Registered: Sep 2000
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A parody civics textbook by the folks at The Daily Show.

Very high laugh ratio. Some of them really damn good ones.

Recommended.

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Registered: Aug 2001
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Filthy communist propaganda from an avowed Kerry supporter and homosekshual. Report to Homeland Security for political decontamination.

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Registered: Jan 2001
Location: Zion
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I just got this from B&N. It's cracked me up so far!. Looks to be a good read.

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Registered: Oct 2004
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Been thinking about getting this for months...

Finally (after reading these posts) I decided to go toChapters to see what the hubbub was...

Jon is hilarious...

The information on the book advertised by Chapters was great too.



About this Book



From Our Editors
Jon Stewart and The Daily Show writing staff offer a hilarious look at American democracy and their insights into the unique system of American government and politics, dissecting its institutions, explaining its history and processes, and exploring the reasons why concepts like one man, one vote, government by the people, and every vote counts have become such popular urban myths.



From the Publisher
Jon Stewart, host of the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning The Daily Show, and his coterie of patriots, deliver a hilarious look at American government.

American-style democracy is the world's most beloved form of government, which explains why so many other nations are eager for us to impose it on them. But what is American democracy? In America (the book), Jon Stewart and The Daily Show writing staff offer their insights into our unique system of government, dissecting its institutions, explaining its history and processes, and exploring the reasons why concepts like one man, one vote, government by the people, and every vote counts have become such popular urban myths. Topics include: Ancient Rome: The First Republicans; The Founding Fathers: Young, Gifted, and White; The Media: Can it Be Stopped?; and more!



About the Book
Jon Stewart and the writing staff from the Emmy(-winning "Daily Show" offer their insights into America's unique system of government, dissecting its institutions, explaining its history and processes, and investigating such popular urban myths as "one man, one vote" and "every vote counts."



About the Author
Politician, philosopher, farmer, architect, and author, Jefferson was born to Peter and Jane Randolph Jefferson on April 13, 1743, in Tuckahoe, Virginia. As Jefferson observed in his autobiography, his parents could "trace their pedigree far back in England and Scotland." At the age of 16, Thomas Jefferson entered William and Mary College; at age 24, Jefferson was admitted to the bar; at 25, he was elected to the Virginia Assembly. Renowned for his political contributions to the American colonies, and later, to the embryonic Republic, Jefferson published in 1774 A Summary View of the Rights of British America, celebrating the inalienable natural rights claimed by the colonialists. In 1775 Jefferson was elected to the Continental Congress; in 1776 he joined the five-person committee responsible for drafting the Declaration of Independence---a document that is widely regarded as being largely Jefferson's own work. In 1779 Jefferson was elected governor of the state of Virginia, and in subsequent years he distinguished himself both as a cosmopolitan international politician and as a man committed to the future of Virginia. In 1789 he was appointed U.S. secretary of state, in 1797 he served as vice president under President John Adams, and in 1801 he was elected third president of the United States. Jefferson's literary career was no less stellar than his political accomplishments. He authored tracts and books on such diverse subjects as gardening, the life of Jesus, the history of Virginia, and the practices of farming. The precise descriptions of nature that inform his Notes on the State of Virginia (1787) are frequently credited with foreshadowing the Hudson River school of aesthetics. Thomas Jefferson died on the fourth of July. His grave marker, engraved with words of his own choosing, states, "Here lies Thomas Jefferson, Author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom and Father of the University of Virginia."

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I just finished listening to "America, the Book. The audio book." Excellent! It was more than just read but had some production elements to it with voices and sound effects and whatnot. Great book, great message, and great audio version.

I particularly liked Stewart's rant at the beginning of the Media chapter that got a redo because he went off topic.

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Registered: Aug 2000
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I just bought this book today and really look forward to reading it. (Right after I finish reading the book that JEB sent me)

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I just got this book for Xmas . . . psych!!!! (it came in the mail with no information whatsoever about the sender -- mystery!)

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I just finished listening to "America, the Book. The audio book." Excellent! It was more than just read but had some production elements to it with voices and sound effects and whatnot. Great book, great message, and great audio version.

I particularly liked Stewart's rant at the beginning of the Media chapter that got a redo because he went off topic.

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