedy by: Robert Scheer
1964
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Depresing but interesting book. Confirms what I already believed and then some. Outlook for the future of our country is uncertain and the new administration has what appears to be a herculan task.

9.America after Nixon;: The age of the multinationals by: Robert Scheer
1974
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Depresing but interesting book. Confirms what I already believed and then some. Outlook for the future of our country is uncertain and the new administration has what appears to be a herculan task.

10.Chlorophylls and Bacteriochlorophylls (Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration) by: Bernhard Grimm
November 14, 2006
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Depresing but interesting book. Confirms what I already believed and then some. Outlook for the future of our country is uncertain and the new administration has what appears to be a herculan task.

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