You’re Not Stupid: Get the Truth: A Brief on the Bush Presidency

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Information is power, and in this day and age, most Americans are powerless.

Many of us are sitting in the dark, staring at the wall, watching Fox News and MSNBC under the mistaken belief we are seeing the truth. But You’re Not Stupid: Get the Truth: A Brief on the Bush Presidency helps drag us into the sunlight by providing an examination of George W. Bush and his presidency.

At a time when most citizens don’t have the time to seek out discrepancies between the Bush rhetoric and the Bush reality, You're Not Stupid marshals information and provides an overview of Bush and his administration. In order for any voter to engage in intelligent debate over our government’s actions for the last three and a half years, he or she needs to know what those actions were. To this end, You're Not Stupid provides facts familiar to most as well as obscure information ignored or under reported by mainstream media. For example, how often has it been reported that Afghan President Hamid Kharzai is a former employee of Unocal? That Saddam Hussein was installed by the CIA and maintained in power by President Bush Sr., who gave him permission to invade Kuwait to maintain oil prices? That the Bush administration’s candidate to head the new Iraq government, another CIA retainer, Ahmed Chalabi, is a convicted felon?

But just as important as providing the details, William John Cox presents the big picture. For instance, in order to fully grasp the catastrophe of 9/11, every American must consider the facts leading up to the attack and then evaluate the missteps that followed. To this end, the 9/11 overview provided in this brief is invaluable.

Cox has collected a large amount of information and condensed it into an accessible format. He approached this work as an attorney--gathering the facts and asking you, the reader, to reach a conclusion. Each chapter contains evidence that many would rather not acknowledge, but as an intelligent public, we must face, and maybe question, the current state of our nation, while also supporting our troops and facing the realistic threat of terrorism in our own country.

The brief is, as the author says, “about you and me, the ordinary hard-working people in this country who need to look truth in the face, take a deep breath, draw a line, and take a stand for our families, our communities, and our nation.”

If information is power, then You’re Not Stupid is a source of empowerment.

Read the brief and then decide.

Readers' Reviews

The case against the current President of the USA, George W. Bush, is a fairly damning one and it is well-made by public interest lawyer William John Cox in his compelling new book, You’re Not Stupid! Get the Truth. From the well-publicised discrepancies over his early criminal record to the evasion of military service and to the business success that resulted entirely from his personal connections, the case made with relentless attention to detail reveals Bush to be a man with few if any redeeming features. His privileged background and lack of interest in his fellows and their lives make it possible for him to enact policies that are disastrous to most of his constituents; his religious and other ideological beliefs seem to cause him to reason that he is doing the right thing and that any devious or underhand tactic is worth it to achieve his goals and those of his close advisors....
Above all, I occasionally ask myself whether I would forgive Bush his many faults if he were in favour of policies I supported. Would all the lying and the incoherence then become acceptable? I am forced to conclude that he is in no way a good example for my daughter or my students to follow. If Cox’s book helps at all to unseat him from the high office he has wrongly obtained, then he has done us all – American or not – a great service. John Walsh, Mahidol University International College,(Full Review)

Scorn & Style Books condemning the Bush presidency are legion. It’s a testament to some stubborn human will to ignorance that Bush maintains any standing in the polls at all. If I hadn’t spent many years as a biostatistician I would sincerely doubt the actuarial sense of data that shows Bush with anything more than ten percent. But there he is in a dead heat with a genuine war hero whose only “fault” is that he’s open to changing his mind when evidence prevails that he should.
Most of the several dozen books on the Bush calamity are published by larger publishers, but here’s a new one by Progressive Press (POB 126 Joshua Tree, CA 92252, $15.95 paperback) written by attorney William John Cox that stands up to the Dean, Clarke and Wilson tomes. In You’re Not Stupid! Get the Truth: A Brief on the Bush Presidency, Cox reveals himself to be a careful and dedicated researcher who cites 93 primary sources with 883 footnotes and concludes that Bush and his “gang of zealots” have deceived the American public, abetted by the “passivity of the mainstream media.” Len Fulton, small press review, (Full Review)

You're Not Stupid! Get The Truth: A Brief on the Bush Presidency is an unabashed wake up call to what President Bush and his "neocons" are doing to the country. From a hyper-focus on testing children that ignores real problems with public education - Bush's own home state of Texas has an abysmal graduation and college attendance rate, partly in due to pressures to have substandard achievers drop out rather than bring down test scores - to the lies surrounding the war in Iraq, to how much warning the Bush administration had before the 9/11 attacks, to the overwhelming array of tax favoritism for the wealthy in Bush fiscal policy and more, You're Not Stupid! Get The Truth blunty exposes lies as lies. A brutally honest, well-researched book that debunks common myths and sharply warns readers to be vigilant against being manipulated, and strongly recommended reading for all eligible voters. Midwest Book Reviews

Amazon Reader Reviews

A book written for you and me, I liked this book for many reasons, but one of the reasons I appreciated "You're Not Stupid" is it provided me with so much information without making me feel overwhelmed. Although I think of myself as being well informed, I discovered new and important information reading this book. In fact, the book's description of Bush's education "reform" in Texas is fascinating . . . in a tragic train wreck sort of way. Bottom line, this book is a fast easy read and by the time you finish, you will know more about our President than your neighbors, your co-workers or your friends.

Fool me twice, shame on me, If you know of any fellow Texans (or anyone else for that matter) who suffer under the delusion that they haven't been screwed by Dubya, and who may be fixin' to vote for him again, a gift of Cox's book may be the best thing a friend can do. The book's easy to read; it lays out the truth (painful as it is); and it's written for those who are smart enough to know what "fool me twice, shame on me" means.

A Librarian’s Review, If you want to know what the mainstream media has been reluctant to report -- the truth on the Bush presidency -- this is the book for you. Provides an excellent, comprehensive overview of the issues; well-researched. However painful the topic, we owe it to ourselves to be informed. This book is like a crash course that will allow you to discuss politics with authority and debate with facts. Clearly organized with annotated chapter headings and easy to read.

Getting the Truth Made Easy, This fully footnoted, easy-to-read compendium of irrefutable facts about the Bush administration is what you need to navigate your way to the truth during this campaign year. Even if you consider yourself politically aware, this book will surprise you with things you didn't know, and are glad to learn. There is a blizzard of Bush-bashing books out there, but this one condenses everything you need to know in one place. It's a crash-course in the political history of the last four years, such as it is. If you're undecided, at the end of the book you will be decided; if you're subdued, this book will mobilize you.
Current Events Neo-Con-Densed, July 9, 2004. Sometimes you CAN judge a book by its cover. The beauty of "You're Not Stupid! Get the Truth" is the affirmation of what is right about America. After the shameful images coming out of Iraq and Washington, it's easy to forget the humane ideals that America was loved for, which we have fought for.

Between the covers, "You're Not Stupid" pulls no punches on the political and media establishments. The brief documents all the main causes of grief with the "Commando-in-Chief", in chapters on topics from Bush's background to the Iraq fiasco, with Medicare, 9/11, and education in between. What it all boils down to is the best voter's guide I've seen for this year's elections.

Well Will Never Stop Seeking New Ways to Harm Our Country And Its People. That's W's latest (and greatest)"Bushism" stammered as he sighned a 400 billion plus military appropriation to further the neocon cause. Freudian slip? Could be. Just an idiot? That's a given. Not enough functioning synapses after years of alcohol and cocain abuse? All of the above? Thought the folks who acquited OJ Simpson were stupid? They ain't got nothin in terms of putting emotion ahead of reason over your average Bush supporter. Decent book. More ink must be spilled on the neocons, how they've come to power, and the damage they've caused to this country. I thinks this is the last one I'll buy that exposes this imbecile. One must conserve monetary resources in the Bush economy. One never knows when one will find themselves between jobs these days. Remember when we were a prosperous nation at peace back in 2000? Ahhh the good old days. Yeah, think that's it. No more pol books. I'm passed the point of being pissed off. Just go to the polls in November, and hope the independents see the light. Oh, yes, and cross your fingers that the electronic voting machine tallies your vote.

Fool me….um….twice. In this well researched book, William Cox has marshaled a wide variety of impressive and verifiable sources to build a strong case against the current occupant of the White House. In You're Not Stupid!, you can judge the record for yourself.

The book shows that George W. Bush has rewarded his wealthy supporters with irresponsible tax breaks, just as he has turned the largest national budget surplus in history into the biggest-ever deficit. His "No Child Left Behind" initiative has been a failure. He neglected clear warnings of the September 11 terrorist attacks. He spearheaded a shameful and vicious personal attack on triple amputee and Viet Nam war hero Max Cleland for political gain. He misled the American public into a war a majority feels was ill-advised and counter productive. He has incurred the enmity of the world at a time when the United States most needs international cooperation. He has abridged our civil liberties in such a way as to shock moderates of both political parties. These are not mere allegations. With a lawyer's attention to detail and proof, William Cox lays the record bare.

In the words of our embarrassingly inarticulate president, "Fool me once, shame on--shame on you; fool me--you can't get fooled twice." This easy-to-read book talks directly to you. Don't be fooled twice. You're not stupid. Get the truth from this important book

The Evidence, The Truth, The Now, The Future: Obviously, not enough people read You're Not Stupid before the 2004 election, otherwise Cox's Brief on the Bush Presidency might have helped overcome the rigged computerized voting in Ohio and minority voter intimidation in Florida to give the Supreme Court yet another chance to anoint a president over the will of the people.

The Downing Street Documents have now proven that Bush stole another election by lying to us about the origins of the Iraq War. He, and only he, is responsible for the resulting deaths and maiming of thousands of our finest young women and men. Moreover, every day we allow him to remain in office, we, all of us are responsible for the daily blood bath in Iraq and the harm Bush's War is inflicting on the Iraqi people.

Every day, American television and newspapers conclusively establish that Bush utterly failed to avoid the deaths of thousands of Hurricane Katrina victims before it struck and stupidly failed to care for its victims in its aftermath.

What more do the American voters need than the images of the president riding his new bicycle, strumming a guitar, playing golf, and, in the midst of a horrible tragedy, bragging about the good times he had in New Orleans during the days when he was "drinking and carousing and fumbling around?"

Those who have been fooled once or twice by the smirking chimp currently on display in the White House zoo should get a copy of You're Not Stupid. As a compilation of all other books in the genre at the time it was published, it will remain a valuable reference book in the future. It's a quality edition and is probably the best buy on the market.

You're Not Stupid chillingly predicts the future if the voters fail to Get the Truth: "Some day, when our children's grandchildren look back at this moment, they will see the world we live in as it is, not the imaginary perceptions our president and his gang of zealots have attempted to pass off as the truth. History will judge us, not by what we believe, but by what we do. Awareness will be presumed, and ignorance will be no defense. If we continue to allow the commission of horrible crimes against others on hour behalf, without protest, our names shall be joined in the indictment engraved upon the monument of our civilization. Will it be with pride that our descendants read the chronicle of our lives or will they be filled with shame?"