Thursday, September 24, 2009

September Blog #7: The Truth (With Jokes), by Al Franken, published 2005

In a break from the elevated sciences of A Briefer History of Time, I have moved on to another information-heavy but considerably more light-hearted body of text.

Al Franken is a funny dude. I don't always agree with him on his political points, but The Truth isn't here to push liberal views, it is to revoke the campaign tactics of the Republican party, and some of their social views as well. And, let's face it, the people at the top of the Republican party as of now aren't coming across as particularly intelligent. In fact, they are coming across as Lying Liars who happen to tell a lot of Lies. (I sincerely apologize if you disagree with me).

The only issue I find with this book is Al can be a little offensive sometimes. However, I've always thought that if you can't deal with a little cursing and slurring, you might need to grow up a little bit.

1 comment:

  1. 3/4 entries for 9/25/09--remember that each entry needs to be at least 250 words.

    If you enjoyed Briefer, then you may like Bill Bryson's A Short History of Nearly Everything. If Franken gets too offensive, move on!

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