It's Getting Ugly Out There by Jack Cafferty

Jack Cafferty started out as a newsman, and grew up in the 50's, and he thinks it was better back then. So what's wrong with the country now? Well, he's just getting started!

In this book he takes on ex-President Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rove and the rest of Bush's crew, pointing out their disconnection from reality and apparent inability to face reality on the part of Bush and his team- to the point where he was unwilling to look at any evidence that things were not going according to how he wanted them, his inability to say he was wrong (about anything he did), and his indifference to the number of soldiers who were in Iraq, dying for his plans. And the way he dropped the ball on Katrina in New Orleans? Incredibly shameful. And then he went on to congratulate his own political appointees for the horrible job they were doing. "You're doin' a heckuva job, Brownie?" If a "heckuva job" means complete and utter failure, well, yeah!

But that's not all he's angered with, because he's an equal-opportunity truth-teller, and some of his scorn falls on the Democratic Party, Nancy Pelosi, and Liberal ideas that are just wrong and do nothing helpful for anyone.

Along the way, he takes us on his own journey, from a boy living on the poor side of Chicago with two parents who were not qualified to be parents- an addictive personality father, and a mother who was too weak to stand up on her own- or for her own children. Jack didn't get away from his childhood unscathed. He eventually developed a drinking problem that mirrored that of his father, but thankfully, not the gambling problem that went along with it.

But he's not afraid to tell the truth, not to anyone, no matter how palatable or unpalatable it might be- and that is what his listeners love and admire about him. Well, most of them anyway.

If you're ready for the truth- listen to Jack Cafferty. He's straight with the truth and after reading this book, you'll be hungry for more.

This was a great book, I read it, and honestly, I can't say I disagreed with much, even if I tend to be pretty liberal myself. Pretty, well, no, extremely liberal, but I'm not all the way out in lala land like some extreme liberals are. I support social programs because I don't think people should be starving to death in the streets. At the same time, I want the program to be a hand up, not a handout.

Liberal, conservative, call me or yourself what you will, I think you'll find Jack Cafferty a breath of fresh, rather than hot, air in a medium that is becoming increasingly right wing and polarized rather than neutral and conveying accurate information. Many of these rants will make you angry. Very angry. But they also need to be said. Sadly, too many people nowadays listen and read (if they read) only to things which already support their opinions, and dismiss or don't read what doesn't. This shouldn't be you. Stir up the muck of your own prejudices and fantasies with some factual information that isn't spin set out by someone who wants to keep you numb and happy (or numb and angry when it's time to vote for the "right" candidates).

I recommend this book because it isn't pabulum and will challenge your preconcieved notions and opinions no matter what side you are on. Read it, get angry, and learn the truth away from partisan shills. Highly recommended.