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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.

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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.

What Readers Say...

  • "Great read. I enjoyed reading a chapter and waiting a day or two as the ramifications of the author's messages are pondered. This is serious stuff. But how to be serious and have fun? This author knows how. The contents of Democracy: the Painted Whore are equally provocative and tragic. Here we learn of the absurdities conjured up by our government to control us, to tax us, to demean us and insult us. Why we take off our shoes at airports and how meaningless it is. Or how we allow our politicians to tax us into crisis by using inflationary policies to rob us. Or the Federal Drug Administration's failures; they attempt now to "prescribe" what foods we will eat. Immigration, the War on Terror, the IRS. The Federal Reserve, Prohibition are all exposed by the author's keen insight as we Americans give up our individual power to government. Although he doesn't say it, Mr. O'Boyle's analysis of our current situation in America clearly designates our government as Public Enemy #1. And he proves it with keen observations." -- Poochie Myers, Key West & Huntington
  • "This book is concise, compelling and insightful. Whether you believe that the government is malicious, or just blundering and ineffectual, you will like this book. The case is made repeatedly for less intervention in our lives and in a humorous and entertaining way through real life experiences. This should be on every Libertarian's bookshelf, as well as those disillusioned liberals and republicans that have lost the urge to make their neighbors behave properly in their private lives. If you value freedom, read this book." - Van K. Huey "happy gringo" (Costa Rica)
  • "When I am particularly impressed with something Hal has written, I write him a note and tell him. But the note always says the same thing: 'I wish I had written that.' It's the best compliment one writer can give to another." – Dennis Cooper, Ph.D., Publisher, Key West the Newspaper
  • "Hilariously simple cautionary tales that should be mandatory reading for every registered voter." – Katha Sheehan, Key West Chicken Lady

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