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03016cim a2200457Ia 4500 001 B76EE3902B0F11DEAA7E7608A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20220331010500 007 sd fungnn|||uu 008 070312s2007 caunnn z eng d 020 $a 1415944121 020 $a 9781415944127 028 00 $a 7420-CD $b Books on Tape 040 $a TEFBT $c TEFBT $d SILO $d WIM $d OCLCQ $d JIN $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 14 $a E902 $b .G67 2007ab 082 04 $a 973.931 $2 22 100 1 $a Gore, Albert, $d 1948- 245 1 $a The assault on reason $h [sound recording] / $c Al Gore. 260 $a Santa Ana, CA : $b Books on Tape, $c p2007. 300 $a 8 sound discs (10 hrs., 8 min.) : $b digital ; $c 4 3/4 in. 500 $a Unabridged. 500 $a Compact discs. 511 0 $a Read by Will Patton. 520 $a "At the time George W. Bush ordered American forces to invade Iraq, 70 percent of Americans believed Saddam Hussein was linked to 9/11. Voters in Ohio, when asked by pollsters to list what stuck in their minds about the 2004 presidential campaign, most frequently named two Bush television ads that played to fears of terrorism. We live in an age when the 30-second television spot is the most powerful force shaping the electorate's thinking, and America is in the hands of an administration less interested than any previous administration in sharing the truth with the citizenry. Of even greater concern is this administration's disinterest in the process by which the truth is ascertained, the tenets of fact-based reasoning--first among them an embrace of open inquiry, in which unexpected and even inconvenient facts can lead to unexpected conclusions. How did we get here? Al Gore's goal is to explain how the public sphere itself has evolved into a place hospitable to reason's enemies ; to make us more aware of the forces at work on our own minds ; and to lead us to an understanding of what we can do, individually and collectively, to restore the rule of reason and safeguard our future. Drawing on a life's work in politics as well as on the work of experts across a broad range of disciplines, Al Gore gives us a farsighted and powerful manifesto for clear thinking."--Publisher's web site. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government $y 2001- 650 0 $a Political culture $z United States. 650 0 $a Democracy $z United States. 650 0 $a Reason $x Social aspects $z United States. 650 0 $a Reason $x Political aspects $z United States. 650 0 $a Fear $x Political aspects $z United States. 650 0 $a Official secrets $z United States. 600 10 $a Bush, George W. $q (George Walker), $d 1946- 600 10 $a Bush, George W. $q (George Walker), $d 1946- $x Friends and associates. 650 0 $a Religious fundamentalism $x Political aspects $z United States. 700 1 $a Patton, Will. 941 $a 1 945 $a cdab 952 $l GUPF501 $d 20090806113132.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B76EE3902B0F11DEAA7E7608A8D7520A 994 $a 02 $b JINInitiate Another SILO Locator Search