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Oh, wow! This book is fantastic! Mort Mason's personality is hilarious, and he does an amazing job making life as an Alaska bush pilot come to life. He imbues the book with humor and warmth, isn't afraid to make fun of himself, and he leaves the reader with a true understanding of how Alaska and bush flying can become a part of your soul and your identity. He's an amazing writer, a gifted story teller and, apparently, a hell of a pilot as well. His book makes me want to sit down on a wooden swing on the back deck of an Alaska cabin and listen to him tell stories all night long. He gives you good technical info on flying, but it's not dry and it's easy to understand, even for the non-flier (like me). An awesome read!

I enjoyed the book. I'm a flight simulator fan. The book is interesting and only a bit technical. Well written.

This book is a great read. I really enjoyed the way the author decribed the various (and precarious) places he found himself in. The stories were very entertaining to the point of: I can't put down this book right now... read faster... what's going to happen... is he going to make it?!!

I found the book quite edge of the seat at times, hoping he would make it. At other times, I found myself feeling like I was right in the co-pilot's seat seeing the world as he saw it. Trying to fly from here to there in Alaska makes for quite an adventure, sign me up!

Again, GREAT book. Definitely a keeper.

MJ

i'm only into the 3rd chapter of this book but i have really enjoyed the read thus far. i'm not a pilot but i do alot of flying in flight sims so i have at least 1/2 a clue as to what he's talking about! its well written, easy to understand, descriptive but not to a point where u get lost in the details. its easy on my imagination if that makes any sense. will certainly enjoy reading the rest! if u like the book, his email address is in the back! just makes it that much more personal.

gave as gift -- very well received

If you are looking for an enjoyable read I recommend this book. It is very funny!

Like protons and electrons or something. Lydia Millet's 'My Happy Life' tore me to shreds with its realism of harsh times, harsh lives, and those forced unwillingly into horrid circumstances. Where 'My Happy Life' is depressing with raw helplessness, 'Dark Prince Of Love' is hilarious in pointing towards the everyday psychotic behavior of those whom you pass cautiously on the sidewalk, knowing something is wrong but unable to pinpoint it.

'GB, Dark Prince Of Love' had me shrieking with laughter, written from the psychotic POV of Rosemary, an ex-con who spent time in a maximum security prison for running a stop sign and killing her passenger and best friend Shelly.

Released from prison and set up in a mobile home park in 1989, she is free just in time to absorb herself in the election process of George Bush Senior. She has a job on an assembly line folding box tops when she meets Russell in a drugstore line. Russell is an antisocial Korean War vet with a laryngectomy, a cocaine habit, and a penchant for pulling mean pranks.

The book told in comical, first person perspective by Rosemary, who takes GB's speeches so literally that she uses them to guide her everyday life. Learning from GB's "outright denial-tactic" of his relationship with Noriega, Rosemary gets Russell drunk and convinces him to sign over the deed to his house to her.

When Russell almost OD's on cocaine, Rosemary gets scolded in the ER, Russell is forced into a dry out facility where he breaks his hip during a chair-standing soliloquy that no one understood because of his voice box. Rosemary sets up her shrine to GB in Russell's basement, and moves into his house, taking up with an illegal Mexican immigrant named Jose while Russell is hospitalized. Before Russell comes home Rosemary calls the DOJ and has Jose deported.

Rosemary's memories of her youth with Shelly, her relationship with Russell and his war buddy Apache who unexpectedly moves in for awhile, Jose, her co-workers, and eventually the Secret Service who respond to her strange letters written to the white house, all revolve around Rosemary's obsession with GB, and the shrine she built to him.

This is a very funny satirical novel about abnormal obsessions, bad habits, odd people, and sadly, the voting public. Lydia Millet is a very talented writer that brings both wit and deep emotion into her novels, whether serious or funny. I strongly recommend picking up one of her novels. Enjoy!

I enjoyed the book and nearly fell out of bed laughing many times. Lydia Millet has a dry sense of humor. Her main character is along the lines of what most would have labeled as "trailer trash." If you like irony and twisted, irrational main characters, you'll likely enjoy this short novel.

Well, I knew from the title alone that I would love this book. However, I had no clue that it would be as brilliant a lampoon as it is.

The plot focuses on how a woman who embodies all the victim's of George H.W. Bush comes fanatically loyal and obsessed with him.
While exceedingly understated, this defines savage satire. The irony is delicious and not at all overwrought; fortunately it is short as any longer and the humor would quickly transcend the point of diminishing returns.

This is definitely dark, sardonic humor. If you have a cynical bent, you will love this.

This is a clever little book about Rosemary's obsession with George Bush the Elder. For those of us who aren't taken with the Bushes, either the elder George or the present president or the governor of Florida, the book gives us something to smile about. While I kept wanting the book to be better-- although some of the descriptions of GB and BB, as they are called in the book, are quite delicious-- the quotations of George Bush that start each chapter alone make the book worth reading. I had forgotten just how inarticulate the elder Bush was. It must be generational.

Marcy Wheeler has a brain! And it shows! emptywheel has stuff like this to say every day. This book lays out in her inimitable style all the facts around this mess - and she's still digging! Take this book on account and remember it's an ongoing project! Right on, emptywheel!

The only fundamental error is the notion that the media has ever worked for the interests of the common man. In fact, the media licks the hands of its masters most of the time; it is the exceptions that give the illusion substance. Yellow journalism sold papers. Hearst reborn is Murdock plus Ailes. Buy this and learn the hows and whys.

Wheeler stayed with her story that's thoroughly documented. The clearly-written presentation is factual but not boring, truthful without the embellishment so common today. A quick and excellent read.

marcy wheeler is a terrific, talented writer: she took a complicated, not to say convoluted, story and rendered it not just readable but compelling. great job! two thumbs up on this one.

I finally got around to reading this book, finishing the day that GW commuted Libby's jail time. Looking back on what has transpired in the court case and the various motions before trial and since the guilty verdict (virtually ALL of which went against the accused/convicted), and recognizing that Marcy's book was finished months before the trial even started, it's quite incredible how many facts she had right, and how her understanding of the case reflected the TRUTH of the matter. She's not a lawyer, nor her writing lawyerly, which was to this layman's advantage...she simply lays out many facts that were revealed over time, makes reasonable and sound analysis of those facts, and shows how they all point to the culpability of the many powerful liars involved in this case and the unassailable guilt of Libby for crimes related to his lies and those of his superiors.

Finally, I must confess that I find it incredibly disheartening that the defenders of this liar and the supporters of the commutation so quickly revert to their disproven claims of Libby's innocence and their uncontrollable need to blame those who sought to bring truth to the debate in the first place. I speak specifically of the renewed attacks on Joe Wilson, who's initial report on the Niger uranium deal was exactly correct and exactly what Bushco did not want to hear, either then or now. So they and their minions (i.e. David Brooks and other dogs) assault the messenger, even when it's in the defense of a CONVICTED liar...the highest ranking White House official ever CONVICTED. What part of "convicted liar" don't they understand?

Yet several substantial books available here on amazon call for Bush's impeachment upon solid constitutional legal standing.

Even though this may appear physically the briefest of the bunch in its reasons for impeachment, its authors are practiced lawyers and scholars of American jurisprudence who cull those articles of impeachment which have the greatest standing in a court of law.

Indeed, the fact it is written by lawyers in a manner so clear even the layperson can understand it speaks wonders for this book and for the lawyers involved, ordinarily masters of the purposefully obscure.

The fact this slim treatise is compelling and convincing reading speaks volumes to the validity of its articles and to the fine technical ability of its writers.

The Center for Constitutional Rights, a non-profit organization (founded in 1966 by civil rights attorneys working in the South) dedicated to protecting the citizen rights guaranteed by the Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, has produced a vital, easy-to-read compendium of the dereliction of George W Bush, including a trenchant four-page introduction by William Goodman, legal director of CCR. By the formulating of four articles of impeachment, Bush's crimes come quickly into full relief, even to the basest kind of awareness of the daily events we are living through, providing along the way a surprisingly broad picture of the degredation of a nation brought low by an ignorant, bullying president, complicit corporate media, and the pathetic, even terrifying, witlessness of a society near-mystically obsessed by acquisition and consumption. Other reviews here have adequately detailed the impeachment articles. Nearly fifty pages of appendices include excerpts from the Constitution on impeachment, a useful history of impeachment, the Articles of Impeachment against Andrew Johnson, Nixon and Clinton, and pertinent notes on procedure. Finally, the book offers an extremely useful one-page webliography with links to information germane to a deeper understanding of the book's thesis. Recommended to every fellow citizen. Stop consuming! Wake up! Start reading, start thinking! Take action! WE are the nation, a power greater than any thug president, and certainly a people capable of repudiating the gross bandit who seeks day by day to diminish our birthright. The time is NOW! Also recommended is Elizabeth Holtzman's excellent 'The Impeachment of George W Bush: A Practical Guide for Concerned Citizens'.

There are certainly many books revolving around impeachment. The problem, none of them hold up. Take this books acertion that there were warrantless surveillance. First the govt can investigate under the war powers of the president. Lets assume the constitution clause for warrants applies. Well the constitution states "unreasonable". 911 certainly gives the govt reason to investigate possible terrorist activites without a warrant. All acusations can be dismissed as easily. Besides if the iraq war is an impeachable offense than you would have to chage congress as well. After all they paid for it. Mrs Bill Clinton would have to be charges as well. I wonder if that will make it into and leftest book.

Even if there were enough time left to impeach the head of the current regime in Washington, it would probably not make any lasting changes in the conduct of the U.S. government nor change the minds of the many people who support it. To speak of impeachment is therefore more of a catharsis to those who dislike the current regime. However, the fact remains that there has been much discussion in the legal community, especially in the area of constitutional law, concerning the evidence for impeachment of G.W. Bush. A few books have appeared that address the case, this one being one of the shortest on the market. It is interesting reading and avoids the temptation to engage in the negative diatribe that frequently surrounds discussion of the legality of the actions and of the morality of the current regime. It is doubtful that G.W. Bush will be impeached in the next two years, but the book could still serve as a didactic tool that illustrates how constitutional scholars put together a case for impeachment. It could also serve as a framework for evaluating the actions of a future administration, and possibly help to avert illegalities in such an administration.

Careful observations of Bush's demeanor in the time after 9/11 and before the beginning of the brutal invasion of Iraq reveals (with a fair level of confidence) that he was being deceptive in his justification for that invasion and for NSA spying programs. But such an analysis would not satisfy the needs of constitutional law. To prove lying in the legal sense requires one to show intent, and this is very difficult. The Center for Constitutional Rights however argues in this book that such a proof may not be necessary, at least for the case of NSA spying, since it was "blatantly illegal." The section "Article 1" in the book discusses the Center's reasoning in more detail. Noticeably absent in the discussion are any names of U.S. citizens who were actually spied upon by the NSA. This apparently is not required in developing a constitutional case for impeachment. An admission by the president that such spying occurred is sufficient. The Center states in the article that administration officials have admitted this, but the names of these officials and the names of the citizens subjected to this intrusion are not given.

The strongest case for impeachment discussed in the book concerns the willful violation of the United Nations Charter, which as the Center argues, is a treaty of the United States signed by the president and was ratified by the Senate. The president is therefore constitutionally obligated to respect this treaty, which prohibits the initiation of force against another country unless authorized by the UN Security Council or in self-defense. The Center reminds the reader that the UN Charter does not hold a "preventive" attack, i.e. an attack against a country with the belief that doing so may prohibit a future attack from that country, to be justified from the standpoint of self-defense. The war against Iraq was therefore a violation of the president's oath of office, and this warrants impeachment. It is the opinion of this reviewer that this article of impeachment is sufficient grounds to impeach G.W. Bush, and no other justification is needed. Again, actual impeachment hearings will not happen, due to the short amount of time left for this regime to be in office, but the fact that this book was written indicates that there are some people that are willing to stand up to the current regime and not engage in the blind sycophancy, the unquestioned loyalty, that is expressed by so many of its supporters.

When I first began the book, I didn't think it would be able to change my mind that Bush, while incompetent, had done anything that would rise to the level of impeachable offense. This book, however, with its succinct style did change my mind. I am not sure we actually should impeach him, but I do, now, believe his behavior rises to a level where he could be impeached.

The book, written by a team of lawyers, is written as the articles of impeachment would be laid out against the President. It is well written, and contains explanations of why each item is an impeachable offense. In addition, the appendix holds a wealth of information, including the articles of impeachment that were written for Johnson, Nixon and Clinton.

I would recommend that this book be read by anyone who thinks that Bush should not be impeached, as well as anyone interested in how it could be done. I cannot guarantee it will change your mind, but it certainly will make you think.

David Steward does an excellent job presenting biblical principles that any CEO, leader, or follower of Christ should not only follow in the business setting, but also to lead their life.

Each lesson (chapter) is 2-3 pages long and are supported through David's real world experience and stories.

His principles are 'right on' and he is sincere in his message. So relavent for those of us who seek to better integrate our business lives and spritual lives. Every chapter makes the reader eager to see what's next.

A wonderful book for anyone interested in running their business, ministry or church using principles that will make you a better boss and a better person.

I highly recommend it to everyone.

This book is an excellent example of how servant leadership can really work in the business world. It is a relatively short read, but packed with applicable Christian principles as well as a recipe for implementation in the corporate realm.

This book's subtitle, 52 Lessons on Success Straight from the Bible, captures its appeal but also indicates why it might turn away nonreligious readers. David L. Steward's ethical lessons are admirable. He divides his advice into weekly units, making it easy to apply. (This also reflects the book's roots in a weekly church-based study group). However, though Steward sees his lessons as straightforward, many readers might find his logic a little challenging. For example, he draws the lesson of niche marketing from Matthew 6:24, "No man can serve two masters." This makes interesting sense at first. However, while his later expansion into a second niche may offer a good business example, is it Biblical? Not as much. The chapter on the blessings of living in America seems even less scriptural, but many sections of the book do make good use of Biblical values as business guideposts. Steward's felicitous examples from his own successes make it easy to understand his points. We recommend his warm, inspirational guidebook to spiritually inclined readers who are interested in using their beliefs to reinforce ethical business practices.

If I could change one thing about this book, I would change the title. It's not that I don't think it's witty; it is. Nichols is an intelligent and insightful guy, and the title is good satire, but the truth is that this book is a much more detailed and compelling expose of the Florida 2000 debacle than its tongue-in-cheek title (and cartoonish cover art) might lead some readers to believe. This book contains more facts than rage, laying out a clear and in-depth explanation of the many and varied ways in which the political right-wing subverted democracy in Florida.

Katherine Harris, Chairperson of the Bush campaign in Florida, took a number of partisan actions prior to, during, and after the election that obviously aided here candidate. Prior to the election she had all ex-felons from all states deleted from the rolls (even those whose civil rights had been restored; 31% were black males, vs. statewide average of about 5% - a group that heavily favored Gore). During the election many/most were not offered affidavit ballots that would under go later verification and counting (a legal requirement).

A five-month review by USA Today, Miami Herald, and KnightRidder papers of 171,908 discarded ballots led to a USA Today article concluding that Gore should have "decisively won Florida and the White House." Roughly 3% of the "overvotes" (two or more candidates marked) made a clear choice for Gore and would have brought him victory (Miami Herald). Counties for Bush accepted 60% of overseas ballots, vs. 20% in those for Gore, using a deliberate pro-Bush strategy, according to the New York Times.

Butterfly Ballots: Buchanan estimated that only 300 - 400 of the 3,407 votes he got in Palm Beach were for him - the rest were intended for Gore. There were also about 10,000 overvotes for Buchanan + Gore - Buchanan estimated that 95-98% should have gone to Gore.

Tom Delay (Republican House Whip) initiated a "riot" of outsiders (mostly Republican aides) to disrupt/delay the Miami recount - was never finished prior to the arbitrary Harris deadline, and would have turned the election around.

Nichols ends by calling for specific revisions to election laws and procedures.

My view is that any candidate that does not stand for honesty and fairness should not be elected. Based on Bush's dishonest McCain-bashing in the South Carolina primary I should have voted for Gore, and am ashamed that I did not.

Conceived in a breezy, almost soundbite manner, "Jews for Buchanan" gets right to the heart of the matter by throwing the hard facts at the reader. This is a book which one should lend (or buy copies and give) to any friends who are skeptical that partisan chicanery took place in Florida not just on 2000 election night but well before November 7th. This concise book shows how a perfect storm of deceit, incompetence, and opportunism robbed Al Gore of the Florida electoral votes and ultimately dragged the unwilling Supreme Court into the mess. We've experienced a lot of pain as a nation in the past three years since 9/11/01, a lot of it would have been prevented had the press and courts immediately and carefully examined the rolls of those "ex-felons" who were purged from voter rolls. The recount of undervotes and overvotes and chads isn't what mattered: the blatant disenfranchisement of African Americans is the real story, thousands of whose names were almost at random struck from voting. This willfully inept procedure virtually guaranteed a Bush win before November 7th.

Eye-opening book which makes it plain that George Bush Jr. doesn't have a leg to stand on in claiming to be the rightfully elected US President. While the so-called "liberal media" that conservatives always whine about was dumbing down the story and titillating the public with "hanging chads" and "dangling chads", numerous scandals went totally unreported. For example, discussion of Katherine Harris was limited to her makeup - there was no mention of her long record in flouting campaign finance laws and ethical standards, and using her public position for personal and partisan advantage. Also, there was no mention of the fact that the five Supreme Court justices who issued the bizarre and tortuous ruling halting the vote counting and installing Bush in the White House, had blatant conflicts of interests and should have recused themselves. Antonin Scalia had two sons who were lawyers working on the case for the Bush team!

John Nichols deserves a lot of credit for unearthing these scandals as well as throwing additional light on Jeb Bush's machinations (at great expense to the taxpayer) to disenfranchise black voters, the infamous butterfly ballot, and many other stories from the whole fiasco. We will probably never know the whole story (thanks to the "Patriot Act" and the White House shredder) but hopefully enough people will go into the polling booths in 2004, enraged by the stolen election of 2000, that we will have a little regime change where it counts and democracy will be restored!

I learned volumes of information that Bush and Co. would have preferred to keep under wraps from this book. The degree of manipulation that occurred was astounding and in some occasions it even crossed over into the fraudulent. And this book is a highly entertaining compendium of those little-known events and revelations that took place before, during, and after the 2000 election. Such as exactly what sort of tinkering and string-pulling people like Katherine Harris, Karl Rove, and Tom Delay were involved in, which ultimately resulted in Dubya being named the 43rd president of our nation. I mean these people give an entirely new definition to the term 'political spin.'

The thing I find most appalling is that here I am writing this review two years after the election and some of these allegations which are undoubtedly true have yet to be examined by any court of law or even any major media outlet. This tells me there is an aura of deception still present over that whole debacle. Of course, there are some points in the book where the author tries too hard to make allegations and connections that might not necessarily be true; they are more perceived than they are tangible. Nichols can be overly subjective writer at times which can detract from the rest of the fact driven commentary in this book. I didn't find it to be too much of a problem though.

But I think every American should read this book or something like it that exposes crystal clear the flaws that exist in our government. Once these discrepancies become common knowledge I think America and its citizens will be better equipped to make the necessary changes so that this sort of thing will never repeat itself. Therefore, inform yourself and read this book.

This book is full of wonderful information regarding historical sock knitting, including a variety of heel and toe variations and several "basic" sock patterns of varying ribbed designs. The rest of the book is made up of turn-of-the-century patterns that Nancy Bush has updated for modern knitting. There are several wonderful patterns, including a great pair of ladies' thigh-high stockings that would suit anyone interested in authentic historical costume reproduction.

I find most patterns easily adaptable to the Magic Loop method that I prefer, even though all of the patterns are written for double-pointed needles. They are also all top-down, which I also prefer, but toe-up aficionados would have to adapt the patterns to their preferred method. I found more patterns that I want to knit in Nancy's Knitting on the Road book, but Knitting Vintage Socks is both informative and has plenty of good patterns as well.

I was impressed with the large number and variety of sock patterns for men. Being a male knitter, I was beginning to wonder if I was ever going to find more than the basics for men. This book is wonderful. I plan on making most of the designs in the book.

I couldn't be bothered to knit sock for years. It seemed to me like a waste of time but a friend dragged me to a class on toe-up socks and I've been hooked ever since. Don't know why but there's something about turning a heel that makes me happy! I feel I have done something substantial. This is a great book. It combines old patterns with new pictures and allows you to see the possibilities. Nice, well written patterns and plenty of choice. There's a nice preamble as well that talks about the history of sock knitting and some good info on needle size etc. The really great thing about this book is the spiral binding. It's so much easier to just knit straight from the pattern in the book because the book stays open where you want it to - no bending of spines to keep the book open!

I received this book for Christmas and I've been downright obsessed with it ever since. I had only knit one pair of socks before this but I was looking for patterns that were more stylish but still easy to understand. The author of this book includes detailed explanations of several common heel and toe styles, the patterns range from lacy to practical, and the section on the history of the patterns would also interest people who enjoy history but not knitting. Overall I'm delighted with this book and I can't wait to knit every pattern in it.

This would be a good book for someone who is interested in the history of fashion or pattern-making, but as a pattern book it fails.

There is no adjusting for individual sizes, just a one-size-fits-somebody-but-not-you. Instead, it suggests that sizes be adjusted by using bulkier or thinner yarn. Am I to make socks out of super-bulky yarn to get my size? I don't think so.

If you are knitter interested in proper fit, don't bother.

"G-dubbya" is shown in an extremely positive light in this one. His creativity and imagination are exposed. His mastery of the English language and grasp of reality are all set forth in clear detail. The pictures are well chosen examples of his artwork. I am a fan.

I bought this for every member of my family, and we all voted Republican. This thing is ridiculously funny.

It's incredible satire. Even Republicans can laugh, that's how good it is. Liberals will of course find it right up their alley. Plenty of hysterical jokes at Bush Jr.'s expense. Parallel in brilliance to The Daily Show's "America: The Book", everyone should be able to laugh at politics and our national leaders, no matter what side they serve. The satire presents itself as Bush Jr.'s scrapbook, as if he were a giant man child with access to the "button". Very funny and ruthless.

It's so good they need to make a sequel. I'd buy another round, just to show my appreciation.

My only gripe is that, much like a glass of scotch, it's too short. Still worth owning though.

This is a great book. I especially like the letters to Hector, Dubya's Penpal. My favorite part is when he complains and asks to get the "aquaman" cup at State Dinners. Halarious book!

I'm bug fans of Modern Humorist, and not a fan of Bush. This book is funny, but even with it's crayon writings and "memos" from Bush, the books gets tiring once you've read it once. Funny the first time then it looses it's humor.

This book is simply hilarious. We all know Dubya is fairly dim, this 'scrapbook' shows how he might document his time in office (ie with crayons). It does get repetitive, but scores big on originality. Some of the political jokes are very well done. I had some good laughs reading this, which is all I can really ask for.

Silly, funny calendar to make you laugh. Yes, we are aware of the tragedy resulting from this President's time in office. Next time let's vow to vote for the smart one, not the one we want to drink (near) beer with!

This calendar is the greatest! I have it hanging on my kitchen wall corkboard and my husband and I both stop to read the daily entries. For anyone who can hardly wait for this Presidency to end - this is for you! A laugh a day and encouragement that our huge national disaster truly is coming to an end.

I enjoyed the calendar.

The only problem is that the main character is treated like a joke, but Mr. Bush's policies are deadly serious, even if he's just a supporting player in a much bigger business. Many people have been badly hurt.

I got this for my husband to countdown the days to the election and end of a terrible streak of political years.

I'm not a huge fan of making the president look stupid, but this calendar is still funny. The quotes from GW are insane. And I like the countdown on each day

I knew this book was going to be good before I bought it. Americans need to read this so they won't make the same mistakes as the last time. I'e seen this man interviewed several times on TV. He appears to be very genuine whose mission is only to tell the truth.

"In Justice" primarily relates Iglesias' experience in the notorious DOJ firing of 8 prosecutors in 2006. While the DOJ actions were historic and nefarious, and ultimately led to A.G. Gonzales' resignation, Iglesias' story tells us nothing that wasn't already clearly revealed already in the press.

Most of the book is taken up with Iglesias' earlier life - becoming interested in law and then the Navy, becoming a White House Fellow (one of 17 out of 1,250 applicants), applying for the U.S. Attorney position and getting Domenici's support, etc.

Then local Republican support soured when Iglesias failed to develop voter fraud cases due to lack of evidence. Heather Wilson (Republican Congresswoman) and Senator Domenici followed up with inappropriate telephone "inquiries" aimed at propelling the cases forward.

Iglesias then learns of the others fired in the "house cleaning," DOJ makes clumsy attempts to besmirch the reputations of those targeted, the press learns of White House involvement (Harriett Miers and Karl Rove), and Roberto Gonzales ("I don't remember" 80 times during a Senate hearing) makes himself look incredibly out-of-touch, if not totally dishonest.

The only "good news" out of this episode is that ultimately DOJ was rid of some of its unjust top leadership, and the Patriot Act provision that allowed indefinite interim U.S. Attorney appointments without Senate confirmation was repealed.

It was sad, yet refreshing, to see a true "Bush-ite" see the truth about the lying, law-breaking administration that we have been saddled with for eight years.

"In Justice" is a thoroughly absorbing, detailed look at how absolute power corrupts absolutely. If a late-night walk through the White House and the Department of Justice, after all the day-workers have gone home and when the real skulduggery begins, is your cup of tea, read this book. In looking at the case of the seven U.S. Attorneys, we can see how ANY administration (in this case the Bush-Cheney brand) can simply make things happen and make good people go away with no explanations and no justifications. The book also serves as a good example of how vast power can make once-rational people think that no one will find out what they are up to, whether it's sex in the Oval Office or, in Iglesias's book, the firing of seven U.S. Attorneys for purely political reasons.

If Alberto Gonzalez wanted to fire all of these qualified prosecutors, just because they were not "Republican enough," he should have done it one by one. Then no one would have noticed. But instead, he thought no one would notice a mass firing and even more, no one would do anything about it.

This book explains how it happened, why it happened, and helps us remember we have a Constitution in this country that must be preserved.

As to the book itself, large parts are a little dull because the author must tell us more about himself and that is not all that interesting. He's an intelligent guy doing a good job. However, the last 100+ pages are riveting as he reveals the lies of the Justice Department and specifically Alberto Gonzales.

RK