"The Assault on Reason" -- Al Gore's new book

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Al has a book coming out in late May of this year. The reactions to it will be entertaining.

We live in an age when the thirty-second television spot is the most powerful force shaping the electorate's thinking, and America is in the hands of an administration less interested than any previous administration in sharing the truth with the citizenry. Related to this and of even greater concern is this administration's disinterest in the process by which the truth is ascertained, the tenets of fact-based reasoning-first among them an embrace of open inquiry in which unexpected and even inconvenient facts can lead to unexpected conclusions.

How did we get here? How much damage has been done to the functioning of our democracy and its role as steward of our security? Never has there been a worse time for us to lose the capacity to face the reality of our long-term challenges, from national security to the economy, from issues of health and social welfare to the environment. As The Assault on Reason shows us, we have precious little time to waste.

Also, did you know that Amazon know has an IMDB/gamefaqs-like message board on each book? I didn't, but it looks like the freepers have found it already. Bring on the disingenious/clueless rebukes that "he's attacking faith!"

― kingfish, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 21:07 (eighteen years ago)

honestly kf i wonder where you get the energy!

anyway, one of the posters there has this gem:

18,000 murders a year on US soil (there have only been 3,000 + US causalities in Iraq in four years)

― gff, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 21:13 (eighteen years ago)

Nice. And what does that come to in percents?

― Oilyrags, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 21:16 (eighteen years ago)

honestly kf i wonder where you get the energy!

i'm grossly fascinated with this shit; this swamp of cognitive dissonance, blind submission, bilious hate, and suburban ignorance that comprises much of national american political culture.

Plus, when my kids ask me some day why we're finally high-tailing it north to Vancouver, I want to have some background.

― kingfish, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 21:27 (eighteen years ago)

Also, posting about this kinda shit gives me a break from making threads about dogs, video games, dumb movies, etc

― kingfish, Wednesday, 21 March 2007 21:51 (eighteen years ago)

The Assault On Cheeseburgers

http://southernappeal.blogspot.com/gorescary.jpg

― gershy, Thursday, 22 March 2007 05:54 (eighteen years ago)

"let's go after that there manbearpig!"

hyuk hyuk hyuk! lol Gore! He says he cares about stuff....but he's fat!!
What''s that all about??

― Frogman Henry, Thursday, 22 March 2007 11:29 (eighteen years ago)

yeah, comments about a politico's physical appearance are way out of line on this board

i'm sorry about your bulkitude, fattey

― gershy, Thursday, 22 March 2007 14:32 (eighteen years ago)

t/s: algore/michaelmoore is fat lol

― kingfish, Thursday, 22 March 2007 14:37 (eighteen years ago)

Cage match 'em against Limbaugh and Rove.

― Oilyrags, Thursday, 22 March 2007 14:38 (eighteen years ago)

one month passes...

Time Magazine publishes an excerpt. Mentions Abe Lincoln, Marshall McLuhan, and others.

Comes out this Tuesday, so let the fat jokes and ad hominem attacks begin.

― kingfish, Thursday, 17 May 2007 23:35 (eighteen years ago)

Thanks, but I'll just wait for the inevitable updates made to the right-wing cartoonists thread.

― Pleasant Plains, Thursday, 17 May 2007 23:42 (eighteen years ago)

Was that excerpt an entire passage of text or did they just randomly grab sentence fragments and throw them together? I found it incredibly jumbled up. He goes from lamenting an empty senate to bragging about his polling skillz to praising a broadband netocracy in a few quick jumps.

Al Gore should be writing about why he doesn't want to run for president again.

― The Macallan 18 Year, Thursday, 17 May 2007 23:46 (eighteen years ago)

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoID=836213943

― luriqua, Thursday, 17 May 2007 23:51 (eighteen years ago)

Why would you bump this on a Manalishi day?

― C0L1N B..., Friday, 18 May 2007 00:04 (eighteen years ago)

Because the stars were aligned properly, duh

― kingfish, Friday, 18 May 2007 01:20 (eighteen years ago)

Francis Wheen to thread!

― Dr. Superman, Friday, 18 May 2007 04:29 (eighteen years ago)

Has this gotten a proper review anywhere yet? like the LRB/NYTBR or some place of proper weight?

― kingfish, Wednesday, 23 May 2007 17:51 (eighteen years ago)

Andrew Sullivan's already getting feisty.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Wednesday, 23 May 2007 18:10 (eighteen years ago)

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