In My Time - Dick Chenney

***** 5 Stars
This is an excellent book regarding our Former Vice President.  It goes through his life as a youth in Nebraska up until present day.  Although I found myself disagreeing with much of what he said, more especially the foreign policy, he did not throw any punches and was somewhat gracious to President Barak Obama.

One of the things I found curious was his little time at Halliburton, yet people in the past made it out to be some incestuous long term relationship.  I find it a little hard to believe that in the ~4 years of being CEO, he could have somehow entrenched himself as deep as others accused him of. Especially since Halliburton was already a big Government contractor.  It [the book] did however spark my curiosity in researching the Halliburton story a bit more.  I am actively searching for a book that is not a progressive hatchet job or a right wing cover up.

Surprisingly in his book, he was much more critical of the Bush administration's higher ups than that of the incoming President.  Of course he did mention his opposition with many of Obama's policies, but did so graciously.  Even commending Obama on launching the strike against Bin Laden. I highly recommend this book.  I love to read people's biographies since I gives you a view into their mind as opposed to the left/right wing media.  I read both Obama's book and hopefully when he is out of office in 2012 and right his book in 2013, I will read that too. :-) Yes I had to throw that in. 

http://www.amazon.com/My-Time-Personal-Political-Memoir/dp/1439176191/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1317410307&sr=8-1

New Deal or Raw Deal?: How FDR's Economic Legacy Has Damaged America

By: Burton W. Jr. Folsom

**** 4 Stars

This is a great book showing how FDR personal upbringing and his illegal and unconstitutional ways have harmed the US even today. In this book, you see that FDR was a failure in all business ventures he tried. Many of his friends succeeded but he always failed. He mooched off his wealthy mother and even as governor of NY was living in a home that was paid by his mother. This is telling of the way he would govern. It goes into details about the "New Deal" gimmicks and how he used them for political gain. How he used the Democrats to give out WPA jobs in exchange for votes. How he used the IRS to weed out his opponents, a tactic later used by Nixon.

Thia book goes into detail and names names of people and states the benefited from his reckless spending. How he created the position of Press Secretary to help cover up unwanted media coverage and to "leak" information hw wanted to leak.
I recommend this book to anyone interested in seeing how closely the Bush and Obama administration align with the progressive movement of FDR.

http://www.amazon.com/New-Deal-Raw-Economic-Damaged/dp/1416592229

Lies the Government Told You: Myth, Power, and Deception in American History

***** 5 Stars

 By. Judge Andrew Napolitano

This is an AMAZING book in regards to eye openers.  As ALWAYS, the Judge is non-partisan and slams both sides of the two party dictatorship.  He opens your eyes to the unconstitutionality of our government, past and present.  He blows the lid off of the false sense of 'innocent until proven guilty' he explains the "Federal Reserve" and surprisingly uses what I have been saying all along, "Its not federal and there is no reserves"

Truly an excellent book.  If you are interested in constitutional-ism, them  this is a must read.  If you are looking for a book with a Liberal or Conservative bias, continue looking.





http://www.amazon.com/Lies-Government-Told-You-Deception/dp/1595552669/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1310381902&sr=8-1

Lincoln Unmasked: What You're Not Supposed to Know About Dishonest Abe

**** 5 Stars / **** 4 Stars

This is an excellent book.  The reason for the 5 and 4 stars is due to the quality of the Kindle version.  It drove me crazy since words were hyphenated where it did not belong.  Mr. Dilorenzo, should have the Kindle version reviewed and fixed.

I read Thomas Dilorenzo's previous book, 'The Real Lincoln'.  This book goes a bit further in explaining the unconstitutional ways of Abe.  He references other books and articles and he challenges you to read for yourself and make your own decisions. He exposes the 'Lincoln Scholars' for the fraud that they are.

This is an excellent book and I recommend it to everyone.  It is a must read.

http://www.amazon.com/Lincoln-Unmasked-Youre-Supposed-Dishonest/dp/030733841X

Game of Throans by George R.R. Martin

This is my first try at the series genre more especially fantasy world.  I did watch the HBO season and loved it.  It is pretty long (895 Pages) but starts off pretty good.  I am 10 pages into it.  Since I am going on vacation, I hope I can fly through it.

  More to follow on this one.

Road to Independence - The Movie

Mike Church did it again.  Very informative movie that kept my 11 year old's attention throughout the movie.  After the movie I quizzed him and he was in fact paying close attention.

The movie discusses and shows you what transpired (based on the notes of the involved) regarding the lead up to the Declaration of Independence.  Some of it you will recall from the HBO Series 'John Adams' however this is not specific to one person.

I recommend it for the family.

The Real George Washington

***** 5 Star

Just finished "The Real George Washington" by Andrew M. Allison.  It is part of the "American Classic Series"

A great book on George Washington. Talks about his lineage, his sicknesses as a child and adult, his military battles both won and lost.  Goes through the time he was in the house of Burgess and later was chosen to go to the continental congress.

An overall amazing book.  Should be required reading.

http://www.amazon.com/Real-George-Washington-American-Classic/dp/0880800143/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1309417644&sr=8-1