Live from Middle America: Rants from a Red-State Comedian

by Brad Stine

Book Overview

Laugh-out-loud funny and acutely insightful, this publishing debut of one of conservative America's most original voices explores the idiocies that have infiltrated America] at the callous-free,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1594630151
• ISBN13: 9781594630156
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Avery
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.8" x 5.8"

Customer Reviews

Live From Middle America: Rants from a Red-State Comedian

Courageous and frank. Brad engages real world issues in such a refreshingly honest manner that you must respect this work, even if you don't agree with him.

Funny Read

Brad is a very funny and talented comedian. In this politically fractured time in our country's history, it is no surprise that the reviews mainly fall into either extreme of 5 stars vs 1 or 2 stars. Mr Stine's humor is focused towards the Conservative Christian. He works clean and has a political tone. He is not above criticizing "his side". He is willing to point out the flaws af Christians and conservatives as well as those of liberals.

9 out of 10 people who disagree, agree

I tried to imagine reading Brads material, whatever it may be,books, watching his DVD's, and reading his blogs, as a liberal,it gave me a headache. And then I thought to myself. I'm not a liberal, and probably more conservative, even though I dont agree with some things on both sides of the political circus, filled with circus freaks. Not that there's anything wrong with being a circus freak. I am pretty sure if my mother-in-law was not a mother-in-law, she would be a great circus freak (love ya mom). And I thought to myself, how would I feel if I was not a christian. Now that is hard for me to imagine, so I thought real hard, and the conclusion for me was, The guys funny, occasionally makes mistakes, can laugh at himself as well as others, has offended people without even trying, always explaining what he meant, and is actually quite human, does not believe he evolved from a monkey, has chosen not to use profanity during his act, and is definitely a conservative with a capital C, has a heart for the hungry, likes to feed his family, is legally married,to a woman,and decided to follow God, not necessarily in that order. Bottom line, he's funny no matter who you are in politics, religion, or ethnicity. And, you can take your kids. People will attempt to find fault in everything he does, because he does not fit in to the world. And fortunately, he's not trying to. If I were you, and I had a sense of humor, I would buy his books and DVD's for one simple reason, he's funny, and you like to laugh. Try to see beyond the criticism, and realize just for a moment, the perfect comedian. When you find him, let me know. Great thing about being a conservative/christian comedian, is that people who dont agree with your politics or the God you follow, will buy your book, just to dispute it. Now thats funny....... jC

Funny and insightful

I've been a huge fan of Brad Stine since attending a Promise Keeper event in 2003. His CLEAN humor (can't say I've EVER heard CLEAN humor before Brad Stine...it's been somewhat of an oxymoron...like 'running behind'). Brad shines a light on topics that some of us might me more concerned with if we actually thought about them. In a time when the moral fabric of our nation is shredding, we need someone who will insite a bit of an uprising, if you will, of our moral judgements. I think Brad does just that. His material will not only make you laugh, but it will also make you think. Think for yourself as well. While he expresses his opinions well, he does not force you to feel the same way, as many in this day and age do. As far as his comments on air bags and seatbelts...ITS SUPPOSED TO BE HUMOROUS!!!! Look, I didn't have airbags in the car as a kid, I turned out fine. I would sit in the middle seat of dad's pickup, which happened to have a metal dash, and I turned out fine, I didn't have anti-bacterial wipes, and I turned out fine. I think in this aspect, Brad is trying to say, with all these new inventions to 'protect' our kids, we are...maybe..babying them, like a severly overprotective mother. Stewardess and secretary - These job descriptions have been around for YEARS and all of a sudden people are offended when you call them by their job title. Oh my goodness, that's horrible that a job title would offend someone, let's change the job title. I'm sorry flight attendants and administrative assistants, but you will always be a stewardess and a secretary. Allowing phonetic spelling with grade-school kids- Let's not let them feel inferior because they can't spell a word the way it's been spelled since the inception of our language, let's let them spell it how they think it sounds. Let's not use a red marker to grade a paper, it might hurt their feelings. OH FOR CRYING OUT LOUD...PUT A HELMET ON!!!! I liked having my papers graded with red ink...well, mostly because there wasn't that much of it on my papers, but that's not my point....red ink stands out, it tells you without any doubt what answers you got WRONG. That way, you knew what area to study harder on. I read a review that indicated the right wing controlled the Supreme Court. I have to disagree. If this were the way it were, then there would not have been a ruling that the display of the 10 commandments is 'unconstitutional because of the seperation of church and state doctrine'. Why, you ask? Because the 'right wing' knows that seperation of church and state was an idea written in a letter by Thomas Jefferson. It's not in the Constitution. The only thing the Constitution says about religion is that we have the right to worship as we please and that Congress can't establish a religion. 'Right Wing' justices wouldn't look to other countries to decide on how to rule on cases. I'm not saying that justices should use their faith based standards to rule on cases, that isn't their job. They ar

Jim

Great book from a hysterical comedian. This guy is always high energy and never politically correct (what ever that means). Somehow he captures this energy in print. I have seen him live, own his CD's, DVD, and love this book.