A Bush & Botox WorldAK Press, 2007 - 301 páginas "Read Saul Landau."--Barbara Ehrenreich Botox promoters promise to wipe away wrinkles, the signs of aging--the signs of time passing. Such "eternal youth" potions metaphorically help erase the very notion of time itself. In a phony world, increasingly dependent on smoke and mirrors, it is no wonder we look at elected officials like a cheap circus act. Saul Landau travels in and out of America, from the stress-filled cultures of Southern Californian businesspeople and poor towns in Texas, to the wildly booming streets of Hanoi and temples of Angkor Wat, to muse on just how low we have sunk. The book explores the ironies of a time in which science explores the genetic code and masters the physics of instant global communication technology, while bible thumpers and talkers to Christ advocate medieval crusades to spread their order to infidels. Gore Vidal provides a scabrously funny introduction to a book by an author he says he "loves to steal ideas from." Saul Landau is an internationally known scholar, author, commentator, and filmmaker. He has won many awards, including the Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award, the George Polk Award for Investigative Reporting, the First Amendment Award, and an Emmy. |
Contenido
Acknowledgements | 1 |
Introduction | 7 |
Spirituality through Shopping | 15 |
George W Bush Won Another Disputed Election in 2004 | 21 |
Bush Inherits World Grows Poorer | 31 |
Reagans Last Funeral in a Calgary Coffeeshop | 37 |
The Screenplay | 45 |
Globalization and Its Discontents | 53 |
Terrorism Then and Now | 145 |
Geezers Make GAS | 151 |
Luis Posada and Bushs Drinking | 157 |
Man and Movie Terrorist or Saint? | 163 |
Paradise NowMovie or Life? | 169 |
Munich and the Hamas Electoral Victory | 175 |
A Happy Family in a Bush and Botox World | 183 |
Sex and the Country | 189 |
Reagan and Bottled Water | 59 |
Bush God and Katrina | 65 |
An Oily Religious Dream | 71 |
New Years 2007 | 77 |
Who We Really | 85 |
The 21st Century GuernicaWhere was Picasso? | 91 |
Listening and Talking to God about Invading Other Countries | 97 |
Wars Kill Empires as Well as People | 103 |
Outsourcing | 109 |
Breaking the Constitution | 121 |
From Sparta to Iraq | 127 |
Istanbul Poem | 133 |
Fidel Promotes Sex Tourism? JFK Rolls Over in his Grave | 195 |
Geriatric Apprehensions | 201 |
A Ritual in Ashes Tossed from the Mesa | 209 |
Mercury in U S Lakes Cyanide in IndiaTrust the CEOs | 217 |
Derision in Digital | 223 |
Aggression Dominates the Airwaves | 231 |
Missionaries Forever | 237 |
Vietnam Diary March 2006 | 249 |
Buy Sex on the Internet and Forget Older Freedoms | 279 |
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