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The Funny Guy who makes a living complaining

Revisado: 08-29-24

Bill is a funny guy. He has been for a very long time. I realize as I listened to the book that he is especially good at funny complaining.

For example: Bill thinks politics should be left to professionals! Not morons like former President Trump. He has a very serious case of Trump Derangement syndrome. iI TDS were COVID...he'd be on a respirator hoping to get treatment with Ivermectin--now FDA approved for more than Horse deworming;-) Trust the science Bill.

The problem is the professional politicians are not good at their jobs. California USE to be "the golden state". Now...not so much. Governor Newsom pledged to end homelessness when he was the Mayor of San Francisco. Then he got to be Governor and his state--per capita--now has the most homeless people in the nation.

Professional Politician Hillary Clinton has a lot of experience but no real successes--can anyone name an accomplishment from her Secretary of State days? No? Not surprising. Holding a job isn't the same as doing a good job. "We killed Kaddafi" is not an accomplishment. What it did accomplish was to turn Libya into the largest SLAVE MARKET in the world today. The list goes on but let's leave it there.

We really don't want "professional" politicians. I'm no fan of AOC but I'm glad she was a bar tender. Real world stuff.

Nancy Peloci missed her calling as a fund manager--beating out every fund manager including Warren buffet in her investment hobbies. She must be really smart or...have information that other investors don't have. I forget what they call that. Insider trading?

Bill says regulations in California are out of control and make building public toilets unaffordable because of all the regulations. Regulations created and/or approved by...you got it...professional politicians.

Climate change? It use to be called global warming...but then the warming thing is hard to track (google it for yourself). I'm from Michigan and learned as a 3rd grader that the state was covered with 2 miles of ice a long time ago. When it melted , it created the great lakes. Did carbon fuels do that?

When the global warming committee members before the US Senate were asked if we did what they wanted in the budget ($XX Trillion in spending) how much would the temperature drop? The answer was "we don't know". Even sillier, when asked the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere today (the thing that is supposed to be causing global warming), none of the professionals on the panel knew. The answer is .04%. I think that's kind of an important point if climate change and reducing CO2 in the atmosphere is your job. I could be wrong...but seems applicable.

Bill says we need to make less people because we don't have enough water or food on the planet. Elon Musk, on a recent show with Bill, said that's wrong. Desalination is easy and cheap! We have all the water we need. But Elon likely isn't as smart on this as Bill or the professional politicians in California.

Growing 1 almond in California requires 1.1 gallons of water. That's 1 single almond. But California--struggling with water availability--produces 80% of the almonds in the world. I'm guessing almond growers in California donate re-election money to California professional politicians. Why wouldn't they?

Illegal immigration--well Bill sounds like he's for it because--what a racist if he's not. But illegal immigration depresses wages, puts real stress on cities to handle the influx of new people, many illiterate in their own language, and increases violent crime dramatically. And it does this EVERYWHERE it happens. Just ask Germany, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, and more.

All that said, Bill is a very funny complainer. And the book is entertaining. I think you will like it!

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very good narration.

Revisado: 05-27-24

Nice follow-on story in the series. Lamb is a 3d character that makes the series pop.

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Bad Description: Gay men falling in love

Revisado: 10-03-23

I bought the book because the desciption sounded good and Achilles is a famous character we have all heard about.

What you get is a Gay love story. Which is fine if you advertise it that way. But don't make me think about the Achilles Brad Pitt played and then give me the Gay Blade.

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Pure Propaganda! Truly a horror show book.

Revisado: 09-28-23

I bought this book to learn about Xi Jinping. Instead it's a propaganda piece--telling the reader that China gets everything right and the West gets it all wrong--from COVID, to economies, to government system...you'll own nothing and like it!

This is a country that's only Social Media communication is WeChat. That's it. Why no LINE, VIBER, SKYPE, etc. I don't think you need to wonder why.

The author is the definition of a sycophant.

I hoped for a good book. I got a POS.

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Stephen is getting old...and it shows

Revisado: 05-11-23

Normally, I love SK stories. This one was an effort to get to the end. Not sure what he's doing these days for talent but this one was a MISS.

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Not as good as other McCammon stories

Revisado: 05-11-23

This book was a bit of a disappointment. The lead character is not likeable. Most of the "Vietnam Vet" dialog is a warn road. Ending ties it up well but a lot of OK story to get to a semi-satisfactory ending.

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Better than the TV Series

Revisado: 05-11-23

Well written. Great story!!! The lead character takes off and never stops the action or the motivation to complete the LIST.

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Good book...Scott Brick...not so much

Revisado: 02-24-23

Lee writes nicely but Scott Brick makes every sentence sound like the most important words ever spoken. Including "I'd a coffee". "It seems cold outside". Think menacing tone all the time. Yikes...finally could take it.

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Always good stuff

Revisado: 02-24-23

My favorite thing about AC's books is they are honest, not shy about politics and always entertaining. What more can you ask for in a book!

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Talented guy...and interesting life

Revisado: 02-24-23

Not sure "Greenlights" is the magical word Matt thinks it is...but clearly it's served him well. I enjoy nearly all of his movie performances but they don't translate to the written word from the screen.

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