Books I've read lately.

2. _____Author: Introduction by Al Franken and writers: David Bender, et al

3. _____Theme: "Air America" is (was?) a liberal version of talk radio. These essays talk about politics from a progressive, liberal, view and point out what is going on and the probably results.

4. My comments: This is an excellent book and well worth reading! Basically, this book talks economics and politics and talks about how:

1. Concentrating the wealth in the hands of a few will lead to a feudal socieity,
2. we can't trust corporations to care about people, the environment, the future (like we didn't already know that!),
3. about how the rich and powerful simply want to turn us into a 3^rd world nation of surfs
   • who are dying from lack of medical care (I don't know this but I believe it)
   • who are totally expendable (look at companies "permanently laying off" their best paid enployees and those close to retirement),
   • punishing those who rock the boat!

I'd have listened to "Air America" except they weren't carried by any radio stations in Kansas and Oklahoma. The nearest stations to where I live are in Bouder and Denver and both are far enough away to make them out of listening range. (Even it they are up the sides "of the rockpile".)

There is a talk radio station in "my" town but it features only conservative talking heads; anything progressive just does not "fit the demographic"...

Labels: Air America, The Playbook

# posted by Mike @ 7:09 AM 0 comments

3. _____Theme: This is a sequal to "Live Girls", which was a very well written novel (I haven't read it since it first came out even though I've got a recently reprinted copy.) The story starts with Davie Owens and his wife (once a "worker" at Live Girls). They are living in Los Angeles and write romatic comedies for a living. A very rich man (based on Steven King or maybe the guy that did the "Vampire" movies hires a couple of investigators to look into the existance of Vampires. THey find the proof but the "brutals" (the viovent vampires) take revengue. The non-violent Vampires fight back.

This is well done.

4. My comments: This book is very well written. While it isn't up to the standards of the "prequel" ("Live Girls"), it certainly was worth the money I spent for the book. I liked the story and to be redundant, it was worth the money I spent on it.

Labels: Night Life, Ray Carton

# posted by Mike @ 7:58 AM 0 comments