Sunday, August 22, 2010
Thought of the Day
Afghans have failed to move their corruption from the Rod Blagojevich model, which we all deplore, to the Barack Obama model, which we all admire.
P.J. O'Rourke
P.J. O'Rourke
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Monday, April 27, 2009
Second Thought of the Day
It's going to be hard to do a worse job running America than the Republicans did, but the Democrats can do it if anyone can.
The Left is the party of government activism - the party that says government can make you richer, smarter, slimmer, taller, and take a dozen strokes off your golf game.
The Right is the party that says government doesn't work. And then they get elected and prove it.
The US Government is going to take over the American car industry. I can predict the result - a light-weight, compact vehicle with a small carbon footprint using sustainable alternative energy. When I was a kid we called it a bike.
P.J. O'Rourke
The Left is the party of government activism - the party that says government can make you richer, smarter, slimmer, taller, and take a dozen strokes off your golf game.
The Right is the party that says government doesn't work. And then they get elected and prove it.
The US Government is going to take over the American car industry. I can predict the result - a light-weight, compact vehicle with a small carbon footprint using sustainable alternative energy. When I was a kid we called it a bike.
P.J. O'Rourke
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Sunday, January 11, 2009
Thought of the Day
Bringing the government in to run Wall Street is like saying, "Dad burned dinner, let's get the dog to cook."
P.J. O'Rourke
P.J. O'Rourke
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Friday, February 08, 2008
Thought of the Day
At the core of liberalism is the spoiled child - miserable, as all spoiled children are, unsatisfied, demanding, ill-disciplined, despotic and useless. Liberalism is a philosphy of sniveling brats.
P.J. O'Rourke
Little harsh that.
P.J. O'Rourke
Little harsh that.
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Sunday, February 03, 2008
Thought of the Day
A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them.
P.J. O'Rourke
P.J. O'Rourke
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Saturday, February 02, 2008
Thought of the Day
The second item in the liberal creed, after self-righteousness, is unaccountability. Liberals have invented whole college majors--psychology, sociology, women's studies--to prove that nothing is anybody's fault. No one is fond of taking responsibility for his actions, but consider how much you'd have to hate free will to come up with a political platform that advocates killing unborn babies but not convicted murderers. A callous pragmatist might favor abortion and capital punishment. A devout Christian would sanction neither. But it takes years of therapy to arrive at the liberal view.
P.J. O'Rourke
P.J. O'Rourke
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Thursday, January 31, 2008
Thought of the Day
The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it.
P.J. O'Rourke
P.J. O'Rourke
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Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Thought of the Day
The college idealists who fill the ranks of the environmental movement seem willing to do absolutely anything to save the biosphere, except take science courses and learn something about it.
P.J. O'Rourke
P.J. O'Rourke
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Sunday, January 27, 2008
Thought of the Day
The free market is ugly and stupid, like going to the mall; the unfree market is just as ugly and just as stupid, except there is nothing in the mall and if you don't go there they shoot you.
P.J. O'Rourke
P.J. O'Rourke
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Saturday, January 26, 2008
Thought of the Day
To grasp the true meaning of socialism, imagine a world where everything is designed by the post office, even the sleaze.
P.J. O'Rourke
P.J. O'Rourke
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Friday, January 25, 2008
Thought of the Day
Health care is too expensive, so the Clinton administration is putting a high-powered coporate lawyer -- Hillary -- in charge of making it cheaper. (This is what I always do when I want to spend less money -- hire a lawyer from Yale.) If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free.
P.J. O'Rourke
P.J. O'Rourke
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Thursday, January 24, 2008
Thought of the Day
You can't get good chinese takeout in China and cuban cigars are rationed in Cuba. That's all you need to know about communism.
P.J. O'Rourke
P.J. O'Rourke
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