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    0 starsdeborealis | Shared With: Everyone - Sep 15 2006 | uganda, idi amin, history, politics, movies

    Wow, i had no idea this was going to be a movie. It's an incredibel book, and should be worth watching, if it's done well.

    Quoted: In an incredible twist of fate, a Scottish doctor (James McAvoy) on a Ugandan medical mission becomes irreversibly entangled with one of the world's most barbaric figures: Idi Amin (Forest Whitaker). Impressed by Dr. Garrigan's brazen attitude in a moment of crisis, the newly self-appointed Ugandan President Amin hand picks him as his personal physician and closest confidante. Though Garrigan is at first flattered and fascinated by his new position, he soon awakens to Amin's savagery - and his own complicity in it. Horror and betrayal ensue as Garrigan tries to right his wrongs and escape Uganda alive.

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    5 starsdeborealis | Shared With: Everyone - Apr 28 2006 | bush, politics, presidency, history, news
    AlterNet: MediaCulture: 'Nothing Prepared Me for Bush'

    worth reading. one of the last print journalists to spend time with presidents nixon through bush2 talks about the role of president, the corruption of the candidacy process and how bush 2 is the worst yet.