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F.U.B.A.R.: America's Right-Wing Nightmare

door Sam Seder, Stephen Sherrill

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The United States has survived clueless presidential administrations before. But no matter how enormous the crisis -- the Great Depression, Vietnam, Watergate, Monica Lewinsky's thong -- America's always come out looking like, well, America. This time, however, something's different. Things aren't just screwed up; they're f&#!d up beyond all recognition. Welcome to F.U.B.A.R., a hilariously scathing satirical rundown of the Radical Right's takeover of America, by the creators of Air America's Majority Report. If you're a liberal who's somehow not panicked over the state of our union, or if you're a Republican who's just having voter's remorse, or if you think what's happening to the country is just politics as usual, F.U.B.A.R. will open your eyes to our current national nightmare. With completely unfair and unbalanced analysis, authors Sam Seder and Stephen Sherrill take readers on a whirlwind tour of what's left of the United States, exposing the truth about the Right's blueprint for total domination -- over your money, your mind, your sex life, and even your place in the afterlife (yes, they have a plan for that, too). Finally, Seder and Sherrill offer a helpful and hopeful vision for a future that remarkably doesn't look like a cross between the Matrix and Mayberry. F.U.B.A.R. is the wake-up call America has been waiting to receive -- and it will probably be wiretapped.… (meer)
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It's good and at its best reminds me of some of the anti-George W. Bush books that Michael Moore wrote. Like those, Sam knows how to use humor to add some levity while also commenting on the ludicrous imagery that Republicans put forward in their ideas. The best parts are about the religious nature of the aughts--in everything from Christianity to rampant homophobia. He also does a skilled takedown of Thomas Friedman. Still, I wish the film had tackled racism and the Bush era ownership society mandates a bit more. But those are minor complaints. Recommended. ( )
  JuntaKinte1968 | Dec 6, 2023 |
If you couldn't laugh, you'd cry.

That adage seems to sum up a segment of liberal authors when it comes to the Bush Administration. F.U.B.A.R.: America's Right-Wing Nightmare, written by the co-host and a producer of Air America Radio's "The Majority Report", is the latest entry in the field of books taking on Bush and the conservative movement through satire, sarcasm and humor. While F.U.B.A.R. has its moments, it won't stand with the leaders in the genre, such as Al Franken and Michael Moore.

Like their compatriots, Sam Seder, the cohost of "The Majority Report," and Stephen Sherrill, one of the show's producers, don't hold back. It even starts on the cover. Part of the first word of the military phrase for which the acronym "F.U.B.A.R." stands is blackened out, "redacted by the U.S. Department of Justice, as per the U.S. Patriot Act." They open the book referring to the current GOP as the "Rapture Right" and "an American Taliban." Those labels mesh with the fact that much of the authors' satirical attack on Bush and the GOP is largely on social issues. They start with "intelligent design" and ease right into the concept of the rapture that inspires the name they give the fringe right they believe has gained control of the Republican Party.

Balance of review at http://prairieprogressive.com/?p=728
  PrairieProgressive | Aug 12, 2007 |
This time, however, something's different. Things aren't just screwed up; they're f!$d up beyond all recognition. Wel-come to F.U.B.A.R., a hilarious and scathing satire of the American Right's bad behavior, by the creators of Air America's Majority Report.

If you're a liberal who's somehow not panicked over the state of our Union, or if you're a Republican who's just having voter's remorse, or if you think what's happening to the country is just politics as usual, F.U.B.A.R. will open your eyes to our current national nightmare. With completely unfair and unbalanced analysis, authors Sam Seder and Stephen Sherrill take readers on a whirlwind tour of what's left of the United States, exposing the truth about the Right's blueprint for total domination -- over your money, your mind, your sex life, and even your place in the afterlife (yes, they have a plan for that, too). ( )
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The United States has survived clueless presidential administrations before. But no matter how enormous the crisis -- the Great Depression, Vietnam, Watergate, Monica Lewinsky's thong -- America's always come out looking like, well, America. This time, however, something's different. Things aren't just screwed up; they're f&#!d up beyond all recognition. Welcome to F.U.B.A.R., a hilariously scathing satirical rundown of the Radical Right's takeover of America, by the creators of Air America's Majority Report. If you're a liberal who's somehow not panicked over the state of our union, or if you're a Republican who's just having voter's remorse, or if you think what's happening to the country is just politics as usual, F.U.B.A.R. will open your eyes to our current national nightmare. With completely unfair and unbalanced analysis, authors Sam Seder and Stephen Sherrill take readers on a whirlwind tour of what's left of the United States, exposing the truth about the Right's blueprint for total domination -- over your money, your mind, your sex life, and even your place in the afterlife (yes, they have a plan for that, too). Finally, Seder and Sherrill offer a helpful and hopeful vision for a future that remarkably doesn't look like a cross between the Matrix and Mayberry. F.U.B.A.R. is the wake-up call America has been waiting to receive -- and it will probably be wiretapped.

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