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In Don't Vote - It Just Motivates the Bastards, best-selling humorist P. J. O'Rourke, whose On the Wealth of Nations, about the foundations of economic,s has been released in 18 dialects, delivers a hilarious theory of politics. America's most subversive traditional, O'Rourke describes federal government as a devil's great deal between power, independence, and responsibility, and continues on to hilariously skewer the politicians who've bargained with us to consolidate electric power, and the many mini-bargains and evasions that people have made out of the consequences of the choices. P. J. O'Rourke begins with a celebration game that comes to us from late-night giggle sessions in all-girls boarding academic institutions: "Remove, F@#%, Marry." Opt for three men - or, in O'Rourke's version, three politics ideologies, i.e., Democrat, Republican, and Independents (a.k.a. Confused). You then have to choose which to terminate with extreme prejudice, which to go for a roll in the hay with, and which to stay down with completely for a monotonous life in the suburbs. This astute tool of politics analysis works on the parts of federal government as well as on the politics thinking that led to those parts: Kill the Office of Education, screw Social Security, and marry the MILITARY. Precisely the same for political guidelines: Screw the bailout, marry a balanced budget, and national healthcare kills you. O'Rourke explores the basis of your democracy - the aforementioned power, independence, and responsibility, a.k.a. the "Kill, F@#%, Marry" of liberty and self-rule. O'Rourke favors - reluctantly, he admits - responsibility. From your woes of nation-building to the woes of permitting politicians rebuild the auto industry, no irresponsibility of America's politics establishment is spared. Why, he asks, was medical care reform question framed in terms of health insurance? ("Whenever your house is on fire, do you call Allstate or 911?") Listen to P. J. O'Rourke on the pathetic nature of politics and chuckle through your tears or, the actual hell - just chuckle.
