ARMED MADHOUSE
Table of Contents

THE BEGINNING
“Like the Cowardly Dog He Was” 1

CHAPTER 1
THE FEAR
Who’s Afraid of Osama Wolf? 9
Including Marines in a tube, learning to speak Terrorist, Bush’s Khan
job, National Security Document 199-I and Osama’s Mission Accomplished. What are you afraid of? Our Fear Salesman-in-Chief has something for everyone.

CHAPTER 2
THE FLOW
Trillion Dollar Babies 51
A five-and-a-half-part tale including Nose-Twist’s Hidden Hand, Kissinger’s man in the dream palace, the No-Brainer vs. The Witches’ Brew, the OtherDowning Street memo, the Houston Insurgency, Amy’s alligator boots, Mr. 5%, a call to Riyadh, Wolfowitz Dämmerung and “especially the oil.”

CHAPTER 3
THE NETWORK
The World as a Company Town 143
The holistic system of systems, petro-dollars, electro-dollars, the assassi-nation of Hugo Chávez, Euro-nations, Mundell’s Toilet and coming down from Hubbert’s Peak. Mr. Friedman tees off.

CHAPTER 4
THE CON
Kerry Won. Now Get Over It… 187
. . . because they’re putting ‘08 in their pocket. Republicans just seem to
have that winning spirit. They also have caging lists, felons of the future,
rotting ballots, snuffed canaries, and a lock on the votes of Kissinger-
Americans and the undead.

CHAPTER 5
THE CLASS WAR
Hope I Die Before My Next Refill 277
Dispatches from the war of the movers and shakers against the moved and shaken, including No Child’s Behind Left, the Grinch That Stole Overtime and the Chávez of Louisiana. Welcome to 1927.

THE END
The House I Live In 329
Insurgency USA-Join Today! 334

APPENDIX
Return to Hubbert’s Peak: Why Palast Is Wrong 336
Acknowledgments, Sources, and Resources 342
Index 349
Illustration Credits 363
The Armed Madhouse Soundtrack 365