From Amazon.com:
She tried to warn us: With the publication of Shrub in early 2000, syndicated columnist Molly Ivins detailed George W. Bush’s privileged rise and disastrous reign as governor of Texas in the mid- to late ‘90s. In Bushwhacked, she looks at his first term as president. The picture she paints is unremittingly bleak—unless, of course, you’re a big campaign donor well served by Bush’s prescription for all economic ills (deregulation, tax cuts for those who need them least, and lax enforcement of worker and environmental safety standards). As the only president in U.S. history to slash taxes and go to war simultaneously, Bush wins consistently low marks from Ivins for pursuing "crony capitalism" to its inevitably depressing extremes. While many of the topics covered here have been covered extensively (Enron, the war in Iraq), Ivins does a good job of building on what’s already been written (proving Bush’s close ties to former Enron chief Ken Lay, and laying out the fundamentalist, apocalyptic view of Iraq and the Middle East that drives Bush’s foreign policy). Ivins is particularly good in taking arcane federal regulations and showing how the Bush administration’s lax oversight has hurt ordinary Americans, making their jobs, homes, water, and food less safe. Ivins is no distanced observer. She’s clearly incensed by Bush’s policies, but her reporting is so detailed and writing so witty that even those who come to the book undecided about Bush will likely be outraged by the time they finish it. ----Keith Moerer

This is my first "Bushwacked" BookRing.
I sent this one out before the elections- it's international.
After the elections I decided to send out another copy, US-only. You can view the entries for it here.
If you wish to join either ring, PM me and I'll add you to the list.
I may just keep these open forever. They're still "rings" because, if no one signs up after you, the book returns to me.

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Participants List for International Ring

USA
1. bookharlot (North Carolina)
2. shpriz1 (New York)
3. Lorelei03 (New York)
4. nekki2976 (New York)
5. Amusedbythis (Illinois)
6. MrFlakes (Illinois-can ship internationally)

International
1. veritas9 (Australia) Here 5/12/05
2. LilB (Japan)
3. Atenea-Nike (Spain)
4. Kislany (Cyprus)

Just recieved this in the mail from Shh-girl as part of a bookring. I'm looking forward to reading it and will get it on its way quickly. :-)

Sorry it took me so long to journal this, I had a bit of a family crisis.

Anyway...

I thought the book was brilliant. The authors are obviously not fans of Bush, but they don't allow Bush-bashing to bog down the important points of the book. What made this book different to me from others of its ilk was how it related how actions the Bush administration have made and are making truly do affect the lives of ordinary Americans. The personal stories made the effects of our government's decisions horrifyingly clear and painful. I could only read about a chapter or two at a time due to the complexity of the issues and quite frankly, I was too disturbed to read too much at one time. :-p I read several parts to my undecided-right leaning-military husband and he had NO idea of what his government has been up to...so let's hope this helps to persuade his vote. ;-)

I'm waiting on an address for the next person on the ring and will send it on ASAP.

Will be mailed tomorrow to shpriz1 in New York. :-)

Received it safe and sound. I'm in the middle of another bookray book and as soon as I am done, I'll start on this one. Really looking forward to it.

As we get closer & closer to the elections - I get more & more frightene. I actually think I'll pass this one right along...

Oh Good Lord!

I didn't realize that I hadn't logged that I'd received this.

I started reading it, but after the elections, it's too disgusting to finish. I'll be sending it on Friday (quickest way I can afford).

RELEASE NOTES:

WOW! I apologize for screwing up this ring. I thought I'd sent this on already. It's shipping in the morning to Illinois by Priority, so it should be there in 2-3 days.

This finally arrived! I am very much looking forward to reading it!

This book made me very angry, at Bush and at the voters. However, when they wrote about the Mideast policy townard Israel, it seemed skewed in that they directly and by inference made it seem anit-semitic. This section made me wonder if there were other parts of the book that were skewed. At any rate, I am grateful to have learned of the deliniation of the Bush agenda.

Mr. Flakes has been pmed. The book will soon be on its way. Thanks for sharing!

RELEASE NOTES:

This book is on its way to Mr.Flakes. Enjoy!

I'm terribly sorry. I received this book back on March 3rd, and thought I had immediately journaled it. It is safely in my possession, and I'm reading it right now.

Ugh. I've had this forever, and I'm sorry!

I imagined that this would be more Michael Moore-ish in its humor than it is, so I was a bit disappointed in that regard. It was incredibly enlightening, though, and very intelligently written.

This book has now finished the American leg of its tour, and is currently on its way to veritas9 in Australia via airmail.

Many thanks to Shh-girl for sharing this one!

Thanks MrFlakes - let's see how we go with an international perspective...