Everybody Is Stupid Except for Me and Other Astute Observations by Peter Bagge

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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