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This book is SO FUNNY. I got it out of the library and loved it so much, I photographed some of the pages and put them up at Amazon in their Customer Images option. Go to the book page via the link below, then look on the upper left, where there is a photo of the book cover. You can click there to see the 12 photos I uploaded.

http://www.amazon.com/IS-FOR-MISCHIEF-Naughty-Children/dp/B0042P58GU/ref=cm_cmu_pg__header

Some of the letters just begged to be … ahem … modified. 🙂

This book, by Peter Schweizer, is to be released on Tuesday, and I think it will be very important.  Here is an article in “Newsweek” about it:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2011/11/13/peter-schweizer-s-new-book-blasts-congressional-corruption.html

There was also a segment on “60 Minutes” and a 3 hour broadcast of Stephen Bannon’s “Victory Sessions” radio show devoted to the subject matter.  All were most informative.  These are bipartisan outrages.  In the radio show, Andrew Beitbart also participated and they said they were going to focus on more of the Republican corruption in the beginning in order to garner mainstream press coverage, and once they have everyone’s attention they will start to focus more on Democrat offenders.  Apparently the book has a section to teach us how to find some of these insider dealings on our own so we may have a project this winter.

I was skeptical at first whether this was a real book; I thought it might be the work of a prankster. But I checked online, and the title seems to be available for purchase from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Borders, WalMart, and other retailers, so I’m guessing it must be for real.

I expect your first thought on seeing it was: Just what we need — more idiots working for government. Yeah, that was my first thought too.

Here are a few of the customer comments about this book on Amazon.com:

“Absolutely capital idea for a book, because clearly complete idiots are underrepresented in the ranks of government employees.” –Michael S.

“Everything you need to know about being deadwood that can’t be fired is found in this book. Yes that’s right, live off the taxpayer with great travel opportunities and of course complimentary membership in the union of your choice (for the first month, union fees assessed retroactively).” –Jabez

“I plunked down the money from my recently-cashed welfare check and bought this book a few weeks ago. It has changed my life! Not only do I now have a government job with health benefits and a pension, but I was able to move out of my parents’ basement and into a rent-controlled apartment. As luck would have it, a gorgeous tattooed lady on a motorized scooter was purchasing this book at the same time, and when our eyes met we fell in love. That night she introduced me to her children and they each told me about their fathers. Three kids, three fathers, woohoo. I can’t wait to start a family with this lady and soak the taxpayers for our health care and dental costs. Of course the dentistry is for me, she ain’t got no teeth.” –Ted M.

by Library Countess

Welcome to a new addition to our little family!

Today’s topic:  whatcha readin’?

**The term “Book lust” comes from Nancy Pearl, a librarian and the author of Book Lust (2003), and More Book Lust (2005).  Each book is divided into short chapters with her reading recommendations on various topics.  She also has a great philosophy on reading:  no one should ever finish a book they’re not enjoying, doesn’t matter how many best seller lists it might be on.  So she has a “rule of 50” — if you are younger than 50, you must read 50 pages before you can stop.  If you’re not into it by page 50, junk it and move on.  If you’re over 50, you subtract your age from 100, and that’s the number of pages you must read before quitting.  (You can always go back to it later.)  If you are 100, you get to judge the book by its cover!