President Me: The America That's in My Head Hardcover – May 13, 2014

If it fell out of the sky encased in the Chelyabinsk meteor, the Russian inhabitants who found it and allowed it to cool to room temperature would be delighted.The other extreme is the daily Carolla listener, who will have been exposed to a good 75% of this material before. None of it is bad. The observations are good, its a fun book, and this may be the best version of the 'bits', but assuming you listen to 100% of audio Carolla, you will have heard a lot of these observations before.The happy medium is someone who knows Carolla and is a casual fan. This would be a prefect gift for that target audience.You can tell the premise of the book from the title- "here is a bunch of stuff I'd do with authoritarian powers". I am not usually a fan of this style of book because it usually just a bunch of arbitrary fiats without considering what the unintended consequences would be. For instance- Carolla declares that all hotels lamps must operate the same way. That certainly would solve the inconvenience of the traveler having to figure out new light controls at the end of a long day. But it also effectively removes the possibility for technological advancement. This is not a 'on the other hand...' type of book.Taking the theme of a Carolla presidency to heart the book is laid out with chapters like Department of Commerce, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Labor and transcripts of Adam's addresses to the UN and his first year State of the Union. Each 'Department' gets riffs associated with it. For instance under "US Postal Service" we get the observation that if the USPS were good at their job they wouldnt consider getting rid of Saturday delivery, just as a successful restaurant wouldn't close on Saturday. "Department of Labor" contains Adam's advice about working hard and grit. Regarding Ozzy's extended lunch runs "Someone said, "Yeah, he was running a scam." I agreed. Yes, he was running a scam . . . on himself" making that point that while Ozzy thought he was getting away with two hour lunch runs he was really building a reputation for unemployability.Even if you have heard these riffs before, these are all amusing and probably represent the 'best' tightened up version of the bits. Adam's specificity is funny- Michael Moore dresses like a "lesbian truck driver", he threatens to take a "crab comb" to the Commerce codes, unnecessary hotel door hangers that say BUILDING AWESOME PILLOW FORTS instead of just DO NOT DISTURB. When you spot a lone ant its the "Flint McCullough of ants.".His observational gaze falls upon things like....Why dont hotel rooms have dvrs? Plantains are just communist bananas.You ought to present a recent pay stub when you go to vote so we know who we are taking advice from.Ultimately an amusing book and one that does have a correct diagnosis for what is wrong with America (American Girl dolls made in China and expecting the government to fix your life for you) but ultimately the suggestions arent implementable. Being President doesn't mean you get to tell people what to do, so if they want a Life of Julia country there isnt much you can do to change their minds.That's the weakness of the book- it's complaints and funny observations but without a long range philosophy so it feels like it lack depth.

This is the first book of his that I read. I checked samples of the others but found this one to be interesting. His take on politics is pretty conservative and I like a lot of what he has to say. There's so much waste and corruption in government today that he talks about and I liked his take on most of it. He wrote the book talking about what he would do if elected president and how he'd straighten out various departments of the government. Of course, it's unlikely that he'd have a chance at that position, but he's got some great ideas.

After seeing him on the Kimmel show, I had to get the book. It is refreshing to hear info that is deemed politically incorrect , topics that have been twisted in the last few decades which have caused the decline of America that we knew and enjoyed growing up in the 50's and 60's. This book points out the folly of making kids feel warm and fuzzy when they actually should be ashamed for not putting forward their best efforts. From lazy and underachieving to kumbaya parties that make it alright to be average or less than average in order to allow the rest of the world to exceed in education and prosperity.So many people no longer do what what is necessary to advance themselves as he points out, creating a whole mass of people that would rather have things handed to them than to achieve and progress. He points out that America is about achieving and creating, inventing and working to better themselves then to keep the status quo and just survive.

Adam is the best! He has the guts to tell it like it is, the life experiences to relate to the people!!! Everyday folks. No holds barred, work hard, get off your ass and make something of your life. From the stories about his kid's school functions and teachers, to the CHP and meter maids never missing a beat, what about protecting our safety instead? Refreshing perspective, funny, eye opening. My favorite tidbit from Adam, also instilled in me by my parents: DELAYED GRATIFICATION. This philosophy has been lost, the 20-30 somethings of today want it all, now, at any expense, who cares about tomorrow. This philosophy diminishes value, gratitude and appreciation of everything.. I see it every day, every where, zero appreciation, value and discipline. No desire to sacrifice today, to have double tomorrow. It really sums it up for me. Lots of laughs, lots of stories, lots of passion and lots of facts to back up his viewpoint. Love!!!!

In my 50 years of writing, I've adhered to the principle that too much cussing is just a ruse for someone without a command of the language. If that were entirely the case, then I wouldn't have enjoyed this at all. There is entirely too much unnecessary vulgarity. Take that out and this would be five stars. Carolla's views are identical to mine, but the edge is taken off by the wording. He could make 90% of his points without the unnecessary "obscenities." You could call your "favorite" politician and idiot instead of a "****ing idiot."I realize that I'm older than the average reader of blogs - maybe the average reader for that matter - but it's hard to watch a movie, premium channel TV, or read half the books without feeling cheated.

This book is definitely solid. However as a daily listener of the podcast, and before that the radio show, at least half of the book is a verbatim recital of material I've already heard (often several times). I think it would be a better read for someone who is not as familiar with Carolla's material.The book is best when it sticks to the premise of "if Adam ran the country". The address to the UN in the middle of the book is priceless, I was laughing hysterically. However some of the rants go off the rails into the most obscure little issues and these don't fit at all with the concept of the book. Most of them were rants we've heard from the podcast that somehow didn't end up in his previous books and they were shoe-horned in here where they don't belong.

Good read, makes some good sense in a humorous way. He'll never make president though, nowhere near corrupt enough

Carolla 2024!!!

Mostly offensive, which I often find humorous, but not funny enough here. When you are a comedian dancing on that line, there has to be depth of thought so the laugh is earned beyond the superficial stereotypes. Lots of comedians pull this off routinely. Carolla doesn’t.

Although I am a Canadian Imigrant from Germany; I agree with most of what Adam Carolla wants to implement as President of the U.S.A..Our world is in trouble with the Me, Me, Me generation. People need to be accountable for their actions.I had a good laugh on almost every page.

Hard to get through, my inner monolog felt like I was screaming the whole time. And a lot of the topics aren't worthy of the tone.