It is a time of freedom and fear, of Gaia and of borders, of many paths and the widening of a universal toll road, emptying country and swelling cities, of the public bought into privacy and the privacy of the public sold into invisible data banks and knowing algorithms. It is the time of the warrior's peace and the miser's charity, when the planting of a seed is an act of conscientious objection.

These are the times when maps fade and direction is lost. Forwards is backwards now, so we glance sideways at the strange lands through which we are all passing, knowing for certain only that our destination has disappeared. We are unready to meet these times, but we proceed nonetheless, adapting as we wander, reshaping the Earth with every tread.

Behind us we have left the old times, the standard times, the high times. Welcome to the irregular times.


 
In these irregular times, the reasons to boot Bush out of the White House on Election Day are piling up faster than we can possibly deal with them. There's so much information about the Bush Administration being revealed that there is a strong temptation to just tune out, stop paying attention to the details.

George W. Bush would love nothing more than for progressive Americans to throw their hands up in disgust. We need to keep our eye on the ball, but we also need well-organized information so that we don't feel overwhelmed.

With this in mind, we're introducing a new book: The ABCs of Beating Bush.

Most alphabet books are for kids who are just learning to read. This alphabet book is definitely for adults - folks old enough to vote. There's no objectionable content, unless you count the policies of George W. Bush as objectionable.

From A for Abortion to Z for Zealotry, The ABCs of Beating Bush covers the wide scope of problems with the Bush Administration without getting so bogged down in the minutae of each subject that reading becomes a chore.

It's a perfect quick reference for anyone who wants to know a little more about what Bush, Cheney and company are really up to, and indispensible for those Americans who want to get informed so that they can involved in a meaningful way.

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