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Empire Burlesque - High Crimes and Low Comedy in the Bush Imperium Paperback – 7 Aug 2006

by Chris Floyd (Author)
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Floyd is an American journalist now based in Great Britain
and is currently the UK correspondent for Truthout.org. For 10 years, he
wrote the weekly Global Eye political column for The Moscow Times and St.
Petersburg Times. His writings also appear in The Nation, Columbia
Journalism Review, The Baltimore Chronicle, The Bergen Record and elsewhere
around the world. His book, Empire Burlesque, is published by Expathos
Books. We are proud to have been part of this project.


His report, Into the Dark: The Pentagon Plan to Foment Terrorism, was
chosen as one of ProjectCensored's Top 25 Stories of2002/2003. His pieces
have been anthologized in Media Democracy in Action: Censored 2004 and his
work attracts a wide international audience, particularly in Europe, North
America, and Australia. His columns are regularly featured on many other
sites on the internet at sites including ICH, Lewrockwell.com, Bradblog,
Salon, Counterpunch, Democratic Underground, The Smirking Chimp, Booman
Tribune, William Bowles, Political Cortex and many more...

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How did the Republic descend into such a degraded state? Empire
Burlesque digs up the true story, the secret history,and plays it back in
real-time, providing a unique view from the ground as it was happening -
step by step, into the dark.

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HASH(0x93f3e228) out of 5 stars For Readers Who Really Want the Truth 2 Nov. 2006
By Scooter Cameron - Published on Amazon.com
Chris Floyd is one of a handful of writers on the political scene who report the truth and don't hold their punches. Mr Floyd's varied life experiences here and abroad give him an excellent perspective on what is really happening in American politics - and it's not lame, pro-Democratic Party reactionism, but a true analysis of what the current regime is doing. The only way to get beyond 'business as usual' with either major party is to have a clear understanding of what is really going on and of the real agenda of those in power, as well as what is truly at stake - elements totally lacking in mainstream journalism. Chris Floyd is one of the most important writers today who can help provide that understanding, and I strongly encourage readers to check out his work.
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
HASH(0x94114cc0) out of 5 stars a lotus in a cesspool 23 Oct. 2007
By S. G. Lewis - Published on Amazon.com
C.F.'s blog is always my first read of the day. If you want to see a pen with sparks flying, look within this book. In the unlikely genre of a lowly newsman's best-of comes a philosophical work of the highest order. With the vocabulary of a Pynchon, the sarcasm of a Marx and the moral clarity of a Tolstoy, this literary Rocky comes out pounding the underbelly of our pompous empire. I have no doubt that in a fair fight, i.e., parliamentary debate, this guy could mop the floor with the likes of Hannity and Limbaugh, not to mention Bill Cut-His-Mike O'Reilly. If we ever become the constitutional republic to which we aspire, this book will be pointed to as seminal. But if not, herein is the flowering republic, "straining against the cold, before the petals have to fold".
15 of 17 people found the following review helpful
HASH(0x9417de7c) out of 5 stars Brilliant Book 2 Nov. 2006
By W. Beenen - Published on Amazon.com
Floyd nailed it earlier than most... despite death threats while he was working for the Moscow Times, Floyd was painting the picture far before everyone else post 9-11.

And he painted it well.

This book - a collection of Floyd's work - is essential for those who want to piece together the bigger picture.
14 of 18 people found the following review helpful
HASH(0x943132c4) out of 5 stars Serious and incisive 2 Nov. 2006
By Eric Gross - Published on Amazon.com
First a confession - I have not read this book, but I have read essentially all of its content through the Empire Burlesque blog. The work is consistently accurate, passionate, and frightening, as it details the US's descent into a neo-capitalist, fascist state. Chris Floyd nailed massacres in Iraq well before they were noted at other web sites. If this book has a flaw, it is its proclivity to project a kind of inevitability as the US morphs its Constitution to permit a Soviet style dictatorship and how it uses its all volunteer armed forces to support a burgeoning US corporate/military empire. I believe that the US does have the opportunity to reverse these tendencies with a change in political party. At least this is a possibility not discussed seriously by the author. This is, nonetheless, a well written book that should be considered an alarm for people who care about the country and our world.
HASH(0x9469cb58) out of 5 stars A justifiably angry man. 13 May 2013
By Julie E Malet - Published on Amazon.com
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Chris Floyd is an excellent journo. He has a wonderful grasp of the spin and lies in America's politics. We all suspect these antics and wheeling and dealing are happening, Floyd confirms.
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