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Never Shake Hands with a War Criminal Hardcover – November 2, 2004
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- Print length192 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherSeven Stories Press
- Publication dateNovember 2, 2004
- Dimensions5.71 x 0.63 x 8.51 inches
- ISBN-101583226605
- ISBN-13978-1583226605
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“Barry Crimmins uses his sharp sense of irony as a political weapon. In his hands, the subversive joke is the first small act of resistance.” –Billy Bragg
“He breaks down reality in a hilarious way. He seems ticked off at everything, and when you hear him, you agree. One of the few political comedians who are really good.” –Steven Wright
“Like a mixture of Tom Paine and Mark Twain, Crimmins mixes politics and humor with savage results.” –Michael Blowen, The Boston Globe
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- Publisher : Seven Stories Press; A Seven Stories Pres edition (November 2, 2004)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 192 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1583226605
- ISBN-13 : 978-1583226605
- Item Weight : 12.1 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.71 x 0.63 x 8.51 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #630,921 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #346 in Political Humor (Books)
- #946 in Lawyers & Criminals Humor
- #1,366 in Humor Essays (Books)
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If you're a progressive, there are lots of lines that will make you nod or smile or laugh. Conservatives will not enjoy this, but all others will.
3/01/18 @ no o’clock in the morning-
A doggedly thoughtful & wickedly funny sage, the political satirist & anti-war stalwart Barry Crimmins , died late last night @ Syracuse, New York . Besides being a tireless thorn in the side of the empire he was born into, Crimmins , a powerfully imposing bear ( hugger ) of a man raised in Skaneateles , New York , had a heart bigger than Pennsylvania & Ohio put together. He survived his childhood by placing his faith in Mickey Mantle & Yogi Berra, ( joyously discovering them amid the hiss of late-night radio static ; instantly recognizing them as dependable people a kid could count on...) then later as a young man and careful student of Mark Twain, after drafting Ernie Davis & Roberto Clemente to bolster his precious clutch of Yankees , he freely embarked on an even rougher road as a ‘volunteer’ in show-biz service to the rest of us , inspired as much by Harriet Tubman & Lenny Bruce as his life-long hero Twain. Barry always figured he could "smuggle some content “ in while we laughed . To those shocked partisans who reliably rose to their feet screaming that old chestnut at Barry in some ‘Comedy Club’ next to the Holiday Inn , " Hey , If you hate this country so much, why don’t you leave it ?…” Barry would bellow, “ Because I don’t want to be victimized by its foreign policy ! …”
I first met him on a picket line he was visiting, the sort of improvised unpaid ‘USO tour’ Barry frequently invented as he loyally roamed the battered rust-belt in between coastal gigs, keeping his eye peeled for the damage done in and out of this country the past 30 years as regular people were being regularly hammered. From Indiana to Central America… Barry Crimmins walked our beat. He ’made the road by walking...’ as they say . Really, he lunged hard at every step of it.
Comforting us in the cottages, afflicting them in the palaces…
Thank you so much, Barry. I remain astonished, though now sobbing. -John A. Joslin , electrician ( Detroit,Michigan -South of the Canadian borderline…) IBEW Local Union # 58
Crimmins is incredibly talented, writing with great clarity and conviction, without pandering for laughs. He's a master humorist, a modern day Twain ...
His 'Rushmore of Wrong-Headedness', his riff on Gingrich and more are all side-splitting ...
If you like well-written humor, run, don't walk, to your nearest bookstore (or, if you're reading this review, click back and hit the order button) to get this work ... It's tremendous
Peace
JTD