When You Ride Alone You Ride with Bin Laden: What the Government Should Be Telling Us to Help Fight the War on Terrorism by Bill Maher

When You Ride Alone You Ride with Bin Laden: What the Government Should Be Telling Us to Help Fight the War on Terrorism by Bill Maher tries to explain what the Bush administration was doing wrong back in 2002.

It's a very mixed bag. Some ideas are good for example cutting back on oil imports and realizing where diamonds come from. Except to course for Canadian ones [which he doesn't mention]. However there is a lot here that's problematic or out right contradicts other sections. He whines that the Muslim community just has to suck it up over being harassed but then says security theater in airports is stupid. After all they should be looking for people who are nervous not necessarily a certain color. Well which is it? There's also quite a bit of flag-waving and ranting about how America is the greatest country on the planet.

I feel pretty ambivalent towards this there are some good and bad. Perhaps more interesting as a snapshot of America right after September 11th then as anything else.

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