100 People Who Are Screwing Up America: And Al Franken is #37

Written by Bernard Goldberg

Narrated by Bernard Goldberg

Bernard Goldberg takes dead aim at the America Bashers (the cultural elites who look down their snobby noses at ""ordinary"" Americans and detest so much of what this country is about)...the Hollywood Blowhards (incredibly ditzy celebrities who think they're smart just because they're famous)...the TV Schlockmeisters (including the one whose show has been compared to a churning mass of maggots devouring rotten meat)...the Intellectual Thugs (big-wigs at some of our best colleges, whose views run the gamut from left-wing to far left-wing)...and many more.

Goldberg names names, profiling the villains in his rogues' gallery, one by one, from 100 down to 1 -- and yes, you-know-who is #37. But Goldberg doesn't just round up the usual suspects we have come to know and detest. He also exposes some of the people who operate away from the limelight but still manage to pull a lot of strings and do all sorts of harm to our culture.

100 People Who Are Screwing Up America is about a country where as long as anything goes, sooner or later everything will go.

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperAudio
• Release date: Jul 31, 2005
• ISBN: 9780060856120

Bernard Goldberg

Bernard Goldberg is the number one New York Times bestselling author of Bias, 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America, and Arrogance. He has won eight Emmy Awards for his work at CBS News and at HBO, where he now reports for the acclaimed program Real Sports. In 2006 he won the Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award, the most prestigious of all broadcast journalism awards.

Reviews for 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America

[bookwormteri · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

highly entertaining and factual. don't read it if you are a liberal

[donttalktofreaks · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Bernard Goldberg takes swings at every loudmouth liberal, obscene rapper, and just plain ignorance in this book. Thankfully, while landing some low blows, he's able to support what he's saying with quotes and facts. He's highly entertaining with his dry humor. A must read for any conservative.

[gbev2010 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

It's hard to disagree with most of this book. My only quibble is that the author is a conservative so he doesn't blame enough conservatives. In my book there would be an equal number of liberals, conservatives, and libertarians taking blame for the death of our glorious land.He lists Michael Moore at number one and simply uses Moore's quote that Americans are the dumbest people in the world. I don't like Michael Moore, but he's right in this case. We are pretty dumb. But so is the rest of the world. We are human after all.

[mramos_710291 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Bernard Goldberg is an Emmy Award-winning correspondent and author. In this book he identifies celebrities, journalists, radicals, and intellectuals whom he criticizes for denigrating the United States. He also examines the erosion of American culture that occurs when selfishness, cynicism, and vulgarity replace old-fashioned civility, respect, and decency. Mr. Goldberg seems right on the mark and he makes his case with quite candor. The book also does a good job of showing the cultural divide that exists at present in the U.S.A. This book does contain some strong language.

[dickcraig · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

This was more of a toilet book that one could read in short installments. His neoconservative rants are typical of the Fox News stuff, but then again, I like to know what is going on with the opposite of my politics. It also informs me that I should find the people that are excoriated to be admired.

[foof2you · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Easy read, could have been better.

[jpsnow · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Because I enjoyed Bias so much, I was especially surprised to find this book so mediocre. Perhaps it really is true that saying negative things never impresses, but I think the main obstacle is this format. Goldberg can only be superficial in commenting on a field of 100 people. It would have been more impressive if he had stuck to his opening chapters about the various types of people who are screwing up America. I also disagree with his world view more than I expected. His views are in lock step with the neocon advocacy of the war in Iraq, and he sees little abuse of power by the conservative regime.

[librisissimo · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Substance: Laments the decline of civilization in America and names names. Includes mostly persons on the "left" because they currently have the greatest opportunity and "because of their willingness -- make that their eagerness -- to live up to the most embarrassing sterotypes many of us hold about today's cultural-elite liberals.."Rounds up "the usual suspects" and a few I either didn't know by name or didn't know about at all and "also exposes some of the people who operate away from the limelight and behind the curtain, but still manage to pull a lot of strings and do all sorts of harm to our culture." (from the Introduction).Style: Personal and chatty. Goldberg is funny even if you don't agree with him.

[drt_4 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Interesting read with many big names. He had some good points and others not as good. It was worth the read.