The Cardinals of Capitol Hill: The Men and Women Who Control Government Spending

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The Cardinals of Capitol Hill: The Men and Women Who Control Government Spending
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First Review for this product in 4 years!.......2004-09-17

I think, when this was release almost 5 years ago, people didn't quite understand, you see, during that time, They were in the After Colony frame of mind (and then, that was THE first GUNDAM SERIES in america EVER! I think in todays world , The Gundams of Cosmic Era (Seed) People who haven't read this yet will appreciate it more than people did then. This is a very good Graphic novel, But it does seem to end quite abruptly. I feel that this will appeal to Universal Century fans as well since this is when and where it takes place. I do reccomend this product. VERY MUCH!

Interesting plot for Gundam Fans.......2003-06-04

I've been a fan of Anime and Manga for a long time. I was attracted by the original story and technology concepts present in the original Gundam UC world (not GWing). I've always wanted to have a Gundam manga, so when I had the chance, I bought this one, and after a quite detailed inspection, I found the following topics very useful for the people interested in it:
As a manga, the artwork is good, but of course is at a lower level compared to, for example, the Clamp / Satoshi Urushihara works. But the consistency of the story is really good and the fact that the story fills only 1 volume makes it a best-buy.

And for the Gundam fans (minor spoilers), there are so many concepts developed here, that surely makes it interesting. For example to see the early experimentation of the Zion army on Newtypes, at a time when they weren't implemented for combat purposes yet. The setting of the story is in the early days of the war with the Zion, which makes everything much more interesting, and it's fun to see how all the combat units were "malfunctioning" GM's (don't expect to see a RX type here, they didn't exist at the time of this story).

So... my advice is... get it now, if you are a Gundam fan, because it provides some background information about the series. If you are a Manga fan, it could be nice for you, but there are more options, even based in the Gundam world.

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This is a pretty cool manga. You may need to read it a few times to understand it due to numerous plot twists and flash-back sequences. If you're a fan of the Wing series, this may be a good intro to the Universal Century timeline. As for the plot, it's a bit slow at points, but great battle scenes make up for it. Overall, 4/5 is just about a perfect rating for this manga.

Blue Destiny.......2001-07-16

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If you do any of your own cabling or you want to be more involved with designing your own network layout, I suggest you get this book. It will explain a lot of things that you will never learn about in most computer related classes.

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