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Of Thee I Zing: America's Cultural Decline from Muffin Tops to Body Shots

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While Laura Ingraham was walking through a Northern Virginia shopping mall one Saturday afternoon, it all became clear to her. Everywhere she turned, she saw signs of the impending disaster: zombie teens texting each other across a cafe table; a man having his eyebrows threaded at a kiosk; a fiftyish woman shoe-horned into a tube top and skinny jeans; and a storefront ad featuring a Victoria's Secret model spilling out of her push-up bra and into the faces of young passersby. Ingraham wondered to herself, Is this it? Is this what our forefathers fought for? What my parents struggled for? I wonder if Victoria's Secret is still having that two-for-one sale?

A menacing force surrounds us. We see it, we feel it, we know it. The country we love is in grave peril. While politicians and experts prattle on about the debt crisis at home, and terrorism abroad, a more insidious homegrown threat is emerging. It endangers our future and undermines our present. The uncomfortable truth is: We have become our own worst enemy. The culture we have created is now turning on us. We're on the verge of drowning in our ignorance, arrogance, gluttony . . . can you believe there are only three shots of vanilla in a Caramel Macchiato? ?

Now in an act of patriotic intervention the most-listened-to woman in talk radio casts her satirical eye upon all that ails American society. In this sharp-witted, comic romp, Laura Ingraham takes you on a guided tour through ten levels of our cultural hell.

You know we're in trouble when . . .

- Airplane seats shrink--just as the passengers expand.

- Celebrity baby names go from the peculiar (Apple, Stetson, and Daisy Boo) to the pathetic (Bamboo, Blanket, and Bronx).

- People meticulously tend their virtual crops on Farmville, while their children eat takeout.

- Breaking News usually means it happened yesterday.

- The weddings last longer than the marriages.

- Facebook has become a verb and reading has become an ancient art form.

Of Thee I Zing is cultural commentary too funny to ignore, igniting a national conversation long past due. America, your cultural recovery begins here.

Synopsis:

Breaking News ... This Just In ... it's not breaking news. It's the same story that ran last hour. The only thing new is the anchor reading the teleprompter. The only thing breaking is the makeup on his face.

Synopsis:

A #1 best-selling author and radio phenomenon turns her trademark satirical eye to the culture and habits of everyday American citizens.

Product Details

ISBN:
9781451642063
Publisher:
Threshold Editions
Subject:
Politics - General
Author:
Ingraham, Laura
Author:
Arroyo, Raymond
Subject:
Current Affairs-General
Subject:
Politics-United States Culture
Subject:
main_subject
Subject:
all_subjects
Subject:
Popular culture - United States
Subject:
American wit and humor
Subject:
Political Science : Political Ideologies - Conservatism & Li
Subject:
Political Science : General
Subject:
Political Science : Government - Executive Branch
Subject:
Literary Criticism : American - General
Publication Date:
July 2011
Binding:
eBooks
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
304

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"Synopsis" by , Breaking News ... This Just In ... it's not breaking news. It's the same story that ran last hour. The only thing new is the anchor reading the teleprompter. The only thing breaking is the makeup on his face.
"Synopsis" by , A #1 best-selling author and radio phenomenon turns her trademark satirical eye to the culture and habits of everyday American citizens.
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