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0 of 9 found the following review helpful:
 TOTAL BS FOR SURE Sep 11, 2007
TOTAL TRASH.....MILLIONS OF WORDS HAVE BEEN WASTED ATTACKING THE PRESIDENT FOR HIS ACTIVITIES BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER 9/11. NOT ONE OF YOU HAS BEEN ABLE TO CHANGE ONE THING. PERIOD. GORE LOST TO HIM IN 2000, KERRY LOST TO HIM IN 2004, YOU CAN'T IMPEACH HIM, AND YOU CAN'T STOP THE WAR. YOU'VE ALL WASTED EVERYONE'S TIME WITH THIS GARBAGE FOR YEARS. WHY DON'T YOU GUYS DO SOMETHING POSITIVE WITH YOUR TIME? WRITE A BOOK ABOUT THE BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN IN OUR ARMED FORCES THAT ARE SPILLING THIER GUTS EVERYDAY TO GIVE YOU THE TIME WRITE THIS JUNK
16 of 20 found the following review helpful:
 An Important Work Sep 20, 2006
A chronology of President Bush's actions on 9/11, while available separately -- if not sporadically -- across many outlets, has never before been assembled in such a complete and compelling way.
The author's use of actual quotes from administration officials, juxtaposed alongside of his own sardonic anecdotes, presents the material in such a unique way that you feel as if you are having a conversation about the events with the author himself. The book's format makes it easily accessible and the text is something that could be used as a chronological reference for the events of that day in September.
A must read for fans of both humor and fact.
17 of 21 found the following review helpful:
An alternately humorous and enraging presentation of Bush' failures Sep 16, 2006
This easy-to-read book has dozens, if not hundreds, of quotes from Bush himself and people from his administration, through which the reader can plainly see how Bush & Co. dropped the ball when it came to defending America from attack on 9/11. How these same people contradicted themselves and each other after the fact, and tried to make the Presidency's performance on 9/11 look much better than it actually was, becomes painfully obvious.
Schalow outlines the events of 9/11/01, minute by minute, and compares them to the inaction and incompetence of Bush and his cronies. Part of the point of the book is to show what an incompetent President we have, and what a difference having had someone in The White House who knew what he was doing would have made on that day. Instead we had a deer frozen in the headlights who, after having heard of the airplanes crashing into the WTC, continued to sit there and read with Florida schoolchildren, then promptly fled to the middle of the continent on Air Force One. Then, to add to the absurdity, starts acting macho and pissed off, long after it's obviously too late. To Bush, the response to the attacks began on 9/14, three days after the fact, and the President would rather you started remembering about how great he did starting then.
If you want to increase your knowledge of the truth regarding 9/11, I highly recommend this book. The sarcastic, witty style in which it is written makes a tough subject easier to handle.
18 of 24 found the following review helpful:
Excellent Aug 09, 2006
What makes this book stand out from others of this genre is how the author provides an objective perspective on the events of 9/11. I found that after reading this book I really do not care if Ron Schalow is a Democrat, Republican or Communist. For the first time an author has taken the politically charged emotions out of 9/11 by presenting a black and white case against George Bush to determine if he truly fulfilled his duties as president on September 11, 2001. Nothing more, nothing less. You won't get your conspiracy theory fix with this book, just a whole lot of thoroughly researched material and most importantly a much needed dose of commonsense.
31 of 36 found the following review helpful:
Why didn't We already Know this? Aug 01, 2006
This is an above board attack on an incompetent presidency, not just on George Bush per se. It confirms what we (Republicans) have always suspected about him and his presidency but didn't want to know, or admit to ourselves. GWB and Dick Chaney can no more defend America than they can fight their way out of a paper bag. It shows how little we Americans expect of our leaders.
Maybe John Kerry did cheat with his medals, and had shifting values, but at least he served in the military. It makes one wonder about these "Frat boy" Presidents. They just don't seem to be made out of the same material as their fathers. GHW Bush was a true statesman and a credit to his race and to this country. But the "GWB and Dick Chaney show" can only have one ending: It will grind to a screeching halt, crash and burn, taking American prestige down a full notch with it.
In a time of one of the worse crisis in our nation's history, there sit Bush and Chaney with their hair on fire and their heads stuck in the sand hiding out, waiting for the "all clear signal," but then immediately running to the front of the line to the first photo op to take "unearned credit" for what the Firemen and Policemen of New York City and Rudy Guillani did. In a miltary chain of command, doing such as that would have been considered disgraceful and dishonorable -- not to mention immoral. And for the leaders of a Banana Republic to have done so would have been laughable, but expected. For the leaders of the last standing superpower to do so is well beyond being just down-right embarrassing. It is also unconscionable.
I am not a Bush basher or hater. He strikes me as a nice, not so very bright man. Someone nice to have a beer with. Therefore it was extra important for me that this book's assertions be backed up with unimpeachable references. In fact, that is one of the reasons I bought it. A friend assured me that it was well-documented and he was not wrong. The documentation is thorough and unerring.
Nothing this adminstration has done since 911 has in the least vindicated the Bush administration's megaphone gradnstanding in NYC. So, I was a little dissappointed that the book did not spectulate on what having an incompettent Presidency in these troubled times could mean for the Republic. I suppose with Iraq, Afghanistan, and now Lebanon blowing up all over the globe, the incompetence of this adminstration speaks for iteslf. I gave the book 4 stars.
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