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Inaction Reaction This is an extremely funny and well-written book! Covering US History and Politics, John Stewart and `The Daily Show' writers skewer high school text books and preconceptions about `democracy in action' (or `inaction' as the case may be). With spurious quotes from Jefferson and Washington, this satirical look at who we are and where we came from probably would have amused our founding fathers as much as the modern reader. Ironically, the authors probably understand our society and government much better than any historian or political scientist (and I teach college history) and although meant for humor, I would highly recommend this book to students when they have enough background to `get it'. A comment: although it's humorous to throw in a little profanity once in a while in the context of shocking the reader, sometimes it's too much; yes, it's funny to make up a quote from the Duchess of Kent regarding tea - "Some tea-drinkin' m*****f****s" (19) - but then it's repeated again. Also, the nude Supreme Court pictures would not be suitable for the younger readers.