A funny, satirical read by John Stewart, of the Daily Show! America provides the reader with the history of our country, political formation, the branches of government, and how elections for the Presidency have been won. I laughed out loud pretty regularly. I especially liked the supreme court judges puppets that you had to match body to robe. I learned so much “mis-information” about our history as a nation. As Stewart claims on the cover of the book, “A Citizen’s Guide to Democracy Inaction.” The discussion questions and classroom activities would have kept me much more active in Social Studies than the betting on the Super Bowl that Mr. Campbell did in 10th grade S.S. at LaSalle, although I think I won the pool. The catchy drawings and side page “Were You Aware” and “Insta-Polls” captured Stewart’s light heartedness. Add in a few pages of satire from Stephen Colbert (especially his “expressions or wardrobe for dressing like a TV Journalist") and you have the makings for a LOL (laugh out loud for you non-computer readers) series of moments. Written in 2004 this is surely to become a period piece a few decades from now. Conservatives may not laugh as much at this one. A good read for what it is. As he states in the book, if you are reading this while taking care of bathroom business you can leave it here and pick up later.
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