How Would a Patriot Act?: Defending American Values from a President Run Amok by Glenn Greenwald

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  • Publisher: Working Assets Publishing
  • Pub. Date: May 2006
  • ISBN-13: 9780977944002
  • Sales Rank: 100,902
  • 144pp
 
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Synopsis

Glenn Greenwald was not a political man — neither liberal nor conservative. To him, the U.S. was generally on track and would remain forever centrist. But all that has changed.
Over the past five years, a creeping extremism has taken hold of our federal government, which threatens to alter our system of governing ourselves and our national character. This extremism is neither liberal nor conservative, but is driven by the Bush administration's radical theories of executive power. Greenwald writes that we cannot abide these unlimited and unchecked presidential powers if we are to remain a constitutional republic. Because when you answer to no one, you're not a president — you're a despot.
This is one man's story of being galvanized into action to defend his country, and his concise and penetrating analysis of what is at stake for America when its president has secretly bestowed upon himself the powers of a king.
From 9/11 to the question of nuclear war in Iran, Greenwald shows how Bush's claims of unlimited power play out. In the spirit of the colonists who once mustered the strength to denounce a king, Greenwald asks: how would a patriot act today?

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Biography

Glenn Greenwald is a Constitutional law attorney, and author of the political blog, "Unclaimed Territory." Greenwald has written for American Conservative magazine and appeared on a variety of television and radio programs, including C-Span's "Washington Journal," Air America's "Majority Report" and Public Radio International's "To the Point." His reporting and analysis have been credited in The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Salon, Slate and a variety of other print and online publications.

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Customer Rating for this product is 5 out of 5 Wow, a scary eye opener. America gone wrong.
B. Nelson, Social Worker, MSW, 07/03/2006

This country needs a wake up call. We now have a president that has deemed himself to rule 'like a king, a despot.' This country is ruled by law and this president has placed himself above the law. This is a really 'great and scary ' read. As a patriot, arm yourself with information and then start asking questions.