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A very funny book, by the famed Floridan columnist Dave Barry. Here's the synopsis, from the back cover
Sensing the need for a thoughtful, balanced book to explain our deeply troubled national political process, Dave Barry has not even come close. Taking us from the earliest human governments, made up a short hairy, tree-dwelling creatures that strongly resembled Danny DeVito, through the formation of our great United States (the driving force of which is "Why should we let people in England saddle us with an unresponsive government and stupid laws? We can create our own "), right up to the 2000 presidential election ("lets give Florida back to Spain"), Dave Barry astonishes with his ability to insert a graphic of a giant zucchini into every chapter. Including tips for touring Washington, D.C. (The Washington Monument is precisely located such that, if you stand at the south side of the base at exactly noon on July 15, pretty soon you will be sweating like a mother."), Dave Barry Hits Below The Beltway makes it perfectly clear that he is not a crook. Unlike many politicizations