Democracy, the Painted Whore

"Democracy:The Painted Whore, an Extremist Explains War, Drugs, Guns, God, Gold and Santa Claus" has something to intrigue, amuse, or outrage jsut about anyone. Enjoy the spectacle and folly of the War on Drugs, the War on Terror, the War on Education, The War on Sick People, the War on Privacy, the war on Anonymity, the War on Common Sense and the War in Iraq from the comfort of your barstool or Lay-Z-Boy.

It makes a better gift than a bottle of screw top wine and you can always say you thought it was a guide to New York Brothels.

A collection of 52 essays featuring refreshingly incorrect observations of government, society, politics and culture.

FROM DTPW:

"The painted ladies, Greed and Gullibility wave fetchingly from across the impassable River of Easy Money. We plunge in, eyes blazing, blood roaring hot in our ears, heedless of our good loafers. Avarice reduces our intelligence to that of little yellow crayons." -- Delusions of Legitimacy

"I've noticed that whether a hijacker succeeds or fails, the attempt is commemorated with new rituals at airports everywhere. It's a wacky form of immortality, like being sainted inthe Church of Perpetual Paranoia. -- The Goo Bombers

Guns are tools. Having a gun no more changes the character of its owner than having a hammer... Mr. Rogers won't turn into Mr. Hyde just because he has a pistol in his pocket. -- Save a Child from a Life of Crime, Buy Him a Gun

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