Alice's Adventures in Obamaland (English Edition) [Kindle-editie] beoordelingen het boek quotes

Political satire with original John Tenniel illustrations for "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass""Beware Obamacare, my son! The laws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Rushrush bird, and shun The dubious Moneysnatch!"Almost 150 years since the original version of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was penned by Charles Dodgson under the name Lewis Carroll, the satire and whimsy continue to inspire contemporary relevancy. In 2010, poor Alice does not fall down a rabbit hole into Oxford, England, but into Obamaland where "logic" is as baffling as it was in 1865.In the Carroll Lewis book, modern Alice drinks from a bottle marked "change," which shrinks her into a "smaller footprint" size on the planet and awareness of the nonshrinking Algore. During her adventures in Obamaland, Alice encounters a Congress of knaves, the illogical Stimulus plan, promises to reduce the deficit, and the TARP. The author also satirically jabs at bipartisanship, immigration, energy, trade, and national security in the same humorous vein as the Dodgson original. The parallels are uncanny."What is Obamacare?" asked Alice of no one in particular. "Nobody knows exactly," replied a small disheveled man wearing a large top hat, "but it's very important to get it passed." "Get it past what?" she inquired. "The people!" replied the man.