My mother sent my kids a book written by Lynne Cheney for the Holidays!

I called her and said "MOM, WTF? YOU bought a book written by that bitch Lynne Cheney?"

She tells me "It's about George Washington, it's history"

I tell her "I don't give a shit, that book IS NOT staying in MY HOUSE, I'll buy the kids an Al Franken book. That Cheney family is scum of the earth and I will never allow anything written by them in my home."

Funny thing is she hates Bushie and Cheney more than me!

What a shock to 'family values' that would've been!

A good-condition used copy could get you a hundred bucks (more if it's signed)!

I wish someone had given me that for Christmas :)

well, I guess recycling would be the best option.

if you don't like a book; burn it.

I think another group has that same attitude.

:thumbsdown:

Is that what you think a liberal would do?

the money to buy a 'decent' book.

:wtf:

nothing wrong with that.

Not me.

She said the kids loved it.

I don't know.

like to get something different - they will let you - at least at barnes and noble and borders

harkens back to a dark day in human history which I'd just assume not repeat. Someone else had a good suggestion......don't like it?

There's always a paper recycling center.

DUH.

of fascism, but more to send a message of "this sucks!"

No one's saying Lynn's book shouldn't be sold. It just shouldn't be bought by progressives. :)

as long as you're doing it for aesthetic rather than ideological reasons

It's a shame that your mom made the Cheney's some more $$$$. Can you send it to her and have her return it for a refund? If not, BURN IT!

No matter how distasteful I'd never BURN a book. You could however, give it a good Christian burial.

I guess Mom had a bit of a brain fart, eh? At least she isn't a Bushie.

My mother in law gave my 7 year old (at the time) son a floral needlepoint eyeglass kit. He doesn't wear glasses. She told him he could do the needlepoint and then when he does wear glasses, carry them to school in a flowery needlepoint case. I guess she wanted him to get the crap kicked out of him or something. So weird. She also gave my daughter stationery to use to write to her from camp. Unfortunately it was the same stationery we had given my mother in law the year before to use to write to my daughter at camp!

:D

If so, I certianly would not read the article, but I would look at the pictures.

I am sure the book isn't at all political and there's probably a lot of kids who like it, but I understand your point of not wanting the book. I wouldn't want any money going to help these 'repugs in power'

Cheney and her cronies have made a complete re-working of history taught to our children a major goal. Their "history" deletes any suggestion that anything done by white Americans was in any way wrong. Think of "Fox News" as a blueprint for a history lesson, and that's what Cheney and her foundation are doing.

it's a white washed version of history for kids.

the message BANNED AS NAZI PROPAGANDA written in Black permanent marker across the front cover. If my mother did that to my children I would defiantly send it back to her that way!

and yet she bought When Washington Crossed the Delaware: A Wintertime Story for Young Patriots, by Lynne Cheney? What was she thinking?

Hopefully not the same thing my mom was thinking when she sent my son Way to Be! by Gordon B. Hinckley. I used it to steady a tipsy plant.

There are plenty of good history books for children that don't promote wingnut ideology at the expense of a balanced examination of history.

Look around at online booksellers or in libraries.

I would no more give my child a book by a wingnut--even it it was about flower arrangement--than I would give him a book by Adolph Hitler--even if IT was about flower arranging. Yes, I'm serious.

And, as I said early, Cheney's foray into history is not innocent and it's NOT without ideological content. Read a little more on her and her campaign to purge all non-wingnut historians from college campuses and eliminate non-ideologically correct viewpoints from the teaching of history at all levels.

Try to get your mother's money back on this one. Don't feed the Republican machine.

I'm not saying that the book is poorly written or doesn't offer historical information of interest. But, for god sakes, Lynn Cheney wrote it. The woman that proclaimed John Kerry was (paraphrasing) "s a bad, bad man." Yeah and your husband is a model of statesmanship (Fuck who, Dick? "
In any case a line has to be drawn somewhere and this seems to be a good place to start. But, in the words of Dennis Miller, "Hey that's just my opinion, I might be wrong.";-)

Either reason is fine by me :)

and it's not very good.

Wouldn't have sold any copies if she wasn't the VP's wife.

Someone bought a copy for every classroom in our school and I threw mine away.

And will allow my kids to pick something out - Like I said, I don't want none of that propaganda bullshit in my house!

Lynne Cheney can bit the big one! (HA HA, she probably already does);)

Maybe put it in a red "bio-hazards" bag, with a note explaining the dangers of Cheney and a right wing perspective on history. Also include a note of your feelings toward your mother for sending your kids the book. Sort of a time capsule of what not to do.

Hide it away in an attic/basement... or trash it.

I can't abide burning a book....not even one by Lynne Cheney.

Don't let her get any royalties off of it.

It isn't just a matter of not having it in your house...heck, I occassionally read books by Conservatives to motivate me, and challenge my brain (sometimes it almost explodes) but I refuse to give these people a penny of my money - I get it from the library.

But Mom isn't all that "funny", except when she speaks of that idiot in the wh.