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Title: Do As I Say (Not As I Do): Profiles in Liberal Hypocrisy
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| Do As I Say (Not As I Do): Profiles in Liberal Hypocrisy by Broadway AN EYE-OPENER!! | I always suspected we had a bunch of hypocrites influencing and running our country. But to be so blatantly two-sided! Wow, these people must be pathological liars!!
Liberal or conservative, since reading this book, I will no longer unquestioningly believe anything I hear or read! | | Do As I Say (Not As I Do): Profiles in Liberal Hypocrisy by Broadway Ha, Ha We Win!! | This is a great book. A right winger burns left wingers who for the most part deserve it. Its interesting in a world as insanely complex as ours western politics has such two distinct, opposing sides. A glaring reality of life is that there are two sides to every story and somewhere in between lies the truth.
It is for this reason that I have delved as intently into right wing ideology as much as the left and I have seen eye to eye & learnt as much from a "right wing lunatic" as William L Pierce as I have from an "ultra liberal wacko" like Noam Chomsky, and of course much from the more "balanced" perspectives in between. I fail to understand why so few people fail to have an ideology that is a culmination and progression of the two.
The most disturbing factor of the left/right circus is that people choose their team and stick to it, defending with religious fervour their chosen ideology despite flaws of policy & the flaws of the leaders or representatives. It seems in America that scumbags always have a way of floating to the top, so instead of saying something as absurd as "sure right wingers are hypocrites but at least they admit it" how about you crucify ANYONE who actually deserves it & dont stick up for people who dont deserve it, regardless of what side your on.
Perhaps its the fact that your whole society is based around entertainment...television, books, magazines, radio, reviews, opinions, rants, exposes, complex issues nibbled at in bite size pieces with no progress ever really being made. Not even the most serious of affairs is aproached with true sobriety and frivolity is so ingrained in your culture that even if you are aware of it, (and perhaps despise it) you inevitably wallow in it & become a product of it. When idiots such as Barbara Striesand & Anne Coulter are people in the public spotlight who are taken seriously (or even just recognised or given a public platform or are being talked about in this book) isnt it time stop & ask yourself how the hell did we get here? Do you think that people such as these were given the time of day 100 years ago? Of course not....which is why America became all that it is (or was).
Whether your from the right and you want to gloat at the indiscetions of sketchy lefties who have been caught out or your from the left and you like to get riled by typically simplified rantings of the right you'll love this book. Laugh about it, argue with people about it, stay up to date with the controversy about it.. keep treading water. | | Do As I Say (Not As I Do): Profiles in Liberal Hypocrisy by Broadway Appalling | No, not the book (which was great) but the stories. It's a tad repetiive but that just reinforces just how "consistentl" duplicitous the leftists in the book are in their endeavors.
Before the left attacks and talks of a few pedophile priests or Rush Limbaugh popping painkillers, remember that conservatives:
a) usually apologize
b) are not harming anyone but themselves and their families and
c) normally take stands on issues of high morality and virtuous principle, which are difficult to maintain in a society where G-d gives us all free will
d) don't lie, fabricate, deny then sue when caught. they also are not afraid to debate and discuss those shortcoming. the left, especially folks like al franken and michael moore, refuse discourse or call names. they are the children they never had....
Schweizer's book, as most who read it noticed, is meticulously researched. He has endnotes to back up all quotes and claims. These stories are totally true, and any google search proves it.
It's lucky the left has fascist-like control of the media and academia or we'd all know that Michael Moore and Barbra Streisand, who claim America is racist, refuse to hire blacks for their films or pay more than $3 per hour to Latinos who work for them. Or that they own stock (and make millions) in the Military Industrial Complex and Halliburton, though they crusade against those entities as evil. Or about their (Ted Kennedy and Nancy Pelosi for example) rapacious anti-environmentalist lifestyles (because they need yachting space or land for a new golf course or hotel) and lack of interest in civil liberties (depsite both being huge into organizations like the Sierra Club and the ACLU).
Or we might know Gloria Steinam, like most militant feminists, loves strong men and "selfishly" has been married. Or we might know that folks who deplore capitalism like anti-americans Noam Chomsky, Ralphie Nader and race-baiter Cornel West, actually make their millions purely off capitalism with their huge investments and off-shore tax shelters...and of course, charge huge amounts for their speeches before they retire to their 98% white twee suburbs in the northeast.
Trust me, this book is great and eye-opening, specifically because the mainstream media is so in bed with the left that they ignore these travesties...and I didn't even have the time to write about the chapter on the Clintonistas.
I am incensed reading every word, but then, with the aid of Schweizer's noteworthy conclusion, I relaxed.
You see, the left-wing elite is just like elites should be. They have their enjoyments and policies. The difference is, these folks somehow feel the insecure need to lie in public about their goals and beliefs, often for votes, sympathy or money.
So what if they like capitalism? That's why they're rich, and why America is great.
So what if they hire the best folks for the job, and a majority are not "minorities"?
So what if they live in the most secluded and wealthiest parts of America?
So what if they won't hire unions for their work? The job will be done better and faster WITHOUT unions.
And so what if they don't want the enviro-whacko policies to interfere with their ambitions and lifestyle?
Again though, the point is, the left NEEDS the votes and sympathy of these people for their own personal gain---so they lie and act as hypocrites, as no one holds them accountable. Must be nice.
They want to live like the conservative Americans they loathe, but don't want to admit it; thus they act a certain way and speak the other. Do as I say not as I do, indeed. | | Do As I Say (Not As I Do): Profiles in Liberal Hypocrisy by Broadway Incredible! | | This book is a huge eye opener! It is good information to know especially since the media is so liberal and biased and we don't get to see the bad side of liberals. | | Do As I Say (Not As I Do): Profiles in Liberal Hypocrisy by Broadway Case Studies in Liberal Hypocrisy | Author Peter Schweitzer has written a devastating series of case studies in liberal hypocrisy. Many if not most liberal icons - Al Franken, Ted Kennedy, Hillary, etc. - are exposed and skewered due to the incongruity between their public pronouncements and their own lifestyles.
If you view yourself as a conservative, you will likely love this book. Otherwise, there is a good chance that you would not even pick it up.
The only thing missing is a chapter on ("Carbon Footprint") Al Gore and his year-round heated swimming pool. (Maybe in the next edition??)
Dip in and enjoy ... if you dare!
| | Do As I Say (Not As I Do): Profiles in Liberal Hypocrisy by Broadway Product Description | “I don’t own a single share of stock.” —Michael Moore Members of the liberal left exude an air of moral certitude. They pride themselves on being selflessly committed to the highest ideals and seem particularly confident of the purity of their motives and the evil nature of their opponents. To correct economic and social injustice, liberals support a whole litany of policies and principles: progressive taxes, affirmative action, greater regulation of corporations, raising the inheritance tax, strict environmental regulations, children’s rights, consumer rights, and much, much more.
But do they actually live by these beliefs? Peter Schweizer decided to investigate in depth the private lives of some prominent liberals: politicians like the Clintons, Nancy Pelosi, the Kennedys, and Ralph Nader; commentators like Michael Moore, Al Franken, Noam Chomsky, and Cornel West; entertainers and philanthropists like Barbra Streisand and George Soros. Using everything from real estate transactions, IRS records, court depositions, and their own public statements, he sought to examine whether they really live by the principles they so confidently advocate.
What he found was a long list of glaring contradictions. Michael Moore denounces oil and defense contractors as war profiteers. He also claims to have no stock portfolio, yet he owns shares in Halliburton, Boeing, and Honeywell and does his postproduction film work in Canada to avoid paying union wages in the United States. Noam Chomsky opposes the very concept of private property and calls the Pentagon “the worst institution in human history,” yet he and his wife have made millions of dollars in contract work for the Department of Defense and own two luxurious homes. Barbra Streisand prides herself as an environmental activist, yet she owns shares in a notorious strip-mining company. Hillary Clinton supports the right of thirteen-year-old girls to have abortions without parental consent, yet she forbade thirteen-year-old Chelsea to pierce her ears and enrolled her in a school that would not distribute condoms to minors. Nancy Pelosi received the 2002 Cesar Chavez Award from the United Farm Workers, yet she and her husband own a Napa Valley vineyard that uses nonunion labor.
Schweizer’s conclusion is simple: liberalism in the end forces its adherents to become hypocrites. They adopt one pose in public, but when it comes to what matters most in their own lives—their property, their privacy, and their children—they jettison their liberal principles and embrace conservative ones. Schweizer thus exposes the contradiction at the core of liberalism: if these ideas don’t work for the very individuals who promote them, how can they work for the rest of us? |
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