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Title: Give Me Liberty : Freeing Ourselves in the Twenty-First Century by Gerry Spence ISBN: 0-312-24563-7 Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin Pub. Date: 15 October, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.47 (19 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Spence begins what should be a serious debate.
Comment: No one says Gerry Spence is a great writer; his prose is overblown, more suited to the novelists' courtroom than a serious book, but his ideas will surely upset the status quo. Good. His statements that American workers who have less control over their own lives than ever before have become slaves to the--whatever, be it culture, government, corporation or all of the above is one that many Americans will agree with if they are brave enough to admit it. He advocates taking back that control we should have in a democracy through several methods--the first of which is to live simply so that the corporation/government handouts are less necessary for your livelihood, and the second is to seriously look at the way big money and government control everything in this country. We have a duty to overthrow a corrupt and onerous gov't according to the constitution, says Spence and he lays out his ideas about how to go about that. I particularly like his idea of a voting lottery (with a stick and a carrot to spur voters to take responsibility for themselves and their government.) Bravo to Spence for writing something that steps beyond what today's political leaders put forward as radical changes yet have the end result of maintaining the status quo. He really thinks we can CHANGE things and be powerful and independent again.
Rating: 1
Summary: Bad ideas, cleverly written
Comment: Gery Spence's ideas would turn these united States into a socialist dystopia. His ideas are anathema to liberty.
Example: That Congress shall make no law abridging freedom of speech is set in the First Amendment. We can be certain that the founders meant political speech.
Spence's solution: Eliminate campaign contributions, so that only thos who control a TV network or newspaper chain can influence the outcome of an election. While he rails against the big corporation, this one proposal gives unprecedented power to a small sub-group of corporations.
Whether you believe that socialists or social conservatives control the media, this effectively silences those with opposing views. Stalin and Hitler would be proud of such an idea - and to couch it in the name of freedom is obscene.
Rating: 5
Summary: Good Brain Food for those worried about current trends.
Comment: I have read several of Gerry Spence's books, some of which I loved and some of which bored me to sleep at night. This one is definately a must buy!
I am a 39 year old US Citizen who returned to the USA just 2 years ago after living from age 18-26 in Soviet Occupied East Germany and age 29-35 in "Reunified" Germany with the in between years spent in Hungary, South Africa and The United Arab Emirates. Upon my return to this country I was floored by just how similar the US has become to many of those countries whose governments I viewed as "police states".
In this book, Gerry Spence responds to many of my concerns, points out many recent dangerous precedents and sounds the alarm that our freedoms and Rights really are in jeopardy! For the first time since my return to the USA I realize that my observations are in fact valid and that there are others out there who are well travelled, educated and/or observant enough to see what is really going on.
Gerry likes to be a poet and he likes to spin fine webs of utopian bliss but he is also a very observant and astute critic of American ideals and images VS the reality behind them. Give the book a read! What else can you get for $2.00 that might just change your perception of life in the USA?
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Title: From Freedom to Slavery: The Rebirth of Tyranny in America by Gerry L. Spence ISBN: 0312143427 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: May, 1996 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Seven Simple Steps to Personal Freedom: An Owner's Manual for Life by Gerry Spence ISBN: 0312303114 Publisher: Griffin Trade Paperback Pub. Date: 01 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: How to Argue & Win Every Time : At Home, At Work, In Court, Everywhere, Everyday by Gerry Spence ISBN: 0312144776 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 15 April, 1996 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Making of a Country Lawyer : An Autobiography by Gerry Spence ISBN: 0312169140 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 15 October, 1997 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: With Justice for None: Destroying an American Myth by Gerry L. Spence ISBN: 0140133259 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: October, 1990 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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