Idiot America: How Stupidity Became a Virtue in the Land of the Free

funny yet disturbing

There are not many books that I just can't put down so when I get one it's a great thing. There were many times that I just laughed out loud. By the end I wasn't laughing anymore because I was disturbed by the limitless willfull stupidity demonstrated by Americans. I guess American comidians will never run short of material. This book is filled with examples of cranks, crackpot and the willfully ignorant, some of whom make decisions that effect all of our lives. If you share with me a low tollerance for willful stupidity you will enjoy this book.

3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

Really fascinating reading

The book is a bit uneven, with the last half far more engaging than the first half. That said, the chapters on global warming and th war in Iraq should be required reading for U.S. citizens. I have recently come to greatly fear the direction we are heading as a country, and this book places in context where we've gone off the rails. Great book!

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Don't Read This on the Train

If you feel adrift in a world that has lost all traces of intellect and sense, this book adds to your horror in a way that allows you to laugh at it.

Dinosaurs with saddles indeed!

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Acerbically funny?

On the dust jacket Pierce relates a visit to the Creation Museum where he sees a dinosaur wearing a saddle. I giggled out loud in the aisle of B&N. That is the only remotely funny part of this book.
The remainder of this polemic is a dreary re-telling of fairly recent events that anyone who even occasionally looks at the evening news or reads a newspaper has already seen, sometimes juxtaposed against a moderately accurate account of James Madison's vision for the new nation.
If you find the one-note refrain of "We're smart, they're stupid" name-calling of Olberman funny, this is the book for you.
I was caught up in the "acerbically funny" claim when I should have looked at the "righteously angry" right below it on the flap. Even the late, great George Carlin at his end could not pull that off without sounding bitter and spiteful. And Pierce is no Carlin.
I wonder if I can get my money back from Doubleday?

1 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

Ignorance isn't bliss!

Unfortunately this book is just too true! American's apparently have extra time on their hands but don't put it to learning so that they just remain ignorant!

This book really should be taken as a wake-up call but it appears too many people like ignorance so will just stay and live that way.

Hopefully American stupidity will decease at some point!

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Great Book

This book opened my eyes to a lot of issues I was not aware of about our past/current govenment. I recommend this book to all Americans. Maybe it will inspire them to support our new President.

1 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

For Intellectuals

This book had me laughing out-loud. If you believe that Dinosaurs and People lived at the same time, this book is not for you. If not you should really enjoy it.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

funny

this book is filled with fun facts and hilarious 2

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