Don't vote, it just encourages the bastards / P.J. O'Rourke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Rourke, P. J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conservatism--Humor.

Conservatism.

Politics and government.

United States--Politics and government--Humor.

United States.

Genre:

Humor.

Nonfiction.

Physical Description:

xix, 275 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Do not vote, it just encourages the bastards

Place of Publication:

New York : Atlantic Monthly Press ; [Berkeley, Calif.] : Distributed by Publishers Group West, [2010]

Summary:

America's most subversive conservative, O'Rourke describes government as a devil's bargain between power, freedom, and responsibility, and goes on to hilariously skewer the politicians who have bargained with us to consolidate power, and the many mini-bargains and evasions that citizens have made with the consequences of their choice.

Contents:

Apologia pro !%@& sua

The Sex, Death, and Boredom Theory of politics. Kill fuck marry ; Politics makes us free

and we're worth it ; A digression on happiness ; The happy realization that all freedoms are economic freedoms (and failure is an option) ; The murderous perverted nuptial bliss method of establishing political principles ; The purgatory of freedom and the hell of politics ; Morality in politics

and what's it doing in there? ; Taxes ; More taxes ; Being penny-wise

What is to be done? The U.S.S. Thresher bailout and the washing-machine-for-her-birthday stimulus plan ; And while we're at it

; Generation Vex ; Health care reform ; Climate change ; The end of the American automobile industry ; The trade imbalance ; Gun control ; Campaign finance reform ; Terrorism ; Foreign policy ; Foreign policy, part 2 : it keeps getting more foreign

Putting our big, fat political ass on a diet. Why I'm right ; When the right went wrong ; A digression on shouting at each other ; The next big stink ; The fix is in ; All hands on deck.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780802119605

0802119603

OCLC:

555627833

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