Screwed! audiobook

I recently finished and recommended Here Come the Black Helicopters!: Exposing the Liberal Plan for Global Government. This book goes into the topics covered and commented on in that volume and several others. It goes into greater detail.I again recommend this book highly and, indeed urge everyone to pick it up and give it a read. Even if you "know" up front you're going to disagree there are facts here worth you noting. Most anyone who had read many of my reviews and/or comments will already know that I am what is usually referred to as "politically conservative". Okay, I admit it. Still I occasionally read left wing/liberal/progressive writers, even if I "know" I'm going to disagree with them. The content of this book is supported by verifiable evidence and is laid out logically and (possibly even more important) readably. Note to those who just gritted their teeth and decided not to read the book: Look, the election is over. Your candidate won. I believe (this is me) that many who voted for the president did so without knowing many things that have not exactly been in the forefront of reporting. However those things are more than likely going to change this country and how we all live immensely. I also believe that this will become very apparent withing the next 4 years...and possibly the next year.If I'm wrong, great. No one will be happier than me. But I don't think I am.Also in reference to what I said about myself above, this book is written by Dick Morris, and I have in the past found myself in "great disagreement" with Mr. Morris. He is an alumnus of the Clinton administration and was solidly on that side of things...till he wasn't. I have found of late with the Republican Party becoming more and more basically a light version of the Democrat Party that some of the best and most lucid conservative writers are ex-liberals. These writers often stop and take a look at what's being said and realize that they aren't living what they preach.For whatever reason I can and do strongly recommend this book and Here Come the Black Helicopters by Mr. Morris.Please read these books.

Oh my God.. is this book depressing!!!!I am trying to figure out which of the following chapters furnishes the worst news.World without DemocracyTrick or TreatiesChinaPakistanAfghanistanThe United Nations of CorruptionThe World BankForeign AidIn our BackyardThe Enemy WithinMy vote goes to Part Nine: Foreign Aid: Biting the hand that feeds them."Why do we give $12.9 million in foreign aid to China, a nation with more than $1trillion of foreign currency reserves?We are giving hundreds of millions in foreign aid to countries that lend us money!"This is a "Must read book", but if it gets too depressing for you... just read the "ACTION AGENDA" @ the end of each part.Is there hope??????

Need Ambien to sleep after reading this book. It's good as far as keeping a watchful eye on political matters; however, it will make you feel helpless, too. Very enlightening, but you have to keep it in perspective and realize that not all of this will take affect due to good checks and balances in our constitution and be both fearful and AMAZED at all of the politics that we don't hear about!!!

The left is giving the country away!

This was quite a long, difficult read (it took forever to get through and you really have to think about what you're reading through most of it), but I finally made it all the way through and it was definitely worth it! It is incredibly eye-opening in regards to many specific ways and areas that America is in some disastrous and often ridiculous circumstances, and how we got there. But even in the most depressing/hopeless circumstances, the authors give some clear suggestions on how to get ourselves out of the mess.

Dick Morris (a former political consultant for Bill Clinton) had his credibility may be questioned (He predicted a landslide victory for the GOP and Romney in 2012). He also was fired at Fox news but found a position at CNN. Morris talks about these type of things:37% of voters think our best days are behind us62% of voters think other countries are taking over us in important waysIn the world Economic Summit (The G20) we get only 1 vote out of 20 even though we produce 1/5th of the world's GDP. Morris claims the US is like Gulliver being tied up by the lilluputians. Every other currency in the world permits you to trade freely on the global market (I can walk into a bank and trade 100 dollars for 70 Kenyan Shillings) except China. China manipulates its currency. The Yuan trades at 6.4 to the dollar, but it ought to trade at 4 to the dollar. Curently American products (Ipads, cars, etc) should be 40% cheaper in their country and would undercut their domestic market. How does China do it? It buys dollars. Our exports to China are way down (only 1% out of all exports). The US gave Pakistan 4.4 billion in foreign aid in 2010 (1.2 percent of their GDP). Despite this 73% of Pakistani's look unfavorably on the US and 55% feel badly that OBL was killed. Pakistani allies hid OBL. Afghanistan, the cost: 413 US soldiers since 2001. 10.9 billion in foreign aid, 1/3 of which is corrupted (bribbes, smuggled across borders, extortion). Afghanistan is the second most corrupt country on earth (only trailing lucky Somalia). The Karzai family is incidentally worth millions. Afghanistan is the world's leading producer of Opium. Saudi Arabia is a monarchy. When they occasionally have an election only men can vote. It discriminates and abuses women. And it contains 10% of the world's oil. 15 our of 19 9/11 hijackers were from Saudi Arabia. 41% of foreign fighters in IraQ against our troops are Saudis. Hillary Clinton wrote that al-Qeda, Hamas, and other Jijadist raised millions of dollars from Saudi sources. Stuart Levy (treasury for terroism) suggested the one major thing to do to cut off funding for the Taliban--would be to eliminate money funneled from SA to the Taliban. So what is the solution. Everyone knows we must become oil independent. Oil accounts for 75% of SA's revenues, 45% of its GDP, and 90% of its exports. If we don't buy SA oil, their economy will collapse and their political clout will diminish. In 1972 North America produced 11.5 million barrels of oil per day. Today we produce about 8 million barrels of oil per day. North Dakota alone could produce 2 million barrels of oil per day. Fargo could be the next Dubai! The US has the largest shale reserves in the world to Frack (worth 1.5 to 2.6 TRILLION barrels). Yes we would all like renewables (electric, wind, water)..but despite millions spent from stimulus such as Solyndra, renewables only account for 4% of energy output. The Keystone pipeline could pump 1.1 million barrels of oil per day and decrease our reliance on foreign oil by 20%. The other good news is thanks to more fuel efficient cars our Oil use is dropping (19.6 million barrels per day in 2000 to 18.7 million barrels per day in 2009). Oil independence is in reach! At least lets increase our production and decrease our consumption such that we can stop buying from our foes (Saudia Arabia, Venezuela) and continue buying from our friends (Canada, Mexico, Brazil). THe US spend 7.7 billion on the UN last year. Where does all the money go? UN employees earn on average 238 k per year and got a 3% raise last year. The US pays 22% of the UN budget. Foreign Aid to Africa. Dick Morris doesn't like it. It is ineffective. The countries that have lifted themselves out of poverty (China, India, Vietnam, South Korea, Singapore) have done it by selling goods and services. Massive infusions have gond into Kenya, South Africa, Haiti, Nigeria, and Ethiopia with nothing to show for it. Between 1980 and 2009 the US gave 97 countries foreign aid..23 had a net decline in GDP. 1/2 of foreign Aid to Africa leaves the country each year (ending up in the bank accounts of dictators and generals). Aid does not buy support (only about 20% of the countries we support vote with us in the UN) and it does not increase our favorability (We give Egypt 16 million..only 5% of their citizens look on the US with favorability). What should we do? Hamid (author of Inside Jihad) suggests spending money on specific infrastructure: hospitals! I like that idea. Think of all the good that PEPFAR did under the Bush Administration to fight HIV in Africa. Giving handouts to rich dicators is no way to combat poverty. 130 countries spent 460 million on lobbying Congress. Why don't we prohibit any foreign country from lobbying Congress? Why to we let former Senators and Congressmen become lobbyists? Since 1977 every Speaker of the House (Lott, Daschle, Dole) has become a high paying lobbyist after leaving Congress except one: Bill Frist (who I admire as a surgeon who has volunteered at Tenwek Hospital in Kenya). Dick Morris didn't back off from jabs at Republicans (Newt Gingrich for being paid millions by Freddy Mac) or Democrats (like Gephart representing Turkey). I get so frustrated reading these books because it seems their are common sense things we should do (stop giving foreign aid to countries that can afford to loan us money!!!) that both D and R should agree on. I like this book because Morris avoided issues like entitlement and military spending. Any decent American can have a rational view (that may widely varely) about how are revenue should be proportionately spent between entitlements and military. But I'd like to see our country be better stewards of hard earned tax payer money when it comes to giving to other countries...US revenue would be much better spent in the hands of NGO's and Humanitarian organizaitons (World Vision, SP, Rotary).4 stars. I think both D's and R's could enjoy this book.

As a pollster, Dick Morris has to be the most wrong forecaster of how the population thinks. As a writer or political commentary, he's above average in being able to explain complicated entities that usually make people's eyes glaze over. I attribute much of that to his wife's participation in their book efforts. Since Morris tends to go meandering off in left field (pun intended) about the right vs the left vs the centrists vs the Obamarx sheep, he must have someone on standby to rein him in. That person must be McGann.I am a staunch conservative, so it stands to reason that I would agree with many of Morris' predictions about where the US is heading under the current (non)leadership. However, I don't think that detracts from the straightforward information Morris presents in an effort to get people to sit up and take notice to where our current path has taken our country. It's a recipe for disaster if we want to preserve life in this country as we know it. If now isn't the time to take control of the reins and become more involved in the decisions we are constitutionally guaranteed to make, then when is? I'd highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to be more aware of what institutions are doing to control our way of life. The World Bank is just one example of where we should be paying more attention. The UN s another -- that place is a cesspool of corruption and stupidity, and we should in no way support anything they want. This book should have been mandatory reading for anyone planning to vote in the 2012 US elections, but it's too late for that now. It is NOT too late, however, to become better informed for the future. This book will help in that endeavor.

This book was packed with useful information. It covers topics that include Treaties and how they trump U.S. law and potential our nation's sovereignty, the World Bank and IMF and how they may affect our financial future, our relationship with Pakistan and Afghanistan, Financial aid given by the world bank and by the U.S. and how corrupted it is. Finally he discusses the lobbying trade that so strongly affects our country in ways you probably haven't realized. It's pretty damning of our political system and professional politicians, yet receives so little attention.All of that has the potential to be good, useful reading. The problem is the way it is presented. Although the writing style keeps the book flowing well, it also comes across as very… biased. Maybe "snarky" is the better term for it. The information in this book is the kind of stuff that every American should learn about. It is important. But, much like anything Ann Coulter writes, the way this is written essentially precludes anyone reading this who is not a regular Fox News watcher. Which is sad and disappointing. I'm straight-up libertarian, so I can handle it. But anyone less than a 7 out of 10 on the "conservative" scale is probably going to read this book and refute the data they present just based on the presentation alone (again, just like Coulter). What's the point in that?I give this book 4 stars because the information is critical and extremely timely. If you can get through the propaganda, you'll probably see that too.

I "read" this via audiobook. The narration was good and clear. The book itself was a reasonable statement of our current economic situation internationally and naturally in the USA as well. I say up to date so I didn't find any surprises in this book but for those who don't keep up on the latest, this book will bring you up to speed quickly. I found especially good were the citations of new news sources such as the Blaze which is a web newspaper of sorts. The News organization is quite new and to have it appear as a citation in a book speaks well to the book's dedication to remaining current as possible for a book.

Great read. What is happening to our country is scary...reminds me of "The Ugly American" of years past. Mr. Morris makes we Americans feel like the whole world is against us, and they probably are... except for those that have immigrated to the United States. If the Liberals win at the next election it appears that we are SCREWED!

This book has particular interest for conservatives. It reads very much like a textbook, but the way Morris has put the information together, it has an element of scaryness. I liked it, but then I parcelled it out in small doses. I would recommend it to my conservative friends.

A great read if you want to learn more about America's involvement in the IMF, World Bank, International Criminal Court, and the United Nations. Not to forget all the rights we have given up on the high seas and the Presidents lack luster record on helping Americans.

An excellent look into the many woes that are endangering America. Dick Morris offers an insightful look at what is wrong and how to deal with it. America needs to grow some stones!

Good read. Really explained a lot of foreign policy issues in regards to the U.S. and many other countries.

All the info on how all are so called allies rape our nation sounds about right

Very interesting takes on the US position with various countries, and Mr. Morris' solutions to problems that existed back in 2012. I enjoyed his insights, and while I don't agree with all of his positions, I thought they were well thought out, and reflected his years of experience. I found it interesting that the book was 10 years old, and we quoted Donald Trump on several different positions.