Armed Madhouse by Greg Palast

[Jack Sprat]

This is a great read from a real investigative reporter, who actually runs down his own leads and provides a much clearer picture of the workings of the Bush/MSM War in Iraq. After watching Bill Moyer tonight, I plan to always credit the MSM for their partnership with Bush/Cheney in this war. Palast does a great job of presenting the background of this convulsive quagmire of the Bush/MSM war for petrodollars and all the sideroads and backroads that they have taken us along the way, and does it with good humor. For whatever it is worth, you will enjoy and learn from it.

[AtomicKitten]

1. I'm seeing him here in SF on Friday.

some reviews of Armed Madhouse.

“I would urge you to read Greg Palast’s latest book, Armed Madhouse. He does for the national elections what I did for the Ohio election…. He shows exactly how this election was stolen–not just in Ohio but in many other states as well.”
— Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

“For all its humor, I find the book a serious resource of information for action and organizing, covering war, oil, economic struggle and globalization.”
— Medea Benjamin, Founder, Code Pink

“Greg Palast is Jack Kerouac meets Seymour Hersh. That’s quite a combination. The guy is insightful, entertaining, and does his homework.”
— Buzzflash.com

“Palast’s stories bite. They’re so relevant they threaten to alter history - simply by letting the hoodwinked public in on the game while it’s happening. Palast is exactly what a journalist is supposed to be - a truth hound, doggedly independent, undaunted by power.”
— Chicago Tribune Media Services

“Palast, a tough-talking, fedora-wearing corporate fraud investigator turned intrepid journalist, has a habit for finding actual documents and then using them in edgy exposes.”
— LA Times

“Upsets all the right people.”
— Noam Chomsky

“I bought my father a copy.”
— Janeane Garofalo, Air America

“The Sid Vicious of Journalism.”
— Pacifica Radio

[tblue]

3. Where and what time? I've seen him. He rocks!

I have so much respect for him. He broke the story of the purge of black voters that the rest of the media couldn't be bothered to cover.

[AtomicKitten]

5. New Living Expo at the Concourse Exhibition Center @ 3:30 n/t

[Kool Kitty]

2. Terrific book!

I bought it when it first came out last year, and had to buy another one when it came out in paperback this week because it's been updated. Worth every penny, believe me. He's going to be in NYC on May 1 with Robert Kennedy, Jr. and Randi Rhodes, a fundraiser for WBAI. I am so looking forward to it.

[midnight]

4. I agree. Very funny smart reading. I went to hear him speak, and

he layed out how Iraq was created by an, english man I think he said chruchill who grouped all the oil wells, and then had all the oil companys sign a contract saying that they would not take the oil out of the country. By keeping that pledge the demand stays high and so does the profit. Too bad that under the patriot act he cannot do what he makes his living at-investigative journalism.

[Jack Sprat]

6. Keeping Iraq's oil fields capped

This placates the Saudis, who are all too grateful to the Bush Crime Family. About 80% of Iraq's oil is capped so that prices and demand remain high and everyone in BushCo is happy, including their Texas oil buds. What little oil that Saddam could put on the market in the Oil for Food Program, he jerked production around so much that they all agreed to take him down. Saddam was a hoodlum, but no worse than Bush, Cheney, and pals. They are fairly equal in thievery, murder, and mayhem.

[pnorman]

7. I have it in Audible.com format, and it's a great "listen".

But I may yet buy it in hard copy also. The latest edition is supposed to be updated and expanded, to include new material.

pnorman

[hellbound-liberal]

8. He's going t o be in D.C. on May 3. Here's a promo from WPFW

WPFW Presents An Evening with Greg Palast On tour and speaking about his new book “Armed Madhouse” and A presentation and discussion of his latest DVD “Big Easy To Big Empty” Dealing with The Class War in New Orleans Post Katrina.

Thursday May 3, starting at 6:30 pm.
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
located at 1313 New York Avenue NW Washington DC
TICKETS ARE $15

For more information and to get tickets please call the
WPFW membership hotline at 202-588-0999 ext 344.

I'm in Virginia and won't be able to make it but wanted to share this info with anyone who might want to go.

www.wpfw.org