Thanks to the generosity of Crown Publishing, I have a paperback copy of Chris Hayes’ Twilight of the Elites: America After Meritocracy for some fortunate member of the BJ commentor community.
Your comment here will be your entry. Only one entry per commentor, please, because if you post more than one I’ll have to eliminate you from the pool. Doesn’t have to be a “good” comment—Pick me or Mine or Yes is fine, if you’re not feeling inspired. Newbies welcome (although, as per usual, if you haven’t commented here before WordPress will hold your comment for ‘moderation’ until one of the frontpagers approves it, so do NOT disqualify yourself with a string of why?why?why! follow-ups).
Around this time tomorrow evening, Tuesday, I’ll use a random-number generator, and the person whose comment matches that random number wins the book.
Any questions, you can either put them in your ONE comment, or email me at AnneLaurie @ verizon.net (click on my name in the ‘Contact’ list to the right for a direct link).
Good luck, and—GO!
SixStringFanatic
Been meaning to pick this up anyway.
dance around in your bones
I’d love to read this book because Chris Hayes is awesome, but also because John Cole was reading it while Boss Cat was making biscuits on his chest. Double awesome!
Woodrowfan
that’s a nice offer, thank you..
Villago Delenda Est
C’mon pseudo-random-number generator, choose me!
jayjaybear
I’m in.
Dave
Seems like an interesting book.
J.Ty
@Villago Delenda Est: I think random.org uses atmospheric noise and is actually random…
R. Johnston
I like kittens and pie, but if I can’t have those things right now then this book seems like a good choice.
Pogonip
Pick me! Pick me! Picking pogonips pips good luck to the lucky pogonip picker. Pick me! Tunch would want it that way! Pick me!
Kthnxbai.
ronin122
faslkfjlasdkfjasldkfjdsjfdsf
I presume a random type is a sufficient entry? *shrugs*
Literalreddy
Meaning to read this. Go for free one before I have to buy it.
j
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Burt Hutt
“Christopher” Hayes? How very formal.
I shall consider it a grave injustice if I don’t win this freebie.
phein39
Please, I humbly beseech you, pick me.
Big R
Kittens and pie, yes. And ice cream.
Joseph Nobles
Winner, winner, tuna dinner.
Old Dan and Little Ann
I’m down with some free liberal propaganda.
raven
WTF
schrodinger's cat
You do know that the random number generator used by your calculator or computer is not really random.
Big Wayne
Chris Hayes is the best. Well, him and Maddow; they’re the best.
Hawes
Love a copy.
Bobby Thomson
In before ChrisHayesisworsethanTweetyhesoldusout!
Yatsuno
QUACK!!!
RL
Been on a Zappa kick lately, and love this quote:
“There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life.”
Frank Zappa
Politically Lost
I’m in. I’d like to win something at least once.
wmd
I’m entering. Win or lose Cole needs to put Boss jump video up soon. We’ve been teased, now it’s time to be pleased.
Dupe1970
Sure thing.
Dolly Llama
@RL: The best FZ quote of all: “Music is the decoration of time.”
Now, on this book: Gimme, gimme, gimme.
Glenn
Duck duck gooooooooose.
Scotius
Insert clever remark here.
delosgatos
And the wind cried Mary.
Cookie Monster
Yeth pleathe.
jeffreyw
Pick me! I can make it worth your while.
MGB
Oh great random number generator, generate this number so that I might not have to pay directly for a book.
Tara the Antisocial Social Worker
That’s the book about the sparkly politician vampires, right?
dr. luba
Me?
Pooh
There’s a great panel with Hayes and TNC discussing this banging around somewhere.
Shakezula
My comment here.
La Caterina (Mrs. Johannes)
me want book. also thread needs moar kitteh.
Thursday
This would be pretty cool to read.
Samnell
Book please? :)
22over7
I have nothing clever to say tonight, but could use something new to read. Team Boss!
Less Popular Tim
Thank you for your consideration, best of luck to my entry
Wrye
Anne Laurie: best front-pager ever, or merely best of 2013? Discuss. Make sure to post more than one comment.
Botsplainer
He IS the Kweisatz Haderach!
KK
It’s mine
Gnarly Charlie
Sounds like a good read.
PeakVT
Let’s see if a vengeful FYWP will curse me for insulting it.
TooManyJens
::raises hand like Horshack::
Ooh! Ooh! Mistah Kottah!
melissaD
Chris Hayes looks like my son, to the point that when S needed new glasses, I knew he would shy away from the style CH wears just because of the similarity.
PS
Pick me!
Kevin
Hope Canadians are eligible :)
WereBear
Götterdämmerung!
Uncle Ebeneezer
Cool. I remember the interview he did with TNC back when the book came out. Sounded very interesting. I want!
Mary G
I’m not an elite, but I play one on TV.
Omnes Omnibus
If I win, give it to someone who is having a rough time – job loss, death in family, etc.
I just want the fun of winning.
Cookie Monster
Yeth Pleathe!
The Dangerman
3.1415926
Smiling Mortician
I was told it would be autographed.
jheartney
Mistah Kurtz – he dead.
Moesha
My sister loves Chris Hayes
Jeffro
Very excited – I’m in!
cintibud
Is an unskewed random number generator being used?
Steeplejack
I’m in.
Genine
Me want.
joes527
I don’t get all the enthusiasm. Isn’t the premises of the book that our betters aren’t what they used to be?
meh.
Redhead Redemption
Awesome, I’ve been wanting to read this!
Jim, Foolish Literalist
Since this is a one comment thread, and the others are getting long, can I use my one comment to request an open thread?
Sibelius
Is that it? Is that the finish then?
Josie
I would totally like to read this book.
? Martin
Thank you Crown Publishing.
cckids
Want, please! Thanks for doing this.
Gin & Tonic
Me, me, me.
alhutch
FTW (I hope)!
Bonnie
I love cats.
Misterpuff
TANSTAAFT – There ain’t no such thing as a free Tunch……unless I win the book!
Birthmarker
I’m in.
DebSF
me? Please?
Chris
Books for me please!!!
West of the Cascades
Moi! Moi! Moi!!
SiubhanDuinne
Imma entering my comment, but if I know my FYWP (and I think I do), this is going to get fucked up real quick-like.
Gavin
I want to read this book.
UofAZGrad
Pick me. . .or else.
Wilson Heath
Since we don’t say it enough: Keep on fucking that chicken.
cmorenc
I like Chris Hayes as much as my dad liked Willie Mays.
muddy
Please.
Scamp Dog
Woof Woof!
metricpenny
Thanks for the chance.
Sibling Nonspecific Firearm of Random Adjective Followed by a Noun That Describes a Mental State (fka AWS)
As much as this sounds like an extremely depressing read, this is my ballot.
tybee
what?
lefthanded compliment
I like the Wagnerian overtones of the book’s title; perhaps Götterdämn’emall would make an appropriate subtitle.
azrev
Would love to read this book.
PaulW
As a librarian I can just order a copy on hold from the shelves. I will, however, take any winning lotto tickets you might have.
folkbum
If I can get my pile of to-read books taller than the bed, then I think I win something.
Not sure what.
Sister Machine Gun of Quiet Harmony
As an elite (depending on how you define the term), I need to know just how much time I have left.
RobertDSC-Power Mac G4 Dual 1.25
Please enter me. Thank you.
Eric U.
@schrodinger’s cat: if the sequence sampled by a random number generator has self correlation of any significance on the frequency represented by the number of replies in this thread, then it’s a pretty pathetic random number generator. In any event, if it doesn’t pick me, it’s rigged
OmerosPeanut
Posting in the Twilight of this Thread.
a hip hop artist from Idaho (fka Bella Q)
Usually I just want to WIN!, but in this case I’d like to read the book. I will pass it around the Juicetariat, however. First come, first served; no pushing or shoving please.
Phylllis
I’m in.
Triumph
I’ve got a better chance of winning this than the Powerball, right? RIGHT???
HeartlandLiberal
Is it the twilight of the elites? Or are we headed for the world envisioned in “Continuum”, series I just watched episode one of on Netflix, in which by 2076 the corporations literally have taken over the governments completely, and are now running the planet? The band of “rebels” sentenced to death instead escaped into the past. 2012. Where the story is taking place.
Perhaps twilight for the elite is the dawn of a revolution? Is that what it is going to take?
The problem is, revolutions tend to sometimes get very, very messy.
A Ghost To Most
Thanks for playing.
Nellie in NZ
Count me in for the give-away!
J R in WV
Can’t pass up a chance on a new book!
Gimme! ;-)
black onion
Hat, meet ring.
Happy Monday to all.
Arclite
I’m in.
Comrade Colette Collaboratrice
Moi, s’il vous plait!
Funkula
Hurble durble.
Heirn
I like pie, and free books.
Joshua James
I’ll take one, please…
Luthe
Gimme.
currants
Duck Duck GO!!!
BruceFromOhio
Twilight of the Elites: America After Meritocracy I sort of read as
Twilight of the Elites: America After Our Patience With These Gaia-Damned Fools Finally Runs Out
Insomniac
Gimme!!
Ruckus
Me! Me! Me!
Oh who am I kidding.
Linnaeus
Generic Balloon Juice comment.
Princess Leia
How appropriate that a book on Meritocracy should be selected at random! I’m in.
gelfling545
Here is my official, yet futile, entry.
scuffletuffle
Feh…
Kristine
Comment!
TEL
Pick me! Pick me! (I say Donkey-like)
AlchemicalAmoeba
I totally want this so I can sit down and pretend Chris is still hosting Up.
Jewish Steel
Free! Free! Free!
Book! Book! Book!
LunarG
Ooooh, book.
Mercuria
My kitteh wants this book.
Sinnach
I’ve been meaning to pick that book up but haven’t yet.
TG Chicago
boop
Tim Mc
Allons-y
peachkfc
I want it!
goblue72
To the tumbrels with the 1%!!!!
BD of MN
Pay no attention to all those upthreaders and pick me….
Mouseling
Oh please, oh please….
srv
I do not want to win this book.
As much as I respect his great work, every book of his I read just depresses me more.
ArchTeryx
I’d be quite happy to enter this lottery. Heard wonderful things about the book and its definitely off-the-beaten-path precepts.
Jay
I’d love to have this book.
Paddy
I’d love to read it, my library doesn’t have it and I’m too poor to buy it.
ZW
Wooooooo free book!
CapnMubbers
Free book! that I wanna read anyway
Pete Mack
I’d love to get a non-electronic edition.
r€nato
Pick me
bad dad
Is this like Price is Right and the last commenter wins if you generate 937?
planetjanet
I am sure I am most deserving of Chris Hayes’ fantastic book. ;)
smedley the uncertain
Tossing my hat in the ring
pamelabrown53
…and the winner is….pamelabrown!!!!
Suzanne
Damn skippy. Me me me me me.
donovong
Me Too! Me Too!
bluesqueezebox
me me me me me me
Tsukune
{insert post here}
Lee
Hopefully I’ll win
MomSense
I think I should win the book since I have hosted the author’s brother at my house when during the campaign days and because I would really like my boys to read the book so we can discuss it together and I think winning the book would make it that much cooler for them.
Ed Drone
Well, I sort of think the title is possibly too hopeful, but the book can’t hurt, so I’ll take it if it comes my way.
Ed (pseudonym here) Drone
Central Planning
Looks like a good one. I’m in!
Zapruder F. Mashtots, D.D.S. (Mumphrey, et al.)
¡Escójame! ¡Choose me!
RandomMonster
Lords of Chaos and random number selection, generate a RandomMonster!
suekzoo
Want that book!
Starlit
Doesn’t “elite” mean the entitlement of the wealthy mediocre?
Does that ever end?
Please, educate me, random number generator! I promise to share pithy quotes, if given the opportunity.
The prophet Nostradumbass
I already have the hardcover of this volume, so if I win I will donate a copy to my local library.
reality-based
I can haz Chris Hayes book? thx
Scout211
Should I post early? Late? Middle?
Does a high number or low number have a better chance for a win?
What are the odds?
Where is 538 when I need him?
Wes F. in Morris
Legislatire (n.) – a governing body so incompetent and corrupt you cannot believe it actually exists.
(Thought I should at least attempt to make the comment funny. Failed miserably.)
WF
Mary in Ohio
Pick me! This month’s book money has gone to vet bills for our newest rescue pet.
dubyabee
Hah! I’m a winnah!
Ed in NJ
In it to win it!
Weasel Tracks
I grew up in Massachusetts and live in Vermont. Obviously, I deserve it.
Downpuppy
I only want if for the Kristen Stewart pictures, but boy howdy do I want it!
KithKanan
I’ve been meaning to read this, so would love to win a copy!
Debbie(aussie)
Can I please have the book?
Alabama Blue Dot
Yes, please. Por favor. Me gusta libros.
chmatl
Have the Kindle version already. Would love to have a signed paperback copy. Pick me, please!
ConsistentLiberal
What pet/animal are we eating for dinner tonight?
Beeb
Yes, please. And thank you for doing this.
Leslie
Cool, thanks!
MBL
‘ello.
E
why? why? why!
rikki_tikitavi
I’d love to win
scav
huzzah for free books and the unlikelihood of getting them!
Steve
I always watch Chris Hayes
Betsy
Groovy … I’m in.
kideni
please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please please
MikeInSewickley
I hope “Twilight of the Elites” isn’t just a book title.
I hope it turns out to be a fulfilled prophecy.
…and winning a book isn’t a bad deal either.
Ken
Better lucky than good.
grape_crush
zzcool
I hope you have to ship that sucker to Australia.
Mj_Oregon
I never win anything but I have to try!
Revrick
http://www.google.com/search?q=maxwell's+equations&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=DfrtUcTtJYv_4APvx4GYBA&ved=0CEAQsAQ&biw=1366&bih=667#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=Ns-pfLtX8yrWzM%3A%3BF1m1d6zUuY22dM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fi247.photobucket.com%252Falbums%252Fgg122%252Fmawilson78%252FAndGodSaid.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fs247.photobucket.com%252Fuser%252Fmawilson78%252Fmedia%252FAndGodSaid.jpg.html%3B1000%3B1000
Snowwy
I don’t read anything like enough nonfiction. This would be a great place to start back…
Csbella
A few years ago Rachel Maddow I called him “lamb chop” on her show. There’s lots of Chris H love out there ❤
reflectionephemeral
Me please!
JE
Me me me!! (please)
Shane in Utah
Thanks for the opportunity…
Tinare
I like books. :)
Tinare
I like books. :)
AndyG
Moi!
maya
This is it? This is my one chance to make history? All right then, I will say tha
Original Lee
Oooh! OOOH! Pick me pick me pick me!
This is really cool. Thanks.
JR
Do you think we could force Congress to move to Detroit?
Joey Maloney
I’m in.
leinie (iPad mini)
It’s on the list to read, so yeah, I’ll enter. Signed copy would e cool.
leinie (iPad mini)
It’s on the list to read, so yeah, I’ll enter. Signed copy would e cool.
leinie (iPad mini)
It’s on the list to read, so yeah, I’ll enter. Signed copy would be cool.
NotMax
This is my comment.
leinie (iPad mini)
FYWP and please delete the extras.
karen
Happiness is a warm kitty.
tabbitha
I want this book.
Spiffy McBang
I like my slightly less than 0.5% chance of winning.
Russell M
must haves the precious. gives me the precious and all you balloon juices will stay safe.
miss chris on weekend mornings I do.
piratedan
gee, are there two threads for this?
divF
Straight* Monte Carlo methods are the last refuge of the incompetent. (Apologies to the good Doctor Asimov).
*i.e. without importance sampling or other variance reduction techniques.
Citizen_X
Give me the book and nobody gets hurt.
Okay, don’t give me the book and nobody gets hurt then, either, but still.
patroclus
Chris Hayes is an unmitigated douchebag and the only thing that could possibly change my mind is if I got a chance to read his book for free because I’m certainly not going to buy it.
Freemark
gimee gimee gimee
Sasha
Bruce Willis should be cast as Rocket Raccoon.
Americanadian
I’m here to claim my .45% or so chance of a good read.
Elizabelle
I think that I shall never see
a more deserving non-elite than me.
Hardly.
The book, please.
Fran Kramer
Me me me !!!
slhanlon
I am still waiting to receive the last book I won from this blog, oh so many months ago.
LolaDelGato
is this the slot where I put the paper to win the thing?
moon
may random chance favor me
Redshift
Bqhatevwr
megamahan
Book!
Faisal
Also too.
low-tech cyclist
In the long-ago words of the Beatles, I me me mine!
Comrade Luke
Everyone can stop commenting now. This is the winning entry.
Ben
224th!
Bill Tucker
Please pick me. I’m sick in Cambodia, and I need something to read.
And yes, you doubters, I really am in Cambodia, and I really am sick. And although there are bookstores here, they won’t have this one for a long time, if ever.
Earl
Random!
Kanamit
pick me, please.
Make7
–crossing fingers–
Amir Khalid
I suppose I have as good a chance of winning as anyone else here.
Dee Loralei IPhone
I’m in too. Thanks AL.
Comrade Nimrod Humperdink
How do you feel about international sgipping, Anne?
SmallAxe
Me, Me, Me… pick me!
Off Colfax
*bambi-eyes*
FunkyEntropy
De-lurking once again so that I can throw my name in the hat.
And maybe put in a name suggestion or two as well. Fuzzface/Fuzzers/McFuzz? Tibbers? Romeo (on account of his dashing good looks and affectionate nature) might work.
evap
I won the last one, so I really shouldn’t… but I’m in!
TheMightyTrowel
me me me me me
Boss
Gimme!
SpaceSquid
… so then he says “Chainsaw? That’s my cousin!”
Silver & Silkey
We wonder if Feliway really works?
kdaug
Me.
JWR
I really, really, really deserve to win this book. Thank you.
K488
Add me to the list!
Schlemizel
this comment = every dollar I put into the lotto, a pleasant thought with no reward
bytner
Why not?
bemused
Want this book. Chris Hayes is not only wicked smart but seems to be a genuinely nice guy with his feet firmly planted in reality, attributes rarely seen in media talking heads. Chris is one of the few I would actually like to meet in person.
A non mouse
Would love another book
eric nny
Pick me please.
abo gato
Me too, me too! Chris Hayes seems like someone who would be awesome to have over for dinner.
Kim Walker
Yes, me too!
252man
pleasepleasepleaseohplease
'Niques
Am I too late? Please choose me!
Paul at PredictableFunk
Yes, please. Thank you.
Beldar
I would really like to have this book.
Cheers!
henqiguai
I hit the little “Submit” button and I get an error. Not my fault (yeah yeah yeah; forgot to enter a name and email stuff). Still want a shot at that book, ’cause I’ve been debating getting the thing, anyway. And besides, free is good.
sal
IPad site much better, thanks.
AnnieJo
Yes, please.
Red Apple Smokes
Testing testing, is this thing on?
Please enter me into the contest.
everbluegreen
Oooh, cool.
RoonieRoo
Pick me Oh Great Random Number Generator!
Dcrefugee
I’m in!
Certified Mutant Enemy
Pick Me! PICK ME!
Manyakitty
I me mine! Pick me pick me!
SFAW
This comment intentionally left blank..
On a more
serioussomething-or-other note: if I spoof-post as every other commenter in this thread, do I win by default (by eliminating the competition)?And … what about Naomi?
Dave
Ok, here’s mine.
Davo
Elizabeth Warren 2016!!!!
Wvskir
I have been wanting to read this book. Pick me!
brettvk
Sure, I’m really late on this, but I work third shift.
realbtl
Even later, me.
Paul in KY
Here is my entry comment.
Thomas
Winning Number: 272 (maybe!)
Bex
I can haz book?
TOP123
Nice!
Jimbo
Yes please.
DramaMama
Yes, please.
Rex Everything
I want the book!
PS: I’ve decided to stop using the term Obot. It seems to bother my opponents, to a degree that Firebagger does not bother me, and I don’t want to antagonize anyone; I was using the term for brevity not abuse. So anyways, from now on I will refer to them as “24-Hour Party People.”
Snarlymon
Yes, I would like to have a copy of this book.
tagged45
Pick me, pick me! Ooh oooh ooooooooooh! Pick me!
ed
yes. Books are awesome.
Ramalama
Beep Beep to the auto generator
RenoRick
Me need more learnin’ books and things…
bartkid
What is done for love is beyond good and evil. – Nietzsche.
Dave Stephenson
Don’t sweat the name of your cat. I have three (one for over a decade), and names for cats really don’t matter (mine don’t come when I call, so to hell with them). Unfortunately, I’ve found that once you pick one, it sticks (I had a cat once that had been named “Squeak”, and as hard as I tried to rename him “Curtis”, “Squeak” it was). I usually just use their formal names when others are around so I don’t sound to creepy, and resort to “pet names” and baby talk when we’re alone. Don’t tell anyone.
mzrad
I like Chris Hayes but miss his moderating the group discussion on UP. Do you?
Hope to win! ; )
Peter VE
Please?
Richard M.
Sure, I’d be happy to get a copy of the book. Thanks for the chance.
Bridgier
#286 seems lucky
Bridgier
Let’s try this again
Karla
I’ve been meaning to buy this, but the last time I went to the book store I bought a book about pruning instead. My winning this could make that fate instead of just absentmindedness.
By the way, what do people think about Drift by Rachel Maddow? This is probably not the thread to ask that.
RSR
Here’s hoping.
The Other Chuck
yeh uh whatev. me.
rdldot
Add me to the list, please!
JohnM
Please please please pleeeeease!
Nutella
Pick me!
And here’s another take on ‘meritocracy’ in the programming business.
Ahurazo
Count me in!
Neldob
Democrats are the real conservatives!
jnfr
Me too, please.
CaliMatt
weapons of book acquisition comment related activities…
lahke
Yeah, Ann Richards!
danimal
Lurker mode: Deactivated.
Also, too: Pick me!
Rorgg
I’m moderately fond of Hayes, sure.
Julia Grey
Yes, pwease. Me wannum.
StringOnAStick
I’d love a copy, but if I don’t win it I’ll just go buy one, so either way, I’m good.
Jado
I’ll bite
dp
I’d like to read that.
polyorchnid octopunch
I’d love to get a copy.
Sourmash
I want to win!
Shakti
I would love to get a copy.
Alf
BORSCHT
TRex
I WANT IT.
Debbie
Pick me, please.
quasar
pick me!!! I want it more then anyone else. Ill give it a good home, and call it a rescue!
LongHairedWeirdo
Ooh! Can I ask a question so disturbingly creepy and personal and over-the-top that you take it as a joke, and get a good laugh out of it, since this would be the worst possible time to ask such a creepy, personal question?
Oh, damn, I used my question up.
NickT
Heroic Nudity!
MAJeff
Wouldn’t mind a nice new book.
rollSound
I wish to thank the kind folks at Balloon Juice for this fine prize. The actual thanking will occur, of course, when the prize is received.
Tiny Hermaphrodite, Esq.
Entering this contest.
Jimmi the Grey
Throw my nym in the ‘hat’ please. Thx.
carbon dated
“It is needless to spend much time in exposing the folly of hereditary right; if there are any so weak as to believe it, let them promiscuously worship the Ass and the Lion, and welcome. I shall neither copy their humility, nor disturb their devotion.” ~ Thomas Paine
Wiesman
Random Number Generators are a crutch. You can do this yourself. Just pick a random number. Like…. 320. That’s a good one.
Tom
I’ll take one book please.
LABiker
I can haz book?
gbear
Lucky 323. Here I go…
Swishalicious
Go fellow Bruno, Chris Hayes!
Sawgrass Stan
what the hell…. why not?
Tony J (iPhone)
Late to the party.
Karal Taylor
A bibliophile, teaching tolerance and English teacher, not to mention my love of cats ( I brought three with me when I traveled from California to the East Coast, including Zelda who lived to the age of 21) almost more than anything else
except my son who lives and plays jazz in Harlem, I would love to have a copy of Chris Hayes’ book….
wesindc
When I lived in Arizona the sky always had little fluffy clouds ala Orb.
Teddy's Person
pick me please
beltane
I never win anything but there’s no harm in trying.
Ahasuerus
Gryffyn butt and yeti head,
Unicorn heart completely bled,
Demon horn and angel wing,
Wizard wand and Nazgul ring,
Bastard babe of eldritch spawn,
Chose my entry, random com!
Kirbster
Oh, why not? “Twilight of the Elites” is on my TBR list anyway.
kathyp
pick me, pick me, oh please
Marymuss
I’ve been curious about this book. Pick me!
Captnkurt
Come on, randomness!!!
Captnkurt
Come on, randomness!!!
Steve
This is my entry.
Comrade Scrutinizer
Why not?
quannlace
In on the book lottery, me! :-)
tulip
ooh… pick me. :) Come on random.com 339! Or whatever my true number is once double posts are eliminated.
Jewelbomb
Pick me please!
JC
I’m a huge fan of Shock Doctrine, The Working Poor, Confessions of an Economic Hitman, and others along those lines. I would love Chris Hayes’ new one.
Loneoak
I clearly deserve this.
Nancy
I’m looking for a chance to improve my mind for free. And if I win, I’ll tell you all about the best parts in future comments.
Hungry Joe
We need “Twilight of the Elites” we just got a kitten and we want to educate her properly.
policomic
This is my entry. Sorry it’s not clever.
seaboogie
Pick me because I was fired today, and I need one more good thing to happen to show me that the universe is on my side!
agorabum
There is nothing random, for the Great Spaghetti Monster controls all with its noodly appendage. Forsooth, it’s meatballs of divinity even guided Chris Hayes, as if Melpomene and Clio (greek names for the inspiration guided by the FSM in times of old, before the revelation of First Pirate)
Mayken
Insert clever comment here.
Rob Wolfe
Been delaying getting the Kindle version. Maybe I will get lucky
MikeTheZ
Lets go big numbers!
Ben Cisco
Good luck to all (but I hope I win)!
2liberal
i just spent a bunch of kindle money so i would like a copy gratis. after reading, i will donate to local humanist society or maybe the library
grins
Thanks for the chance to win :-)
tree
Orioles Magic!
phantomist
It would suck if a lurker won.
Johnny Coelacanth
Give it to me baby.
HinTN
Seems like I’ll be down in the tail of the distribution, where random numbers never seen to fall, no matter the mathematical proof to the contrary. Sigh
Fraud Guy
Why the heck not.
The Other Bob
Pick me or I will vote straight Republican in 2014.
sphysicist
Fingers crossed.
MaryJane
I don’t ask for much. And this would be a great birthday present!
T Miller
Pick me, please!
PLH in NYC
Thanks for the opportunity of a good read!
MTiffany
I like pie.
bytre
i’m in
thundermonkey
I saw it first!
ixnay
Oh, hey, am I still in time for this thing?
Fax Paladin
Me?
JohnK
I’m in
sphex
a lurker, but a lurker who is *dying* to read this book….
Mwangangi
I wonder if I’m too late?
TH
Read the book from the library, so I’m not as needy as others. One thing I like about the book is that Hayes recognizes that meritocracy is just an excuse for increasing inequality and that it leads to ever more egregious forms, like what we have now.