I had the pleasure of reading Britt Gillette's terrifying apocalyptic thriller "Conquest of Paradise: An End-Times Nano-Thriller" back when the war in Iraq started. It's a great yarn concerning the destruction of the world through the magic of self-replicating nanotechnology (eat your heart out, Ray Kurzweil), but the book gave no indication about Gillette's next effort. From the world dissolving into gray goo to "The Dittohead's Guide to Adult Beverages." I never saw that leap coming! Anyway, it turns out that Gillette is quite the Rush Limbaugh fan. I don't really listen to the man on a regular basis even though I consider myself a card-carrying member of the far right. I am, however, familiar enough with Limbaugh's self-referential vocabulary that I found this book hilarious. Actually, you don't need to know anything about Limbaugh in order to get a kick out of this slim read. All you need is a healthy disdain for all things liberal. Well, that and a well-stocked bar. How else will you whip up a batch of Flip-Flopper Fizz, Pelosi Painkillers, and Entitle-Mint Juleps?None of these drinks make sense to you? What are you, a member of NARAL? If you don't understand what's going on, please turn to the first section of the guide. Gillette offers up a helpful lexicon of Rush Limbaugh's always humorous labels. You have probably heard and will understand terms like "Dubya," "Dittohead," and "Thought Police." Those are the easy ones. If you want to mix the drinks in this book, however, you need to know a few more. Like "Calypso Louie," used to describe the inimitable Louis Farrakhan, the current leader of the Nation of Islam. Then there is "Club G'itmo," the country club "prison" where taxpayers provide funds in order to feed terrorist inmates the best meals money can buy. "Breck Girl," a personal favorite, is a term Rush uses to describe former Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards. "Great Moderates in History" is a nonexistent history book, and "Ronaldus Magnus" is an affectionate term for the late president Ronald Reagan. Are you getting the idea yet? No? What are you, an ACLU lawyer?Study Rush's lexicon before moving on to the drink menu. We start off with Alec's Bon Voyage Black and Tan. Gillette recommends the glass you should use (A "National Lampoon's European Vacation" Souvenir German Stein), offers up the ingredients (A half pint of Stout, a half pint of Lager, one empty promise, and one leftist Hollywood actor) along with pertinent commentary on each component. Follow the mixing instructions closely, learn about the origin of the drink (this one based on Alec Baldwin's promise to leave the United States if Bush won in 2004--why are you still here, Alec?), and be sure and read the special notes that almost always grace each drink recipe. How about another one? The very next drink will do quite nicely. It's "Oprah's Whine," requiring a bit of gin, some grenadine, light cream, and lots of crying. Good stuff, these drinks. Well, they sound good. I can't try any of them, though. Drink enough of these things and you might wake up wondering why you're sitting in the middle of one of Angela Davis's graduate seminars at the University of California, Santa Cruz.You can try to mix up all sorts of fuzzy liberal drinks using this book as a guide. Try the Grape Gorbasm, the (Robert) Byrd Brain, the Coco Loco Carville (throbbing forehead vein optional), Pointy-Headed Pineapple Professor Punch, and Breck Girl Bliss. If your liver doesn't look like Ted Kennedy's face by the time you finish mixing these babies up, you are simply not trying hard enough! If the UFO/Yakub theories of Louis Farrakhan don't make sense to you after imbibing the drinks described in this book, keep drinking! If you start penning little love notes to Nancy Pelosi and Hillary Clinton, or show up at one of their press conferences with the words "I love you" written on your eyelids after chugging a few drinks from this book...wait a minute, you better stop. I'm seeing a long stint at the Betty Ford clinic in your future.Britt Gillette has definitely penned one of the funniest political books of the last few years with "The Dittohead's Guide to Adult Beverages." Since I don't listen to Rush Limbaugh all that much, I wonder if he has seen this book. Probably, and I'll bet he loved every word in it. Congratulations to the author on a job well done. He deserves the praise this book has received on many sites across the Internet. Rush, if you happen to read this review, you should give Britt an autographed first edition copy of "Great Moderates in History." He deserves it!