A Personal Stand: Observations and Opinions from a Freethinking Roughneck
by Trace Adkins
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Author: Trace AdkinsEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-11-13
ISBN: 0345499336
Number of pages: 256
Publisher: Villard
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Book Review: Good book not only for Trace Adkins fans but for any red-blooded American who wants their country back!
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is not just about a country singer's rise to stardom and all his life experiences before he got there. Yes, he is a very opinionated person and to some nonthinking individuals who might be offended by his tell-it-like-is style (especially hard-core liberals)he might be considered a very rude and crude dude; but now is not the time for being polite and tip-toeing around all the major issues we as an American people face today. If we don't unite as a people and go back to a time when we had some pride in who we were and what we could accomplish in this country without the influence of every other country in the world;who probably would not be where they are today without our help in some way or another, we may someday lose our precious freedoms that were paid for by the blood of many brave men. We are slowly being sold out to countries who would love to see us lose our title of The UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
The observations of Trace Adkins whether we want to believe them or not are the facts as they stand. His opinions about what should be done to take back the pride and dignity we have somehow lost because of our greed and our complacency might be considered extreme to those who cannot face the idea that we are being destroyed from within as surely as any terrorist we might face from outside our borders.
Read this book with an open mind. You'll either love it or hate it, but the one thing we should all agree on is his notion that until everyone is held responsible for their actions and politicians accountable for their abuse of power, we may be fighting a losing battle. And that's my opinion.
Vicki Bean (a freethinking grandma from Kentucky)
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Summary of A Personal Stand: Observations and Opinions from a Freethinking Roughneck
Country music superstar Trace Adkins isn?t exactly known for holding back what?s on his mind. And if the millions of albums he?s sold are any indication, when Trace talks, people listen. Now, in A Personal Stand, Trace Adkins delivers his maverick manifesto on politics, personal responsibility, fame, parenting, being true to yourself, hard work, and the way things oughta be.In his inimitable pull-no-punches style, Trace gives us the state of the union as he sees it, from the lessons of his boyhood in small-town Louisiana to what he?s learned headlining concerts around the world. Trace has worked oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico, been shot in the heart, been inducted into the Grand Ole Opry, and braved perhaps the greatest challenge of all: being the father of five daughters. And shaped by these experiences, he?s sounding off.
? I?m incredibly frustrated with the state of American politics. If there were a viable third party, I?d seriously consider joining it.
? If anybody wonders who the good guys are and who the bad guys are in this world, just look at the way we teach our children as opposed to the way the fundamentalist Muslims teach their children.
? Organized labor now exists for the sake of organized labor, and not for the workers it once protected.
? I believe the easiest way to solve the illegal immigration enforcement problem is to go after the employers who hire illegal aliens.
? As a society, we?re unwilling to sacrifice our luxuries and our conveniences in order to conserve. We won?t change until we?re forced to.
? The war on terror is like herpes. People can live with it, but it?ll flare up from time to time.
Brash, ballsy, persuasive, and controversial, A Personal Stand isn?t just the story of Trace Adkins?s life; it?s the story of what life can teach all of us.
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