Dude, Where's My Country?

by Michael Moore

Book Overview

In case anyone in Washington hasn't noticed, Americans are fed up with the status quo. In this, the first shot fired over the bow of the 2004 Presidential election, Michael Moore aims to unseat the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0713997001
• ISBN13: 9780141886954
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: Gardners Books
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 1.1" x 5.8"

Customer Reviews

A Must Read for Those Who Wonder Why We're in a Middle East War.

Very revealing telling of the sequence of event leading to and maintaining a war presence in the sand box. Moore's mostly objective writing with his patented humor is definitely worth the read.

Socialism beats fascism

I'm using this Michael Moore book to practice my Spanish, reading this version alongside the English version. This exercise not only improves my Spanish, but also my awareness of how corrupt the Bush regime is. Sadly, Moore is only scratching the surface of a very ugly beast. To receive more of an institutional analysis of how corporatism threatens humanity, I'd highly recommned the documentary, "The Corporation," which features comments from Milton Friedman, several CEOs, Michael Moore, and Noam Chomsky.

Dude, Where is It?!

Absolutely AMAZING. I don't know what's wrong with half these people, but definitely buy this book! It completely changed my outlook on 9/11 and the evil Bush Administration. Do you know WHY we're really on war with Iraq (this is one of the many issues covered in the book)? 1. No, there were NO Iraqis on the planes on 9/11.2. No, Saddam and Osama DO NOT like each other or are in cahoots. (Moore comments that they did meet each other ONCE but it turned out to be like a great episode of Blind Date - they both HATED each other). 3. No, Saddam does NOT have connection with al Qaeda. 4. No, Iraq does NOT have any "weapons of mass destruction," not unless you count the stuff we gave them (i.e. Bacillus Athhracis, Clotridium Botulinum, Histoplasma Capsulatum, Brucella Melitensis, and Clostridium Prefringens. He explains what they are in the book. We also gave them computers and a whole mess of other stuff that totalled to 1.5 BILLION dollars). Moore investigates everything to the fullest and we, as American citizens, should KNOW everything there is to this awful story. This story where Bush devises plans and more plans to help out his Bin Laden friends and his rich friends with providing them access to FLY out of the country just days after 9/11 when NO ONE ELSE COULD FLY, tax breaks, and much more. READ IT.

Liberal, conservative, who cares? Just the facts.

Other reviewers of this book bash Michael Moore for being obese, white-hating, and unamerican instead of refuting what he says. If you want to bash Michael Moore and his book, do so with facts. Dispute his claims. Show that George W. Bush and his family hasn't had ties to Saddam Hussein since the 1970s, show us the proof "W" had for starting this war, and disconnect all his links to "Kenny-boy," Enron and other energy companies and their attempts to pilfer Iraq of its natural resources.Forget the fallacious arguments and conservative rhetoric against this book and read it for yourself. Then make your opinion based on the facts, not Michael Moore, his weight, patriotism or all things arbitrary.

The Truth about the critics.

Wow, what a book! I must have looked stupid laughing out loud during my lunch breaks as I read it. But the laughter was mixed with concern about where our America is heading. His excellent, yet misunderstood use of sarcasm is well blended with the shocking, sometimes frightening and thought provoking questions he raises. I thoroughly enjoyed his previous book, but I admit I couldn't wait for this one because I knew that if he was outraged at Bush for stealing the Presidency in "Stupid White Men", he would be hilariously struck by the mess he has gotten us into in such a short time.Now let's talk about the reviewers that "allegedly" read this book, but were "disappointed" to find those web sites that list the "factual errors" in this book. Isn't it convenient that they don't share the links to these sites so we can judge for ourselves.So I decided to look for these myself, and I found some interesting ones. You know, I was really expecting to find at least ONE error or misrepresentation, but all they had were either inconsequential criticisms or debunking of opinions, not facts. In fact, none of the supporting articles that Moore references are even challenged!Let me show you a few examples of the 17 "factual errors" noted at spinsanity.org:#1. "Moore claims that [...] HarperCollins, which published Stupid White Men, "dumped [the book] in some bookstores with no advertising [...] yet on his web site Moore stated that "HarperCollins is doing their best to get the book out there." -Bryan Keefer, "Moore's myriad mistakes"HOW IS THIS RELEVANT? Also, these were not FACTS, just opinions. Can there be "Factual Errors" in opinions?Then he quotes Moore: "There is usually very little in the way of an electronic or paper trail when it comes to terrorists. They lay low and pay cash. You and me, we leave trails everywhere"And their "finding" is that "Moore evidently forgot about the credit cards used by the Sept. 11 hijackers". WHO CARES ?! That it NOT the point he's making. Plus, again, this was not a fact, but an opinion they're "debunking".Their "error # 17" is actually a comparison in Poll results about the war intentions of Americans. They compare to polls that ask a different question (omitting the "with the support of UN and allies") and use them as a contradiction of Moore's allegations. Now who's twisting the facts?And this one is outright ridiculous:#7. "Moore uses fake quotes as chapter headings, implying that Bush (or administration officials) said things they never said"Well duh! Chapter headings are meant to SUMMARIZE the text below. Any intelligent reader would know this and would read the referenced NEWS articles for the real quotes.Another site that tries to challenge Moore is moorewatch.com. Now this one is heavy on ranting, but light on anything constructive. Here's an example from their article "Michael Moore: The Fact-check": MOORE: Rush Limbaugh has been around for 20 years. REALITY: This year marked his show's 15th anniversary.Wow,

Moore is brilliant again

I agree with those who say that anyone accusing Moore of not writing the facts is full of it. I have spent the past two months working on an anti-Bush book, and virtually everything I found confirms what Moore says in "Dude".There are very serious questions about what happened both before and after 9-11 that the Bush administration is refusing to answer. Frankly, I think that Moore does not go far enough inindicting the Bush administration for their crimes.The entire Bush family is one virtual criminal enterprise, from Prescott to the present, and it is deeply disturbing that such people have their hands ILLEGALLY on the levers of power.Aside from being the truth, Moore as usual is very, very funny. There are some actual laugh-out-loud parts of the book. Best reason to buy the book: Moore is going to use all the money he gets from the Bush tax cut to work against Bush and the Republican party in 2004. So help make Mike rich!