In his most provocative and caustically funny book yet, Greg Palast, author of the national bestseUer The Best Democracy Money Can Buy, once again gives us the straight scoop on the stories that Big Media won't report.Digging up reams of documents marked "secret" and "confidential,"Palast provides the latest lowdown on Bush's secret plans to seize iraq's oil, the fix planned for the 2008 election, who drowned New Orleans, and the horror and the humor of the War on Terror. With diligent detective work, moral outrage, and a keen sense of the absurd, Palast takes on the "armed and dangerous clowns that rule us" as only he can.

Palast (The Best Democracy Money can Buy) is a refreshing, fearless witness to the American political landscape-and he doesn't really care whether or not you like him for it: "I am not a nice man. You want something heartwarming ... buy a puppy." Though Palast comes right out and calls George Bush II un-American ("'Greg, you have no respect for the office of the President.' No, I don't. Not one iota."), the author is not another TV or radio personality with an axe to grind. A former corporate fraud and racketeering investigator, Palast is an economist and investigative journalist, and his arguments are based on research and fact. At once scary, infuriating, fascinating and frustrating, this book covers almost all the controversial political territory of the new century (see the subtitle), including Hurricane Katrina. Palast believes that this crucial period has put every working citizen's rights at stake-"from the Wage and Hour Law's 40-hour week to the Clayton Antitrust Law"-and his well-reasoned outrage makes a convincing case. Unfortunately, Palast is short on solutions; the only actions he advocates are signing up at his web site and voting the bums out-even though, as Palast points out, Bush already "lost the election. TWICE."

THE BEGINNING

"Like the Cowardly Dog He Was"

CHAPTER 1 THE FEAR

Who's Affraid of Osama Wolf?

CHAPTER 2 THE FLOW

Trillion Dollar Babies

CHAPTER 3 THE NETWORK

The World as a Company Town

CHAPTER 4 THE CON

Kerry Won.Now Get Over It...

CHAPTER 5 THE CLASS WAR

Hope I Die Before My Next Refill

NEW ADDED BONUS CHAPTER

BUSTED

...and How to Steal Back Your Vote

Insurgency USA--Join Today!

Acknowledgments,Sources,and Resources

Index

Illustration Credits

The Armed Madhouse Soundtrack