<b>“Let us begin by committing ourselves to the truth to see it like it is, and tell it like it is.” —Richard Nixon<br> <br> “I believe America is the solution to the world’s problems.” —Rush Limbaugh<br> <br> “SHUT THE F#CK UP.” —D. L. Hughley<br></b><br> The American dream is in dire need of a wake-up call. A f*cked up society is like an addict: if you are in denial, then things are going to keep getting worse until you hit bottom. According to D. L. Hughley, that's the direction in which America is headed. <br><br>In <i>I Want You to Shut the F*ck Up</i>, D.L. explains how we've become a nation of fat sissies playing Chicken Little, but in reverse: The sky is falling, but we're supposed to act like everything's fine. D.L. just points out the sobering facts: there is no standard of living by which we are the best. In terms of life expectancy, we're 36th--tied with Cuba; in terms of literacy, we're 20th--behind Kazakhstan. We sit here laughing at Borat, but the Kazakhs are sitting in their country reading.<br><br>Things are bad now and they're only going to get worse. Unless, of course, you sit down, shut the f*ck up, and listen to what D. L. Hughley has to say. <i>I Want You to Shut the F*ck Up</i> is a slap to the political senses, a much needed ass-kicking of the American sense of entitlement. In these pages<i>,</i> D. L. Hughley calls it like he sees it, offering his hilarious yet insightful thoughts on:<br><br>- Our supposedly post-racial society<br>- The similarities between America the superpower and the drunk idiot at the bar<br>- Why Bill Clinton is more a product of a black upbringing than Barack Obama <br>- That apologizing is not the answer to controversy, especially when you meant what you said <br>- Why civil rights leaders are largely to blame for black people not being represented on television<br>- Why getting your ghetto pass revoked should be seen as a good thing, not something to be ashamed of <br>- And how hard it is to be married to a black woman