Everybody Is Stupid except for Me and other astute observations Peter Bagge
Contents 6 The Other “L” Word
TRAGEDY
7 Introduction
78 A Menace to Society 82 The Beast That Will Not Die
WAR
86 Bums
10 Observations From a Reluctant Anti-Warrior
90 Caged Warmth
14 The War on Terror Never Ends
POLITICS
15 The Right to Own a Bazooka
96 In Search of… an Honest Republican
19 Confessions of a Lazy Anti-Warrior
100 Confessions of a Serial President Hater
SEX
101 Let Us Deliberate…
22 Swingers of the World, Unite!
102 Fascists Have Feelings, Too
26 The War on Fornication
103 In Search of… the Perfect Human 107 When Libertarians Gather…
ARTS
108 Shenanigans!
32 Just Say No to Live Clarinets 33 Now That’s Entertainment!
COUNTRY
34 “Real” “Art”
114 Brown Peril
38 Christian Rock
118 Who’s to Blame for 9/11?
42 Sluts For Jesus
119 Ex-Pats Say the Darnedest Things
43 The Life Cycle of a Hack
120 Junkie Logic 121 Celebrate Diversity
BUSINESS
122 Do Your Own Thing Unto Others
46 Malls
123 Principal Stalin
50 Just Say No to Intellectual Property!
124 Fair-Weather Idealists
51 Your Friendly Neighborhood Tyrant
125 …Or Don’t You Care?
52 Everyone’s a Winner!
126 The Nerd-ification of America
56 Latin Laissez-Faire
127 Let’s Talk About Sex
57 Fine Dining at Shell
128 What We Believe
BOONDOGGLES
132 What We Believe (This Month, Anyway)
60 My Very Own Monorail
133 The Home of the Brave
64 Let’s All Give Money to the Rich Man!
BIOGRAPHY
68 Amtrak Sucks
138 I.M.P.: An Abbreviated Retelling of the Life of Isabel Mary Paterson
72 Detroit
152 Will Everyone Please Stop Freaking Out Over Ayn Rand?!?
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