Democracy: The Painted Whore
by Hal O’Boyle
Funny, extreme, always provocative essays on the illusions and delusions of America’s Imperial Age.
There is something in this book to intrigue, annoy, or outrage just 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 in the comfort of your own home. Buy your copy before DHS bans it.
Excerpts…
From Delusions of Legitimacy:
“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.”
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From The Goo Bombers:
“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 in the Church of Perpetual Paranoia.”
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From Save a Child from a Life of Crime, Buy Him a Gun:
“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.”
Amazon Product Description
Funny, extreme, always provocative essays on the illusions and delusions of America’s Imperial Age. There is something in this book to intrigue, amuse, inform, educate, annoy, or outrage just 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.
O’Boyle is challenging, entertaining and informative on topics you thought you had settled in your own mind. He abuses the shenanigans of politicians without party favoritism while making eye-glazing subjects like inflation, licensing, and price controls as fascinating as gold, guns and dope.
You will also enjoy O’Boyle’s forays into history, ancient and recent. Romans, gods, crusaders, Civil War generals, presidents, slaves and swindlers decorate and illuminate his essays like fashion accessories on starlets. From unique, challenging political commentary to enlightening insights into money and markets to a satisfying reads about cultural and holiday history, there’s something here for everyone.
