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Junky - William S. Burroughs

:lol: @ your signature. I never knew you were one of the crazies.

On topic: Path of the Assassin by Brad Thor.

Life of Pi by Yann Martel,The Remains of the Days by Kazuo Ishiguro, and American Government: Readings and Cases by Peter Woll. Trying to cram a lot of summer reading into a little over a week.

:lol: @ your signature. I never knew you were one of the crazies.

airshocker

The two main parties have done nothing but dug the nation deeper and deeper into the hole over the past few decades. It's now clear that as long as the Republican and Democrat parties rule this country isn't going to improve. Now I could continue supporting the Democratic party. Or I could switch over to the Republican party and pretend that that's going to make a difference. But I've never been big on lying to myself (to others sure, but not to myself). Or I could support a party that falls in closer to my own views and might, if in power, actually make a difference. Now I harbor no delusions of Stein's chances of success, but my support for her is more support for the Green Party in general and in getting them firmly established as a party in my state. If you're fine with the status quo in America then by all means, continue to support the Republican/Democratic party. If your're not happy with the status quo then shift your support to another party. Green, Libertarian, Bullmoose, I don't care. Just find a party that truly matches your views and beliefs and support that party whole-heartedly rather than continuing to go with the "lesser of two evils".

The two main parties have done nothing but dug the nation deeper and deeper into the hole over the past few decades. It's now clear that as long as the Republican and Democrat parties rule this country isn't going to improve. Now I could continue supporting the Democratic party. Or I could switch over to the Republican party and pretend that that's going to make a difference. But I've never been big on lying to myself (to others sure, but not to myself). Or I could support a party that falls in closer to my own views and might, if in power, actually make a difference. Now I harbor no delusions of Stein's chances of success, but my support for her is more support for the Green Party in general and in getting them firmly established as a party in my state. If you're fine with the status quo in America then by all means, continue to support the Republican/Democratic party. If your're not happy with the status quo then shift your support to another party. Green, Libertarian, Bullmoose, I don't care. Just find a party that truly matches your views and beliefs and support that party whole-heartedly rather than continuing to go with the "lesser of two evils".

worlock77

Even if that party is batsh*t insane? Ooookay.

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The two main parties have done nothing but dug the nation deeper and deeper into the hole over the past few decades. It's now clear that as long as the Republican and Democrat parties rule this country isn't going to improve. Now I could continue supporting the Democratic party. Or I could switch over to the Republican party and pretend that that's going to make a difference. But I've never been big on lying to myself (to others sure, but not to myself). Or I could support a party that falls in closer to my own views and might, if in power, actually make a difference. Now I harbor no delusions of Stein's chances of success, but my support for her is more support for the Green Party in general and in getting them firmly established as a party in my state. If you're fine with the status quo in America then by all means, continue to support the Republican/Democratic party. If your're not happy with the status quo then shift your support to another party. Green, Libertarian, Bullmoose, I don't care. Just find a party that truly matches your views and beliefs and support that party whole-heartedly rather than continuing to go with the "lesser of two evils".

airshocker

Even if that party is batsh*t insane? Ooookay.

Personally I think voting for the two main parties at this point is batsh*t insane, but enough side tracking. This thread is about cordial discussion of the written word, not political bickering. God knows there's enough of that on this forum as it is.

Nothing at the moment, but I'm searching for some stuff. Awesome sig though worlock :P

Nothing at the moment, but I'm searching for some stuff. Awesome sig though worlock :P

wis3boi

I love the .gif in yours.

That Used To Be Us by Thomas L. Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum
All The President'sMen by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward

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[QUOTE="worlock77"]

The two main parties have done nothing but dug the nation deeper and deeper into the hole over the past few decades. It's now clear that as long as the Republican and Democrat parties rule this country isn't going to improve. Now I could continue supporting the Democratic party. Or I could switch over to the Republican party and pretend that that's going to make a difference. But I've never been big on lying to myself (to others sure, but not to myself). Or I could support a party that falls in closer to my own views and might, if in power, actually make a difference. Now I harbor no delusions of Stein's chances of success, but my support for her is more support for the Green Party in general and in getting them firmly established as a party in my state. If you're fine with the status quo in America then by all means, continue to support the Republican/Democratic party. If your're not happy with the status quo then shift your support to another party. Green, Libertarian, Bullmoose, I don't care. Just find a party that truly matches your views and beliefs and support that party whole-heartedly rather than continuing to go with the "lesser of two evils".

worlock77

Even if that party is batsh*t insane? Ooookay.

Personally I think voting for the two main parties at this point is batsh*t insane, but enough side tracking. This thread is about cordial discussion of the written word, not political bickering. God knows there's enough of that on this forum as it is.

Did you vote for Cynthia McKinney last election?:|

I an currently reading these two books:

I haven't been reading lately, but the last book I finished is The Unconsoled by Kazuo Ishiguro, my favorite author. It was one of the most unique books I've ever read. If one wants to get into Ishiguro, however, this is not the book to read. It is challenging and confusing at times.

Black Company. Wanna finish it quick so I can get started on Deadhouse Gates.

I can't read...codymcclain14

That's too bad. You're missing out on a lot.

Tender is the Night - F. Scott Fitzgerald

Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card

Just finished Son of Neptune going to start on 11/22/63 hopefully sometime soon.

Black Company. Wanna finish it quick so I can get started on Deadhouse Gates.

cain006

Ender in Exile by Orson Scott Card

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Black Company. Wanna finish it quick so I can get started on Deadhouse Gates.

aaronmullan

But it seems like an easy read because I just finished Gardens of the Moon and you have to pay close attention to basically every word in that book :P. I really wanna get going on the Malazan books again, the first one was really awesome.

Nothing atm, I can't really think of much to read anyways other than my other Halo book.

My Life and My Films, by Jean Renoir
Aeneid, by Virgil (godlike, top 5 book ever written)

I currently have about 5 books I'm reading. I might start Jane Eyre though.

I've started to read Smile, You're Travelingby Henry Rollins, but I've been sidetracked by other things. Gotta make some time to finish it.

The Greatest show on Earth by Dawkins, as well as the Quran interestingly enough (not for any religious purposes....obviously).

My Struggle

^^ This.

currently re-reading

1. Dark Knight Returns
2. Long Holloween
3. Kingdom Come
4. Quran (i read certain surah's on occasion, this year promised my mom we'd read it together during Ramadan so i'm keeping my promise.)

plan on reading:

1. Cloud Atlas
2. A Storm of Swords
3. Life of Pi
4. Necrocomicon

At the moment I'm reading Carl Sagan's insightful Pale Blue Dot. Amazing read and beautifully written.

Le Morte D'arthur, The Celebrated Cases of Sherlock Holms, The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales, A Short History of Canada.
Oh, and The King James Bible.

1. Life of Pi

SaudiFury

By chance do you plan on reading this because the film adaptation that is coming out later this year? I just ordered it the other night and know others who have recently picked it up, all because of that reason.

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1. Life of Pi

SaintLeonidas

By chance do you plan on reading this because the film adaptation that is coming out later this year? I just ordered it the other night and know others who have recently picked it up, all because of that reason.

D&D 4E "Draconomicon: Metallic Dragons"Zeviander

Oh. You're one of those people.

Up next on my list of books to read is Lolita by Vladmir Nabokov, Home Land by Sam Lipsyte and Comedy by Andrew Stott.