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Name: Amanda Reichert
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I am currently working on my Master's Thesis, but I procrastinate by reading all the books I can! In the meantime, I have a good job with fun people.

Friday, August 26, 2005

How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must)

How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must)
By Ann Colter

Funny! This caught my eye at the library with it's amusing title. Glad I picked it up, I was impressed. Ann Coulter has a different way of looking at the world, and doesn't take things at face value. This was a refreshing read for someone who spends most mornings muttering at the newspaper articles that seem to only tell half the story! Sometimes I finish reading the stories with more questions that apparently never occurred to the reporter to ask, things that I think are important and would change the way the incident is viewed. And then there are headlines that mislead the reader, as the story is completely the opposite of what the headline seems to say. A recent example, for those who think I'm lying: "Nazi's Riot at Demonstration". The headline would lead the reader to think there were Nazis at a demonstration and they rioted. However, the real story is that Nazi's were having a demonstration- peaceful, apparently- and a group of anti-Nazi's threw rocks and beer bottles at cops. Note, *not* at the Nazi's, at cops standing nearby. I'm not defending the Nazi's, I think their ideologies need to be wiped out. But they had every right to be there, as did the cops. There was no reason for anything to be thrown. I digress, the real point is that Ann Coulter asks those questions that I wish I had been able to ask. And she comes up with some disturbing answers. Very good read.
8/10

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