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Michael Wolff ( 1953年8月27日-) Everyone ready ? Here goes !
迈克尔·沃尔夫的爆料震荡世界
Michael Wolff's explosive book from inside the workings of the Trump White House has finally become public, sending shock- waves around the world.
The book – which has already been criticised by both Trump himself as well as critics – contains a range of huge claims about the president and those who surround him. Smooth Sluggo 5.0 out of 5 starsReading this book is like being forced to eat an entire 5 gallon carton of ice cream January 5, 2018 Format: Hardcover|Verified Purchase
What can be said, that hasn't already been said about the President?
Nothing in this book will surprise anyone who has been following the trials and tribulations of the 45th President of the United States, Donald J. Trump. His supporters will cry foul, and say some of it isn't true -- and some of it might not be -- but if even 10% of what is in this book is true, holy crap!
Reading this book is like being forced to eat an entire 5 gallon carton of ice cream in one sitting. It is yummy and you don't want to stop. And then you do want to stop but you can't, because the book has you roped in. You should feel good, but in reality you feel awful, because of what you just did to yourself.
So tread lightly, dear reader. You won't want to put the book down, but you won't be better off for reading it, either. If you don't like it, do something productive -- stop eating the ice cream and get off the couch. Make America AMERICA again! Bluestocking 5.0 out of 5 starsTrump isn't as bad as you think— he's worse January 5, 2018 Format: Kindle Edition|Verified Purchase
I wasn't going to buy this book because I knew I'd see many of the salacious bits posted online. But when Trump tried to stop its publication, I decided that helping to push it into a massive best seller would be a good slap in the face to everything Trumpian. Besides, I was curious...
So far, it's a fascinating (if unsurprising) look inside a White House in which a fatuous vengeful man is surrounded by opportunists, crooks, and amateurs. It's as compulsively readable as Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72.
To add insult to injury, I bought the book through Amazon Smile which I have set to donate to Seattle's Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest and the Hawaiian Islands J.L. Cartwright 5.0 out of 5 starsEverything you thought you knew ... wasn't bad enough. January 5, 2018 Format: Kindle Edition|Verified Purchase
This book doesn't wander far from what my expectations of this administration is up to. It's utterly gross, and yet, like the proverbial train wreck, you CANNOT look away. I read the entire thing this morning, and I'm going to have to go back and read it again. To be sure that I actually read all the )#&%# I thought I did, and did such #(%&*# actually make it into a work about how the administration is going about its daily business.
This is a constitutional crisis. I have read, already, all the attacks on the author. But everything he says shores up my POV about the administration - they were not prepared, they are a bumbling roadside attraction doing anything they can to keep the audience's attention. When whatever the current shill is turns out not to be what they want you to see, they bumble and fall over one another, inflaming hatred of some "other" - from the top down - to shift your attention.
I have been watching, enjoying, and debating politics since I was ten. I love to see what current administrations are doing, and even if I voted for them, I'll critique. No one's perfect. But this - good grief. I have been ashamed, from time to time, at some of the actions of past presidents. But I am constantly, 150%, 24/7 ashamed of this administration. There is nothing they do that doesn't hurt, lash out, or inflict damage on some part of the American people. Outside of that group the pres wants to be part of, the billionaires, everyone else is merely fodder. And lord help you if you are anyone other than white and male.
Because you're nothing.
All this book has done is reinforce what I thought I was seeing. While that makes me sad, angry, and worried - it also reinforces that we must be active, and not complacent - we must, as a nation, go vote for people who will support this nation, and the ideals it has survived on. We have to bring back people who are not the sellout pieces of trash that is our current legislative bodies.
Most of all, this book is a warning. Our nation is under siege. If you don't see it - it's because you don't want to, or feel that the siege will benefit you in some fashion. It won't. If it does, it's temporary, and you will pay the piper, and it will hurt. This book should show you that. The pres has loyalty and concern for one person - himself. Anyone else is disposable. That includes the nation he supposedly represents.
I suggest you read it. And put down the partisanship, and read it with eyes of "Is this who I want to represent me?" Even if only half of this is true, we are in a world of hurt. WE deserve better. The pres and all his sycophantic horde deserve to be bounced out on their backsides. Which begins with the 2018 elections.
Fire and Fury : Inside the Trump White House https://blog.lusofonias.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Fire-and-Fury-Michael-Wolff.pdf
“那是我很小很小的时候了,有一天,爸爸铿锵有力地给我 念了一句名言:“知识就是力量,法国就是醃肉。” ( Knowledge is power,France is bacon.)
之后的十多年中,这句话一直困扰着我,产生了无数的谜 团 。这句话的后半部分到底是什么意思?为什么能够和前半部 分联系到一起?知识与力量、法国与醃肉之间,难道冥冥之中 有着某种难以言喻的联系吗!?
我,无法理解。
更让我恐惧的是,每当我向大人们提起“知识就是力量, 法国就是醃肉。” 的时候,他们都毫无惊讶的神色,而只是 默默的点头赞同,甚至有几分欣喜的目光含在眼中。
或者当有人说到“知识就是力量。”的时候,我总会紧接 着强调“法国就是醃肉!” 可从来没有人以怪异的神色盯着我 或想要纠正什么怪异的事情,有的只是微微一笑,点头赞同。
某一天,深陷困惑的我终于鼓起了勇气 ,找到一位老师请 教:“‘知识就是力量,法国就是醃肉。’这句话到底是什么 意思?”可没想到换来的却只是整整十分钟关于“知识就是力 量”的解释,完全没有触及到“法国就是醃肉”。当老师讲解 完毕,我怯生生地试探道:“法国就是醃肉?”老师轻描淡写 地答道:“没错。”年仅12岁的我根本没有勇气和信心再继续 追问下去了。
我,绝望了。
从那一刻起,我再也没有去追问过这句话的真意,我坚信 自己永远不可能弄明白这句话,它就是一个解不开的谜团,我 能做的只是当这句话被提及的时候假装和所有人一样明白它的 意思。我彻底放弃了追寻。
直到多年以后的某一天,我不经意在书本上看到了这句话:
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