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| Outrage: How Illegal Immigration, the United Nations, Congressional Ripoffs, Student Loan Overcharges, Tobacco Companies, Trade Protection, and Drug Companies Are Ripping Us Off . . . and | 
 enlarge | Authors: Dick Morris, Eileen Mcgann
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (79 reviews)
Sales Rank: 22886
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 368
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.3 x 1
ISBN: 0061373931
Dewey Decimal Number: 320
EAN: 9780061373930
ASIN: 0061373931
Publication Date: July 1, 2008
Release Date: June 24, 2008
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| Customer Reviews:
 Outrage July 30, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book should be a must for all Americans as it reveals just how we are being ripped off, particularly by our elected representatives. No one (except Bill O'Reilly) is looking out for us.
 A Chronicle of governmental outrages and solutions. July 6, 2008
I found this book to be a mixed bag.
On one hand the authors documented the outrageous spending and ethical violations in Washington. They offer some sensible solutions. On the other hand their validation of domestic spying is questionable.
On Immigration they use the 9/11 high-jackers as an effective example of how visas sometimes shouldn't be issued and that visitors that overstay their visas have to be dealt with more effectively.
The chapter on the internal A.C.L.U. battle and the behavior of Mr. Romero (which is very J.Edgar Hooveresque) was mind-boggling!
The authors advocate the idea that Congress and Senators should work for minimum wage. This is fantasy, but it sounds good!! It's hard to argue for the ridiculous, self-serving, abbreviated work schedule of Congress. The authors are totally on point.
The pharmaceutical companies and their relationships with health care professionals in over-medicating patients is an issue that deserves more public scrutiny.
The authors serve up many examples of family members of Senators and Congressmen making the easy money as lobbyists.
They document the U.N. scandals very well. Particularly the Oil-For-Food scam. The authors listed the many beneficiaries of bribery. I disagree with their solution and would propose instead that the U.S.A. shut down and expel the United Nations.
I don't agree with the authors' positive attitude toward the PATRIOT ACT. There has to be a better way than giving up civil liberties and advocating the monitoring of internet usage or library reading lists. I am skeptical of the "thwarted terrorist activities" outlined in the book. By their very nature these cases would be difficult to detail. Spying isn't something any government is going to rush to admit. We are left as citizens to trust and believe what the Bush administration leaks to the public.
Overall "Outrage" is written quite well, although with a conservative twist.
 Disjointed random swipes. February 21, 2008
3 out of 9 found this review helpful
I try to read both sides of the political spectrum, but 'Outrage' seems unfortunatly typical of conservative messages. The book seems to mirror the Fox News style of presentation. It seems written for a slightly less informed crowd, I felt the language used was a bit dumbed down, and there was a bit of scare-mongering going on. Being in the financial industry, I really was interested in a topic I felt conservatives would have a better understanding of, yet, the book seemed more about taking random swipes at groups the author disagreed with. For instance, the section on the ACLU seemed to be a random attack. Most other parts of the book delt with the waste of tax payer's money, while that section focused on the ACLU wasting their money. Who cares if the ACLU wastes their money? It's their money, not ours. The books bills itself as a look at wasted taxpayers money, and that chapter is just one example the skewed writing. I finished up to about the three quarters mark of this book, before moving on to better books. It's fairly rare that I do not finish a book, to be honest (the last being "The Republican War on Science", which I found to have similar faults). On a final note, most of the sources seemed dubious at best. I realize the author worked for Fox News, but working at Fox News should only further discredit the organization, in my opinion. Using them as a major source of citation did little to reinforce the weight of their arguments.
Be ready to get MAD.......... February 13, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Every voting American needs to read this book and then VOTE ACCORDINGLY.It is unbelievable how so many of those we are paying to represent us have no desire to do what we pay them to do. In the "real world" they would all be fired. Be ready to be angry when you read through this. If you're on blood pressure meds, you might want to double-up!
 the only Outrage is that he made money off this book January 29, 2008
5 out of 11 found this review helpful
Make no mistake: Eileen McGann may be listed on the cover of Morris's books as co-author, albeit in much smaller font than his name, but this book and the others are Morris's. It is his celebrity that pushes all of their books onto the bestseller lists. Morris is a favorite of Fox News, Bill O'Reilly, and many other right wingers, because he is a former Clinton insider who now makes a living bashing the Clintons and other liberals. However, this book is proof that he has not really changed his thinking. This book, which like most political books has all the shelf life of an overripe banana, hits most of the hot button issues: immigration, Katrina, drug companies, tobacco, the ACLU, the United Nations. Morris is shockingly uninformed about most of these issues. His "solutions" to every issue begin with the word "ban." Ban drug companies from bribing doctors. Ban insurance companies from denying coverage to Katrina victims. Ban tobacco companies from adding nicotine to cigarettes. There you have it. Morris thinks the solution to every problem is more government involvement in our lives. Spoken like a true liberal indeed.
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