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This book deserves 10 stars ,about time someone has the gull to speak the truth.
I was on the fence for a while over whether to actually purchase this book and read it or rather to give myself a prefrontal lobotomy. In the end I decided to buy and read the book and it did exactly as I'd hoped. I weighed my options for a long time. While Glenn's book is under 20 dollars, I could possibly perform the lobotomy myself with some readily available tools which would save me money, but would very likely lead to some sort of infection since I doubt I would effectively sanitize. Not only can I no longer effectively communicate with others or construct a well-reasoned argument, I also have difficulty keeping my saliva contained in my mouth. Job well done Glenn and I look forward to your next book which I hope will be the equivalent of dropping a gallon of Vietnam conspiracy theorist government laboratory grade LSD.
This book contains a great deal of information that people have either forgotten, or never knew. It is definitely a must for anyone with an inquisitive mind, and would be fantastic for politicos.
You got that." and I read some of the comments by others ("A book that says what people who don't think are thinking about" according to Jon Stewart), I started to get serious misgivings, before even starting to read (listen). Nevertheless, this chapter was well-researched and had some interesting insights. I don't watch much TV (certainly not Fox News), so when I picked up this book (the audio book, to listen to in the car) at the library, I admit I had only a vague idea who Glenn Beck was. Don't believe for a moment, however, that Beck watched the Al Gore movie and spotted the fact that historically, CO2 rise generally came after temperature increase. and his so-called "solutions" ("take a second look at the one you're married to, and fall in love again." *groan*) are superficial fluff of no utility. However, I was actually quite pleasantly surprised at the first chapter on global warming, which I thought was remarkably well-balanced and had some good points about the flaws in the policy of spending trillions to reduce carbon emissions as a way to affect the climate change. Not to say that it isn't true - it's certainly possble that in the past, the CO2 curve follows the temperature curve most of the time, even if that is probably not the case today.
Unfortunately, the book degenerates quickly in subsequent chapters, with one inane rant after the other on marriage, porn, poverty and all kinds of other things. After my wife said "What. It was also quite funny at times. (In my opinion, this is unlikey to happen until we run out of oil, but that's a different story). This is not a trivial observation, cannot be gleaned from "An inconvenient truth" and Glenn Beck is most likely just parroting information from your typical right-wing global warming denier web site. (I am happy for Glenn Beck that he has found his soul mate and all that, but really, who cares). Ultimately, after getting off to a good start in the first chapter, the book was a disappointment.
Why waste your scant dollars on this,just let some one scam you. They might need the money.Beck is the Pied Piper of Dumb and Dumber.
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