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Parliament of whores : a lone humorist attempts to explain the entire U.S. government

Humorous commentary on the 1988 presidential election and the various functions and malfunctions of the federal government
eBook, English, 2003
First Grove Press edition View all formats and editions
Grove Press, New York, 2003
Humor
1 online resource (xxvi, 233 pages)
9781555847159, 1555847153
881686983
Preface : why God is a republican and Santa Claus is a democrat
The mystery of government
The dictatorship of boredom. On the blandwagon : a political convention ; Attack of the midget vote-suckers : the presidential election ; The winners go to Washington, D.C
The three branches of government : money, television and bullshit. National busybodies : Congress ; Only human, in his own immortal way : the president ; Doing the most important kind of nothing : the Supreme Court ; Protectors of a blameless citizenry : the bureaucracy ; Would you kill your mother to pave I-95? : the federal budget
Our government : what the fuck do they do all day, and why does it cost so goddamned much money? Drug policy : the whiffle life ; Poverty policy : how to endow privation ; Agricultural policy : how to tell your ass from this particular hole in the ground ; Very foreign policy ; Defense policy : cry "havoc!" and let slip the hogs of peace
Special interest groups : the original barrel of monkeys that nothing is more fun than. Among the compassion fascists : the national march for housing now! ; Dirt of the earth : the ecologists ; Setting the chickens to watch the henhouse : the savings-and-loan crisis ; Graft for the millions : social security
At home in the parliament of whores
Originally published: New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, ©1991