Great Government Goofs: Over 350 Loopy Laws, Hilarious Screw-Ups and Acts-Idents of Congress [Paperback]

Leland Gregory (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 6, 1997

Here is the utterly amazing, laugh-out loud scoop on the local, state, and federal foul-ups supported by your tax dollars. From Washington D.C. to Small Town, U.S.A., you can count on one thing from our government...Bloopers!



A federal computer glitch listed everyone in Hartford, Connecticut as dead.

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From the Publisher

Here is the utterly amazing, laugh-out loud scoop on the local, state, and federal foul-ups supported by your tax dollars. From Washington D.C. to Small Town, U.S.A., you can count on one thing from our government...Bloopers!

A federal computer glitch listed everyone in Hartford, Connecticut as dead.

From the Inside Flap

Here is the utterly amazing, laugh-out loud scoop on the local, state, and federal foul-ups supported by your tax dollars. From Washington D.C. to Small Town, U.S.A., you can count on one thing from our government...Bloopers!



A federal computer glitch listed everyone in Hartford, Connecticut as dead.

Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Dell (October 6, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0440507863
• ISBN-13: 978-0440507864
• Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 0.6 x 7.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #524,014 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Leland Gregory is the New York Times Bestselling author of "Stupid American History" and "America's Dumbest Criminals." He is also author of the National Bestsellers, "The Stupid Crook Book," "What's The Number for 911?" and "Stupid History." Leland is a former writer for Saturday Night Live, has written and sold a screenplay to Disney, optioned a screenplay to Touchstone and has written for a variety of magazines from Readers Digest to Maxim. A tireless promoter, he has made hundreds of radio and television appearances, including multiple appearances on NBC's Today show. Leland lives in Nashville, Tennessee.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Goofy and Funny! A quick enjoyable read., January 18, 2009

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Snazzo (Chicago, Illinois) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Great Government Goofs: Over 350 Loopy Laws, Hilarious Screw-Ups and Acts-Idents of Congress (Paperback)

90 Snazzes on the 100 Point Snazz-o-Scale.

Great Government Goofs is a thoroughly enjoyable book. I don't give it a perfect 100 only because some of the author's little jokes don't work. But many do. And the stories themselves will leave you stunned and amazed, outraged, laughing, and shaking your head in disbelief.

Great Government Goofs tells many ridiculous tales of our Government in action. Or inaction. From silly quotes by politicians. To colossal wastes of time, money, and manpower on ridiculous studies. To just out and out stupidity.

The illustrations by Scott Stantis are few but very well done and funny.

The author also wrote "America's Dumbest Criminals." I thought Mister Gregory should have called this book "America's Dumbest Criminals Part Two," for all the politicians in this book are absolute crooks.

Here's an example: "The Pentagon spends $8,612 per second, about $271.6 BILLION a year." And that was ten years ago!

I hope the author does another book like this, for surely the government has become a lot stupider.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Funny, January 11, 2007

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A. Young "#1 teacher" (Hamilton, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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This is a hilarious look at our country's leaders and their "human side". Mistakes are common place for most of us and our government has made a lot of big ones! A fast and easy read.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Easy reading., August 8, 2007

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J. Wallgren (Milwaukee, WI) - See all my reviews
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I'm not crazy about the format of this book, but it's an interesting skimmable "bathroom reader" sure to make you chuckle (sadly) at the state of things. Heard this author interviewed - very credible, interesting guy.