The official social and political provocateur of the nacent 21st century, Michael Moore, gives us another audacious, hilarious and intuitive work about the problematic state of affairs in the United States. Similar to his previous bestseller "Stupid White Men," "Dude, Where's My Country?" attacks President Bush by showing readers how the commander-in-chief shares more than a little of the responsibility for what Moore sees as the current dementia of our society. But, this time around, Moore rides the mounting storm of protest against the actions and policies surrounding the war in Iraq and thus has even more muck to rake. This book, although not flawless, is a venerable example of justly used freedom of speech and excellent reporting.

Written in his characteristically simple language, Moore's book begins spectacularly with seven honest questions for Mr. Bush. The questions range from "Is it true that the bin Ladens have had business relations with you … for the past 25 years?" to "Why are you protecting the 'Second Amendment rights' of potential terrorists?" and supports each with several textual sources. The first chapter is by far the strongest one, since it holds the promise of making conspiracy theory approachable to everyone and anyone.

Chapters "Home of the Whopper" and "A Liberal Paradise" constitute the other fantastically insightful sections. In the former, Moore specifically deals with the mounting lies produced by the Bush administration concerning Iraq's nuclear arsenal. The key to the brilliance of this chapter rests in a hilarious extended metaphor that Moore calls "The Iraq War Combo Meals." Beginning with the Original Whopper ("Iraq has nuclear weapons") and concluding with the Triple Whopper Biggie Size ("We didn't lie. And we're not lying now … "), the varying degrees of prevarication committed by the leaders of this country are exposed deliciously for the hungry American consumer.

"A Liberal Paradise" astonishes the reader by using reputable statistics to describe how liberal-minded Americans actually are. According to this chapter, most Americans support affirmative action, abortion rights, some form of environmentalism, and equal marital rights for gays and lesbians. Moore explains the techniques used by conservatives in power to confuse individuals into still voting for the Republican ticket, such as manufacturing a negative connotation for the term "liberal."

Unfortunately, yet understandably, the other parts of the book lack revolutionary gusto. In "Woo Hoo! I Got Me a Tax Cut!" Moore pens a sardonic thank-you letter to the President for his tax cut check. Although witty and systematically sarcastic, Moore spends too much time overtly insulting Bush and not enough producing logical arguments against the tax cut. Another entertaining section, "How to Talk to your Conservative Brother-in-Law," provides liberals with a guide to lead conservatives toward less narrowminded thinking. Funny and potentially practical but still questionable, the chapter makes one wonder if Moore sees promise in other social instructional works like "The Book of the Courtier." And if he does, why allude to it here? Isn't this chapter a little digressive? Finally, there are the chapters where Moore loses the reader's attention completely through an unbecoming, fictionalized style. In "Oil's Well That Ends Well," one of his dreams predicts a future where Bush's anti-alternative energy policies kill off eleven-twelfths of the world population. Fortunately, these sections are few and far apart.

As for the essential arguments raised by Moore, only some are credible. The official motives behind the attacks on Afghanistan and Iraq do not add up. The strange relations between the Bush family, the bin Ladens and the Saudi Arabian royalty fail to restore comfort in the man who "stole the election" of 2000. Conspiracy theories run amok throughout the book, but they are more than paranoid ramblings. In the final chapter, Moore discusses one of the primary goals of writing this piece: to help remove President Bush from his seat in 2004. Although several obstacles exist, including inadequate support for a single strong political opponent, Moore maintains his optimism and discourages the "defeatist nature of … sad, impotent Democrats" by suggesting a number of possible candidates for Americans to rally behind. Besides a few somewhat ridiculous suggestions such as Tom Hanks, Moore introduces us to candidates with viable opportunity for clenching the presidency, like General Wesley Clark.

Ignoring some of the more frivolous and unnecessary portions, Moore delivers a great book of political critique that any American could easily comprehend. His questions and arguments draw on facts, and opinions remain consistent with previous works. I recommend "Dude, Where's My Country?" for everyone, especially those who detect something rotten about the post-September 11 policies of President George W. Bush, "Commander-in-Chief of the Fatherland."