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The Inheritance book cover

David Sanger's The Inheritance is one of the best books I've read about the complex foreign-policy issues of the past eight years. Using his incredible access, David lifts the veil of secrecy in Washington and exposes the missteps and missed opportunities of the Bush administration. He interviews high-level government officials and puts you in the front row in the White House Situation Room. This is the kind of reporting we need a lot more of in this country.

7:29 am, Mar 27, 2009
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QueenCeleste

Just wanted to let you know how much I enjoying watching you on "Morning Joe." You and Joe are a great, witty, duo. Your expressions during sports stories or puff pieces are priceless! The team of Willy, Pat Buchanan, and Mike Barnicle is somehow a perfect mix. May your show run for ages. Oh, and I love when your father is a guest!

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10:53 pm, Mar 27, 2009
forparity

Inheritance? Where's the book on the Clinton missteps?

I don't seem to remember an hour, in the life of the national media, during the past 8 years, where the reporting was on much other than their view of the missteps, etc., of the Bush administration.

What I wonder is, where is that kind of reporting on what was missed and screwed up during the Clinton years?

He missed on Somalia, Rwanda, the Middle-East, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, and the DR Congo (millions and millions slaughtered). He missed on addressing the 3rd world HIV/Aids pandemic (millions and millions more died and millions more became infected). He missed on Afghanistan - big time - anyone remember the Taliban taking control of Afganistan (seems to me something bad happened after that)? He missed on Iraq - oh, he bombed them often and a lot, but in the end, we got no inspectors, a 1/2 more million dead children, and oil for food? He missed on North Korea, on Tibet, on Chechnya. He missed on the dot.com bubble and allowed Bush to inherit an economic mess. He missed on Immigration - Medicare - Social Security reform. He missed on protecting New Orleans from hurricanes (and we had all those surpluses to spend.) He missed on rebuilding Homestead, Fl. He missed on the great Mississippi floods of 1994. He missed on improving education in America, and on keeping jobs at home. He missed on Kyoto - ha ha ha ha. He even missed, on Monica.

Where's the book to showcase, Mika?

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2:44 pm, Mar 31, 2009
s1u2e3

Dear Mika,
I just love you on Morning Joe.
However, research on bees is not pork! Over half of all the fruits and vegetables we eat will disappear without bees to pollinate them. Bee colony collapse disorder is a serious problem!
Also, my son in-law, born and raised in Pennsylvania, loads semi-trucks for a living. He was hurt when you commented that only illegal aliens would want that job.
I think that oil tankers should hire sharp shooters to defend ships as they go through dangerous waters. These people could be on board each ship. Pirates will get tired of being killed trying to ransom oil tankers. It has to be cheaper than paying ransom.

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9:38 am, Apr 15, 2009
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