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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 333.70973 EAN: 9780060746889 ISBN: 0060746882 Label: Harper Perennial Manufacturer: Harper Perennial Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 288 Publication Date: July 01, 2005 Publisher: Harper Perennial Release Date: July 05, 2005 Studio: Harper Perennial Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: In this powerful indictment of George W. Bush's White House, environmental attorney Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., charges that the administration has taken corporate favoritism to unprecedented heights -- threatening our health, our national security, and our democracy. Kennedy lifts the veil on how the administration, in order to enrich its corporate paymasters, has eviscerated the laws that protect our nation's air, water, public lands, and wildlife. He describes the White House doling out lavish subsidies and tax breaks to energy barons while allowing the corporations to profit by poisoning the public and eliminating security at the more than 15,000 nuclear and chemical facilities that are prime targets for terrorist attacks. He shows how right-wing White House ideologues have taken the "conserve" out of conservatism and trampled the free-market democracy in favor of a kind of corporate-crony capitalism that is as antithetical to democracy, efficiency, and prosperity in America as it is in Nigeria. Crimes Against Nature is a book for both Democrats and Republicans, people like the traditionally conservative farmers and fishermen whom Kennedy represents in lawsuits against polluters. "Without exception," he writes, "these people see the current administration as the greatest threat not just to their livelihoods but to their values, their sense of community, and their idea of what it means to be American." Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Crimes Against Nature: How George W. Bush and His Corporate...This book will give the reader a deeper insight into the dealings of G. W. Bush and his corporate pals' greed and manipulation of America's resources and, thus, the hijacking of our Democracy. I was really surprised and shocked. The American public should be concerned with their country's leadership and environmental concerns and take the time to read Mr. Kennedy's expose and perhaps get involved! Rating: - Costs of ignoranceThe loathing our current Administration and its corporate powers have for the United States as exposed here will shock anyone believing they are "fighting for America" or have the slightest interest in anything outside power and personal gain. What we find through their repeated and flagrant disregard is proof they would rather sacrifice the nation for profit than pay any cost, however small, for honesty. They have mastered sound-bite word games by merely naming their intents to suit the media and ... Read More Rating: - Bobby Jr.If you are passionate about our "commons", this book is for you. Under George W. Bush, our natural resources are for sale to the highest bidder with the profits going to the privileged few. One of the great things about being an American is the legacy we all share in the form of our commons; clean air, clean water, open spaces, forests, mountains, streams, lakes etc. These belong to all of us to share and enjoy. The "ownership society" wants to strip us of our national treasure, sell it off and keep ... Read More Rating:  - Blames far too much on BushI can only spot one glaring error: On page 2, the author states, "I want to be very clear here: This book is not about a Democrat attacking a Republican administration." If I had a dime every time he used the phrase "right wing," the book would be free. Nothing's "left wing" just right wing. He seems to lay all blame for all time at the hands of George, Jr. Hey, the guy's made some terrible environmental blunders but I don't recall any radical environmental improvements ... Read More Rating: - Which pill would you like to take the blue pill or the red pill(CAN)One of the things I find most disturbing in this, book is that Mr. Kennedy describes a strange and creepy right wing character that at one time had been following him around the country while he lectured. This freaky individuals behavior amounted to stalking and harrasing Mr. Kennedy. Not until this right wing individual was arrested and confined to his state of residence, did he stop harrasing Bobby Kennedy Jr. Considering the horrible and evil way in which Mr. Kennedy's father and uncle Jack were killed it ... Read More 
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