Monday, April 27, 2009
conservative manifesto
America can loose it's freedom if we are not willing to protect it. History teaches us that lesson every generation.
Mark explains this history that isn't taught in school.
He leads us to the founding fathers of our nation and explains why America needs less government,Martin D. Weiss, not more.
It is up to us to succeed, not government giving us crumbs in exchange of our freedom.
Great book, everyone should read it.
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Best book I've read in ages
Sunday, April 19, 2009
The best explanation of conservative values ever
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An Important Read, but Has a Little Flaw
Liberty and Tyranny reads more like a political science/philosophy treatise that you would read in college than many of the current political books that attacks people. Which is great in my opinion.
In this book, Levin defends traditional American politics (which may be described by some as "conservativism" though its not) and explains why it is better than the current trend towards liberalism, which he refers to as statism. For example, Levin defends religion and explains what the founding fathers truly meant when they called for seperation of church and state, with evidence from their writings. He aslo defends the idea of a limited federal gov't, and attacks the notion of a "living breathing Constitution." These are just a few examples.
Reading the book, I got the feeling that Levin was walking a tight rope. He wanted his readers to understand the underpinnings of traditional American politics, while showing the foolishness of the Statists. But its difficult to defend one, attack the other, without stepping a bit into conspiracy theory realm. For example, he explains that statists are behind so many of the current liberal movements because they want to tear down the foundations of this country to replace it with an oligarchy where the party of a few rule. He also explains why the left are the way they are. Though his reasoning does make sense, this might be a bit of a turn-off for those who consider themselves in the middle.
Overall, I think this is a very important read. The current momentum of the Left should be approached with caution and this book should be at the fore-front of the discussion.
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Saturday, April 18, 2009
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Wednesday, April 15, 2009
A Great Read
By Tom CarlyleWhat a great read. This will open your eyes to a whole new world in financing one that enables you to take control. Something we all need
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009
A Think Outside the Box Kind of Book !
First of all, I was impressed by the author's almost clairvoyant predictions of the financial nightmare involving the banks,Breaking Dawn Hardcover, brokerage companies, etc that we are now living through. What attracted me to this book were the book's title promising answers and guidance that Americans need right now and the author's reputation. I admit that I was a bit skeptical that one book could do all the title claims to do.
I was happily surprised to find solid, bottomline advise on battening down your financial hatches and once that's done,The Ultimate Depression Survival Guide - Protect Your Savings, Boost Your Income, and Grow Wealthy E, investing safely in these unpredictable times. Maybe even thriving without risking whatever you've got left after the recent stock market ups and downs.
This is a great book that I think anyone who's concerned about the current US economic situation and their own financial options within the current situation will find to be very helpful.
Stephenie Meyer Imprints on Her Characters (but maybe not her fans)
I really enjoyed the much awaited 4th book in the Twilight Series. But I wanted to post a review to present why I think the response to this book is so split between disappointment and love.
The major plot points seem to be what's tearing the fan base in two:
Bella and Edward get married
Bella and Edward have a daughter
Bella becomes a vampire
Jacob imprints on Bella and Edward's daughter
#1) Bella and Edward's marriage. For many, the Twilight series is based on passionate, undying, but impossible love. The unlikeliness and the challenge of Bella and Edward's love creates a tension and sense of longing that forms the very core of the first three novels in the series. For the first three books, the inescapability and inevitability of this seemingly impossible love creates and intimacy that's so deliciously tangible that readers can practically taste it. For the first three books the central driving (and intoxicating) question is: Will they ever get to be together?
When Bella and Edward get married, which they do very early on in the 4th book of Meyer's series, for many readers, I expect that this drastically repaints the previous books' tone. A tone that for many, was the point of interest. The longing is gone, the tension is gone, the question is answered: Bella and Edward get to be together. Readers who were looking for the longing and the tension and the tantalizing prospect of impossibility are going to be disappointed.
However, readers who see the series as a description as an evolution of the maturity of love (and I suspect many of these readers will be among the older, married chunk of the Twilight fans) will probably enjoy Bella and Edward's marriage. If Twilight is about falling in love, and New Moon is about losing love, and Eclipse is about choosing love, Breaking Dawn is about committing to and growing that love. Of course, in the 4th book, there are still some unrealistic aspects to Bella and Edward's idealized love: we never see them making any major couple decisions together about money or housing or child-rearing, they still seem to be under the wing of their "parents" Carlisle and Esme, and the insatiability of their desire for one another never seems to fizzle. However, they do seem to develop an awareness that their love for each other is only reinforced by their love of their family--the way the Cullens come together around Bella and Edward and the way their bonds grow deeper as a family is one of the strongest and warmest themes in this 4th book. A theme, again, that perhaps the non-teen Twilighters will thoroughly enjoy.
#2) Bella and Edward have a daughter. I assume that many readers see Bella and Edward's daughter as a plight on their love. I can see that many would think "eeewwww" or "blek--Bella's too young" (Bella's only 18 when she has her baby). And I bet that for many, the baby makes the whole forbidden vampire love way less sexy. A lusty love scene between Momma Bella and Dadda Edward would certainly be a little icky for the younger reader who doesn't want to imagine that parents have the capacity, humanity, desire or equipment to feel impassioned.
But, for the readers (again, probably the older readers) that know and believe that the experience of creating and raising a human being with your partner adds unimaginable layers of depth, understanding, respect, sacrifice, and joy to a relationship--these readers will be very very pleased...maybe even relieved...that Bella and Edward have the opportunity to have a child. To these readers, their love will have reached the apex of its possibilities. To these readers, their love would have seemed shallow and selfish without a child. Again,books, the resounding theme of the book that's so strong and enjoyable will be family and familial bonds.
#3) Bella becomes a vampire. So much of the fun in the first three books is that Bella is a majorly clumsy, constantly endangered damsel in distress. She's constantly being saved by superhuman, supper hot hunks. They're rescuing her from everything. Every book, Bella's extracted from at least 3 near death experiences. And the whole damsel thing is very very fun for many readers (myself included).
But in the 4th book, aside from Bella's nearly fatal pregnancy, she's not the ultimate victim anymore. And as a newborn vampire, she's even physically stronger than her beau, Edward. For many readers, I bet that undermines Edward's ability to be her hero and dilutes some of his superhuman sexiness. No longer will two hunky supernatural guys be fighting over and perpetually saving the vulnerable, constantly endangered human babe. For others (myself included) this was be a welcome disappearance of Edward's constant upper hand. I really enjoyed that Edward felt unburdened once he no longer had to restrain himself and constantly protect Bella. I also really enjoyed to read how thrilled Edward was that Bella was finally strong. It fortifies their relationship that they're on the same level, and some will like that. But others will very much miss Bella the damsel. For it's Bella's family (again book 4's family theme...) that's threatened by the Volturi in the book, it's no longer just Bella.
#4) Jacob imprints on Bella and Edward's daughter. This will be a letdown for all of those who wanted Jacob and Edward to fight, or who wanted Jacob to sacrifice himself somehow, or who wanted Jacob to keep the Series' rift of impossible love and tension alive by prolonging his fight for Bella.
Yes, it did feel a little "tied up with a bow" for me when Jacob imprinted on Renesmee (Bella and Edward's daughter). But thinking back to previously books, the clues are there. From Book 1 forward, Bella and Jacob constantly describe each other as family and Bella wishes repeatedly in 2 and 3 that Jacob was a family member, not a love interest. By the end of Book 3, even Edward is described as seeing Jacob like a brother. I enjoyed the 4th book's development of Jacob and Edward's unlikely brotherly relationship. Again--Family! Jacob starts becoming part of the Cullens in a really heartwarming, charming way. And the complexity of his friendships with and admiration of Edward and Bella is really compelling.
Finally, I want to add that I was impressed with Meyer's ability to write the book from three points of view: Bella's human perspective, Jacob's perspective,Heartbreak of Heathcliff Proportions, and Bella's vampire perspective. The difference between Bella's human and vampire narration really added a sensory richness and new appreciation for the vampire side of Meyer's world. I think that as Twilight's readers age and start to experience some of what Bella experiences (marriage, children, new families) if they take another look at book 4, they'll have different appreciation for it.
Ultimately, I think Meyer, having magically dreamed her characters and their world,Heartbreak of Heathcliff Proportions, couldn't help but give them everything they wanted and more. She loves them almost as if she's imprinted on them. I think Meyer's imprinted on her fans too and that she desperately wants to give us what we want. But her characters come first. She can't help but spoil them--they are her babies. They are her family. Her adoration of her characters has never been a secret and it's always been evident in her the way her writing caresses them. I think the obviousness of that love is what gives this series so much staying power. I think that the 4th is no exception to that rule: like I said before,Breaking Dawn Hardcover, right now, Book 4 is more adult than Books 1-3, but I bet that many of the younger Twilighters will grow into this book and love it every bit as much as they love the rest of the series.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
New Moon (The Twilight Saga, Book 2)
From School Library Journal
Grade 9 Up–Recovered from the vampire attack that hospitalized her in the conclusion of Twilight (Little, Brown, 2005), Bella celebrates her birthday with her boyfriend Edward and his family, a unique clan of vampires that has sworn off human blood. But the celebration abruptly ends when the teen accidentally cuts her arm on broken glass. The sight and smell of her blood trickling away forces the Cullen family to retreat lest they be tempted to make a meal of her. After all is mended, Edward, realizing the danger that he and his family create for Bella, sees no option for her safety but to leave. Mourning his departure, she slips into a downward spiral of depression that penetrates and lingers over her every step. Vampire fans will appreciate the subsequently dour mood that permeates the novel, and it's not until Bella befriends Jacob, a sophomore from her school with a penchant for motorcycles, that both the pace and her disposition begin to take off. Their adventures are wild, dare-devilish, and teeter on the brink of romance, but memories of Edward pervade Bella's emotions, and soon their fun quickly morphs into danger, especially when she uncovers the true identities of Jacob and his pack of friends. Less streamlined than Twilight yet just as exciting, New Moon will more than feed the bloodthirsty hankerings of fans of the first volume and leave them breathless for the third.–Hillias J. Martin, New York Public Library
Product Description
Legions of readers entranced by Twilight are hungry for more and they won't be disappointed. In New Moon, Stephenie Meyer delivers another irresistible combination of romance and suspense with a supernatural twist. The "star-crossed" lovers theme continues as Bella and Edward find themselves facing new obstacles, including a devastating separation, the mysterious appearance of dangerous wolves roaming the forest in Forks, a terrifying threat of revenge from a female vampire and a deliciously sinister encounter with Italy's reigning royal family of vampires, the Volturi. Passionate, riveting, and full of surprising twists and turns, this vampire love saga is well on its way to literary immortality.
About the Author
Stephenie Meyer graduated from Brigham Young University with a degree in English Literature, and she lives with her husband and three young sons in Arizona. Stephenie is the author of Twilight, New Moon and Eclipse.
New Moon (The Twilight Saga, Book 2) Most Recent Customer Reviews
Great book
I did enjoy reading Twilight better, but this is still a great book. Book was excellent, in brand new condition.
New Moon
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A GREAT SERIES AND HEART WRENCHING BOOK
First thing to remember is that this is a fiction series so don't try to analyze the facts too much.
4.0 out of 5 stars Twilight Series
All four books in the series are great fun reading, quick and entertaining. I really have enjoyed reading them.
Great!
The love story continues! Factor in Jacob Black and things become different. He is a awsome friend to bella, and thats all i am saying!
the great one Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto
Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto
Now i know why they call him the great one. Best book i have read in a long time. Being from california I have lived around the Statist as he puts most of my life and it is very annoying how these people opperate. common sense should be enough to tell you they are messed up. The book hit the nail on the head i loved every page and will read it over and over and pass it on to my friends and family to read. Thank you Mark for the great job once again.
Strongest Recommendation Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto
I finished this book in one sitting. But don't confuse its brevity with superficiality. "Liberty and Tyranny" is a compact manifesto. Always civil and civilized, it nevertheless packs quite a punch. And no wonder. This isn't a dry informational tract, nor is it a give-'em-hell polemic. It is, rather, incontrovertible in its analysis and supremely wise in its how-to aspects.
Strongest Recommendation Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto
As President Obama and the rest of the looney-left continue to make a hash of the economy, a shambles of our institutions, and a mockery of our most foundational values, traditionalists of all stripes must fight the good fight vigorously and relentlessly. I've read "That Hideous Strength" and other prophetic novels, and I don't want that to be our fate. With Mark Levin's "Liberty and Tyranny" as our bible (a lower case "b", you'll note) and with the Bible (the Douay-Rheims version, if you please) as, well, our Bible, perhaps we'll prove Lewis, Huxley, and Orwell to have been false prophets.
Strongest Recommendation Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto
I believe it was Saint Augustine who said that we must work as if everything depends on us; we must pray as if everything depends on God. That's a pretty good plan; in fact, it's one that can't possibly fail.
Read the book! Open your eyes and understand Liberty
Brilliant and Unsettling. Mark's grasp of history is phenomenal. This is a must read for any American. Mark is a great man and a great American. Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto Open your eyes to the way the Statist seeks to strip us of our freedom and liberties. Don't be a drone! Read this fantastic book and understand why Conservatives like Levin are so very passionate about their love of our country and how insideous the Statists really are. Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto
Increase the depth of your knowledge
Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto This is the book your liberal professors don't want you to read. Too many times you stay quiet for fear of lower grades and for fear that your knowledge base might be inadequate. Fear no more. Arm yourself with the information in this great book. Too many people are in the dark due to inadequate reporting. I will buy extras and donate them to my local library. This book is that important. Don't forget that Mark Levin is a talk show host and you can always stay up to date on the other side of the issues by tuning in! He's G-R-E-A-T !!!! His fresh and unexpected outbursts are endlessly entertaining. This book a tribute to his respect of his audience and love for his country. Buy it now or try to find it at your local library (good luck). When you're done reading it, share it with friends. This is a book you won't find in the school's reading list. Another great one, "Great One"! Thank you Mark Levin for writing this book. Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto
Thursday, March 26, 2009
What every patriot needs to know
This book succinctly outlines what the founding fathers envisioned in creating "these United States" - where the individual holds the power, the states are subject to the people and the federal government is subject to the states and the people. Somewhat different than what is perceived today - especially by those in Washington. Although times change, principles do not - the law of gravity is perpetual as are certain "unalienable rights. "The Five Thousand Year Leap" clarifies these ideas in an easy-to-read format.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
The 5000 Year Leap: A Miracle That Changed the World
As a member of Pi Sigma Alpha, the National Political Science Honor Society and someone who considers themselves well read and current on our nation's politics, this book, The 5000 Year Leap is the absolute best. If you wish to understand the founding of America. If you wish to learn how the founders wrestled with the issues. If you want to know whether or not America is really a unique and great nation, not merely in the world today, but throughout all of human history. If you are troubled by our current day's politics and wonder just how closely our leaders today, regardless of political stripe, remain true to our founding principles. If you have wondered about any of this, you need read only one book for your answer. READ THE 5000 YEAR LEAP!! I promise you will come away with a renewed sense of America and great hope for our continuing success as a nation.
Monday, March 23, 2009
I Will Teach You To Be Rich Reviews

Product Description
At last, for a generation that's materially ambitious yet financially clueless comes I Will Teach You To Be Rich, Ramit Sethi's 6-week personal finance program for 20-to-35-year-olds. A completely practical approach delivered with a nonjudgmental style that makes readers want to do what Sethi says, it is based around the four pillars of personal finance— banking, saving, budgeting, and investing—and the wealth-building ideas of personal entrepreneurship.
Sethi covers how to save time by not wasting it managing money; the guns and cars myth of credit cards; how to negotiate like an Indian—the conversation begins with "no"; why "Budgeting Doesn't Have to Suck!"; how to get things rolling—for real—with only $20; what most people don't understand about taxes; how to get a CEO to take you out to lunch; how to avoid the Super Mario Brothers trap by making your savings work harder than you do; the difference between cheap and frugal; the hidden relationship between money and food. Not to mention his first key lesson: Getting started is more important than being the smartest person in the room. Integrated with his website, where readers can use interactive charts, follow up on the latest information, and join the community, it is a hip blueprint to building wealth and financial security.
Every month, 175,000 unique visitors come to Ramit Sethi's website, Iwillteachyoutoberich.com, to discover the path to financial freedom. They praise him thoughtfully ("Your site summarizes everything I want with my life—to be rich in finances, rich in experience, rich in family blessings," Dan Esparza) and effusively ("Dude, you rock. I love this site!" Richard Wu). The press has caught on, too: "Ramit Sethi is a rising star in the world of personal finance writing . . . one singularly attuned to the sensibilities of his generation. his style is part frat boy and part silicon Valley geek, with a little bit of San Francisco hipster thrown in" (San Francisco Chronicle). His writing is smart, his voice is full of attitude, and his ideas are uncommonly sound and refreshingly hype-free.
From the Back Cover
You don't have to be perfect to be rich. Or the smartest person in the room. Or a type-A personality. In fact, with Ramit Sethi's six-week program to financial independence, you can start with any amount of money, do just 85 percent of what he suggests, and succeed brilliantly through good times and bad.
As irreverent and entertaining as he is practical and wise, Sethi explains how to beat banks and credit cards at the fee game, automate your cash flow, negotiate for a raise, manage student loans, and enjoy your lattes and Manolo Blahniks by practicing conscious spending. It's how to master your money with the least amount of effort—and then get on with your life.
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Great Timely Advice from Our Generation
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Love the blog - can't wait for the book!
Just ordered my book. Love Ramit's blog. It's so helpful and full of great, easy to follow ideas. Really excited for the book.
Well worth the money
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Taking a bite out of debt and laze fair personal finance
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Automation makes my life easier
I Will Teach You To Be Rich has changed my outlook on personal finance. With simple tools, Ramit teaches how to make more, spend less, and track your spending. Read more
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Great All-Around Personal Finance Advice!
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About the Author
Ramit Sethi is the founder and writer of Iwillteachyoutoberich.com. He speaks regularly to young staff members at companies, including Deloitte, KPMG, and Intel, on the topic of personal finance. He is also a founder and vice president of marketing for PBwiki, a company that provides online tools and services. Ramit Sethi is a recent graduate of Stanford and lives in San Francisco, California.
Storm from the Shadows Reviews: more of the same great stuff, only, uh, a little bit worse
Storm from the Shadows Reviews
Product DescriptionRear Admiral Michelle Henke was commanding one of the ships in a force led by Honor Harrington in an all-out space battle. The odds were against the Star Kingdom forces, and they had to run. But Michelle’s ship was crippled, and had to be destroyed to prevent superior Manticoran technology from falling into Havenite hands, and she and her surviving crew were taken prisoner. Much to her surprise, she was repatriated to Manticore, carrying a request for a summit conference between the leaders of the two sides which might end the war. But a condition of her return was that she gave her parole not to fight against the forces of the Republic of Haven until she had been officially exchanged for a Havenite prisoner of war, so she was given a command far away from the war’s battle lines. What she didn’t realize was that she would find herself on a collision course, not with a hostile government, but with the interstellar syndicate of criminals known as Manpower. And Manpower had its own plans for eliminating Manticore as a possible threat to its lucrative slave trade, deadly plans which remain hidden in the shadows.
I, too, have been a Weber fan, more specifically a Honor Harrington fan (I've enjoyed the Aubrey/Maturin series by Patrick O'Brien, and the Richard Sharpe series by Bernard Cornwell: not science fiction, but great historical military novels). I get the feeling Weber is feeling the same pressure that O'Brien had when he began his naval series, found it popular, and began running out of room for more books as the Napoleonic Wars drew to a close. I'm not sure that excuses what Weber very clearly says he is doing here, recycling the same materiel, albeit from another viewpoint, in multiple books in an effort to expand his room to write more stories in the Honor universe. His bugaboo may be his desire to satisfy the fixation some of his readers have about consistency and continuity: I wonder that he may lose his larger audience to satisfy that minority. I'm not saying he should lower his continuity efforts to the level of, say, Meluch's U.S.S Merrimack series, but he should not let absolute consistency get in the way of telling a good story (with, as others have said, a lot less interior dialogue,aka preaching). When I think about it, what I like about this series is the heroine and the strong plot line: I skim over a lot of the monologues to get to where the story starts again. If the story is the same, even if it is from different points of view, I'm going to be skimming the whole thing. what's with that?David Weber is the science fiction phenomenon of the decade. His popular Honor Harrington novels are New York Times best sellers and can’t come out fast enough for his devoted readers.