From the pages of Eject! Eject! Eject!, one of the most influential of the new-media weblogs -- or "blogs" -- comes a book of essays that captures the American heartbeat. SILENT AMERICA: ESSAYS FROM A DEMOCRACY AT WAR has been read by hundreds of thousands of people online. Now you can own the collection that has been called "required reading for every high school and college in America." HONOR. EMPIRE. STRENGTH. MAGIC. HISTORY. FREEDOM... fourteen powerful essays on the American spirit. Join the thousands who have laughed, and cried, and who have found in SILENT AMERICA the words they have been searching for to describe the wonder and pride they feel for America.
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96 of 106 people found the following review helpful
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Bill Whittle entitled his collection of essays "Silent America" because his is the eloquent voice not normally heard in the media. His voice is not shrill or complaining, cajoling nor insistent, critical or angry. His is the voice of those people - still a majority in this country - who get up each morning and go to work believing in the goodness and dignity of our nation and ourselves. His is the voice of people who work two jobs when necessary, rather than take "charity" - but who will give their last dollar so that another's children won't go hungry. His is the voice of the people tired of hearing about how bad things are, and how we must give up our dreams and live in some dreary collective because we're just not realists.
Bill IS a realist, of the finest stripe, and by far the best living essayist I have ever read. The man is an ARTIST with words, painting beautiful vistas, carving soul-rending sculptures, and casting evil in frozen bronze for all to see and RECOGNIZE. And through it all, he shines a brilliant light, the one I believe our Founders saw when they sat down to build this nation, on the lies and defeatism of those who claim to love our country, but do their best to tear it down from the inside with envy and worry, self-doubt and self-loathing.
If you consider yourself a "Red-Stater," you should read this book and remind yourself of why you believe the things you believe. If you're a "Blue-Stater" you should read this book to try and understand why you're just not reaching us. And, just perhaps, you'll rediscover that America is, while not perfect, still the greatest nation this world has yet seen.
Bill can show you that.
Bill IS a realist, of the finest stripe, and by far the best living essayist I have ever read. The man is an ARTIST with words, painting beautiful vistas, carving soul-rending sculptures, and casting evil in frozen bronze for all to see and RECOGNIZE. And through it all, he shines a brilliant light, the one I believe our Founders saw when they sat down to build this nation, on the lies and defeatism of those who claim to love our country, but do their best to tear it down from the inside with envy and worry, self-doubt and self-loathing.
If you consider yourself a "Red-Stater," you should read this book and remind yourself of why you believe the things you believe. If you're a "Blue-Stater" you should read this book to try and understand why you're just not reaching us. And, just perhaps, you'll rediscover that America is, while not perfect, still the greatest nation this world has yet seen.
Bill can show you that.
53 of 57 people found the following review helpful
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Bill Whittle's "Silent America" is a must-read for those who believe in the power of liberty and the strength of the American spirit. In no other work will you find the viewpoint of this nation's "intelligent non-intellectuals" stated so reasonably and eloquently; Whittle is, with no exaggeration, the Mark Twain of post-9/11 America.
"Silent America" is also a stinging refutation to the defeatist anti-Americanism of authors such as Moore, Chomsky, and Vidal. They would do well to read this book for a better understanding of why their work still doesn't find traction within the mainstream population of the US.
"Silent America" is also a stinging refutation to the defeatist anti-Americanism of authors such as Moore, Chomsky, and Vidal. They would do well to read this book for a better understanding of why their work still doesn't find traction within the mainstream population of the US.
45 of 48 people found the following review helpful
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When read online these essays seem huge, but in print they are just right. BW is a visionary, and I was captured in his vision within the first paragraph of each of these essays.
I suspect M. Hogan did not bother to read it, but was instead giving his customary 1 star review to anything perceived as right-wing.
I suspect M. Hogan did not bother to read it, but was instead giving his customary 1 star review to anything perceived as right-wing.
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Bill Whittle removes the mask of Socialists and they hate him for it.
This is a collection of essays the were written by Bill Whittle on his enormously informative and entertaining blog "Eject! Eject! Eject! Read more
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Bill Whittle has a great sense of the written word. He speaks eloquently and positively in a manner which counters the shame we are told to feel in being patriotic or conservative. Read more
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Very Inspiring!!!!
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Published 12 months ago by jmnoble
Silent America
This book is an excellent series of essays dealing with various political issues that occupied the author's mind after 9/11. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Prometheus' Apprentice
Very interesting and thought-provoking
Bill Whittle is a man I'm keeping my eye on. As far as I know, he was virtually unknown 3-4 years ago, and then he was a leading light on Pajamas TV (PJTV), an Internet "TV... Read more
Published 24 months ago by Geoff Puterbaugh
I hear a new voice rising, with timeless words and true ...
Bill Whittle is emerging as the voice of sanity and the advocate of the Spirit of America. These essays first appeared on his website; now they are collected for easy reading,... Read more
Published on April 15, 2010 by Reader in Matawan
Wonderful essays on FREEDOM and America
I discovered Bill Whittle and EJECT!EJECT!EJECT!.com years ago through a poster on [...] and read and shared these essays as they were created. Read more
Published on March 4, 2010 by Gordon C. Edgerton
Recommend to everybody
Whittle's writing is eloquent, with careful analysis of complex subjects such as freedom, the nature of courage, democracy and war in a way that is so eloquent, but he also... Read more
Published on November 13, 2006 by S. Wade
A Massive Writing Talent Speaks Truths All Need to Hear
In 2003 I discovered a Blogger whose thoughts spoke to me as I was evolving in my Political thinking from Liberal to Conservative. Read more
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