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P. J. O'Rourke
P. J. O'Rourke
American Comedian
Born: Nov 14, 1947
About American Government People Politics You
The divorce rate in 1946 was higher than it ever had been and as high as it ever would be until the '70s. The reason was that prior relationships had not endured the strain of war. P. J. O'Rourke
War Relationships High Would Would-Be Rate Higher Had Divorce Until Prior Been Than Endured Strain Reason Ever
Head lice have their own animal-rights group, or may as well. The National Pediculosis Association doesn't exactly advocate letting lice live with dignity, but it does oppose pediculicidal treatments. P. J. O'Rourke
Dignity Oppose National Own Live Group Lice Exactly Head Well Advocate Does May Letting Treatments Association
Democrats hate stay-at-home spouses, no matter what gender or gender preference. P. J. O'Rourke
Hate Matter Gender Stay-At-Home Democrats Spouses Preference
Government proposes, bureaucracy disposes. And the bureaucracy must dispose of government proposals by dumping them on us. P. J. O'Rourke
Government Must Proposals Proposes Dumping Bureaucracy Them Us Dispose
I don't understand anything about America's culture. P. J. O'Rourke
Culture About Understand America Anything
Opinions of language are as interesting as opinions of arithmetic. P. J. O'Rourke
Language Arithmetic Opinions Interesting
I'm old enough to remember when the air over American cities was a lot dirtier than it is now. P. J. O'Rourke
Remember Old Enough Air Cities Remember When Over Lot Than American American Cities Old Enough Now
Thank you, Occupy Wall Street. With your vivid example of anticapitalist squalor, I've been able to convince all three of my children to become investment bankers. P. J. O'Rourke
You Three Example Become Thank You Able Vivid Investment Occupy Occupy Wall Street Been Squalor Thank Wall Wall Street Bankers Children Convince Your Street
I read good. I was an English major. P. J. O'Rourke
Good Major Read English English Major
Popular culture has become engorged, broadening and thickening until it's the only culture anyone notices. P. J. O'Rourke
Culture Become Broadening Only Until Anyone Notices Popular Popular Culture
Our regulatory bodies strive to create honest dealings, fair trades, and a situation in which no one has an advantage over anyone else. But human beings aren't honest. And all trades are made because one person thinks he's getting the better of the other, and the other person thinks the same. P. J. O'Rourke
Better Made Situation Other Else Our Strive No-One He Advantage Over Fair Because Trades Person Same Getting Human Anyone Human Beings Anyone Else Which Create Bodies Regulatory Beings Thinks Honest
It's better to make fun of yourself because you've always got someone around to make fun of, and they can't sue you. P. J. O'Rourke
You Yourself Better Someone Make Because Around Always Got Fun Sue
Kabul is a walled city, which sounds romantic except the walls are pre-cast reinforced concrete blast barriers, 10 feet tall and 15 feet long and moved into place with cranes. The walls are topped with sandbags, and the sandbags are topped with guard posts from which gun barrels protrude. P. J. O'Rourke
Walls Gun Long Guard Topped City Posts Except Blast Feet Tall Concrete Sounds Moved Romantic Place Which Barrels Barriers Reinforced
You've got to understand, people are motivated by fun. And they should be. P. J. O'Rourke
You People Understand Got Motivated Should Fun
We did not become libertarians because we are altruists. P. J. O'Rourke
Become Libertarians Because Did
Voting has proliferated in the United States, and it has reached a point where there is now almost one vote available per citizen over the age of eighteen. P. J. O'Rourke
Vote Age Voting Citizen States Per Point Almost Over Reached Where Eighteen Available Now United United States
The good thing about SUVs is they have storage. P. J. O'Rourke
Good About Good Thing Storage Thing
The problem, when comparing contemporary television to television in 1974, is that TV has become not just bad but sad. P. J. O'Rourke
Sad Problem Become Television TV Bad Contemporary Just Comparing
The words 'Space Age' have a quaint, nostalgic tone - sitting on midcentury modern furniture watching 'The Jetsons.' P. J. O'Rourke
Age Words Space Furniture Quaint Sitting Modern Nostalgic Tone Watching
I understand Twitter has become popular among politicians. This technology allows them to stay in perpetual contact with their constituents. The electorate now has instant information about what politicians have been up to. P. J. O'Rourke
Technology Become Politicians Twitter Stay Constituents About Instant Contact Understand Perpetual Been Up Information Them Electorate Popular Now Among
You can't destroy America by destroying our elite. Think about America's elite. Think about it down through history. Destroy our elite, and about half the time, you're doing us a favor. P. J. O'Rourke
Time History You Half Down Think Our Favor Destroy Destroying About Through Half The Time Doing America Us Elite
All religions must be made child-proof. Our teachers' unions have done good work in this field, K through 12. Delaying first communions and bar mitzvahs until age 21 would be another positive step. P. J. O'Rourke
Positive Work Good Age Made Good Work First Field Unions Our Must All Religions Would Would-Be Religions Through Step Until Another Done Bar Teachers
As a former writer for the 'National Lampoon,' I've probably contributed to the sea of sarcasm in which we live. P. J. O'Rourke
National Live Writer Which Former Sea Sarcasm
Lyndon Johnson faced some clear moral issues. P. J. O'Rourke
Lyndon Lyndon Johnson Moral Moral Issues Some Faced Johnson Clear Issues
The idea of capitalism is not just success but also the failure that allows success to happen. P. J. O'Rourke
Success Failure Capitalism Idea Also Just Happen
Disney's Tomorrowland is deeply, thoroughly, almost furiously unimaginative. P. J. O'Rourke
Thoroughly Almost Unimaginative Disney Deeply
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