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sidharthvardhan's review against another edition
2.0
The book is good as an introduction to American Political scene with great humor even if you don't agree with author and he seems to know that most issues are open to debate.The trouble is writer seems to get carried too far away with his jokes at times.If you want the beat of writer you must read his commentary on 'Wealth of Nations'
mehitabels's review against another edition
4.0
No one can be as wrong and as right, and hysterically funny, as right-wing P.J. O'Rourke.
One of my favorite quotes:
"What's important about morality in politics is us. We own the chicken farm. We must give our bird-brained, feather-headed politicians morals. Politicians love to think of themselves as "free-range" but they do not have the capacity to hunt or gather morals in the wild. If we fail to supply them with morality, politicians begin to act very scary in the barnyard. These are enormous headless chickens and they have nukes."
One of my favorite quotes:
"What's important about morality in politics is us. We own the chicken farm. We must give our bird-brained, feather-headed politicians morals. Politicians love to think of themselves as "free-range" but they do not have the capacity to hunt or gather morals in the wild. If we fail to supply them with morality, politicians begin to act very scary in the barnyard. These are enormous headless chickens and they have nukes."
mackenzieking's review against another edition
4.0
O’Rourke is a league above. A bit long winded in some of his gags, but always hilarious and always ringing too true.
kerryious's review against another edition
1.0
The author has a way of making really serious issues seem really trivial by bringing them all 'down to his level'. He can't seem to identify problems without making a snide remark (apparently humour, but none of it really funny), and offers few serious solutions to any of them. This kind of cynical carping is tolerable from a drunk and cantankerous uncle around the lunch table for an afternoon, but I can't make it through a whole book.
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