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Democracy: The Painted Whore, an Extremist Explains War, Drugs, Guns, God, Gold, and Santa Claus

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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 though 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.

Hal O'Boyle is a hard hitting and extremely entertaining writer who hits you with the unvarnished, unspun truth right between the eyes.

You can love him or hate him, but you have to listen to him because in case you are not aware - and I hope to God you are - our real life political situation is far more horrific than George Orwell's '1984' or the latest science fiction movie.

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'Bolye's analysis of our current situation in America clearly designates our government as Public Enemy #1. And he proves it with keen observations.