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Episode One:
Fantasy: Alice Meets Humpty Dumpty Rove.
 
Episode Four:
Fantasy: Alice Meets Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum
 
Episode Fourteen:
Fantasy: Alice Sees Humpty Dumpty Rove Again.
Fact Sheet: What Alice Didn't Know about King Bush's Record on the Environment.
Fact Sheet: What Alice Didn't Know about the Health Effects of Pollution.
 
What you and Alice can do...
Information about how to change things
 

Other Books by Peggy Wireman, Ph.D.

A Political Satire by

PEGGY WIREMAN, Ph.D.

Revised, Second Edition 2006

Foreword by Syndicated Columnist
John Nichols

 

Table of Contents

 

Foreword by John Nichols
 
Introduction to the Second Edition
 
Episode One
Fantasy: Alice Meets Humpty Dumpty Rove__3
Cartoon: Humpty Dumpty__5
 
Episode Two
Fantasy: King Bush's Song---7
 
Episode Three
Fantasy: Alice Peers through the Right Wing Republican Looking Glass---15
 
Episode Four
Fantasy: Alice Meets Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum ---21
 
Episode Five
Fantasy: Alice Learns About Hard Choices ---25
 
Episode Six
Fantasy: Alice Attends a Tea Party with March Hare Cheney, Mad Hatter Rumsfeld and Ken Lay Dormouse ---31
Cartoon: Tea Party ---37
Fact Sheet: What Alice Didn't Know about Ken Lay --38
 
Episode Seven
Fantasy: Alice Meets Compassionate King Bush ---41
Fact Sheet: What Alice Didn't Know about Compassionate King Bush ---46
 
Episode Eight
Fantasy: Alice Meets the Cheshire Cat ---47
Fact Sheet: What Alice Didn't Know about the Deficit ---51
Fact Sheet: What Alice Didn't Know about Taxes ---52
 
Episode Nine
Fantasy: Alice Meets the Red Queen ---55
 
Episode Ten
Fantasy: The Cat Reappears ---59
Fact Sheet: What Alice Didn't Know about Jobs - -61
Cartoon: Ship Ahoy ---64
 
Episode Eleven
Fantasy: Alice Talks to Compassionate King Bush Again ---65
Fact Sheet: What Alice Didn't Know about Bush's Proposed New Overtime Regulations - -68
 
Episode Twelve
Fantasy: Alice Meets Red Queen Bush Again --71
 
Episode Thirteen
Fantasy: The Cat Comes Back --75
Fact Sheet: What Alice Didn't Know about "Cherry-picking" --78
Fact Sheet: What Alice didn't Know about the New Medicare Law and Why Many Congressmen Opposed It - -80
 
Episode Fourteen
Fantasy: Alice sees Humpty Dumpty Rove Again - -83
Fact Sheet: What Alice Didn't Know about King Bush's Record on the Environment -- 88
Cartoon: Gas Mask --91
Fact Sheet: What Alice Didn't Know about the Health Effects of Pollution - -92
 
Episode Fifteen
Fantasy: The Cat Purrs --93
 
Episode Sixteen
Fantasy: Alice Meets a Caterpillar ---95
Fact Sheet: What Alice Didn't Know about King Bush's Flip-flopping on Issues --100
Fact Sheet: What Alice Didn't Know about Using Negative Ads and Misleading Interviews to Distort the Truth --103
 
Episode Seventeen
Fantasy: Alice Finds Compassionate King Bush Weeping ---105
Cartoon: Compassionate King Bush --110
Fact Sheet: What Alice Didn't Know about King Bush's Budget - -111
 
Episode Eighteen
Fantasy: A Pigeon Attacks Alice ---115
Fact Sheet: What Alice Didn't Know about the USA Patriot Act --119
Cartoon: Bill of Rights ---121
Fact Sheet: Famous Conservatives Speak Against the Patriot Act ---122
 
Episode Nineteen
Fantasy: Alice Wakes Up --125
 
Appendix
Additional Conservatives Against the USA Patriot Act ---131
What You Can Do ---137
Sources and Where to go for Additional Information ---141
 
Acknowledgments ---143
 
Disclaimer ---144
 
About the Author ---145
 
Order Blank ---146

 

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© 2006 by Peggy Wireman

Cartoons by Kevin Wyeth

Compassionate King Bush weeps as the poor oysters fall through the safety net.


About the Author, Peggy Wireman, Ph.D.

Dr.Wireman has extensive experience working as a legislative aide in Congress and in the Executive branch in both Democratic and Republican administrations. She also covered the Maryland State Legislature as a reporter and has been active in local political campaigns. She has worked as a grassroots community organizer, as a Congressional Fellow, and provided policy analysis for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. She managed an $8 million economic development grants program for the U.S. Department of Commerce and the $5 million Small Business Development Center.
 
Currently, Dr.Wireman is a freelance consultant in community and economic development. She holds a Ph.D. in sociology and certification from the American Institute of Certified Planners. She has lectured and consulted in 10 countries.
 
Her previous books include Urban Neighborhoods, Networks and Families: New Forms for Old Values, Partnerships for Prosperity: Museums and Economic Development, and the 2004 edition of Alice in Bushland: Fact and Fantasy in the Bush Administration. Her fifth book, Connecting the Dots: Building Strong Families, Strong Communities and Terrific Neighborhoods, will be published next year.

Dr. Wireman can be contacted at pwireman@aliceinbushland.com