Monday, March 17, 2014

State Department Orders ‘Dreams from My Father,’ ‘Encyclopedia of Bodybuilding’ for Embassy in Africa: $80,000 book order includes ‘Nudge’ by Cass Sunstein, ‘The End of Men’

The Washington Free Beacon reports:
The State Department placed an eclectic book order for a U.S. embassy in Africa on Friday, including volumes of President Barack Obama’s first autobiography Dreams from My Father and the Encyclopedia of Bodybuilding.

The nearly $80,000 order for the American Embassy in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, will add 1,716 books to its library, ranging from subjects on self help to feminism.

Near the top of the list are four copies of Les Rêves de Mon Père, the French translation of Dreams from My Father, Obama’s first memoir published in 1995 when he was 34 years old. The Audacity of Hope was also ordered.

Nudge: La méthode douce pour inspirer la bonne decision, or “the gentle method to inspire the right decision,” by Obama’s former regulatory czar Cass Sunstein was also purchased. The book examines the “libertarian paternalism” philosophy of using government to nudge people into “more rational behavior.”
It's all about lining Barack's pockets with book royalty money.