Stupid In Montana As America
by Robert E Milliken
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Author: Robert E MillikenEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-04-10
ISBN: 1432711261
Number of pages: 152
Publisher: Outskirts Press INC.
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Book Review: I enjoyed this book
Summary: 4 Stars
Robert E. Milliken discusses stupid people. He admits he has done stupid things and that gives him the right to point out other people's stupidity. It is a matter of takes one to know one.
Milliken is correct people are stupid. He concentrates on American's which he seems to think are the most stupid. He offers several examples including two idiots that learn the hard way not to mix gasoline and cigarettes. He looks at Americans that do not know how to cross a street at an intersection. He spends most of the book berating drivers that drive too fast and that drive bumper to bumper. They are such a hurry they miss looking around at the beauty of nature.
He mentions bicycle riders that are like deer standing in the middle of the road. I agree with him to a point. Most drivers do not know how to deal with cyclist. My son is adult cyclist. He obeys all of the rules and has been hit by cars twice in the past 9 months. Each time at an intersection where he obeyed the rules and the stupid driver ran the stop sign. Personally I wish he'd just put the bike up but...it is his "right."
Milliken points out the stupidity of building in a flood plain. DUH!
I enjoyed this book; the photos added much to it. I just wish the author had pointed out a wider variety of stupidity rather than concentrating on drivers. Maybe he's right maybe most drivers are stupid.
Summary of Stupid In Montana As America
A Hilarious Survey of Just How Dumb People Can Be
Robert E. Milliken is just your average American guy; who became sick and tired of so many stupid people in the world. You know: the tailgaters, the public-doorway-blockers, the dramatically lacking in common sense. Stupid in Montana as America chronicles the infinite variety of modern-American absurdity, senselessness and idiocy. From his perch in rural Montana, Milliken observes the decline of above-average (and even just average) social intelligence with a sometimes wry, sometimes savage but always comical outlook, whether it's on the road, on the lake, or in the video store (stupid people, Milliken finds, are everywhere). But this field guide to dupes is more than just an expression of disgust; it also identifies in large part what's wrong with our society; not so much a lack of book learning as the weakening of reason as Americans pursue the rat race at any cost. Through it all, Milliken, a lifelong fisherman and outdoorsman, weaves a more hopeful narrative of the beauty and tranquility offered through nature; a kind of outdoor public education that's free for the taking, if we dare to pay attention to it.
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