Ralph,
Darn, now I don't know what to send you for your birthday!  (unless your cheap version is lacking a dust jacket)  
 
Yes, at the hard-cover price, it would be better to wait for it to show up in used book stores, or better yet, just enjoy it based on the provocative BP commentaries posted here.  Frankly, they are much funnier and more entertaining.   On the other hand, it is refreshing to think that someone has actually researched the LIES and isn't just pumping out more for the humour of it.
 
cp in quietly polite bc
Subject: Lies
Well, I'm in the early stages of reading Lies and the Lying Liars, etc. (bought at substantial discount  in a western suburb of the Holy CIty of Chicago) and am sorry to agree that it's more depressing than funny.
Thank God that we biased Liberals have learned to extract pleasure out of tragedy.
Ralph