Slinging Mud

Slinging Mud
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 192
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ISBN-10 : 9781101544136
ISBN-13 : 1101544139
Rating : 4/5 (36 Downloads)

Synopsis Slinging Mud by : Rosemarie Ostler

Two Centuries of Scandalous Rumors, Over-the-Top Insults, and Low-Down Slurs. We bemoan the loss of civility in public discourse these days, but mudslinging is an American tradition as old as the republic. Not everyone admired the Father of Our Country. President Washington's enemies called him a cheapskate, a hyena, a horse beater, a spoiled child, and a tyrannical monster, among other epithets. "You are utterly incapable to steer the political ship," wrote one outraged critic. And so it has gone ever since. From the King Mob label denigrating Andrew Jackson to the wingnut and latte liberal tags of the past few years, every era has its share of politically motivated insults. Slinging Mud gathers memorable words and expressions from two centuries' worth of going negative.

Shooting Arrows and Slinging Mud

Shooting Arrows and Slinging Mud
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Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Total Pages : 273
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ISBN-10 : 9780806151076
ISBN-13 : 0806151072
Rating : 4/5 (76 Downloads)

Synopsis Shooting Arrows and Slinging Mud by : James E. Mueller

The defeat of George Armstrong Custer and the Seventh Cavalry at the Battle of the Little Bighorn was big news in 1876. Newspaper coverage of the battle initiated hot debates about whether the U.S. government should change its policy toward American Indians and who was to blame for the army’s loss—the latter, an argument that ignites passion to this day. In Shooting Arrows and Slinging Mud, James E. Mueller draws on exhaustive research of period newspapers to explore press coverage of the famous battle. As he analyzes a wide range of accounts—some grim, some circumspect, some even laced with humor—Mueller offers a unique take on the dramatic events that so shook the American public. Among the many myths surrounding the Little Bighorn is that journalists of that time were incompetent hacks who, in response to the stunning news of Custer’s defeat, called for bloodthirsty revenge against the Indians and portrayed the “boy general” as a glamorous hero who had suffered a martyr’s death. Mueller argues otherwise, explaining that the journalists of 1876 were not uniformly biased against the Indians, and they did a credible job of describing the battle. They reported facts as they knew them, wrote thoughtful editorials, and asked important questions. Although not without their biases, journalists reporting on the Battle of the Little Bighorn cannot be credited—or faulted—for creating the legend of Custer’s Last Stand. Indeed, as Mueller reveals, after the initial burst of attention, these journalists quickly moved on to other stories of their day. It would be art and popular culture—biographies, paintings, Wild West shows, novels, and movies—that would forever embed the Last Stand in the American psyche.

Electrical Merchandising

Electrical Merchandising
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 586
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ISBN-10 : NYPL:33433108195698
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (98 Downloads)

Synopsis Electrical Merchandising by :

Electrical Merchandising Week

Electrical Merchandising Week
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 910
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015082350904
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (04 Downloads)

Synopsis Electrical Merchandising Week by :

Includes annually, 1961- Home goods data book.

Anti-politics, Depoliticization, and Governance

Anti-politics, Depoliticization, and Governance
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 326
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780198748977
ISBN-13 : 0198748973
Rating : 4/5 (77 Downloads)

Synopsis Anti-politics, Depoliticization, and Governance by : Paul Fawcett (Political scientist)

There is a mounting body of evidence pointing towards rising levels of public dissatisfaction with the formal political process. Depoliticization refers to a more discrete range of contemporary strategies that add to this growing trend towards anti-politics by either removing or displacing the potential for choice, collective agency, and deliberation. This book examines the relationship between these two trends as understood within the broader shift towards governance. It brings together a number of contributions from scholars who have a varied range of concerns but who nevertheless share a common interest in developing the concept of depoliticization through their engagement with a set of theoretical, conceptual, methodological, and empirical questions. This volume explores these questions from a variety of different perspectives and uses a number of different empirical examples and case studies from both within the nation state as well as from other regional, global, and multi-level arenas. In this context, this volume examines the potential and limits of depoliticization as a concept and its position and contribution in the nexus between the larger and more established literatures on governance and anti-politics.

The Flying Beaver Brothers and the Mud-Slinging Moles

The Flying Beaver Brothers and the Mud-Slinging Moles
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Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
Total Pages : 98
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780449810194
ISBN-13 : 0449810194
Rating : 4/5 (94 Downloads)

Synopsis The Flying Beaver Brothers and the Mud-Slinging Moles by : Maxwell Eaton, III

The Flying Beaver Brothers are back! All is not well on Beaver Island. Ace and Bub have noticed a number of things (trees, houses, evil penguins) sinking into the ground. They soon discover that Captain Jo Jo and his scurvy crew of mud-making moles have hatched a nearsighted plot to steal dirt from Beaver Island to make their own island home even bigger! Can Ace and Bub stop their brotherly bickering and save Beaver Island before it disappears forever?

All God's Children Got Shoes

All God's Children Got Shoes
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Publisher : Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
Total Pages : 41
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ISBN-10 : 9781644163856
ISBN-13 : 1644163853
Rating : 4/5 (56 Downloads)

Synopsis All God's Children Got Shoes by : Corean Strong

Did you see yourself in any of these shoes? Well, if the shoe fits, wear it. Now that you know all about shoe types and personality traits, I hope you can make a positive change in your life if you need to. Others, like the Patent Leather Shoe and Work Shoe only need to keep doing what you are doing, but some of us need to change our attitudes and our lifestyles. Always remember that we all have issues. We are all children of God, and All God's Children Got Shoes. I got shoes, you got shoes, all God's children got shoes. When I get to heaven gonna put on my shoes, gonna walk all over God's heaven.

The Transmitter

The Transmitter
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 706
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ISBN-10 : UIUC:30112057113588
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (88 Downloads)

Synopsis The Transmitter by : Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company of Maryland

Parliamentary Debates

Parliamentary Debates
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 1380
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105015365062
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (62 Downloads)

Synopsis Parliamentary Debates by : Australia. Parliament