IN SELF DEFENSE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
PREFACE
     We’re Not As Stupid As They Think We Are
     Nasty Political Lies
1. WHO’S BUSH?
     To the Manner Born
     “I do not have a perfect record as a youth.”
     Over the Hill
     What an MBA Can Do for You
     Let Them Eat Cake!
2. THE PREVARICATOR I: THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
     “John. It’s politics.”
     The Goring of Gore
3. THE THEFT OF THE PRESIDENCY
     Casing the Joint
     The Heist
4. A BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
     If It’s Bad for Business, It’s Too Bad for the Rest of Us
     Reversal of Ergonomic Standards
     Elimination of Overtime Pay
     The Energy Companies’ Crisis
5. NO CHILD LEFT UNTESTED
     Educating Docile Workers for the Corporate State
     Dropouts Don’t Count
     Big Brother Knows Best
     The Test Revolt
6. HAVE I GOT A DEAL FOR YOU
     A Tax Cut for the Wealthy
     Another Tax Break for the Rich and Richer
7. 9/11: WHO KNEW WHAT AND WHEN, AND WHAT, IF ANYTHING, DID HE DO?
     Sowing the Wind and Reaping the Whirlwind
     Neglect of Duty
     The Attack
     The Cover-up
     The Why
8. THE PREVARICATOR II: THE MIDTERM CAMPAIGN
     Karl Rove’s Political War
     A Cowardly Attack on an American Patriot
9. BUSH’S WAR
     An Ideological History of Bush’s Never-Ending Preemptive War
     The Propaganda and Politics of Bush’s War
     Bush Lied to Justify His War
     Milestones Along the Road to Bush’s War
     The Shifting Mission of Bush’s War
     The Inhumanity of Bush’s War
     The Shameful Treatment of American Soldiers
10. THE CRIMES OF GEORGE W. BUSH
     Illegal Use of Force
     Illegal Detention of Prisoners of War
     Impeachment
11. JUSTICE IN AMERICA
     Discretionary Justice
     The Would-Be President and the Anointing of Ashcroft
     Censoring the Freedom of Information Act
     Patriot Games
     The Non-Investigation of Corporate Corruption
12. BUSH ON DRUGS
     Thar’s Gold in Them Thar Pills!
     The Large Print Giveth and the Small Print Taketh Away
13. THE MEDIA IS NOT LIBERAL, AND IT DOES NOT TELL YOU THE TRUTH!
     The Attack of the Killer Neocons
     Creating the Myth of the Liberal Media
     In Fear of the Conservative Media
14. THE PREVARICATOR III : THE CAMPAIGN FOR REELECTION
    Wired to Win
15. THE EMPEROR HAS NO CLOTHES
     A Reflection of Our Self Image?
     The Image We Present to the World
     The Stealth Co-President
     The Mayberry Machiavellis
     The Disappointment of Diogenes
16. NO END IN SIGHT

BIBLIOGRAPHY (Principal Sources)
INDEX