The War on Truth, by Neil Mackay

(i do not yet know how many of the anecdotes DUers sent him he included in the book, but i know many of you admire him as i do, so i'm posting this.)

i hope you'll get a copy! Neil is very courageous and a superb writer who i feel deserves all possible support.

from Neil's announcement:

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"My book, The War on Truth, is going to be in British shops by the end of
next week.

I was wondering if you could help me get the word out about it among
progressive US groups and people.

The website for my book is www.thewarontruth.com

It'd be great if you could let people know about it ...(also) any progressive/liberal US radio shows/TV shows/newspapers...

Hoping you can help me.

Bestest,

Neil "
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an excerpt from The War on Truth:

http://www.sundayherald.com/58463

God, guns and government

In our second extract from his explosive new book, The War On Truth, Neil Mackay recalls hanging out with president George W Bush’s loyal followers at the 2004 Republican National Convention – in a bid to unravel why the American people voted for a government that took the world into an illegal war



IT was late summer at the Republican Convention in New York City – just a few months before Dubya was re-elected president in 2004. The razzmatazz was just ramping up, and the ConJocks had been unleashed among the delegates. The ConJocks – or Convention Jockeys – were perky, pretty, all-American girls in their early 20s, mostly comprised of brilliantine white teeth and ironed blonde hair. They leapt about babbling party propaganda on tax, war and family values while interviewing delegates on the convention floor.
The interviews were relayed live onto huge plasma screens inside a fortified Madison Square Garden, the convention’s incongruous venue. When the ConJocks weren’t ra-ra-ing for the right-wing, images of soldiers, helicopters and aircraft carriers filled the screens. Around them, the hall was plastered with slogans such as A Nation Of Courage, A People Of Compassion, A Land Of Opportunity. When the screens weren’t blasting out a Republican version of MTV, the floor was given over to the biggest beasts in the Republican zoo.

Guys such as Arnie Schwarzenegger, who only had to tell the audience that the Democrats were “economic girlie-men” for the floor to erupt in cheers as if he’d just killed an evil robot in Terminator V: The Rise Of The Neo-Cons. The other heroes of demagoguery included Rudi Giuliani, the mayor of New York on September 11. Despite looking like the Child Catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang he was cheered to the echo each time he mentioned 9/11 – and he mentioned it over and over again. Not one opportunity was missed to conflate America’s tragedy with Saddam’s Iraq. It felt like New York’s suffering was being exploited right in front of the city’s face.

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to read some of Neil's other articles, and to write a comment or other praise to him:

http://critics.sundayherald.com/critics/awards.php?memberid=6


PLEASE spread the word!!


Peace!

Maybe some of them made the book?

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