Views from the 51st State
Prior to my trip to the US I needed some reading material and in the airport I spied Michael Moore's 'Stupid White Men' and decided to give it again.
I must admit, that I have always had the impression that the President is a (barely) speaking chimp so I thought this would be a fun book. I need to say at this point that I also think our Prime Minister is a fool who speaks too much.
The book was one of the funniest things I have ever read. It was also one of the most frightening. I have previously said how much I love the US, but there is no doubt that parts of the US culture are severely screwed. I had known that more Americans voted not to have Bush as President than voted for him, but the level of fraud and illegality that was required to make him President was truly disturbing!
Sure Moore may have an axe to grind, but everything he says seems very well researched, so I have no reason to doubt what he says. If you haven't read this book I highly recommend it. More to the point I'd recommend getting it from the UK (as Moore recommends) because the content is truer to his views (i.e. he wasn't allowed to publish the content as wanted in the US. You can get it here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0141011904/
Unless you are precisely the insular myopic American that Moore targets I think you'll love it. He's not only enlightening, but truly funny in the way he does it.