Author Topic: GetBig Political Book Club (Read 5974 times)

youandme · « **Reply #25 on:** June 04, 2008, 08:10:10 AM »

Quote from: headhuntersix on June 04, 2008, 08:02:12 AM

Cool. I don't read alot of books on the current war. I pick and choose carefully based on how non-biased things appear to be. I liked Tom Rick's book. He's well respected aqnd I think he sums up the mistakes pretty damm well. As far as WW2. I read anything from a soldiers eye view, especially from the German point of view. I would suggest "The Forgotten Soldier" by Guy Sajer.

I suggest WWI then and go with Ernst Junger "Storm of Steel"

awesome

Brixtonbulldog · « **Reply #26 on:** June 04, 2008, 08:11:27 AM »

Quote from: MRDUMPLING on June 04, 2008, 07:19:26 AM

Rouge Warrior: Richard Marcinko-the guy who developed Seal Team six.

you mean rogue warrior, right?

Bindare_Dundat · « **Reply #27 on:** June 04, 2008, 08:15:59 AM »

Does PCGamer count as a book?

headhuntersix · « **Reply #28 on:** June 04, 2008, 08:30:53 AM »

Yes depending on what games ur playing.

MRDUMPLING · « **Reply #29 on:** June 04, 2008, 08:33:24 AM »

Quote from: Brixtonbulldog on June 04, 2008, 08:11:27 AM

you mean rogue warrior, right?

Yes, I'm sorry for the typo.

HH6, I will definately pick up that, I am just getting back into reading about WWII. I haven't found anything else that has caught my attention regarding that.

Anybody have any other suggestions for WWII reading?

headhuntersix · « **Reply #30 on:** June 04, 2008, 08:42:20 AM »

Willful Blindness
A Memoir of the Jihad
by Andrew C. McCarthy.....great book about how we dropped the ball as far back as 1989. I just got it.

Not on WW2

I've read Forgotten Soldier several times...if u want to be depressed and stay that way..this book will do it. Its about a soldier on the Eastern Front. Don't read it in a cold climate.

Band of Brothers...Pegesus Bridge...
I'll look on my shelves when I get home

The True Adonis · « **Reply #31 on:** July 25, 2009, 01:21:06 PM »

I have had this on my shelf for a while and am getting to it since I just finished the eight books of Gore Vidal in his American Chronicle series (counting Washington D.C.) and a few Science books, Your Inner Fish by Neil Shubin, and Death By Black Hole by Neil deGrasse Tyson.

H.W. Brands has a wonderful writing style and certainly offers a much better and in-depth treatment of Andrew Jackson than Meacham`s American Lion, which is a short read and does not deal in great details as Brands work.

If you want the best Biography on Andrew Jackson, go with H.W. Brands Andrew Jackson, His Life and Times. Meacham`s American Lion does not even compare.

ToxicAvenger · « **Reply #32 on:** July 25, 2009, 05:26:03 PM »

to study

for fun

IFBBwannaB · « **Reply #33 on:** July 25, 2009, 08:52:06 PM »

Quote from: ToxicAvenger on July 25, 2009, 05:26:03 PM

to study

for fun

I still to Riemann famous article printed out and waiting for me to read it but I don't have the time to finish the book I'm reading and I have about another 30 research articles printed out and on my read list

When are they going to invent some brain plug to download info! Reading takes too much time!

Anyway....am I the only one that thinks this is another attempt by 240 to make us think he's smart....kind of hard to think that on a man who have a tinfoil hat and lives in a trailer $:-\$

ToxicAvenger · « **Reply #34 on:** July 26, 2009, 06:39:56 AM »

Quote from: IFBBwannaB on July 25, 2009, 08:52:06 PM

I still to Riemann famous article printed out and waiting for me to read it but I don't have the time to finish the book I'm reading and I have about another 30 research articles printed out and on my read list

When are they going to invent some brain plug to download info! Reading takes too much time!

Anyway....am I the only one that thinks this is another attempt by 240 to make us think he's smart....kind of hard to think that on a man who have a tinfoil hat and lives in a trailer $:-\$

this is a merged thread...i posted my responce on the " what r you currently reading" thread started by adonis...why would i post a SK and a cisco book on a politix book thread $:-\$

Studying thru Osmosis...lol I WISH! ...unfortunately..we still hafta to do it the old fashioned way...and i NEVER want the technology to be able to Download stuff directly into our brains...then EVERYONE will be able to be a ccie = less $ for the likes of me

240 is Back · « **Reply #35 on:** July 26, 2009, 08:51:55 AM »

mannnn those cisco books bring back nightmares. computer certs were stressful.

IFBBwannaB · « **Reply #36 on:** July 26, 2009, 08:59:41 AM »

Quote from: 240 is Back on July 26, 2009, 08:51:55 AM

mannnn those cisco books bring back nightmares. computer certs were stressful.

LOL@ the fears of the ignorant.
I thought you have multiple degrees...aren't you a studying phenomena

?

ToxicAvenger · « **Reply #37 on:** July 26, 2009, 09:03:11 AM »

Quote from: 240 is Back on July 26, 2009, 08:51:55 AM

mannnn those cisco books bring back nightmares. computer certs were stressful.

nah...i got it in the bag this time Rob...

last time i attempted the CCIE lab i ws a damn drunk...hell i even walked into the lab with a hangover...

this time i'm putting in an honest 10hrs/day (weekdays) on studying...i should have it in about 4 to 6 months

..besides..that Karl Solie book is extremly well written...Mr solie actually had the damn thing proof read...and i hardly found any mistakes in it...other cisco authors..

only thing is..the books are expensive and so is the lab rental...about $1500 for every 700 hrs i spend in the lab

.....but i figure...everyone has to do it soooo..thats the breaks

Hugo Chavez · « **Reply #38 on:** July 26, 2009, 09:04:28 AM »

Quote from: IFBBwannaB on July 26, 2009, 08:59:41 AM

LOL@ the fears of the ignorant.
I thought you have multiple degrees...aren't you a studying phenomena ?

I hope you feel better now

IFBBwannaB · « **Reply #39 on:** July 26, 2009, 09:59:26 AM »

Quote from: Hugo Chavez on July 26, 2009, 09:04:28 AM

I hope you feel better now

Actually I feel great today, I have a nice new group of students under me

Hugo Chavez · « **Reply #40 on:** July 26, 2009, 10:34:50 AM »

Quote from: IFBBwannaB on July 26, 2009, 09:59:26 AM

Actually I feel great today, I have a nice new group of students under me

I thought only catholics pulled that shit... Jews too?

ToxicAvenger · « **Reply #41 on:** July 26, 2009, 11:07:09 AM »

Quote from: IFBBwannaB on July 26, 2009, 09:59:26 AM

Actually I feel great today, I have a nice new group of students under me

watcha teach man?

i'm a (now) ex

CCSI (cisco cert systems instructor..used ta teach CCNA, CCNP)

i never minded teaching the corporate crowd...and the govt crowd...both groups were fairly to really smart...and a pleasure to teach..
and then ya had the..walk off the street..i'm an accounting major and decided to switch up yadayada sorta students that make me wanna slam a sharp pencil into my brain thru my eye ball and itch it

240 is Back · « **Reply #42 on:** July 26, 2009, 02:31:06 PM »

i passed the microsofts and the comptias on first try, but the CCNA fail the first time was a tough one to swallow.

studying is hard no matter how many degrees you earn. It doesn't get any easier. If anything, as you get older, you forget more stuff

ToxicAvenger · « **Reply #43 on:** July 26, 2009, 04:04:10 PM »

Quote

i passed the microsofts and the comptias on first try, but the CCNA fail the first time was a tough one to swallow.

hardly anyone passes the CCNA first try without a fully functional lab...especially now a days since there r simulation labs on the test where you actually have to configure stuff...its NOT an entry level test ..which soo many people seem to think so..its a tough test...

Quote

studying is hard no matter how many degrees you earn. It doesn't get any easier. If anything, as you get older, you forget more stuff

studying gets easier as you train your mind to do it...as with muscles...with time it does get easier..
concepts that would take me 2 or 3 readings a few weeks ago i can handle now in a single read..you get acclimated to it...however initially you have to force yourself to sit in that chair no matter what and concentrate

Soul Crusher · « **Reply #44 on:** July 26, 2009, 05:21:49 PM »

Quote from: stormshadow on June 03, 2008, 02:24:36 PM

The Oil Factor - by: Stephen Leeb

Crash Proof - by: Peter Schiff

I just finished Crash Proof by Schiff. GREAT BOOK!

I also read his book Bull Moves in Bear Markets. Good, but not as good as Crash Proof.

I also read Catastrophe by Dick Morris. I knew most of the info in there already.

Economics in one Lesson by Hazlitt was a great book too. THIS IS A MUST READ!

I read War and Power both by Robert Greene which together are brilliant lessons of history.

IFBBwannaB · « **Reply #45 on:** July 26, 2009, 06:57:47 PM »

Quote from: ToxicAvenger on July 26, 2009, 11:07:09 AM

watcha teach man?

i'm a (now) ex CCSI (cisco cert systems instructor..used ta teach CCNA, CCNP)

i never minded teaching the corporate crowd...and the govt crowd...both groups were fairly to really smart...and a pleasure to teach..
and then ya had the..walk off the street..i'm an accounting major and decided to switch up yadayada sorta students that make me wanna slam a sharp pencil into my brain thru my eye ball and itch it

I'm teaching the first EE lab of B.Sc students, it's a nice small gig on the side.

ToxicAvenger · « **Reply #46 on:** July 26, 2009, 07:33:45 PM »

Quote from: IFBBwannaB on July 26, 2009, 06:57:47 PM

I'm teaching the first EE lab of B.Sc students, it's a nice small gig on the side.

awesome!

good for you!

Soul Crusher · « **Reply #47 on:** October 13, 2010, 12:18:22 PM »

Quote from: 240 is Back on October 14, 2007, 10:23:31 PM

Has anyone ready any good books lately?

(related to politics, economy, or corporations)

We should all recommend a good book we have on our shelf.

Would anyone like to start?