Proctologically Violated©® wrote:
[...]
> Gotta love Merka.
Ya do, doncha?
)
Was at a big box bookseller tonight and saw a book titled _Ali Rap_
which offers quotes from Muhammad Ali. One of those quotes included
some comment on things being better if instead of God Bless America
that people started saying God Bless the World.
Yup, gotta love Merka, but God Bless the World!
Editorial Reviews
>From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. This biography, made up almost entirely of quotes from
Muhammad Ali, serves as an important and apt reminder of how daring,
outspoken, witty and relevant the boxing champ was and continues to be.
Editor and designer Lois tells the athlete's story chronologically,
beginning with his first words, "Gee-gee," a nickname his mother called
him for the rest of her life. While there are plenty of asides, insults
and rallying cries, including the famous "float like a butterfly, sting
like a bee," Lois also includes a number of one-two narratives,
including the young boxer's reaction to a newspaper photo of lynching
victim Emmet Till ("It made me sick, and it scared me") and the time
Ali stayed in a U.K. hotel suite next door to Prince Charles (when Ali
knocked on the door, the butler curtly remarked that they had not
ordered room service). While Ali had a lot to say about boxing, courage
and himself (his favorite subject), he also had plenty to say about
civil rights, religion and the Vietnam War. Each quote is married with
an apt image, including the landmark Esquire cover in which the champ
is portrayed as Saint Sebastian, with a chest full of arrows-only this
reproduction is smartly annotated with the champ's own list of his
tormentors (including Lyndon Johnson and Robert McNamara). Lois's
combination of words and images serves as an eloquent, swift and
surprisingly nuanced biography of one of America's most important
citizens.
Book Description
Before there was hip-hop: from the publisher that brought you the
biggest book on Ali, here comes the smallest This book contains over
300 rap rhythms, witticisms, insults, wisecracks, politically incorrect
quips, courageous stands and words of inspiration from the mind, heart
and soul of the brash young Cassius Clay, as he steadily grew into the
magnificent man who is Muhammad Ali. From a narcissistic self-promoter
who eventually became a man of enduring spirituality through a journey
of formidable tests, Ali has emerged as a true superhero in the annals
of American history, and the Worldwide Ambassador of Courage and
Conviction. This fresh, first-person book serves as a hilarious and
moving hands-on autobiography by Muhammad Ali, the intrepid man of
action who spoke in soundbites, all wittily and powerfully visualized
by the provocateur graphic designer, George Lois. From:
http://www.amazon.com/Ali-Rap-George-Lois/dp/3822851566
The book is a treat, but there's a gruesome pic of the open casket of
one Emmett Till. Horrible.
--
Curt
More with this grunting schtufff! 
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