Our wonderfully illustrated, 134 pages-long paperback Shakedown Socialism is now in print.



True to the title, our marketing efforts were exclusively focused on lobbying the government to grant this book a "must-buy" status. As a result, all of you now MUST BUY this book. We repeat - BUY - as opposed to a five-finger discount, spontaneous redistribution into your pocket, or waiting for the government to do all that for you. Neither should you wait for the DVD. This book requires immediate action. You must act now: reach into your pocket and pay $12.95 plus shipping and handling. Immediately.

Our lobbying efforts have also resulted in the government categorization of this book as a "must-read." Not a "must-leaf-through" or a "must-look-at-the-pictures-only" mind you! Those categories are assigned to authors with no useful connections, shaky ideological standing, and weak writing skills while contacting important people. The official "must-read" status means that you must read it and you must like it.

In addition to "must-buy" and "must-read," this is also a "must-ask-for-it-in-the-store" book. Having spent all our budget on lobbying, we had barely enough cash left to get the book up on Amazon. So don't expect to see it in the stores. Therefore, whenever you happen near a bookstore - even if you already have this book - stop by and ask the manager to show you Shakedown Socialism on the shelf. And if he can't do that, that capitalist running dog will have to look it up in the national online book catalog and order some copies due to the unrelenting popular demand.

Rest assured that once our book is on the shelf, the book-buying masses of workers and peasants will be attracted by its gloriously yellow, glossy cover. They will put down their shovels, hammers, and sickles - or sacks with beets and potatoes if they are toiling intelligentsia - and, with leathery, callused fingers, leaf through its truth-filled pages, admire the illustrations, and read a few sentences, slowly muttering words under the vodka breath. Before you know it, they'll be making the right consumer choice and checking if they have $12.95 American rubles left in their frayed pockets.

In other words, this is a "must-promote-yourself" book. Your help is expected.

1. Spread the word by posting links to ShakedownSocialism.com on various blogs and forums.
2. If you run a blog, use any of the web banners below and link them either to ShakedownSocialism.com - or directly to Amazon.com (you can earn commission if you register as an Amazon associate).
3. Go to Amazon.com and rate the book, rate the existing reviews, and write your own review - even if it's one paragraph. According to my publisher, this can significantly improve the Amazon rating.
4. Stop by your local book store and ask them to order copies of this book.

You must also translate Shakedown Socialism into every world language and ship it to the downtrodden around the globe at your own expense. It would be nice if someone could transmit it in Morse code into the outer space. Knowledge of foreign languages or Morse code does not matter. What matters is your intentions. We will never reach the desired equality if we continue to show off and judge each other by the results of our work.



What is the content of this wonderfully marketed book, you ask? Imagine this web page printed on paper and you'll get the idea. The rest can only be explained under the Cone of Silence.


CONE OF SILENCE

Early this summer I was contacted by Rob Shearer, the owner of Greenleaf Press in Nashville, TN. He had read my seven-part Unions, Lenin, and the American Way and thought that it would make a great illustrated book, whose relevance will only grow as the months go on.

This series of essays appeared on PajamasMedia.com about a year ago, and later I posted them on The People's Cube with plenty of illustrations. Until now people are sharing it on various forums and recommending it to friends and family. This is how my publisher also discovered them, proving my theory that there are hundreds of books screaming to get out of the People's Cube pages. This is only the beginning.

Making the book wasn't as easy as it sounds. Many of the illustrations in the online version couldn't be transferred into the book. I had to create a set of new original graphics; some of them you can find on the book's website, which I also built for the occasion. Add cover design and layout and you'll get the idea of what I've been doing for the last couple of months.

Last but not least, David Horowitz, Pamela Geller, and Robert Spencer wrote some outstanding blurbs to put on the cover of my first book, for which I'm extremely thankful.

ABOUT THE PUBLISHER:
Greenleaf Press is focused on educational books for the home schooling market. Ever wondered where those books come from? Two decades ago Rob Shearer decided to make it his life's work, to provide an alternative, twaddle-free source of textbooks for children - on history, art, world cultures, etc. A well-educated man with a literary taste and a fine blog, Rob is one of those quiet, unnoticed everyday heroes who help our civilization to continue despite the odds.

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UPDATE:

BigFurHat at IOTW has announced a contest as to who should get a FREE COPY of SHAKEDOWN SOCIALISM.

BigFurHat

Contest: In your best victim voice, in a few sentences, make your case as to why you should be the person chosen to receive a free autographed copy of Shakedown Socialism. Give us your sob story or give us your indignant entitlement mentality. Give us your best convoluted progressive logic. Give us your Soviet style propaganda. Tie it into global warming or any other progressive cause. The sky’s the limit. Do anything you can to get that free stuff. (And then when you lose, and your heart is crushed, MAKE SURE YOU BUY THE BOOK HERE! hehe)

The winner gets an autographed copy of Shakedown Socialism in exchange for their review of the book. The review will be cross-posted at iOTW and the People’s Cube. This could be the start of a whole new career for some lucky person. Or not.

This contest is open until 11:59 pm, Sunday the 5th. You are all encouraged to submit your entries.

Regardless of who wins, for this idea, BigFurHat is going to be promoted to GreatFurHat.
 

People's Trivia:
The very first editing of the essays was done by Gary Wolf, also known on the People's Cube as AWOL Civilization. Gary is a wonderful writer himself, having authored several futuristic novels (highly recommended) and running his eponymous blog, AWOL Civilization somewhere in New Mexico.
 

Thissssthhhhh isthhhh Goooooo-ulishy Gloooo-rrrrissthhh werk, Peoplesth Directhor!
 

One of the chapters is already required reading in my reeducation facility.
 

Congratulations Director! Давайте выпьем за успех нашего дела!
Web banner is up at iMaksim.com
Book ordered from shakedownsocialism.com
Now back to shovel.

BTW: Pinkie, your review at Amazon is a masterpiece, you should give yourself the Beet of the Week award.
 

I just added another item on the list of ways to help sell the book:

Go to Amazon.com and rate the book, rate the existing reviews, and write your own review - even if it's one paragraph. According to my publisher, this can significantly improve the Amazon rating.
 

Congratulations, Comrade Square! I look forward to purchasing this as soon as I can aquire some economical motivational units. I'm kinda between jobs and homes right now.
 

Is this “must read categorization” just another drill like when the Stimulus Bill and Health Care Bill was brought before us and we all just voted on it without reading it or is this the real deal??
 

Comrade Red Square, you did a wonderful piece a few years ago on Lenin's birthday, and said it was part of a manuscript yet to be published. Is this, in any way, a continuation of that manuscript?
 

Comrade Goose - no, it's not. That Lenin birthday piece was part of a semi-biographical novel that no one wanted to publish, so I kept rewriting it until it got so botched that I gave up and moved on to other material. But who knows, if this book is successful, I may start focusing on larger formats again and eventually resurrect that novel as well.

The problem with New York publishers is that you never know to what extent they are influenced by the ideology. Sometimes I wonder if, instead of refuting the socialist principles and welcoming capitalism, this ex-Soviet immigrant were inclined to oppose capitalism and feel nostalgic about the lost "socialist paradise," that book would have been published on the first try. Maybe not. But the ideological leanings do matter, judging by what comes out of their presses every day.
 

Glorious! I've read "America Awakes: Reflections on 9/12" many times. Red Square is not only eloquent & funny, but a great inspiration. I plan to actually make the journey to the kapital this year & wear my "Gravediggers Shovel Ready for Socialized Medicine" T-shirt to show my support for the Party.

I've said it before & I'll say it again: Amerika is a better place for having Comrade Square in it.
 

The Kapitalists will BUY the BOOK with which we will hang them!

How many does one need to purchase to gain favor with the State to have a pedal powered box fan Global Warming Reduction Device appropriated for dacha?




Congratulations Most Equal Peoples Director!

Update: Posted on Facebook &:

• • Just ordered it, thanks!21 minutes ago ·
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Oleg has another customer!
Placed my order as well.

That's 2 - maybe a prole to power Global Warming Reduction Device is in order?
 

Leftist. Manual. Purchased.
 

I'm going to try putting it into binary, so even the computers will learn!
 

Comrade Goose

I'm going to try putting it into binary, so even the computers will learn!
01001111 01110101 01110010 00100000 01101100 01101111 01100010 01100010 01111001 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01100101 01100110 01100110 01101111 01110010 01110100 01110011 00100000 01101000 01100001 01110110 01100101 00100000 01100001 01101100 01110011 01101111 00100000 01110010 01100101 01110011 01110101 01101100 01110100 01100101 01100100 00100000 01101001 01101110 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01100111 01101111 01110110 01100101 01110010 01101110 01101101 01100101 01101110 01110100 00100000 01100011 01100001 01110100 01100101 01100111 01101111 01110010 01101001 01111010 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110

Such a glorious equality of numbers, columns, and rows! The ones and zeros represent the only allowed dichotomy of thinking, the "yes or no" questions and answers, and the two classes of people - the rulers (1) and the unwashed, uneducated masses (0).

At this stage of the Revolution, such simplified world order may be unappealing to some of today's "free-thinking" peddlers of the Utopian thought who promise greater diversity to the masses. We assure you that such people will be dealt with in due time, with a subsequent conversion of them to zeros.
 

At first I was hesitant to order the book because of it's title, fearing a negative view of Progressivism. But when I discovered the publisher was GREEN-leaf (an obviously environmentally sensitive publisher) my fears were assuaged.

Congratulations on publishing a road map for redistribution from the unorganized Capitalist Masses to our Community Organized Collective and Labor/Worker Organizations. I rate this a full Five ACORNS.
 

Red Square,

It is with deep regrets I must inform you I purchased your new book. I hope you are heavily taxed for your efforts. Its just unthinkable anybody would willingly leave Faith Hope and Change and all the abundance associated with the destruction of America.

Chuck
 

This is indeed most glorious moment for the collective. I have spread word of this glorious event through Kapitalistic Facebook. it is only right that kapitalists be made to serve the collective.

The next time I am not locating more scarce beet crops I will look to see if this glorious book is in Canukistan yet. We Canukistanians are more mostly equal so it takes a while for stuff to get here.
 

Red Square

Comrade Goose

I'm going to try putting it into binary, so even the computers will learn!
01001111 01110101 01110010 00100000 01101100 01101111 01100010 01100010 01111001 01101001 01101110 01100111 00100000 01100101 01100110 01100110 01101111 01110010 01110100 01110011 00100000 01101000 01100001 01110110 01100101 00100000 01100001 01101100 01110011 01101111 00100000 01110010 01100101 01110011 01110101 01101100 01110100 01100101 01100100 00100000 01101001 01101110 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01100111 01101111 01110110 01100101 01110010 01101110 01101101 01100101 01101110 01110100 00100000 01100011 01100001 01110100 01100101 01100111 01101111 01110010 01101001 01111010 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110

Such a glorious equality of numbers, columns, and rows! The ones and zeros represent the only allowed dichotomy of thinking, the "yes or no" questions and answers, and the two classes of people - the rulers (1) and the unwashed, uneducated masses (0).

At this stage of the Revolution, such simplified world order may be unappealing to some of today's "free-thinking" peddlers of the Utopian thought who promise greater diversity to the masses. We assure you that such people will be dealt with in due time, with a subsequent conversion of them to zeros.

And, like our People's Bureaucracy and Income Tax Forms, it is incredibly complicated, so only true progs will understand it, so all others must join us or be left out into the cold.

010000100100010101000101010101000010000001010010010000010101010001001
001010011110100111000100000010011000100100101001110010001010010000001
010011010101000100000101010010010101000101001100100000010010000100010
10101001001000101

The more complicated it is, the more control we have on the lives of the unwashed masses!
 

I like the way this book is promoted at Ushanka.us -

Quote:

Now hidden in false walls throughout the Motherland!

"Ispirational!" Fidel says. "I liked reading about Socialism in America so much that I bought three!"



Be sure to specify USPS shipping so it'll be delivered with the appropriate passages redacted.
 

Red Square! YOU MAGNIFICENT BASTARD!! I BOUGHT YOUR BOOK!
 

Red Square

I just added another item on the list of ways to help sell the book:

Go to Amazon.com and rate the book, rate the existing reviews, and write your own review - even if it's one paragraph. According to my publisher, this can significantly improve the Amazon rating.

Done! I wish I was more articulate. (If it shows up)
 

You damn commies. I haven't read it but I was going to review the book at Amazon and give it a one star review and say that the book is nothing but hate, libel, lies and racism and more hate, hate, hate but Amazon not only wouldn't let me give your damn commie book a one star review it rerouted my one star review to Karl Rove's new book!
 

Comrade Square. Sheer GENIUS!

To Cause the diversion of funds away from bourgeois and their nanny nanny push-pin chocolate bunny pursuits and straight into the party's deep beet stained pockets! (That’s NOT blood, ask Che!)

And I thought pounding on podiums with my size 8’s was inspired. (Smelly, but inspired). The progressive World of Next Tuesday™ is only a few Smirnoffs away comrades!
 

I am greatly disturbed by this book. Mainly because it requires me to think, consider intelligently stated viewpoints, and does not seem to be in line with what the New York Times prints.
 

Comrade Red Square,

A heart felt Поздравления!!!

I shall be ordering my copy as soon as I receive funds from my kapitalist oppressor!
 

Important update:

BigFurHat at IOTW has announced a contest as to who should get a FREE COPY of SHAKEDOWN SOCIALISM.

BigFurHat

Contest: In your best victim voice, in a few sentences, make your case as to why you should be the person chosen to receive a free autographed copy of Shakedown Socialism. Give us your sob story or give us your indignant entitlement mentality. Give us your best convoluted progressive logic. Give us your Soviet style propaganda. Tie it into global warming or any other progressive cause. The sky’s the limit. Do anything you can to get that free stuff. (And then when you lose, and your heart is crushed, MAKE SURE YOU BUY THE BOOK HERE! hehe)

The winner gets an autographed copy of Shakedown Socialism in exchange for their review of the book. The review will be cross-posted at iOTW and the People’s Cube. This could be the start of a whole new career for some lucky person. Or not.

This contest is open until 11:59 pm, Sunday the 5th.
You are all encouraged to submit your entries.

Regardless of who wins, for this idea, BigFurHat is going to be promoted to GreatFurHat.
 

Comrade Red Square,

BIG BIG Congratulations! And may there be many more pamphlets of indoctrination to follow.
 

Hail Comrade Red Square! Will need several hundred copies to distribute to all illegals (not day laborers from Mexico) to read and hit over head of all who do not believe in glorious revolution. Will make sure that it becomes required reading in Lubyanka and Siberia.
 

Congratulations to BigFurHat on your promotion to GREATFurHat!

Your orders have been carried out, dear crimson Cubester, but I am confused as to how do I make my avatar show up on another site, such as IOWNTHEWorld, etc?
 

Congratulations, Red Square, on receiving the key to the published authors' washroom.

Unfortunately, we don't have the funds to get a key cut for you at this time, because of a partisan minority of Republicans in Congress who are trying to score cheap political points by stalling a bill that would bring relief to you and millions of other suffering new authors, if only you had access to that key.

We cannot afford to go back to the failed policies of the past, when published authors had to use the same washroom as the unpubs and be terrorized with requests for manuscript critiques and agent referrals. It's time for Republicans to stop playing games with the lives and bodily functions of published authors, and bring that bill to a vote.
 

Does it mean a Hip-Hop musical Shake-Ass Socialism is coming?

[Out-Of-Karakter]

Congratulations!
 

"the book-buying masses of workers and peasants will be attracted by its gloriously yellow, glossy cover."

Most excellent! I wait with anticipation for my copy to arrive! The glossy yellow cover will mesh most nicely with my dwelling's decor.

Mucho Kongtrats. I hope your profits rations will be most gloriously spent on materialistic goods redistributed to The Peoples'.
 

Red Square

The problem with New York publishers is that you never know to what extent they are influenced by the ideology..... But the ideological leanings do matter, judging by what comes out of their presses every day.

As well it should be.

Keep up the Great work, New York publishers.
 

Red Square
Even on a weekend, you enlighten your shovel-ready comrades !
 

Che Gourmet

Congratulations to BigFurHat on your promotion to GREATFurHat!

Your orders have been carried out, dear crimson Cubester, but I am confused as to how do I make my avatar show up on another site, such as IOWNTHEWorld, etc?

Hi Che,

Go to Gravatar.com and join (free) and then upload your avatar and then use the same email address when you post on iOTW.

For some fresh pacific salmon, very rare, I'll be happy to give you personal training in regards to this matter.

Rcat
 

Now all y'all peoples of the Cube who have an amazon account please go write a brief review for The Boss! Don't use a web address because they will make it thus: [...]
 

Comrade Red Square, I will purchase your book, but I do not like the idea of my dollars going to the capitalists that exploit you for profits. I do believe the ends justify the means; which of course is always a necessary compromise no matter what.

I look forward to learning the spread of equality in its most just form while I evacuate my bowels once and sometimes twice a day especially on Tuesdays.
 

Someone has already received the book and is taking it on a tour, introducing Shakedown Socialism to the country and the country to Shakedown Socialism.

We put the rest of them in the Gallery, where the Party has set up a special album for this book. https://thepeoplescube.com/gallery/shake ... age16.html









 

Excellent work, comrade!

Ahhhhrrrmmm....Yet, what do we do when thoughtcrimes enters the MotherCube? What happens when the Peoples Director has a kapitalist brain hemorrhage? Do ALL Cubes stop working at that point in time? Do WE get re-embursed capitalist exploitations units? Have we been enslaved by this Peoples Movement™? What about Reparations?
 

To our Glorious Leader Red Square!

I will of course follow and obey your orders and will purchase this Tome post haste.

However I must point out that actually reading it will require something that I find just a tad bit distasteful as a made progressive. Actually reading it will require some actual 'effort' on my part. I might even have to devote some real time to actually absorb the words and gain some insight. This suspiciously sounds like some actual real 'work' is involved here somehow.

This of course really goes against my progressive nature and it will also take away from my many other important endeavors, such as sitting in my parents basement and blogging on The Daily Kos while mom makes me a sandwich. Or may conflict with the class I attend once a week at community college.

Is it possible that I just wait for the Movie version to be released instead?
 

Commodore Snoogie Woogums

Is it possible that I just wait for the Movie version to be released instead?


And released to DVD and then to Instant View on Net Flicks.
 

Red, I'm going to buy your book. I'm even going to buy it in print, though I have told Amazon to petition your publisher to have this book released on Kindle, though it probably wouldn't be fun to look at the pictures on my phone. So, since the head commissar has told me, nay ordered me to pay twelve rubles for my socialist handbook; I shall do so, because I really, really want too, not because I fear reprisal (though I do).

I'm looking forward to reading it. Now, if AWOL would like to help me with my novel on a team of astronauts that go to Mars, I would be really grateful.
 

Comrade Hero Of The Peoples Revolution, I ordered the book today! I support the State, please don't send my family to the gulag! I consider myself "shaken down"
 

I laughed, I cried. I passed out head first into my beet borscht.
 

Just for the record - I just had an interview with with Kathleen Benfield on her show The Current Word in New Orleans WSHO, 4-5pm today.

I think it went well, although there wasn't enough time to finish all the thoughts.

Here's the streaming audio.
 

Glorious Comrade Cubist, Keeper of the Flame of Proletariat Revolution!

I have just transferred my monthly beet-vodka rubles to you for one of your books!
I will thirst for your words, as now I am deficient in monies for drink.
But that is fine, as I know I will be drunk on your essays!
 

Another addition to Shakedown Socialism image gallery:



This one was taken near the Ground Zero mosque - see the story:

Quote:

There were also representatives of the open-minded progressive community who looked like candidates for our fall edition of the People's Dating Service. When approached by a black lady distributing pamphlets of some obscure Christian cult, he reminded her that this was New York and her proselytizing could be offensive to some. But when I pointed out that his Che shirt and Mao hat could be offensive to others, he responded that my remark was extremely offensive and intimidating. He was a whole head taller than me, but when I stomped my foot he ran away.
 

BAH!

I guess I paid off the wrong postal authorities...AGAIN!

Going back to California tomorrow and I won't have my book!

I guess I'll take my cube instead! Nancyland here I come!!!
 

Great News! The local collective mail system delivered my autographed copy today! I immediately stuffed it down my shorts (in the front, of course) and did the happy dance right there at the mailbox. I read the first couple of chapters over my humble evening meal of rice and coffee grounds and am still impressed.
 

My party supplied spousal unit informed me that my book arrived Monday and since Sunday, I am on the opposite side of the country as I type. (California is such a paradise)

This is worse than waiting for the capitalistic, money draining, re-issue "updated" digitized version of the Star Wars flick to be released in the 90s.

Or so I'm told. I was assigned to the motor pool at party head quarters working 23 1/2 hours a day, seven days a week. I feel fortunate as I was afforded potty breaks! I don't know what I did to receive such a privilege. I did not deserve such undeserved kindness from the party. Thank you party leaders!



 

This dissident author has a lot of new ideas. Personally, I do not like new ideas or books or new things. This is why we will be inviting this man, Oleg Atbashian, to my television show.









This week's show we will review Mr. dissident Oleg Atbashian and through the miracle of time lapse photography perhaps we will meet (in the words of Lao Tzu) the real man.


UPDATE

For those of you that missed this week's Writer Roundup I'm happy to say that Mr. dissident Oleg Atbashian proved to be a very entertaining and good natured kulak. For this and all Mr. dissident Atbashian has done the Karl Marx Treatment Center has decided to award him the gift of the shovel:



THE LEGENDARY 19TH CENTURY MARXIST-AMERICAN FOLK HERO
PAUL BUNYON'S SHOVEL WITH WHICH HE BUILT THE LEFT COAST


This is one of the largest shovels in America and this beautiful artifact will be attached to Mr. dissident's ankle permanently.
 

I had my hands on my the peoples book last night. Great illustrations!

And thanks for the note Comrade Red Square. I will indeed finish the oil change for the secretary's limo before tomorrow!
 

I have posted an announcement (with links to the book site and the Cube) at my local T-Party (Trotsky Party) website.

I also donned my official SEIU purple shirt and visited my local Barnes & Noble. Since they didn't have your book on the shelf I beat the crap out of the store manager and told him I'd be back next week with some friends and he better have enough copies to go around.

Btw: I received my 4 copies (just a reminder folks, Xmas is coming and these make great gifts).
Impress all your friends by getting each of them a signed copy.
 

Death By 1000 Papercuts (DBKP) posted a review:

Shakedown Socialism: Book About How to Recognize the Enemy

Mondo

My recommendation? Buy this book–while you still can. The copious graphics alone–provided by Atbashian himself–are priceless.


 

Utilizing "Shakedown Socialism" as a template, unions increase their funding and influence.

 

Congratulations!

“Shakedown Socialism” (in German may be political incorrect to translate “Der Gauner Sozialismus” and in Russisan: mybee «Уголовный Социализм») is a book that comes across in real urgent time: european socialism tries now to take his foot in the USA.

The German social system, which was supervised by ex-bolsheviks, is now almost dead, because the Gulag system of the classical socialism has himself destroyed: comrade Stalin liquidated all Liquidators self. Other site socialism with a “human face” in Europe is not established because the US-“Managers” destroyed also normal financial system.

As in the U.S. has not quite managed: to speak politically correct, but in Germany is almost perfect. This is due in Germany, the Holocaust industry from the USA.

That's strange, but true. U.S. capitalism has helped to socialism in the "USSR" in particular alliance with Bolsheviki (1943).
 

Shakedown Socialism is becoming a household item, as shown in this picture sent by a reader Sharon, who wrote, "Even though the mooching contest is over, I decided to tag Red Square anyway. I'm stepping out of my comfort zone for you comrade. It's for the children."



 

I have finished reading your work, Comrade Red Square. I would have liked a more equal distribution of pages, but I made up for it by getting two copies and reading each one.

Very unique insights and examples on how we can best collapse our evil economic system from within. I especially like the story of your grandfather's former leader tricking the British capitalist swine into delivering fresh mining equipment for the people.
 

Another interview today on WINA Radio (Charlottesville, VA), The Rob Schilling Show:

PODCAST LINK (scroll to about 50% of the show, I was on from 1:30 to 2:00pm)
 

For those who read Russian - a review in Novoye Russkoye Slovo (published in New York)

http://www.nrs.com/?p=4156





 

From the English translation, this might be my favorite line:

Quote:

However, I must warn fans of the current occupant of the White House: before you open the site thepeoplescube.com, cook yourself some heart medications.
 

Here is the review I posted on Amazon. See if it gets through.

Quote:

While it is easier for the left to dismiss claims of socialism from most, it should be harder to refute a claim from a man who has been there, done that, and come through to the other side to tell us about it. When someone from the former Soviet Union stands up, and warns us of the treacherous path the US is traveling down, one would be wise to pay close attention. This isn't a cheap social meme, this is hardcore truth from someone who has seen the worst of two superpowers. Shakedown Socialism is a wakeup call for all who have an open mind, and are willing to hear a voice of experience and reason.
 

Comrade Colonel,
How delightful to see an Officer of your calibre writing such an insightful yet refreshing review.

I trust all will be well with you during the next purge!

Perhaps another Commissar will grant you an extra ration of beets and 2 rations of Vodka.

к вашим здоровью и ряду!
 

I saw this and immediately thought of Red Square:

http://hotair.com/archives/2010/10/11/crisis-averted-man-who-threw-book-at-obama-was-overexuberant-supporter/

Quote:

The US Secret Service found and interviewed the man who threw the book onstage. He was deemed to be an “overexhuberant” supporter who wanted the President to have a copy of a book he had written, according the Special Agent Edwin Donovan of the Secret Service in Washington. “He was deemed not to be a threat and was not arrested,” Donovan told ABC News.

Beet of the Week to whoever can prove it was our People's Director!
 

Why, Proletarian Robot has already done that on the Blog earlier today.


 

It seems that the book has been picked up after all, and read with much enjoyment by the entire family.



 

Another proof that this book is badly needed:


 

Once again I arrive late to party only to find all beets & vodka redistributed. [/off]

Congrats on the book! I ordered a signed copy and now I feel more equal.
 

I just got this in the email from our valued member Commissar Obamissar V, who is currently busy working and taking classes for a political science degree.

It made my day!

Commissar Obamissar V

Today the book was of great utility. I'm in a critical thinking and structured analysis course at work. Our instructor displayed a slide with two rows consisting of 6 large dots each. The rows were separated by a few inches of blank space. He asked the class how, without adding or subtracting dots, we could make one row bigger than the other. I said, "You must merely enter the world of progressive illusionism. Draw angled lines slanting downward from the top row. Now some dots are more equal than others." He said, "You're right, but what is this progressive illusionism?" I produced your book from my bag and showed him exactly what I meant. I call that a victory for The Cube!
 

PROG OFF - I emailed Oleg about the difficulty I was having finding his book, Shakedown Socialism. He kindly asked me to post it on here.

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Dear Oleg - if I havent thanked you before for your wonderful site, please allow me to do so now. I am so glad you emigrated to the USA - if there was a prize or medal for Best Immigrant To The USA In The Last 50 Years, you should win it hands down. Seriously. You are a great American.

This past weekend I tried to buy your book, Shakedown Socialism. I was shit out of luck in two places - Books A Million and Borders.

Books A Million (Covington, LA) - couldnt find it on shelves, went to Inquiry desk and the filthy hippy Birkenstock-wearing female Libtard there said she couldn't find the title nor your name in the system. I even wrote it down and handed it to her to make sure the semi-literate post-graduate could spell it right.

Borders (Mandeville, LA) - I knew I was walking into a bastion of Amerika-hating Liberal Progressivism because I'd already read on Glenn Becks site that Borders was one of many retailers who refused to acknowledge CHRISTMAS in their advertsing or inside/outside their hell-damned stores. Anyway, I couldnt find your book on the shelves. Went to the inquiry desk where I found a simpering fop (shaved bald head, thick rimmed hipster glasses, all black clothing, chin pubes). As soon as I gave him the piece of paper with your name & book title on it, I could see the imaginary hairs on the back of his neck begin to bristle. He very snarkily said that the book had only one printing and went out of print in the summer. He said, and I quote, "it must not have been any good because it had very few sales. It bombed." I asked if they could order it in and he was quick to say no. Just to deflate the little shit I told him that I'd already read the book and it was the greatest book I'd ever read other than the Bible, and was trying to order copies to give out as Christmas & Hannukah gifts. I'm a little hard of hearing but I swear I heard him make that Dracula Hiss(tm) when Vlad sees the crucifix in a movie. As another big FU, I also told him that's okay, I'll just buy it on AMAZON.COM

I just thought you should hear what's happening out here in flyover country (Mandeville, Louisiana - north shore of Lake Pontchartrain above New Orleans).
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Happy Christmas & Merry Hanukkah,
Mark
aka Kim Jong Illin'

/PROG ON

Das Kapital on sare, now at Borders!! Onry $89.95, it harf off!! Don't try stearing this book, this ain't Abbie F***ing Hoffman here!!
 

Kim Jong Illin', you are hereby proclaimed the latest recipient of Pinkie's prestigious Beet of the Week Award:




And for your mother--but if she doesn't have a car, she can always slap this on the back of one of those huge missile launcher caisson thingies that are always such a prominent feature at your parades:

A few years ago, I applied for a seasonal job at Borders, and had to go online to fill out a long questionnaire that was more like a personality test, geared toward determining if I was a chirpy, cheery type who believed I was placed on this planet for the sole purpose of helping strangers to the point of meddling in their lives whether they wanted it or not. Since I'm more of a shovel-wielding, "Look, buddy, either stop browsing through the books and buy something already or GTF out of my store" type, that might explain why I didn't get the job. It was set up in such a way that you didn't know where it ended until you clicked to the next page only to be told, "Your application has been submitted," so there was no going back to change answers.

But that simpering fop you encountered clearly lied on his questionnaire.
 

Comrades,

Despite what you may have heard or read, we are great advocates of freedom.

The choice is yours!

You are free to obtain this great literary effort, or be involved in a devastating personal
"accident" which will result in the breakage of two or more limbs.

This is a common sales technique called "arm twisting" taken to a higher plane.

Recovery may take up to a year or more, or you may never recover, your beet and potato quotas will not change.
 

Comrades - I just got this glorious photograph from Colonel 7.62 who for the last several months has been using his Party-approved radio station and telegraph key to transmit our book in Morse code into outer space, one glorious paragraph at a time...


 

Comrades, I refuse to apologize for my messy table, the newspaper covering the windows of my boat until the curtains are made, or the random loose ammo laying around. Also bonus points for anyone who can actually contact me on the air. Take notice! I do not even *know* morse code, but that did not stop me from sending a signal to outer space in the interests of advancing the socialist message. What have you done for The Party lately comrades?
 

Red Square

I like the way this book is promoted at Ushanka.us -

Quote:

Now hidden in false walls throughout the Motherland!

"Ispirational!" Fidel says. "I liked reading about Socialism in America so much that I bought three!"

Castro_three_fingers.jpg
Be sure to specify USPS shipping so it'll be delivered with the appropriate passages redacted.
Poor Comrade Fidel is confused in this picture, he cannot even remember which finger to express universal discontent..
 

Comrade Tooorisky

Red Square

I like the way this book is promoted at Ushanka.us -

Quote:

Now hidden in false walls throughout the Motherland!

"Ispirational!" Fidel says. "I liked reading about Socialism in America so much that I bought three!"

Castro_three_fingers.jpg
Be sure to specify USPS shipping so it'll be delivered with the appropriate passages redacted.
Poor Comrade Fidel is confused in this picture, he cannot even remember which finger to express universal discontent..
that's odd - I thought his three finger gesture was a) how many fingers his proctorogist was using to terr him how big an asshore he rearry is. b) how many fingers Janet Naporitano Federal Inspection & Security Team (FIST) used to poke around his withered bowers. c) a gesture to show that he was three sheets to the wind on mojitos and cuba libres.
 

Colonel 7.62, I want you to know I like your picture with the messy table and newspaper curtains and copy of Shakedown Socialism. In fact, I like it so much that I would've given you Beet of the Week, but goshdarn it, I've already awarded it on this thread and I can only do it once per thread.

Especially this one, since too many BOTWs might detract from the glory of Red Square's book, which is what this thread is all about.

And that, Comrade, is what I've been doing for The Party lately. Only I don't do it to get BOTW or other accolades. Good Prog that I am, I bravely sacrifice all those things to do it simply because I care.

How much do the rest of you care?
 

Comrade Square,

I heard you doing a radio interview [podcast] on your book.

Your English is a hell of a lot better than my Russian.

The words are carefully crafted, unlike a lot of other speakers.

People who don't like that style of speaking are full of sheet.

They are making mountains out of molehills, [aka molehill diastrophism].
 

My darling Pinkie, I got a tingle somewhere in my body after realizing just how much you care. I also opened up a wormhole so that my post could actually come out *before* the book was even published. An advanced copy if you will. Feel free to award me the Beet of The Week(TM) there.