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

Peter Bagge

EvErybody Is stupId except for Meand other astute observations

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6 The Other “L” Word

7 Introduction

War10 Observations From a

Reluctant Anti-Warrior

14 The War on Terror Never Ends

15 The Right to Own a Bazooka

19 Confessions of a Lazy Anti-Warrior

seX22 Swingers of the World, Unite!

26 The War on Fornication

arts32 Just Say No to Live Clarinets

33 Now That’s Entertainment!

34 “Real” “Art”

38 Christian Rock

42 Sluts For Jesus

43 The Life Cycle of a Hack

business46 Malls

50 Just Say No to Intellectual Property!

51 Your Friendly Neighborhood Tyrant

52 Everyone’s a Winner!

56 Latin Laissez-Faire

57 Fine Dining at Shell

boondoGGLes60 My Very Own Monorail

64 Let’s All Give Money to the Rich Man!

68 Amtrak Sucks

72 Detroit

traGedY78 A Menace to Society

82 The Beast That Will Not Die

86 Bums

90 Caged Warmth

PoLitiCs96 In Search of… an Honest Republican

100 Confessions of a Serial President Hater

101 Let Us Deliberate…

102 Fascists Have Feelings, Too

103 In Search of… the Perfect Human

107 When Libertarians Gather…

108 Shenanigans!

CountrY114 Brown Peril

118 Who’s to Blame for 9/11?

119 Ex-Pats Say the Darnedest Things

120 Junkie Logic

121 Celebrate Diversity

122 Do Your Own Thing Unto Others

123 Principal Stalin

124 Fair-Weather Idealists

125 …Or Don’t You Care?

126 The Nerd-ification of America

127 Let’s Talk About Sex

128 What We Believe

132 What We Believe (This Month, Anyway)

133 The Home of the Brave bioGraPhY138 I.M.P.: An Abbreviated Retelling of the

Life of Isabel Mary Paterson

152 Will Everyone Please Stop Freaking Out Over Ayn Rand?!?

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