Thanks for the Memories, George: What Eight Years of Bush Will Do to a Country [Paperback]

Mike Loew (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 5, 2009

Feeling Bushed, America?

In Thanks for the Memories, George, author and Onion contributor Mike Loew takes a humorous–yet furious–look at the last eight years of the Bush administration. From the botched evidence for the war in Iraq to the torture and violation of the Constitution to the economic crisis, this is a scathing, witty review of W’s sorry legacy, including:

•How the Taliban is spending their record opium-profits, and how Iraqis have more money than we do
•Who’s who on the no-fly list, and who is listening in on your phone calls
•The price of bread, milk, bananas, Halliburton stock . . . welcome to the Meltdown
•Everyone is a suspect
•Habeas corpus, shmabeas corpus
•The welfare queens of Wall Street
•We don’t sign no stinkin’ treaties

Complete with funny and shocking charts and graphs, Thanks for the Memories, George is a timely reminder of just how we arrived at this sorry state as we struggle to put the long nightmare of the Bush years behind us.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Loew (Tough Call) offers a disappointingly stale satiric look at the Bush presidency. What passes for political commentary is familiar and fairly superficial—e.g., fake and actual charts, screeds and lists of Bush's malapropisms. It is surprising that the author, a contributor to the Onion, has such difficulty combining humor and analysis; skipping from fact to farce, the reader might have difficulty discerning where the actual accusation lies. Furthermore, Loew does not marshal new material in making his furious condemnations; instead he trots out criticisms of a variety of the Bush administration's perceived sins—everything from Bush's prodigious vacation time to the bungling of the occupation of Iraq—with familiar evidence and arguments. While the book serves as a decent catalogue of the Bush administration's (mis)handling of Hurricane Katrina and controversial positions on torture and global warming, even the most virulent Bush critics will find that this J'accuse lacks the promised teeth and laughs. (May)
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About the Author

MIKE LOEW is a contributor to The Onion and the author of two previous books, Tough Call and Citizen You! He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Three Rivers Press (May 5, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0307462862
• ISBN-13: 978-0307462862
• Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 0.4 x 8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,137,475 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Slightly funnier Keith Olbermann, August 8, 2009

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This review is from: Thanks for the Memories, George: What Eight Years of Bush Will Do to a Country (Paperback)

I cannot stand George Bush, so I looked forward to reading this book. I was disappointed, though, as this book is adequate at best. It wasn't that funny; in fact it was fairly tedious. It was like reading 8 years of transcripts of Keith Olbermann's show. There were a few funny lines, but not nearly enough to justify buying Thanks for the Memories.