my mom bought this for me. nice attempt on her part.

Reading this book is a bit like having someone shout facts at you continuously for a few hours! Moore has collated a vast swathe of information on Bush and the administration, and revels in the facts and figures he has. However, Moore has a very extreme point of view (IMO) and I would like to see the anti-Moore point of view presented as well in order to get a balanced overview of the state of America. As with all fanatics, he only presents one viewpoint, without the balancing side being represented at all. A lot of this book also reads as a "manual" on "how to be a good American", and as a non-American I skipped over these bits. I did find his tone very patronising in places, but again, this may be because I am reading the advice as an "outsider".

Overall this was an interesting read and it did raise a few good questions, and made you think about some of the points he raised. It is terribly outdated however, and there needs to be an Anti-Moore publication somewhere to balance the views. But overall a worthy read.

I think Michael Moore with his bowling for columbine documentary was one of the first opinion-makers who had a influence on me. Strongly agreeing with the documentary when I was a young kid at fourteen or fifteen years old, when rewatching later more nuance and doubt was getting to me about the strong message from the documentary. In one way Moore has had an influence mostly by showing how you can have an influence with making a movie.

This book has the same style as Moore's documentaries: critical, cynical, humorous but most of all a social justice warrior vibe avant la lettre. His message is strong, blaming the white men for all problems in the America of George W. Bush. Although it was an interesting read and as a Dutch person I now certainly never want to live in the USA, the evidence is anecdotical and always fell a bit short in his motivation.

If you are a Democrat or a social justice warrior you will enjoy this book. If you like strong opinions and some insight in the opposers of Bush jr. in the early 2000s it is also an interesting read. Biggest critique is that the build up is a bit weak. Starting with a strong rant against Bush, Moore at the end of the book also calls out the Democrats and his role in the Bush election, I think his point would have been stronger if he put this parts together, making the whole white men rant a lot stronger, but the message stands.

An entry level book on what is wrong with America written from one guy’s perspective in a deliberately teenage provocative way. He’s not always wrong but he is always a bit irritating.

Well, I'm going to pass judgement on this book in the simplest way I can: it was bad.

For some inexplicable reason, this was a textbook for a class I'm taking. It is, however, less like a textbook and more like a well-informed rant on politics and the general poor state the world is in today. It's chock full of interjections, sarcasm, and bullet-point lists of things like "Things the South was Right About: beef jerky, lemonade, napping in hammocks, wal-mart, walt disney world."

I will say that it's informative enough for someone looking for a way to learn about Michael Moore's plentiful opinions, backed by information not properly cited. Call me a pretentious college student, fine. I'm off to read something with some real literary and/or informative value.

It's a little dated now, but its always fun to hear MM's opinions.

After reading this I appreciate Trump is no worse than his predecessors. It seems the USA continues to elect the same stupid white Male over and over again.

Alright. Not life changing but good considerations.