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So if we are going to play this game, then I suppose that means we should associate McCain with Hitler love. "Ecstatic, I drank in its colossal power and felt myself grow.
The town was full of ethnic Germans who idolized Hitler. Liddy was made to salute the Stars and Stripes Nazi-style by the nuns at his school; even now, he admits, "at assemblies where the national anthem is played, I must suppress the urge to snap out my right arm." His beloved German nanny taught him that Hitler had -- through sheer will-power -- "dragged Germany from weakness to strength."This gave Liddy hope "for the first time in my life" that he too could overcome weakness.
Liddy was a sickly, asthmatic child when he grew up in Hoboken, New Jersey, in the 1930s. He sent an electric current through my body." He describes seeing the Nazis' doomed technological marvel the Hindenberg flying over New Jersey as an almost religious experience.
When he listened to Hitler on the radio, it "made me feel a strength inside I had never known before," he explains. "Hitler's sheer animal confidence and power of will [entranced me].
Fear evaporated and in its place came a sense of personal might and power." G Gordon liddy has praised Hitler. The Fuhrer was G Gordon Liddy's first political hero.So there goes that arugment.
my kids are experiencing liberalism today. they can't go outside without being yelled at from somebody for something (scooters, climbing trees, toy guns etc). and we wonder why kids today sit in front of computer and play video games. they can't do anything else.Great book but sad book.always good to know there are others out there that get it.
As but one example, his discussion in chapter six on the differences between the sexes in which he advances the notion "that it is idiotic to accept the idea that the only difference between men and women is their plumbing and that plumbing is of no significance," is priceless.And although there is very little else that I agree with in this book (certainly Blacks were not free when he was a kid), Liddy still "tells it like it is" and is nobody's fool. The fact that Liddy, a certified psychotic, self-immolator, convicted felon and Radio Talk show host (I think somehow these are all redundant), can get a voice in the national dialogue is proof that freedom of speech in our country somehow must actually work. But more importantly, either Liddy makes a great deal of sense sometimes; or I have been drinking too much of the "Talk Radio" Kool aide. What this book shows, as much as anything else, is that maybe in the end it is not Liddy that is the only psychotic, but also the twisted and contradictory rules of our culture. Two stars
they came for me. Not only that, but to correct past curtailments on Freedom.If we Americans do not protect Freedom.
They remove a little at a time so as not to be noticed. This book clearly shows how over time Liberals are removing one freedom after another.
Americans better realize what the process is and how to spot it and stop it. Then years pass and we realize "what happened".
This is why it is so important to fight everyday for your freedom and to not give up any part of it. We will have no more left.A good story on how not doing anything about constant infringements on Freedom is below:"In Germany, they came first for the Communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist; And then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist; And then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew; And then.
And by that time there was no one left to speak up."
I don't know.It is interesting to note his selected problems facing society and his solutions.Particularly amusing were his views on global warming and fuel efficient cars.True it is his right to drive a bunch of gas guzzlers but this was written over 5 years ago.I wonder what he would say now that gas is going to $4.00 a gallon.Your kids school stinks., no problem,put them in private school.That's great if you can afford it.Guns,the military and relationships are addressed with their inherent problems.I was hoping for more tangible suggestions or ideas to work with here.Sadly,they did not appeal to me and appeared shallow,not well thought out and had little relavent substance.Don't get me wrong,he does present some good concerns which I do tend to agree with but he could have presented them more comprehensively.I respect his longing for the old days but the world is truly a different place now and his proposals just won't cut it with all the damn liberals today.His dislike of government is made quite clear and his views of less control,taxation and restriction over the population is about the only thing I can wholeheartedly agree with.There is also a chapter on Watergate with clarifications of some issues with it.It didn't seem to belong here and had trouble wondering why it was included.Plus,does anybody care about Watergate anymore. Why did I buy this book.I don't know.I did want to read "Will" but this is now hard to find and appears to be out of print. Why. If your a Liddy fan then I guess this one is for you but his comparisons of the country then and now are quaint but on the whole,don't inspire at all with views that are sadly out of date. Save your money.
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