TY - BOOK AU - Morris,Dick AU - McGann,Eileen TI - Fleeced: how Barack Obama, media mockery of terrorist threats, liberals who want to kill talk radio, the do-nothing Congress, companies that help Iran, and Washington lobbyists for foreign governments are scamming us-- and what to do about it SN - 9780061547751 AV - JK2249 .M875F U1 - 320.973 22 PY - 2008/// CY - New York, NY PB - Harper KW - Political corruption KW - United States KW - Corporations KW - Corrupt practices KW - Politics and government KW - 2001-2009 N1 - Includes bibliographical references; President Obama : what would he do? -- How the liberal media downplay terrorism -- The liberals' secret plan to muzzle talk radio -- The do-nothing Congress is still doing nothing! : House Democrats scale back the congressional workweek--it's too burdensome! -- Foreign companies and American pension funds that help Iran build the bomb -- The new lobbyists : peddling the agendas of foreign governments, oppressive dictators, and foreign corporations to the U.S. government and the American public -- The Dubai-ing of America -- The plastic fleece : credit card company abuse -- Teachers are leaving the profession--too much stress, too little pay -- Released from Guantánamo, they kill again -- How hedge fund billionaires live off tax breaks -- How the teachers' union rips off its members -- Re-building luxury second homes in flood areas again and again--at our expense -- The subprime loan crisis : why the greedy are going free -- How Halliburton rips off the Pentagon : while some fight for freedom, others use war to get rich -- Blocking toys that poison children from being sold in America--and being made in China -- How the company Bill Clinton works for fleeces the vulnerable elderly -- From movie lights to lighting up : how films induce teens to smoke UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0818/2008020838.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0911/2008020838-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0911/2008020838-d.html ER -