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Summary: LIBERALS BEWARE!!!
Review: I used to be a left-wing liberal. Then I got Hannitized. This book exposes the lies of the left, reveals the truth about who really cares for this country, and more or less destroys any arguments of debate the liberals have. Sean does an excellent job exposing the deceit of the Clinton Administration, as well as the School Voucher system. With the way liberals work, Sean shows how their ideas will not only erase our history, but completely destroy the freedoms we love so dearly. He shows how completely worthless the Left's objection of drilling in ANWR because of the Porcupine Caribou population is. He shows how the Clinton Administration was competely void of any terrorist action, he shows how Clinton had four offers by the Sudanese gov't to have Osama bin Laden delivered into US custody, and turned them all down. Overall, it's an excellent book. If you're in the middle to mid-left, read this book. You will think clearly again. I got Hannitized, and I'm sure you will too. Five stars aren't enough. If I could, I'd give it fifty stars!
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Summary: Conservative Live Action Role-Playing: new rules & monsters
Review: Neo-Conservatism is indisputably the fastest growing live action role-playing game in America right now, and has surpassed Vampire: The Masquerade not just in sales but in game-hours practiced by its players. Rumor has it "Conservatives" stay in character 24/7 and even raise families under the game rules. Sean Hannity's book is a major new supplement, expanding on the game rules laid down by gamemasters such as Limbaugh and Bennett, and adding several new categories of monsters (including several new and terrifying sub-species of Liberals, along with such new monsters as Islamic Terrorists, modelled on the perpetrators of the September 11 attacks.) This book also deepens and broadens the Conservative Mythos, particularly regarding the Sauron-esque dark lord Bill Clinton and his legacy of Cosmic Evil. All told, this book is an excellent expansion rule set to dedicated players of Conservatism. Readers who are new to the world of live-action role playing games are advised to check out the aforementioned Vampire: The Masquerade or visit their local Rennaissance Faire.
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Summary: Very sad
Review: First, this whole "conservative versus liberal" game is old and dead. This whole paradigm only offers us 2 solutions to every problem, and 2 points of view. Have we become so unimaginative and plain stupid that we can only think of 2 alternatives to every situation? Second, liberals and conservatives alike have been in complete control of the government during certain periods of time in history. Guess what? We still have problems in the country. We have always had problems in the country, most often the same problems. Both approaches DO NOT WORK. So now on to the book. Hannity gets points for not being low-down, mean, evil, petty, and absurd most of the time. I get the feeling that he really wants to have an honest discussion about things he believes in. This, at least, is a refreshing contrast to certain blonde whackos with conservative titles out right now. Anyway, other than that the book is just another conservative guy rehashing the same conservative talking points that you can hear anywhere. I also will never understand how such people can use the word "liberty" so often when promoting a conformist's social policy strictly defining how I and every other American should be allowed to live their lives. While not a Christian conservative by the tone of things, Hannity still seems to believe in the conservative concept of "freedom as WE define it" instead of actual freedom. I must mention why I titled my review "very sad." Ultimately, the main thesis of the book is "Conservativism = victory against terrorism, everything else = helping the terrorists." This is rehashed in various forms since the 9/11 tragedy. This cheapens the events and the deaths of 9/11. It is also absurd. Most people had the luxury of watching the terrorist attacks in New York on TV. Take it from someone who was as close as 29th street, capitalizing on 9/11 for philosophical or political gain is extremely insulting for anyone who was touched by this, and it cheapens the entire nation. Please, Mr. Hannity, and all authors, media workers, pundits, talking heads, politicians, etc., PLEASE stop pretending that you have the solution to the terrorist problem, or that you are tougher on our enemies, or that your opponents are unpatriotic, or that you are a better American than those with whom you have disagreements. Partisan zealots of both sides of the aisle have shown again and again that they are unfit to rule, unable to solve society's problems, and not in possession of the truth and secrets to life itself they claim to have (why is it that every pundit has all the answers but nothing ever changes?). The 2 and only 2 solutions that our political process offer us clearly have failed, and it is time to start thinking for ourselves instead of goose stepping to the militant drumming of the right or the left. Mr. Hannity's somewhat amusing book is clear proof of that. If that is the spirit in which you wish to read it, buy it. Otherwise pick up any other conservative pundit book, rearrange the words, add "9/11" and "terrorist" to every other page, and you have the same thing.
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Summary: A great compilation of his radio show
Review: If you listen to his radio show or watch his television show often, you may not find anything new in here. But it is worth the read anyways. Think of it as the Sean Hannity Show without Man on the Street. If you like listening to Sean (which I do) then pick up this book. It is like getting a blast of his show without any liberal idiots calling in, pick up this book. If you would like a little ammunition while debating your liberal friends, pick up this book. If you are a liberal... ummm... skip this book. Hillary's would probably give you more to go on. This book was not written for the liberal but for the conservative. In my opinion, this book isn't even written to change anybody's minds, but to support the fight for liberty for those who already agree with Sean.
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Summary: Just watch Fox news and laugh at that
Review: The war of liberty to Sean includes having the government run more processes without interference. He is an advocate of more laws about morality and restrictions. Sean's biggest arguement is that the liberals have no good solution to the problem other than communism (come on, really?). I don't know if allowing the CIA to run the country would be much different than communism. He's just playing off people's fears from the past (mostly indoctrination about the evil enemy) to try and keep a stranglehold to the future. Sean's liberty needs the government to be involved in every moral question except for big business. It's all restrictive except for those huge corporations and money holders. I wonder why anyone would want a world where freedom means only Christians can stay out of jail?
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Summary: Laughably Bad
Review: Hannity chastises liberals for moral relativism and promotes moral absolutes. But who defines the absolutes? Everything isn't black and white, as Hannity believes. He also invokes our "founding fathers" with a sort of spiritual reverence, without really discussing that their idea of "democracy" allowed voting only by land-owning males. This is but one example of how notions of "right" and "wrong" have shifted over time, as no enlightened person would dare suggest today that minorities, non-land owners or women shouldn't have the right to vote. The converted (i.e., fans of Hannity's radio show) may love this book, but those with an open mind aren't likely to be convinced by Hannity's sense of logic.
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Summary: More Hannity than anyone on this planet could handle
Review: This book could have been written by Dennis Miller, because all Hannity does is RANT!
When I first saw this book, I thought I would read it to find out what Hannity would do to make this country better, even though, after seeing his show, one can see that he has not ideas of his own.
Besides, he spends 99% of the time ranting about how Democrats and Liberals want to destroy the country (which no one wants to do), instead of admitting that they have a point of view different to his and then express why he thinks they are wrong.
While everyone should get together to try to make this country a better place, Hannity keeps bashing everyone who might dare oppose his views. Sean GROW UP!
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Summary: very disappointing
Review: I was asked to read this book by a friend of mine. While I don't share Mr. Hannity's views, I am open to hearing from the other side. I have read many classical works of political theory and many of them represent an intellectual conservatism - i.e. such authors as Edmund Burke, Michael Oakshott, and Milton Friedman. Although I have seldom been convinced by these canonical texts of philosophical conservatism, I have never ceased to be stimulated. Mr. Hannity's book has done nothing to convince me that I have arrived at anything other than the right conclusion when I look upon what passes for conservative writing these days as pablum. This book is just an angry diatribe that seldom offers any real insight. Mr. Hannity is a propagandist of the highest order and his book reads like a written down version of shouting down your brother-in-law in a bar. If you really want to read what conservatism has stood for through the ages then read folks like Harry Jaffa and the classic authors I mentioned earlier. Don't waste your money on this over-the-top tantrum.
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Summary: Know thine enemy
Review: If you're as left-leaning as I am, you should read this book. For what reason? If nothing else, this book takes all the evil things you always knew The Administration either believed or was in the process of planning - and systematizes it into straightforward, terrifyingly clear language. I'm not kidding. Every page is shocking and should be repulsive to anyone with half a brain.
For those of you who won't be able to make it past Hannity's sickly smirk on the cover, don't worry, because I can save you some time: He agrees with the Bush administration on EVERY SINGLE ISSUE AND QUASI-ISSUE IN AMERICAN POLITICS. It's a strange coincidence, isn't it? All the things that Bush wants, Hannity wants. And everything that Hannity wants, Bush is already working on. This book is a joke. I can't imagine what people in other countries must think of us when they see stuff like this. There is nothing - I repeat, absolutely nothing - in this book that hasn't been proclaimed a thousand times before by, say, Roman senators pushing for war in Africa, or for that matter, Hitler's early speeches about nationalism. It's the same old story - fool the people, make them believe what you believe. It doesn't seem like it's that hard. This book has forced me to acknowledge the conclusion that the typical person really isn't all that smart or free-thinking. All the same - read it. Take its Orwellian dogmas and write them on your wall until you're finally moved to do something about the sordid state of our empire. This is the New World Order - barely disguised.
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Summary: What an idiot ...
Review: A friend gave me this book to read and once I had it opened it was like I was reading bathroom walls at school. I felt like I was reading something that a schoolyard bully had wrote. Enough of these BS books ... waste of my time and waste of money. Take him off the air and off the bookshelves.
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