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  Bush Family Fortunes: The Best Democracy Money Can Buy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
James R. Bath, a former member of the Texas Air National Guard and Bush family friend, is the exclusive money manager for the Saudi royal family (as well as the bin ladens) in the United States.
Palast reminds the audience that participatory democracy, and therefore political legitimacy, was seriously undermined by the final results of the 2000 election, results that have contributed to an ever-sharper division between the two major political parties in the United States.
encyclopedia.merendi.com /reviews/SnRucgMiaiQeDwxc   (1095 words)

  
 Kliatt: The best democracy money can buy; the truth about corporate cons, globalization, and high-finance fraudsters - ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The best democracy money can buy; the truth about corporate cons, globalization, and high-finance fraudsters.
Money can't buy democracy any more than it can buy happiness, but it does buy the assassins hired to kill any tenet of democracy that happens to get in the way of profit.
One reason may be best summed up in a conversation Palast had with Newsweek reporter Mike Isikoff, who at lunch one day gave Palast a mountain of startling documentation on the Florida presidential election scam.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0PBX/is_4_37/ai_105711242   (427 words)

  
 Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Bush Family Fortunes: The Best Democracy Money Can Buy at Epinions.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Bush Family Fortunes: The Best Democracy Money Can Buy is an interesting look into the life of George W. Bush and the privileged rise that he experienced to becoming the Commander in Chief of the world’s superpower.
One of the best parts of the film is the further exposing of the connections between the Bush family dynasty and the Saudi family.
One of the best examples is when Palast interviews a husband and wife duo that is both fervent Bush supporters and lobbyists by trade.
www.epinions.com /content_174514409092   (961 words)

  
 GREEN EVENTS (LONDON) - Book Review - "The Best Democracy Money can Buy"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Best Democracy Money Can Buy takes the form of a series of Palast's articles and essays, many of which have been published in the British or American press, and which, combined with new material, contain some explosive accusations.
Not the least of which is that a catalogue of 'errors' before and during the US 2000 election resulted in tens of thousands of people being illegitimately prevented from voting in the key state of Florida.
Having set the stage by detailing this sham of democracy from the outset, the collection of stories which follow cite one example after another of where corporate greed has been allowed to run roughshod over all other concerns.
www.greenevents.fsnet.co.uk /books/bk014.html   (753 words)

  
 ZNet Commentary: the Best Democracy Money Can Buy (for Us 5 Million)
In his recent book The Best Democracy Money Can Buy, Greg Palast exposed some evidence of the ever stronger network of lies and corruption of democracy that corporate interests produce.
Five million dollars is the total amount of money that eight senators apparently received as a bribe to approve a controversial law in 2000.
While bringing the money in his own car from the Secretary of Intelligence to the Congress, he had to pass through a large demonstration of trade unions.
www.zmag.org /sustainers/content/2003-12/25adamovsky.cfm   (1087 words)

  
 Book review: The Best Democracy Money Can Buy
The Best Democracy Money Can Buy is composed of dozens of essays -- many of which are actually summaries of Palast's investigative journalism escapades -- on the myriad ways those of power and wealth have stolen and/or perverted cherished ideas and institutions of the United States and the United Kingdom.
In fairness to him, his essay was not designed to be a primer per se on the California energy crisis, but rather a discussion of the dangers of electricity deregulation, but it refers so much to the events in California that a fuller deconstruction of those events would seem to be in order.
Overall, the multitude of subjects and issues covered and the frequent flights from one to the next can be a bit jarring and disorienting.
members.aol.com /bblum6/palast.htm   (780 words)

  
 MPR: The best democracy money can buy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Political watchdogs say they expect that number to increase because the national political parties are recruiting candidates who are wealthy and willing to spend millions of dollars of their own money to run for office.
You can focus all of your time on the voters and on the election campaign.
Noble says the one advantage of self financing is that a candidate can become independent of special interest money.
news.mpr.org /features/2003/11/09_scheckt_democracy   (1222 words)

  
 The Best Democracy Money  Can Buy
Greg Palast's book The Best Democracy Money Can Buy is a shocking exposé of the current American and British political climate.
If only a portion of this book proves to be true then it is still a must read for all those who object to singing the equivalent of "Dixie" out of habit.
He then turned his sleuthing skills on to the Bush money trail: uncovering for BBC and The Observer the uncomfortable truths of how the Bush Administration quashed investigations of Saudi financing of terror -- and Poppy Bush’s extraordinary methods for stuffing his bank account and his son’s campaign coffers.
www.innerself.com /book_reviews/democracy.htm   (491 words)

  
 REVIEW - The Best Democracy Money Can Buy
"The Best Democracy Money Can Buy" is a must read for anyone-conservative or liberal-who wants to get a different perspective on what is happening in the world than the one that is consistently portrayed by the consolidated corporate media.
He notes that it is only because the Guardian and the BBC is publicly funded can he explore venality and corruption in government and business.
His chapter on Tony Blair's government and how cheaply it can be bought demonstrates that the influence of corporate money has become so pervasive that even so-called Liberals must feed at the trough in order to fund their expensive media campaigns.
www.mapcruzin.com /rev_best_democracy.htm   (6079 words)

  
 BuzzFlash Interviews Greg Palast, Author of "Best Democracy Money Can Buy," Exposes the Continued Suppression ...
This is our fourth interview with Greg Palast, author of "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy," which is available from BuzzFlash.com.
In my book, "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy," I reported that one in eight votes in Gadsden, Florida's "Blackest" county, were "spoiled" and never counted.
Local broadcast times for the film, directed by Emmy award-winner Danny Schechter, can be found at at www.GregPalast.com (Events), where you can also read and subscribe to Greg Palast's "London Observer" columns and view his reports for BBC Television's Newsnight.
www.buzzflash.com /interviews/2002/11/04_Palast.html   (1602 words)

  
 Greg Palast, Author of The Best Democracy Money Can Buy, 3rd Edition - A BuzzFlash Interview
In the release of the third edition of Greg's book, The Best Democracy Money Can Buy, Palast continues his quest to reveal corporate influence and corruption in government policy, in the media, and in virtually every aspect of our society.
Sometimes I think I can take a break and stop updating the book, but unfortunately it's like the sewage pipe is still open and running into the basement.
If 1.9 million paper votes can so easily not be counted, and clearly there are some serious structural problems with the American electoral system, what does this bode for the future when computers are the standard and votes can be erased with the click of a button?
www.buzzflash.com /interviews/04/05/int04026.html   (2933 words)

  
 The Best Democracy Money Can Buy author Greg Palast in Berkeley on Thursday November 6th : SF Indymedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Best Democracy Money Can Buy author Greg Palast in Berkeley on Thursday November 6th : SF Indymedia
The Best Democracy Money Can Buy author Greg Palast in Berkeley on Thursday November 6th
American-born Greg Palast is a BBC commentator and the author of the New York Times best-seller "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy".
sf.indymedia.org /news/2003/11/1657303.php   (394 words)

  
 Ink 19 :: The Best Democracy Money Can Buy
The stories told here are generally examples not of random misfortune, but rather systematic, premeditated attempts (in most cases, successful) to subvert the law and societies norms for money.
In a race of thieves, Bush got to the finish line first, by virtue of family connections and illegal acts, long before the first votes were cast.
The best democracy money can buy: the U.S. electoral system is like no other in the world; at least for presidential candidates, it runs at full throttle...
ink19.com /issues/february2003/printReviews/bestDemocracyMoneyCan.html   (921 words)

  
 The Greg Palast Store   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
You can also make an in-kind donation to the Palast Investigative Team.
Yet it's one of the world's best kept secrets that Americans pay astonishingly little for high quality public services.
In a world where privatization has so often led to economic disaster -- in Peru, telephone charges increased by 3000%; inRio de Janeiro, 40% of electricity workers lost their jobs; in Britain water prices rose by 58% -- this book is essential reading.
www.gregpalast.com /store.htm   (1359 words)

  
 Scoop: Kevin List: The Best NZ Democracy Money Can Buy
So far as Scoop can determine this is the first time this has happened in a New Zealand General election.
In the 2002 election money being channelled through trusts to National was significantly down on the returns from 1999.
Whether this is money well spent for the Exclusive Brethren who have put their hands up to the campaign — Mr Win, Mason, Lough, Smith Watt and Simmons A and N — remains to be seen.
www.scoop.co.nz /stories/HL0509/S00190.htm   (1368 words)

  
 The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: An Investigative Reporter Exposes the Truth About G - Stormfront White Nationalist ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: An Investigative Reporter Exposes the Truth About G
On the whole, the book claims to show that economic "assistance plans" presided over by these institutions amount to a (so far) guaranteed sentence of economic damnation.
can be quickly resolved by calling the number above.
www.stormfront.org /forum/showthread.php?t=79388   (290 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Books: The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: An Investigative Reporter Exposes the Truth About Globalization, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Buy The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: An Investigative Reporter...
The Best Democracy Money Can Buy contains Greg Palast's greatest hits, and that means some of the biggest stories and scandals in recent memory.
How the Bush stole the election through racist and criminal means with the aid of his brother, public money and public officals.
www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/1841197149   (1568 words)

  
 The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: Part II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: Part II Elections War on Iraq Perpetual War War on Democracy Dissent Critical Thought War on Terrorism
The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: Part II Posted by admin on Sunday, July 27, 2003 7:27 PM
It would be much easier, a heck of a lot cheaper and no risk at all to wait for the U.S. Civil Rights Commission to do the work, then cover the commission’s report and press conference.
www.dangerouscitizen.com /Articles/796.aspx   (1602 words)

  
 AkuAku: The Best Democracy Money Can Buy
The Best Democracy Money Can Buy Posted by dav at 2005 June 25 05:45 PM.oOo.
I was reading this one during my trip to Vietnam and Thailand last year: The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: An Investigative Reporter Exposes the Truth about Corporate Cons, Globalization, and High-Finance Fraudsters by Greg Palast.
You can take this one straight from the subtitle: it's Ray Kurzweil's brain-dump on how to live long enough to be alive when science finds the cure for aging.
www.akuaku.org /archives/2005/06/the_best_democr.shtml   (478 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Books: The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: An Investigative Reporter Exposes the Truth about Globalization, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Buy The Best Democracy Money Can Buy: An Investigative...
They can also generate fake energy crisis, fake oil shortages etc, whenever they feel like it.
It is obvious after reading this book that we probably went to war in IRAQ so that this fat-cat Oligarchy could build their utility companies and then get paid back whenever the Iraquis sell their oil.
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0745318460   (1771 words)

  
 Jim Crow in Cyberspace: The Unreported Story of How They Fixed the Vote in Florida excerpted from the book The Best ...
Given that 80 percent of registered voters actually cast ballots in the presidential election, at least 40,000 votes were lost.
It is unlikely we will ever discover the motives driving the voter purge, but we can see the consequences.
The solution to democracy's ills cannot be found in computer fixes or in banning butterfly ballots.
www.thirdworldtraveler.com /Palast_Greg/JimCrow_Cyberspace_TBDMCB.html   (1745 words)

  
 The Best Democracy Money Can Buy : Melbourne Indymedia
Well I've just finished reading Greg Palasts' Best Selling masterpiece "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy", and I must say that I feel some what enlightened.
Whilst I had read much of the material before from other's it was nice to finally read it straight from the horses mouth so to speak.
Opinions are those of the contributors and are not necessarily endorsed by the Melbourne Independent Media Center.
melbourne.indymedia.org /mail.php?id=62744   (213 words)

  
 Bush Family Fortunes: The Best Democracy Money Can Buy (2004) (V)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
This is some of the information he has found, as recorded in his book "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy".
While I consider myself to be about as liberal as they come in terms of my own politics, I am just as annoyed with documentaries that have too much liberal slant in them as I am with those that have a conservative agenda.
Sometimes, a politically motivated documentary can be successful in presenting facts and backing up their thesis while making no bones about the fact that they feel one way or another.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0435612   (565 words)

  
 Greg Palast, author of The Best Democracy Money Can Buy, links the cause for Blackout 2003 to a “dim bulb in the ...
Greg Palast, author of the The Best Democracy Money Can Buy speaking on Aug. 19th, 2003 at a WBAI-sponsored event.
And its amazing now-keep in mind that we have had this three front war going-we have had a war against Osama, against Saddam and we have also had this war on affirmative action going and our President believes that no one should get their position except by merit-and he did in all fairness.
I just did an investigative one hour show for BBC Television-you can unlock the women and children-we will not be showing it on American TV-but Bush took a test young George and out of a possible 100 he scored 25.
www.informationclearinghouse.info /article4519.htm   (1430 words)

  
 ThinkingPeace.com, Best Democracy Money Can Buy, Greg Palast
ThinkingPeace.com, Best Democracy Money Can Buy, Greg Palast
As Palast makes painfully clear in this powerful book, (and on his equally powerful website), the Florida debacle is just the tip of the huge money-grubbing, lie-spinning, self-enrichening sleaze-berg that has taken control of our political system.
Palast's most gripping message is that American democracy is suffering a death of a thousand well-financed blows.
www.thinkingpeace.com /pages/Books/1bestdemocracy.html   (324 words)

  
 village voice > books > Greg Palast The Best Money Democracy Can Buy: An Investigative Reporter Exposes The Truth About ...
Palast styles himself as the dogged outsider, a former working-class gumshoe from L.A. now reporting on corporate America for the BBC and The Guardian, unable to secure a regular gig from U.S. media firms wary of his impolitic exposés.
In sold-out appearances, Palast has detailed how Katherine Harris and Jeb Bush swung the Florida election by purging tens of thousands of eligible voters—mostly fls—using electronically generated "scrub lists" produced by a Texas firm paid millions to screen out felons, yet not required to verify the accuracy of its data.
From the "cash for access" scandal that rocked Tony Blair's government in Britain to the revolving door between Monsanto and the FDA that led to the flood of BST growth hormone in America's milk supplies, Palast lays bare patterns of corruption so sadly commonplace.
www.villagevoice.com /issues/0222/ferguson.php   (456 words)

  
 VoterMarch.org - Palast Book & Tour
Palast follows the money: from the $13 million payment by Global Crossing Inc to Poppy Bush, the bin Ladin story, and an award-winning exposé of the World Bank's mad doings from Tanzania to Argentina ("Globalization and its Discontents").
Publication of Democracy and Regulation, Palast's lectures at Cambridge University and the University of São Paulo, co-authored by Theo MacGregor and Jerrold Oppenheim, is forthcoming.
Voter March, Ltd (a not-for-profit corporation) has a limited number of the book "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy" autographed by the author Greg Palast from our various speaker events that we sponsored around the country.
www.votermarch.org /Palast.htm   (1075 words)

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