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Never Again: Securing America and Restoring Justice
By: John Ashcroft
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John Ashcroft's service as attorney general began with a tumultuous confirmation battle. Then, on September 11, 2001, his job was transformed into the greatest leadership challenge an attorney general has ever faced. Highly classified intelligence briefings, secret surveillance of terror cells, and war councils with President Bush gave Ashcroft a uniquely comprehensive--and chilling--view of the threats to American security. Ashcroft breaks his silence about historic events that transpired during his term of office including the largest terrorist attack in U.S. history and the enactment and defense of the Patriot Act. NEVER AGAIN is a probing look at what Ashcroft believes will make America safe.

The I Hate Dick Cheney, John Ashcroft, Donald Rumsfeld, Condi Rice. . . Reade...
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Anyone who's paying attention knows that Bush administration insiders comprise the real axis of evil. There's Dick Cheney, the shadowy kingpin of crony capitalism; Donald Rumsfeld, the military master of Orwellian doublespeak; John Ashcroft, the fundamentalist zealot bent on undermining our basic freedoms; and Karl Rove, the political puppeteer who tells Dubya what to say, think and feel. This Reader draws from the best books, magazine articles, Web sites and blogs?from America's most astute political observers?to expose these reactionaries' hypocrisy, lies and greed?and the way they're abusing our cherished governmental institutions to pursue their own nefarious agendas. It will also shed light on the extremist bureaucrats working in powerful but less public positions, from John Negroponte (former organizer of Nicaraguan death squads, now ambassador to the UN) to Elliott Abrams (convicted Iran?Contra conspirator-cum-Director for Near East and North African Affairs) to John Bolton (Undersecretary of State for Arms Control), who recently asserted that the U.S. reserved the right to nuke non-nuclear enemies.

Study Guide/Workbook for Ashcroft/Ashcroft's Law for Business, 16th
By: John D. Ashcroft
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Including chapter outlines, study hints, and several types of questions and exercises, the Study Guide will help you grasp the chapter topics and prepare for tests.

The Holy Spirit of Life: Essays Written for John Ashcroft's Secret Self
By: Joe Wenderoth
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The bold and surprising imagination of Joe Wenderoth is everywhere present in these essays moving fluidly between aesthetics, obscenity, America, censorship, and the craft of poetry. Fans of his previous work know he is one of those rare figures who travels between pop culture, poetry, and cultural critique, and all will be thrilled to find his uncompromising and inimitable sensibility on brilliant display.

Joe Wenderoth grew up near Baltimore. His books include the novel Letters To Wendy's (Verse Press, 2000) and the poetry collections It Is If I Speak and Disfortune (Wesleyan, 2000, 1995). Agony: A Proposal is forthcoming from Verse Press. He teaches at the University of California Davis, where he lives with his wife and daughter.

Sinking the Ship of State: The Presidency of George W. Bush
By: Walter Brasch
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Reuel Amdur of Allbooks says:
Genre: Non-fiction/Political

Title: Sinking the Ship of State

Author: Walter M. Brasch

The disastrous Bush administration is only slightly ameliorated by the humor found in the President's many verbal gaffes.
"I couldn't imagine somebody like Osama bin Laden understanding the joy of Hanukkah," said President George W. Bush. This is just one of the Bushisms peppering the book. These bits serve to lighten up what becomes a bit tedious. The book is mostly a collection of newspaper columns, with occasional updating. It has been said that there is nothing so deadly as yesterday's news.
Brasch, a journalism prof and syndicated newspaper columnist, covers the Bush years from 2000, with newspaper columns dealing with the usual complaints about his administration. We read of the smear campaign against John McCain (after all, his campaign manager was a Jew, and McCain was seeking the gay vote), the illegal invasion of Iraq and the inept conduct of that war, the systematic measures consistently used by the president to harass peaceful protesters at his public appearances, torture at Guantanamo and mistreatment of suspects shipped off to overseas secret prisons, corporate welfare, and on and on.
I found Brasch's description of the massive entertainment budgets of certain corporations for delegates to the conventions enlightening. But while Brasch found Clinton's years something to crow about, his welfare "reform" measures targeting the poor, lead me more to Michael Moore's view, which Brasch quotes--that Clinton was perhaps the greatest Republican president.
In 440 pages, Brasch could have produced a solid book on Bush, rather than just a collection of warmed-over newspaper clippings. The stuff is all largely there. Annoyingly, the book lacks an index.
How can we evaluate Brasch's book? In terms of what it tells us, it is very solid. In the format, it stumbles. Reviewer: Reuel S. Amdur, Allbooks Reviews

• An Obama interview on his beliefs at Christianity Today
During the campaign, it certainly was clear that Obama attended a Black Liberation theologically based church for over twenty years. During the campaign, Obama stated that sin is when he is out of alignment with his values. Now, as an Evangelical Christian, I was always of the belief that sin was when I was out of alignment with GOD'S values - mine mattered not a whit. So, when I saw this interview of Obama by Cathleen Falsani of the Chicago Sun-Times back in 2004, I decided to give it a read. • We've No Business Allowing War Criminals to Walk
We've No Business Allowing War Criminals to Walk Just a few war criminals here ... Bush Cabinet, 2001. Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue By Joseph L. Galloway / November 18, 2008 With two months still to go before his inauguration as the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama and his transition team are already getting off on the wrong foot, signaling that they have no intention of investigating anyone in the Bush administration for possible war crimes. What we' • US and Cuba have something in common.
US and Cuba have something in common. By i-Maque | November 21, 2008 Just the other day, Cuba?s leader, Raul Castro, entertained visiting Chinese dignitaries, including Chinese president, Hu Jintao, by singing an old Chinese song about the glories of Mao Zedong. It begins around the 1:15 mark. Does this remind anyone of former US Attorney General, John Ashcroft? Topics: Random Musings • Galloway: Moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue
With two months still to go before his inauguration, Barack Obama and his transition team are already off on the wrong foot, signaling that they have no intention of investigating anyone in the Bush administration for possible war crimes. What we're talking about is the torture of terrorist suspects in American custody in a grotesque violation of both our treaty obligations under the Geneva Conventions and our historic principles as a democratic nation. By their own machinations and attempts • Get Well Soon, Attorney General Mukasey
It may be worth pointing out that Attorney General Michael Mukasey is the third Bush Attorney General in a row to have a serious health episode. In March 2004, then-Attorney General John Ashcroft was rushed to the hospital to have emergency gallbladder surgery (You may recall the dramatic hospital scene where White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales and White House chief of staff, Andrew Card -- objecting to deputy AG Jim Comey's refusal to reauthorize Bush's domestic surveillance program -- sto

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