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America: The Book

12/27/04 | by [mail] | Categories: culture/news

Sara gave me America: the Book for Christmas and it's been my favorite gift so far (although this hat was very fun, too). The Daily show is in reruns for two weeks, so this book really hits the spot. My dad asked me, "Is this all satire, or is there anything worthwhile in there?" I had to reply, "I don't like the way you frame that question." This book is fairly crass in places. It makes fun of our current government, our founding fathers, even the constitution, but it does it in a way that subtly points out where we've gone wrong. Writing this in the form of a textbook was brilliant. They even manage to make fun of textbooks quite a bit. Click on the picture to the right and you can search the text of the entire book and even browse through it's pages.

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I tried to get Hedrick to let me order that as the textbook for Civics class, but he said it was “too negative.”


Heath [Visitor]12/27/04 @ 16:14

That is the prettiest baby jesus I have ever seen.

Matt


[Visitor]12/28/04 @ 10:03

Heath is that satire or sarcasm i am sensing?
It seems very negative


Cole [Visitor]12/28/04 @ 11:44


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