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Or Use 1-Click Sign in to turn on 1-Click ordering. >From the forward by Terry O'Rourke, former Texas Assistant Attorney "...there is almost always a trail of money and improper influence leading to bad environmental decisions and policy. THE DIRTY TRUTH shows how George W. Bush pollution made pollution that was awful...lawful." Sissy Farenthold, former Texas legislator instrumental in passing the THE DIRTY TRUTH, succinctly written and thoroughly documented, sets out the further and emphatic environmental deterioration in Texas under George W. Bush... Jim Hightower, nationally syndicated radio commentator, author of, THE DIRTY TRUTH documents more than the true environmental record of George W. Bush. It reveals a shadowy style of government that caters to big business special interests..." Book Description THE DIRTY TRUTH unmasks a presidential hopeful who fails to walk his talk of "local control," "partnership," and "personal responsibility." It documents the abysmal environmental record of Texas Governor George W. Bush and reveals a controversial �back room� style of governing that grants special access and consideration to big business polluters and campaign contributors. THE DIRTY TRUTH follows their money to show how they were allowed to shape public policy and reap benefits at the expense of Texans and the environment. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Customer Reviews Avg. Customer Review: Write an online review and share your thoughts with other customers. 5 of 6 people found the following review helpful: Should Have Been 9 or 10 Stars!, September 29, 2001 Reviewer: watzizname (see more about me) from Murfreesboro, Tenn. If only this book had been proofread before printing, it would deserve the top rating. (I know there is no 10-star rating available here, but it could be established.) Anyone who doubts that the current President-appointee is a disgrace to the Oval Office should read this detailed account of his shameful performance as governor of Texas. As governor, Dubya consistently did everything he could to protect the interests of companies which polluted the air and water of Texas; he demonstrated that he cared nothing for the rights of the poor or the middle classes. He championed legislation to protect wealthy polluters from being required to pay for cleaning up their messes, leaving toxic wastes to be cleaned up at taxpayers' expense or left to poison those living in the neighborhood where the waste was dumped. Shrub even fought to have toxic and radioactive wastes from other states brought to Texas, and dumped near the Mexican border, where people of little political clout (Hispanics and Afro-Americans, mostly, and certainly none of the wealthy) are living. He even had the gall to deny Texans their constitutional right to protest peacefully on the public sidewalk against his outrageous misconduct as governor. Texans who were violating no law, but who were publicly protesting Shrub's wrongdoing, were arrested, strip-searched, and held overnight in jail. Little wonder that Shrub has pretty well established himself as the worst President in our nation's history. And most likely, the worst is yet to come. If only the facts cited in this book had been widely publicized before and during the election campaign, we might now have a decent President who would not be so eager to lead us into an unwinnable war for the benefit of "defense" contractors that contributed generously to his campaign. Was this review helpful to you? 4 of 5 people found the following review helpful: Details of Shrub's Sorry Performance as Governor of Texas, September 25, 2001 Reviewer: watzizname (see more about me) from Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA Shrub wasn't the first corrupt governor of Texas, and he probably won't be the last, but he may well have been the most successful in selling out the interests of the people of Texas to build up his campaign chest. This book details how Shrub rewarded the polluters who gave him money with immunity ledgal responsibility for the pollution they created, leaving the taxpayers of Texas to pay for the cleaning up that Shrub's contributors should have been required to do. It also cites the many lies Shrub told to gain support for his nefarious schemes. The last chapter recounts how, under Shrub, the traditional right of Texans to hold protests on the sidewalk in front of the Governor's mansion was unlawfully denied. The Governor's "protective Detail" of State Police adopted a policy of arresting and strip searching anyone who used that particular stretch of public sidewalk to protest peacefully against anything Bush had done. Persons so arrested were held in jail for 24 hours, then released (because they had done nothing illegal, no charges could be brought against them, but the experience surely has a chilling effect on those who protested, and on others who might contemplate protesting). The author, Rick Abraham, has been director of the non-partisan Texans United Education Fund, and before that the Hazardous Waste Project Director for the Texas Center for Policy Studies. He has been arrested twice for participating in protests in front of the Governor's Mansion. Thus he knows whereof he writes. Despite being badly in need of editing and especially of proofreading, this book is well worth reading. Was this review helpful to you? 15 of 16 people found the following review helpful: Breathtaking expose, June 1, 2001 Reviewer: Robin Orlowski (see more about me) from United States In comprehensive detail, Abrahm builds the case against George W. and his policies. Far from being an independent moderate, Bush is the pawn of big business and big oil and will not embrace any agenda that would remotely conflict with that goal. Please bear in mind that it is not the oil industry itself that is evil (my father is a geologist and moderate Democrat) but the extent to which Bush has promoted this industy without common sense disregard for laws, ethics or consideration of impact upon others. This book is worth the read for anybody who wants the real truth that has too often been suppressed by the "liberal" media. Was this review helpful to you? 41 of 43 people found the following review helpful: The Dirty Truth: Stranger than Fiction, May 4, 2001 Reviewer: Tamara Baker (see more about me) from Saint Paul, Minnesota United States About every third page of this book, I would run across something that would make me so angry that I'd have to set the book down and burn off my anger by channeling it into cleaning something: dusting off the bookshelves, filling up the dishwasher, picking up the dirty clothes. Thanks to Rick Abraham's expose of the slimeball-in-chief currently squatting in the White House, my home is immaculate. Mr. Abraham details Bush family malfeasance so gross and so blatant as to take one's breath away. Starting with Harken and Arbusto and working his way through the UTIMCO mess, Abraham's book shows the inner workings of a powerful family and its minions, a group that operates with the shamelessness of mafiosi and the arrogance of Louis XIV. He touches on the various recreational chemical indulgences of the Bushes, but most of the book is dedicated to exposing the kleptocratic nature of what independent observers have already tagged "The Bush Crime Family". This book is a must-read. Just make sure you keep your blood pressure meds handy. ----- Aloha, He'Ping, Om, Shalom, Salaam. Em Hotep, Peace Be, All My Relations. Omnia Bona Bonis, Adieu, Adios, Aloha. Amen. Roads End <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. 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