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Summary: Should be required reading
Review: Some Brits were mad at O'Rourke about the Hong Kong chapter, since he was highly critical of Great Britain for simply handing Hong Kong over. O'Rourke himself somewhat apologized for this in his introduction.Despite those comments, this is a wonderful book, an excellent treatise on the value of freedom over fascism and communism, and a good introduction to basic economics in a way that's both informative and amusing (but also deeply truthful). One of the best books I've read in years.
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Summary: Funny, but not accurate
Review: Quite amusing, but the chapter on Hong Kong reveals how little research was done, and makes me wonder how accurate the other information in this and his other books is. Maybe he just got idle in his old age. Where the facts don't fit his prejudices, he seems conveniently unaware of them. Sad that so many people seem to just accept what he has written, however. The aim of satire is to provoke thought, not mindless acceptance.
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Summary: A massive disappointment
Review: I was greatly disappointed by this book. If Mr. O'Rourke wants to argue the superiority of the free market, he should at least define it in some meaningful way. His argument that the NYSE is a free market because it cannot be affected by government ignores the obvious effect of things like interest rate policies. This book is not carefully thought out and far below Mr. O'Rourke's usual standard.
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Summary: GSUDAR is a funny guy.
Review: Wow, such subtle political satire! GSUNDAR please enjoy the communist/socialist hellholes of poverty and human suffering you're kind have inflicted on this Earth. If you're living in America please leave now, we don't need you.
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Summary: Shockingly immoral
Review: P.J. O'Rourke apparently doesn't care about those poor baby seals up in Canada, and he also seems to be shockingly oblivious to the need to think and say things that are morally right. He's very bad for this reason. Other people, like that fine man Chomsky, or his learned collegue Professor Harris at the Common Courage and Higher Morals Press can show us the way to truth and justice, while writers like P.J. lead us only to the moral quagmire, formerly known as classical liberalism. If I say something is bad, what right under God or Collective Values does O'Rourke have to indulge himself??? Besides, "Steal This Book..." is MUCH funnier.
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Summary: kinda funny but you can't believe a word
Review: I liked it, largely. I do most of my reading on my long train commute and it was funny enough to make me laugh embarrassingly in public. But the chapter on Hong Kong really spoiled everything. It was so flippant and inaccurate that I ceased to believe anything I'd read in previous chapters. Can I just point out that we Brits only leased Hong Kong for 99 years and that if we hadn't handed it back, we'd be at war with China now. So was it OK, then? It was not 'a shamful moment' - it was honouring an agreement (not that we had any choice, which is the point).
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Summary: O'Rourke Points Out Idiocy of Foriegn Countries, HA HA HA
Review: In his 'Eat the Rich', O'Rourke travels the world and in his typically hilarious fashion, documents the feeble, idiotic cultures and the embicilic government policies of foreign countries. In doing so, this master humorist and literary genius reminds us all that America is the greatest country and Americans (like O'Rourke) are the most intellectually and physically superior beings in all of god's creation. In one particularly vicious yet hysterically funny passage, O'Rourke recounts the '...bespeckled old chinamen squatting in the streets of Hong Kong shoveling noodles into their faces with their maddeningly inefficient chopsticks while yakking away at each other in something closely resembling the sounds of a rhesus monkey undergoing a lobotomy.' O'Rourke's vivid and humorous descriptions of the animalistic sounding languages, disgusting foods, gaudy fashions, idiotic traditions, laughable religions and Neanderthal physical traits of the foreigners which he observed in his travels are a wonderful testament to the superiority of his own Eurocentric people. With his brilliant literary skills and incomparable talent for social commentary, O'Rourke certainly has earned the right to ridicule the inferior cultures which pollute the earth with their malodorous body stench and their noisy, ubiquitous diesel 'vehicles'. O'Rourke himself is a shining example of why America is the greatest country in the world. Those fortunate few who have seen this perfect human specimen during one of his priceless book-plugging appearances on Leno or Letterman can attest to his colossal intellect and his ingenious, side-splitting sense of humor, not to mention his flawless physical appearance. Keep it up, P.J.
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Summary: Hilarious!
Review: Well said, reader from Mainz, Germany. What makes O'Rourke such a pleasure to read, besides his obvious intelligence, wit, and eloquence, is his unique ability to offend the narrow-minded left-wing, such as my fellow Canadian reader from Edmonton. If the left are so hurt by his humourous invective, then they must be recognizing some truth in his words. Nothing offends ideologues more than a well-spoken free thinker like P.J. O'Rourke.
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Summary: Thesis: Individual Freedom = Prosperity
Review: P. J. O'Rourke tests this thesis by traveling to various countries throughout the world. His adventures in these countries are both hilarious and educational! For example he visits a country (Tanzania) rich in natural resources yet the people are poor. Then he travels to a country which in poor in resources (Hong Kong) yet the people are rich. In Tanzania what makes them poor? A corrupt government and lack of individual freedom. In Hong Kong what makes them prosperous? Their Gov. lets their people make there own decisions instead of directing their lives for them. Never have I learned so much while laughing so hard. His humor disguises the genius tucked away between the lines. A great read!
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Summary: Insightful
Review: It is one thing to study economic theory. It is another to explain it's application. In P J O'Rourke's book Eat the Rich he does both. I wished I had read this book prior to wasting three years in economics classes.
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