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0061644978

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how Barack Obama, media mockery of terrorist threats, liberals who want to kill talk radio, the do-nothing Congress, companies that help Iran, and Washington lobbyists for foreign governments are scamming us-- and what to do about it /

Dick Morris and Eileen McGann.

New York :

HarperCollins e-books,

2008.

1 online resource

Includes bibliographical references.

President Obama : what would he do? -- How the liberal media downplay terrorism -- The liberals' secret plan to muzzle talk radio -- The do-nothing Congress is still doing nothing! : House Democrats scale back the congressional workweek--it's too burdensome! -- Foreign companies and American pension funds that help Iran build the bomb -- The new lobbyists : peddling the agendas of foreign governments, oppressive dictators, and foreign corporations to the U.S. government and the American public -- The Dubai-ing of America -- The plastic fleece : credit card company abuse -- Teachers are leaving the profession--too much stress, too little pay -- Released from Guantánamo, they kill again -- How hedge fund billionaires live off tax breaks -- How the teachers' union rips off its members -- Re-building luxury second homes in flood areas again and again--at our expense -- The subprime loan crisis : why the greedy are going free -- How Halliburton rips off the Pentagon : while some fight for freedom, others use war to get rich -- Blocking toys that poison children from being sold in America--and being made in China -- How the company Bill Clinton works for fleeces the vulnerable elderly -- From movie lights to lighting up : how films induce teens to smoke.

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Analyzes power abuses by the American government, wealthy corporations, and high-profile celebrities, in an account that addresses topics ranging from sub-prime mortgages and the secret purchases of Dubai to corporate salaries and the 2008 election.

OverDrive, Inc.

Corporations-- Corrupt practices-- United States.

Political corruption-- United States.

Corporations-- Corrupt practices.

Political corruption.

POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Government-- National.

Politics and government

United States, Politics and government, 2001-2009.

United States.

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Morris, Dick.

McGann, Eileen.

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