Growing Up Red

Growing up in suburban Milwaukee Wisconsin author Tim Schilke knew that his concerns about some generally accepted suburban truths were often left unanswered. He later learned that a carefully crafted Red-suburban version of reality isolated him from nearly everything real. </P><P>Red truth was a strange morph of God Patriotism and Republicans. When this uniquely Red-suburban mentality played a role in winning President George W. Bush a second term in late 2004 Schilke began an investigation into the driving factors behind his Red upbringing which still persist and thrive today in suburban and rural America.</P><P>From carefully-guarded moral relativism to the Army's questionable recruiting techniques; from Major League Baseball's tainted home run records to the myth of the Ownership Society; Schilke maps these current events back into the perspective of his Red upbringing.</P><P>Why does Red-suburban middle-America consistently vote against its own interests in election after election? <I>Growing Up Red</I> attempts to show that in Red America it is simply the patriotic thing to do. In Red America raw Faith trumps Knowledge. Carefully-tweaked irrational fear drives never-ending consumption. A Republican President marches arm-in-arm with God down Main Street every Fourth of July.</P><P>What happens when actual reality starts to bleed through the carefully-protected fences of suburbia? Find out in <I>Growing Up Red</I>.