BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
X-WR-CALNAME:www.indybay.org
PRODID:-//indybay/ical// v1.0//EN
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:Indybay-18709005
SEQUENCE:18801098
CREATED:20120309T025800Z
DESCRIPTION:Hosted by Max Pringle\n\n$15 advance tickets available March 9: t: 
 800-838-3006 \nor: Pegasus Books (3 locations), Mrs. Dalloway’s, Moe’s 
 Books, Walden Pond, DIESEL, A Bookstore    SF – The Booksmith, Modern 
 Times Bookstore    ($18 door) \nInformation: www.kpfa.org/events      KPFA 
 benefit\n\nWritten with bracing wit and intelligence, Rachel Maddow's Drift 
 argues that we've drifted away from America's original ideals and become a 
 nation weirdly at peace with perpetual war, with all the financial and 
 human costs that entails.\n\nRachel Maddow is host of the Emmy 
 Award-winning “The Rachel Maddow Show” broadcast weekdays on MSNBC, the 
 most successful show launch in MSNBC history when it debuted in September 
 2008.   She had first gained national prominence as a host on Air America 
 Radio.\nSince then Rachel has won numerous awards, including being named 
 “Breakout Star of 2008” by the Washington Post, Best of Television 2008 
 by the Los Angeles Times, and one of the \nTop Ten Political Newcomers of 
 2008” by Politico.com. In 2010 she was honored by the Interfaith Alliance 
 with the Walter Cronkite Faith and Freedom Award. Her documentary, “The 
 Assassination of Dr. Tiller” received a 2010 Grace Award. \n\nComments on 
 her first book, “Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power” 
 \n\n“With her savage wit, dazzling command of facts, and eye for the 
 absurd, Maddow tells the epic story of how American warfare came to be both 
 never-ending and practically invisible. In the process, she revives a 
 radically old-fashioned idea: waging war should be wrenchingly difficult 
 for a nation, for that is what prevents unnecessary battles from being 
 waged. This courageous book deserves to spark a national debate about the 
 purpose of war.”    --NAOMI KLEIN, author of The Shock 
 Doctrine\n\nAmerica is in urgent need of a real debate over its addiction 
 to sprawling militarism and endless war. It affects, and degrades, every 
 aspect of national life: political, cultural, and economic. Nobody is 
 better positioned to trigger that debate than Rachel Maddow, and that's 
 exactly what she does in this startlingly insightful and well-written book. 
 By stripping away the propaganda that distorts national security policy and 
 laying bare its reality, Maddow has written one of those rare political 
 books that can transform Americans' understanding of what their government 
 is actually doing.”\n--GLENN GREENWALD, columnist for Salon, author of 
 Liberty and Justice for Some \n \n “In Drift, Rachel Maddow brings her 
 passion, wit, cool common sense and intellectual firepower to the epic and 
 darkly farcical story of how America has declined into an overfunded and 
 unchecked national security state – one that inflicts more damage on 
 America’s assets, our military included, than it does on our adversaries. 
 At a crossroads when Americans of all stripes are rethinking their 
 country’s priorities, Maddow’s compelling take on how we drifted into 
 the costly habit of perennial war – and how we might yet reverse it – 
 could not be more timely.” --FRANK RICH, writer-at-large, New York 
 magazine\n \n"Here's this conservative's assessment of Rachel Maddow's 
 Drift:  It's scathingly funny, deeply insightful, and informed throughout 
 by a deep and abiding sense of patriotism. Bravo, Rachel!”\n-- ANDREW J. 
 BACEVICH, author of Washington Rules: America's Path to Permanent War\n 
 \n"Written with the flair for scintillating satire that has endeared Rachel 
 Maddow to liberals and moderates alike--and infuriated neo-conservatives, 
 evangelicals, and some tea partiers--Drift is funny, rich, and right. But 
 at its end, when you put it down, you will be troubled. We are losing our 
 republic and Ms. Maddow tells you why."   \n--LAWRENCE WILKERSON, Professor 
 of Government and Public Policy at the College of William and Mary and 
 former chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell \n \n“Rachel 
 Maddow's Drift is a long overdue and provocative examination of the abuses, 
 excesses and just plain foolish elements in our national security systems. 
 These are issues that deserve our attention.\n--TOM BROKAW, NBC News 
 Special Correspondent \n\n “In Drift, people who love Rachel Maddow will 
 discover that her gift for finding amazing anecdotes and funny, revealing 
 details totally translates to the page. People who hate her may be 
 surprised by how often in Drift she espouses some of the most conservative 
 values: a suspicion of big government and unbridled federal power, a zeal 
 to cut wasteful spending and a yearning to return to the intentions of the 
 Founding Fathers.”  \n--IRA GLASS, host of public radio’s “This 
 American Life”  \n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/03/08/18709005.php
SUMMARY:RACHEL MADDOW “DRIFT: The Unmooring of American Military Power”
LOCATION:King Middle School\n1781 Rose St, Berkeley
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/03/08/18709005.php
DTSTART:20120414T030000Z
DTEND:20120414T050000Z
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR