Although the technical content of this book is good, the "In Your Face" political nature of the examples is distracting and offensive. I am very disappointed that the editors didn't see fit to ask the author to change them.

Too much of our lives are becoming politicized -- Must PL/SQL programming also be politicized? If I want to discuss or read about politics, I'll discuss or read about politics. If I want to program, I'll program, free of distractions. This is one of the few O'Reilly books that I don't think was worth the money I paid for it. I am going to return it to the bookstore for a refund. I will not buy anymore books or products created by Mr. Feuerstein, no matter how good the technical information, if he insists on cluttering them with his superficial "cause of the day" politics.