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  •  In college.... (none / 0)

    I majored in Sociology and in this class I took from the token Republican at my liberal arts college, he made us read a book by Bill Bennette, I almost threw up. Not only did I have to read that garbage but I was tested on it!!! I can't remember what it's called but on the front cover is a quote by Rush Limbaugh saying "A Must Read!!"

    It's not easy being a Floridian

    by lawstudent922 on Sat Dec 11, 2004 at 08:31:02 AM PDT

    •  hey me too (none / 1)

      I majored in sociology also but thankfully no one forced us to read any book like that.

      But since Rush Limbaugh says it is a must read, I will now have to go the the bookstore and buy it!!

      yeeeeeeeeea right

      Let's be honest.

      by diplomatic on Sat Dec 11, 2004 at 08:40:45 AM PDT

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      •  Out of curiosity... (none / 1)

        I found the book on my book shelf, I don't know why I kept it but I kept most of the books I had to read in college. It's called...

        The De-Valuing of America--The Fight for our Culture and our Childen

        "Inspiring...Bill Bennett has the ability to communicate w/ real people. It's a good book; you should read it."-Rush

        I am skiming through it now, and I seriously don't know how I was able to read the entire thing. It's funny seeing what I underlined and what I wrote in the margins. I was a lot more politicaly conscious at 19 than I remember being.

        It's not easy being a Floridian

        by lawstudent922 on Sat Dec 11, 2004 at 09:11:31 AM PDT

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        •  You have to remember however (none / 0)

          what Rush Limbaugh's definition of "real people" is: people who hate liberals and progressives and look to authoritarian solutions to difficult social problems.

          That does kind of limit Bill Bennet's abilities, I'd say.  

          Words can sometimes, in moments of grace, attain the quality of deeds. --Elie Wiesel

          by a gilas girl on Sat Dec 11, 2004 at 10:27:30 AM PDT

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        •  Bad Books (none / 0)

          "You may get better work out of yourself when you read really bad books."

          C. Wright Mills, The Sociological Imagination

          The revolution will not be televised, but we'll analyze it to death at The Next Hurrah.

          by DHinMI on Sat Dec 11, 2004 at 10:32:45 AM PDT

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          •  There's some truth to that... (none / 0)

            I wrote a paper about the "Moral Majority" for my Religion in America course. I mainly chose it because it was much more facinating to read about something that enraged me than something that juts re-affirms my own world view. Maybe if I can really understand those people I can better accept their behavior. Plus I loved reading about how Regan basically used the religious right and Falwell to get re-elected but then totally ignored him in his second term and Falwell was pissed.

            It's not easy being a Floridian

            by lawstudent922 on Sun Dec 12, 2004 at 01:15:15 PM PDT

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