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July 04, 2012

The Wit and Wisdom of P. J. O'Rourke [OregonMuse]
— Open Blogger

This truth should be axiomatic to everyone, especially those in government. Of course, it's not.
Of course, this is an open thread, so there's no such thing as being OT.

OTL maybe, but not OT.

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1 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.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at July 04, 2012 08:32 AM (3yCFy)

2 #1 was another O'Rourke quote. I figured I wouldn't have time to attribute it properly if I wanted to post the first comment.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at July 04, 2012 08:35 AM (3yCFy)

3 Having government run Wall Street is like saying, "Dad burned dinner--let's get the dog to cook."

Posted by: Scobface at July 04, 2012 08:35 AM (IoNBC)

4 Apparently, I was wrong on that particular count.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at July 04, 2012 08:36 AM (3yCFy)

I was listening to a Dr. on the Radio be interviewed yesterday about O'Care...

He was all for it... saying that because of O'care, demand would increase, and as everyone knows that when demand increases you'll get more Doctors because theres more demand!

Apparently Doctors do not have to take any economics classes.... because he did not realize that with the Government contolling PRICES... the mechanism that causes supply and demand to be linked, is not there...

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 04, 2012 08:36 AM (lZBBB)

6 The government will fix healthcare like they've balanced the budget.

Posted by: nickless at July 04, 2012 08:38 AM (MMC8r)

7 Apparently Doctors do not have to take any economics classes.... because he did not realize that with the Government contolling PRICES... the mechanism that causes supply and demand to be linked, is not there...

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 04, 2012 12:36 PM

Posted by: Bones Mc at July 04, 2012 08:38 AM (bAGA/)

8 5
I was listening to a Dr. on the Radio be interviewed yesterday about O'Care...

He was all for it... saying that because of O'care, demand would increase, and as everyone knows that when demand increases you'll get more Doctors because theres more demand!

Apparently Doctors do not have to take any economics classes.... because he did not realize that with the Government contolling PRICES... the mechanism that causes supply and demand to be linked, is not there...

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 04, 2012 12:36 PM (lZBBB)

He's also likely never experienced or looked into the UK Healthcare system.

Posted by: buzzion at July 04, 2012 08:38 AM (GULKT)

9 Posted by: Romeo13 at July 04, 2012 12:36 PM (lZBBB)

Physicians tend not to be intelligent when it comes to economics. I speak from experience...lots of doctors in my family.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 04, 2012 08:39 AM (nEUpB)

10 Apparently Doctors do not have to take any economics classes.... because he did not realize that with the Government contolling PRICES... the mechanism that causes supply and demand to be linked, is not there...

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 04, 2012 12:36 PM

Damn it, Jim. I'm a doctor, not a typist. Plus, math is hard.

Posted by: Bones McCoy at July 04, 2012 08:39 AM (bAGA/)

11 Economics disabuses them of their God Complexes.

Posted by: nickless at July 04, 2012 08:41 AM (MMC8r)

In spite of the complete truth of the O'Rourke quote, lefties still think government will be incredibly benevolent and will take care of them with mother's loving hands. They have never been to the DMV and seen mother's loving hands in action, so it would seem, because there is nothing in this world less benevolent than a bureaucrat with a book full of regulations.

Posted by: Tonestaple at July 04, 2012 08:41 AM (EMRvP)

13 #3: Amend that last part to "let's cook the dog for dinner" and I'm on board.

Posted by: Barack Obama at July 04, 2012 08:41 AM (3yCFy)

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 04, 2012 12:39 PM (nEUpB)

Oh... trust me... I know.... I'm part owner of an IT support company, and our specialization is Electronic Medical Record systems...

Posted by: Romeo13 at July 04, 2012 08:41 AM (lZBBB)

15 "If you think healthcare's expensive now, just wait 'till it's free."

Posted by: Scobface at July 04, 2012 08:42 AM (IoNBC)

This truth should be axiomatic to everyone, especially those in government. Of course, it's not.

One ever-so-slight revision: "Truth should be axiomatic to everyone, especially those in government. Of course, it's not."

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at July 04, 2012 08:42 AM (d0Tfm)

17 Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. P. J. O'Rourke

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 04, 2012 08:43 AM (j1gX1)

That may be true, Nickless, 11, but all the economic illiterati ever do is dream up more ways for the government to try to regulate human action out of existence.

Posted by: Tonestaple at July 04, 2012 08:44 AM (EMRvP)

19 Time to fire up the grill. But first I have to reassemble it. I t took a 360 in the Derecho.

Posted by: sTevo at July 04, 2012 08:44 AM (VMcEw)

20 Wasn't PJ a writer for Rolling Stone at one time?

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at July 04, 2012 08:44 AM (d0Tfm)

21 #5 And here I thought that medical trade school made you an expert on EVERYTHING (and I'm not the only one)

Posted by: DAve at July 04, 2012 08:45 AM (h+/7G)

22 12 In spite of the complete truth of the O'Rourke quote, lefties still think government will be incredibly benevolent and will take care of them with mother's loving hands. They have never been to the DMV and seen mother's loving hands in action, so it would seem, because there is nothing in this world less benevolent than a bureaucrat with a book full of regulations.

Posted by: Tonestaple at July 04, 2012 12:41 PM (EMRvP)

Try going to the Social Security office to get a new card sent to you. You know, open Mon-Thurs from 9 to 4. When everyone else is at work.

Posted by: buzzion at July 04, 2012 08:45 AM (GULKT)

23 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

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 04, 2012 08:45 AM (j1gX1)

24 This truth should be axiomatic to everyone, especially those in government. Of course, it's not.

Of course it is true. When Republicans are in power the commies label it has "crony capitalism". The MFM has made sure that the name has stuck even though it has zero to do with capitalism. When the Democrats are in power it is feeding needed industry for stimulus and the MFM calls it good.

In my book the proper label for it is crony corruption, no matter who is doing it.

Posted by: Vic at July 04, 2012 08:45 AM (YdQQY)

25 I have a relative, very high up in the healthcare biz, an otherwise "conservative" person, who is loving some Obamacare. Why? The absolute chaos that is currently healthcare pricing and payments. Who made the mess? Well, the same people who are now hoping to fix it by eventually going to a single payer. You can't talk this person out of the illogic of this position, the notion this isn't going to make everything better just isn't going to be entertained.

Posted by: BurtTC at July 04, 2012 08:46 AM (2pG7H)

And when this so-called Doctor finds the falsity in his assumption, then what? Will he agitate for a change? Will he go on strike?

Just why does he thing he deseverves more money? The law of supply and demand? I think that is counter to what Barack Hussein Soetoro Obama Jones thinks. I think you lose this argument Doctor.

And if the law says he must accept it (because our betters in the Congress and the Courts say so), then just who is this Doctor to question the government? What does he think he is, some kind of sovereign citizen?

This fool is about to find out just what he has bought, like the other fools who clamored for "social justice" and "spreading around the wealth".

Careful there, Doctor Stupid, you may find yourself aligning with those nasty teabaggers that I am sure you revile, one of these days. One of these days.

Posted by: Reader C.J. Burch writes..... at July 04, 2012 08:46 AM (sJTmU)

27 The good news is that, according to the Obama administration, the rich will pay for everything. The bad news is that, according to the Obama administration, you're rich. P. J. O'Rourke

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 04, 2012 08:46 AM (j1gX1)

28 In the past few days I've discussed the O'Care debacle with several people, four of them are (were?) supporters. Those supporters were under the impression THEY would get free healthcare. These are all middle class professionals. When they realized that they wold be forced to pay thousands for the coverage and still have to pay for their doctor visits and meds until they met their deductibles for the same amount of care they get today they were flabbergasted.

Posted by: Beto at July 04, 2012 08:46 AM (BAnPT)

29 "The morning meal was served in traditional socialist fashionÂ— very slowly, with the courses out of order so that the jelly arrived half an hour after the toast and the coffee didn't come until we'd called for the check. However, it was hard to be angry at a place that had ice cream, beer, and cigarettes on its breakfast menu." -P.J.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at July 04, 2012 08:46 AM (3yCFy)

30 Hey Vic, thanks for the book recommendation in the last thread. It looks good and for the $1.99 Kindle price, how could I not snap it up?

Posted by: OregonMuse at July 04, 2012 08:47 AM (dT6v1)

31 Whatever it is that the government does, sensible Americans would prefer that the government does it to somebody else. This is the idea behind foreign policy. P. J. O'Rourke

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 04, 2012 08:47 AM (j1gX1)

32 Yes, the Peej wrote for Rolling Stone, back when they weren't toadies.

Posted by: navybrat at July 04, 2012 08:48 AM (Mkeg/)

33 You know your children are growing up when they stop asking you where they came from and refuse to tell you where they're going. P. J. O'Rourke

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 04, 2012 08:49 AM (j1gX1)

34 America wasn't founded so that we could all be better. America was founded so we could all be anything we damned well pleased.

Posted by: P. J. O'Rourke at July 04, 2012 08:49 AM (YdQQY)

35 If there is anything in the world less benevolent than a bureaucrat with a book full of regulations, it is a bureaucrat whose break-time has come.

Posted by: cracksnapplepop at July 04, 2012 08:49 AM (PUE6f)

36 28 beto, that was very rude of you to disabuse them of their visions of sugarplums and candy canes. Shame on you.

Posted by: Tonestaple at July 04, 2012 08:49 AM (EMRvP)

37 Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies. Groucho Marx

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 04, 2012 08:50 AM (j1gX1)

38 Posted by: OregonMuse at July 04, 2012 12:47 PM (dT6v1)

Yeah, I'm still thinking about it.

Posted by: Vic at July 04, 2012 08:50 AM (YdQQY)

39 In the past few days I've discussed the O'Care debacle with several people, four of them are (were?) supporters. Those supporters were under the impression THEY would get free healthcare. These are all middle class professionals. When they realized that they wold be forced to pay thousands for the coverage and still have to pay for their doctor visits and meds until they met their deductibles for the same amount of care they get today they were flabbergasted.

Heh. "But how did this big load of jizz get in my mouth?" said the hot (but dumb) cheerleader.

Posted by: OregonMuse at July 04, 2012 08:50 AM (dT6v1)

40 Politics is the business of getting power and privilege without possessing merit - PJ O'Rourke

Posted by: kbdabear at July 04, 2012 08:50 AM (Y+DPZ)

41 The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.

Posted by: P. J. O'Rourke at July 04, 2012 08:51 AM (YdQQY)

42 Â“Q: What do you get when you cross an insomniac, an agnostic, and a dyslexic? A: Someone who stays up all night wondering if there is a Dog.Â” Groucho Marx

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 04, 2012 08:52 AM (j1gX1)

43 The U.S. Constitution is less than a quarter the length of the owner's manual for a 1998 Toyota Camry, and yet it has managed to keep 300 million of the world's most unruly, passionate and energetic people safe, prosperous and free.

Until they made it a tax.

Posted by: P. J. O'Rourke at July 04, 2012 08:52 AM (YdQQY)

36, Brilliant! Wish I'd said that.

Posted by: Tonestaple at July 04, 2012 08:53 AM (EMRvP)

45 "When government does, occasionally, work, it works in an elitist fashion. That is, government is most easily manipulated by people who have money and power already. This is why government benefits usually go to people who don't need benefits from government. Government may make some environmental improvements, but these will be improvements for rich bird-watchers. And no one in government will remember that when poor people go bird-watching they do it at Kentucky Fried Chicken."- The Peejmeister

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at July 04, 2012 08:53 AM (3yCFy)

46 Everyone must wear a truss. We must prevent hernias. Non-compliance will result in financial penalties.

Posted by: Soona at July 04, 2012 08:53 AM (3VM0k)

47 In spite of the complete truth of the O'Rourke quote, lefties still think government will be incredibly benevolent and will take care of them with mother's loving hands. They have never been to the DMV and seen mother's loving hands in action, so it would seem, because there is nothing in this world less benevolent than a bureaucrat with a book full of regulations.

Posted by: Tonestaple at July 04, 2012 12:41 PM

Obamacare: The TSA in scrubs

Posted by: kbdabear at July 04, 2012 08:55 AM (Y+DPZ)

48 Some see private enterprise as a predatory target to be shot, others as a cow to be milked, but few are those who see it as a sturdy horse pulling the wagon. WSC

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 04, 2012 08:56 AM (j1gX1)

49 "Sloths move at the speed of congressional debate but with greater deliberation and less noise."

Posted by: Miss80sBaby at July 04, 2012 08:56 AM (d6QMz)

50 Undertake a program of Constitutional Amendments to re-establish the rules the way they were intended, to take it out of the hands of activist judges. It is required in many areas, like the general welfare and commerceclauses, start with what federal taxes are and the limits on them. You should be able to get that past two thirds of the states, and you know how congresscritters like to appear to be against taxes. Con. Amendments shouldn't be undertaken lightly but this would not a change from the Constitution but a change back to the Constitution. At the very least, the country would benefit from an ongoing multi-facieted discussion of the constitution. All the best for Independence Day.

Posted by: Dirks Strewn at July 04, 2012 08:56 AM (VLifP)

51 "I have often been called a Nazi, and, although it is unfair, I don't let it bother me. I don't let it bother me for one simple reason. No one has ever had a fantasy about being tied to a bed and sexually ravished by someone dressed as a liberal."

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at July 04, 2012 08:56 AM (3yCFy)

52
Owners of Cisco/Linksys home routers got a nasty shock this week, when their devices automatically downloaded a new operating system, which locked out device owners. After the update, the only way to reconfigure your router was to create an account on Cisco's "cloud" service, signing up to a service agreement that gives Cisco the right to spy on your Internet use and sell its findings, and also gives them the right to disconnect you (and lock you out of your router) whenever they feel like it.

The current policy also allows Cisco to discontinue your access to your router if you download pornography, or if someone complains about you, without a court order, evidence or a chance to state your case and face your accuser.

BoingBoing

Cold, dead hands.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 04, 2012 08:56 AM (kdS6q)

53 We contend that for a nation to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle. WSC

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 04, 2012 08:56 AM (j1gX1)

54 We contend that for a nation to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.

WSC

While pissing in it.

Posted by: Dirks Strewn at July 04, 2012 08:57 AM (VLifP)

55 I'm getting the quotes I'm posting here... http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/P._J._O%27Rourke

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at July 04, 2012 08:57 AM (3yCFy)

In my book the proper label for it is crony corruption, no matter who is doing it.

When did we stop calling it what it really is?

Graft. Plain and simple

Posted by: AZ Hi Desert at July 04, 2012 08:58 AM (ial2b)

57 Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy. WSC

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 04, 2012 08:59 AM (j1gX1)

58 Glad I don't own any Cisco stock.

Posted by: Scobface at July 04, 2012 08:59 AM (IoNBC)

59 I wanted to post the first comment.Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler

Why

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at July 04, 2012 08:59 AM (famk3)

60 P.J. O'Rourke - another old white guy, who, despite his guile and experience, does not understand how things work in the "real" world ::: http://tinyurl.com/6uvvn6v

Posted by: Tavis Smiley - relentlessly intelligent genius at July 04, 2012 08:59 AM (4eNxd)

61 The forces of safety are afoot in the land. I, for one, believe it is a conspiracyÂ— a conspiracy of Safety Nazis shouting "Sieg Health" and seeking to trammel freedom, liberty, and large noisy parties. The Safety Nazis advocate gun control, vigorous exercise, and health foods. The result can only be a disarmed, exhausted, and half-starved population ready to acquiesce to dictatorship of some kind.

Posted by: kbdabear at July 04, 2012 08:59 AM (Y+DPZ)

62 I'm living proof that America is not a meritocracy.

Posted by: Tavis Smiley at July 04, 2012 09:00 AM (IoNBC)

63 The good news is that, according to the Obama administration, the rich will pay for everything. The bad news is that, according to the Obama administration, you're rich.

Posted by: another quote at July 04, 2012 09:01 AM (bAGA/)

64 Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 04, 2012 12:56 PM (j1gX1)

Dead White Male!

We have changed the dominant paradigm from rational thought to a kinder, more sensitive and inclusive economy in which the rich work hard for the benefit of the poor.

Posted by: C+ students who became progressives at July 04, 2012 09:01 AM (nEUpB)

65 #61: I've never been able to put the first comment on an AoSHQ post before. I guess I can cross that item off my bucket list now. And aren't you glad I didn't just say, "First!"?

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at July 04, 2012 09:01 AM (3yCFy)

66 You can't shame or humiliate modern celebrities. What used to be called shame and humiliation is now called publicity. And forget traditional character assassination; if you say a modern celebrity is an adulterer, a pervert and a drug addict, all it means is that you've read his autobiography.

Posted by: kbdabear at July 04, 2012 09:02 AM (Y+DPZ)

67 Happy 4th everyone!

Posted by: poljunkie at July 04, 2012 09:02 AM (XuiJf)

68 yes, socialism is all about envy. never mind that most of the envious have no motivation to get off their ass to produce anything.

Posted by: kelley in virginia at July 04, 2012 09:02 AM (p3a8+)

69 "Meritocracy" sounds like one of those made-up words to me.

Posted by: Joe Biden at July 04, 2012 09:03 AM (IoNBC)

70 In spite of the complete truth of the O'Rourke quote, lefties still think government will be incredibly benevolent and will take care of them with mother's loving hands.

"Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master."

Posted by: Geo. Washington at July 04, 2012 09:03 AM (z9HTb)

71 Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 04, 2012 12:56 PM (kdS6q)

I have a Sisco router and that didn't happen to me.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 04, 2012 09:03 AM (nEUpB)

72 Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 04, 2012 01:03 PM (nEUpB)

I also have a Cisco router.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 04, 2012 09:05 AM (nEUpB)

73 Went to the Post Office yesterday. The place could be right out of the 60s except for the atm card readers and lcds for the registers. 20 people on line and 1 attendant.

Can't wait until that is the norm for healthcare.

Posted by: Apparently about 620,000 souls worth at July 04, 2012 09:05 AM (FU9ql)

74 A politician is anyone who asks individuals to surrender part of their liberty Â— their power and privilege Â— to State, Masses, Mankind, Planet Earth, or whatever. This state, those masses, that mankind, and the planet will then be run by ... politicians

http://tinyurl.com/2afw3qz

Posted by: kbdabear at July 04, 2012 09:05 AM (Y+DPZ)

75 whoops

Posted by: typo dynamofo at July 04, 2012 09:06 AM (FU9ql)

76 "I can understand why mankind hasn't given up war. During a war you get to drive tanks through the sides of buildings and shoot foreignersÂ— two things that are usually frowned on during peacetime."

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at July 04, 2012 09:06 AM (3yCFy)

77 I have a Sisco router and that didn't happen to me

Well that's because it applies to "Cisco" routers, not "Sisco" routers.

Posted by: OregonMuse at July 04, 2012 09:06 AM (dT6v1)

78 Come on everybody! Fourth of July Food Stamp party!

Posted by: Joe Biden at July 04, 2012 09:06 AM (IoNBC)

79 I wonder how I got this one as one of my twitter followers?

matayuy439 ‏ @matayuy439

hiiiiii guys. I want a guy who is willing to try new positions with me. please follow me.

Posted by: kbdabear at July 04, 2012 09:08 AM (Y+DPZ)

80 Are we disheartened by the breakup of the family? Nobody who ever met my family is.

Posted by: kbdabear at July 04, 2012 09:10 AM (Y+DPZ)

81 "The American political system is like a gigantic Mexican Christmas fiesta. Each political party is a huge piÃ±ata Â— a papier-mÃ¢chÃ© donkey, for example. The donkey is filled with full employment, low interest rates, affordable housing, comprehensive medical benefits, a balanced budget and other goodies. The American voter is blindfolded and given a stick. The voter then swings the stick wildly in every direction, trying to hit a political candidate on the head and knock some sense into the silly bastard."

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at July 04, 2012 09:10 AM (3yCFy)

82 How to Drive Fast on Drugs While Getting Your Wing Wang Squeezed and Not Spill Your Drink still may be my favorite PJ O'Rourke article.

Also his discussion of how driving an F150 (I think) is like driving a Porsche standing up. Why? Because we're Amercians, goddammit!

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at July 04, 2012 09:11 AM (Gk3SS)

83 It was the E2700, E3500 and E4500 router models that couldnÂ’t login after the update. They had to sign up for Cisco Connect Cloud if they wanted access restored. They ended up losing their advanced settings if they decided to reboot the router.

Posted by: Beto at July 04, 2012 09:11 AM (BAnPT)

Went to the Post Office yesterday. The place could be right out of the 60s except for the atm card readers and lcds for the registers. 20 people on line and 1 attendant.

Can't wait until that is the norm for healthcare.

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The best example I have of what Ocare will be like is the main patient waiting room on a Monday morning at your local VA hospital.

Posted by: Soona at July 04, 2012 09:11 AM (3VM0k)

85 "Parliament of Whores" is a phrase that's hard to beat.

Posted by: toby928© at July 04, 2012 09:12 AM (evdj2)

86 #85: Or maybe he saw the look you gave him when Michelle asked you what you wanted for lunch.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at July 04, 2012 09:12 AM (3yCFy)

87
@73

A bit more here:

a number of Cisco customers began reporting problems with three specific Linksys-branded routers. When owners of the E2700, E3500, or E4500 attempted to log in to their devices, they were asked to login/register using their Â“Cisco Connect CloudÂ” account information.

http://tinyurl.com/7s8sraz

Linksys now being a Cisco brand. Those models have automatic updates enabled by default and got hit. Beyond those models, don't know.

However, if you've got one of their routers, disabling auto-updates probably isn't a bad idea.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 04, 2012 09:15 AM (kdS6q)

88 Also his discussion of how driving an F150 (I think) is like driving a Porsche standing up. Why? Because we're Amercians, goddammit!

Posted by: alexthechick - SMOD 2012 at July 04, 2012 01:11 PM (Gk3SS)

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Heh. I like that.

Posted by: Soona at July 04, 2012 09:15 AM (3VM0k)

89 70 yes, socialism is all about envy. never mind that most of the envious have no motivation to get off their ass to produce anything. Posted by: kelley in virginia at July 04, 2012 01:02 PM (p3a8+) Indeed, like a bunch of teenagers sitting around in their parent's basement bemoaning how horrible & pointless the world is. Or, like Bill Maher's TV show

Posted by: Ed Gibbon at July 04, 2012 09:17 AM (4eNxd)

90 Nice thing about Twitter. If you thought a celebrity was an asshole, their tweets confirm it

Shameful: Aaron Sorkin, Left celebrate Independence Day by slamming America; Update: Chris Rock joins in; Don Cheadle laughs along

http://tinyurl.com/7b7jbta

What happens when Europe goes tits up and celebrities can't count on European fans to keep their coke dealers happy?

Posted by: kbdabear at July 04, 2012 09:17 AM (Y+DPZ)

91 What happens when Europe goes tits up That's why I'm in before the buzzer on these fools. "That's right, $20K a plate ya' fuckin' frog bitches. Now pony up and quit your whining!!?

Posted by: George Clooney at July 04, 2012 09:20 AM (IoNBC)

92 Lefties never stop pounding on the fact that we had slavery

Yet how was that ended?

Oh, War is Not the Answer, it must have been a 60 Minutes investigative report

Posted by: kbdabear at July 04, 2012 09:20 AM (Y+DPZ)

93 Here's a good one, but it's Hayek, not O'Rourke: Â“...if we wish to preserve a free society, it is essential that we recognize that the desirability of a particular object is not sufficient justification for the use of coercion.Â”

Posted by: Tonestaple at July 04, 2012 09:20 AM (EMRvP)

94 "The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work
and then they get elected and prove it."

The Democrats are the party that says government works and then get elected and disprove it.

Posted by: BS Inc. at July 04, 2012 09:21 AM (P2Ufm)

95 Government healthcare will be great, you can be your life on it.

Posted by: nickless at July 04, 2012 09:22 AM (MMC8r)

96 The Sisco router was a friend of mine.

Posted by: weft cut-loop [/i] [/b] at July 04, 2012 09:23 AM (famk3)

97 I saw a Sisco router at a flea market one time, but somehow I just didn't have a good feeling about it.

Posted by: Ann Landers at July 04, 2012 09:25 AM (IoNBC)

98 "You know, if government were a product, selling it would be illegal."

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler at July 04, 2012 09:25 AM (3yCFy)

99 Cisco drink whiskey, Linksys drink the wine.

Posted by: OregonMuse at July 04, 2012 09:25 AM (dT6v1)

100 Lefties never stop pounding on the fact that we had slavery

Yet how was that ended?

Oh, War is Not the Answer, it must have been a 60 Minutes investigative report

Posted by: kbdabear at July 04, 2012 01:20 PM (Y+DPZ)

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I'd like to have a t-shirt printed: Yeah, we used to have slavery. Now we don't. Get over it, bitchez.

Posted by: Soona at July 04, 2012 09:25 AM (3VM0k)

101 Tavis Smiley

The Organized Left promotes, mis-educates and subsidizes the idiots among black Americans (see: SCOAMF), planting the idea that we really are inferior. Conversely, the OL plants the idea that the more intelligent among our number are the idiots. See: Clarence Thomas.

They can't quite find a way to do this with our public geniuses, like Thomas Sowell, Walter Williams, Shelby Steele and Dr. Ben Carson, so they ignore them. Pretty neat trick, eh?

Posted by: baldilocks at July 04, 2012 09:26 AM (6kWFm)

102 @94: We'll find out by the end of the year, most likely.

Posted by: Ian S. at July 04, 2012 09:26 AM (tqwMN)

103 30 >> Hey Vic, thanks for the book recommendation in the last thread. It looks good and for the $1.99 Kindle price, how could I not snap it up?

Ditto. I finally opened my Kindle Fire box and booted the damn thing up. It took me over an hour to get connected, logged in, etc.

I hate new devices. And yes, get off my lawn.

Posted by: GnuBreed at July 04, 2012 09:26 AM (ccXZP)

104 Contrary to its advertising, communism at its core is not a system of giving or sharing, but instead is a system of taking. That's why it inevitably requires the accoutrements of totalitarianism in the vain attempt to keep it rolling. --DS

Posted by: Dirks Strewn at July 04, 2012 09:26 AM (VLifP)

105 New ace thread up.

Posted by: P. J. O'Rourke at July 04, 2012 09:26 AM (YdQQY)

106 I had a linsys router and it was OK until it tore up.

Posted by: P. J. O'Rourke at July 04, 2012 09:28 AM (YdQQY)

107 Went to the Post Office yesterday. The place could be right out of the 60s except for the atm card readers and lcds for the registers. 20 people on line and 1 attendant.

That's because we're paying full salary to the other 6 employees who retired at 45.

Posted by: grognard, team dagny at July 04, 2012 09:30 AM (NS2Mo)

108 "The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work

and then they get elected and prove it."

The Democrats are the party that says government works and then get elected and disprove it.

Posted by: BS Inc. at July 04, 2012 01:21 PM (P2Ufm)

-----------------------------------------------

I tell people from states that have dem governers and legislatures that the government in OK is mostly conservative repubs. We hardly hear anything from them and for 98% of the time they leave us alone. It's fucking wonderful.

Posted by: Soona at July 04, 2012 09:30 AM (3VM0k)

109 New ace thread up. Fly, my pretties, fly!

Posted by: not really Ace at July 04, 2012 09:35 AM (evdj2)

110 Posted by: Romeo13 at July 04, 2012 12:36 PM (lZBBB)

the AMA is "the union"....they take their word as the gospel truth...

Odd though, he/she should look around...doctors are retiring from medicine at a record clip almost as fast as folks are renouncing their citizenship and becoming ex pats.

Posted by: lybor tee at July 04, 2012 09:36 AM (oZfic)

111

From Parliament Of Whores, Chapter on Agriculture Policy:

"Getting a cow in a family way is not accomplished, as I would have thought, with a bull and some Barry White tapes in a heart-shaped stall. It's like teenage pregnancy, only more so. The bull isn't even around to get the cow knocked-up. Instead, there's a liquid-nitrogen Thermos bottle full of frozen bull sperm (let's not even think about how they get that) and a device resembling a cross between a gigantic hypodermic needle and the douche nozzle of the gods.

George got a real farmer to come by and actually do the honors. So while I held the cow's head and George held the cow's middle, the real farmer, Pete, took the bovine marital aid and inserted it into a very personal and private place of the cow's. Then Pete squirted liquid dish soap on himself and inserted his right arm into an even more personal and private place of the cow's, all the way up to the elbow. Pete did this not in order to have Robert Mapplethorpe take his photograph, but in order to grasp the inseminator tube through the intestine wall and guide the tube into themouth of the uterus. It's an alarming thing to watch, and I'm glad to say I didn't watch it because I was at the cow's other end. But I'll tell you this, I will never forget the look on that cow's face.

The same lookÂ—and for the same reasonÂ—appeared on my own face when I began reading the 1990 omnibus farm bill. Every five years or so the U.S. Congress votes on a package of agricultural legislation that does to the taxpayer what Pete and George and I did to the cow."

P.J. O'Rourke

Posted by: Budahmon at July 04, 2012 09:36 AM (2PYVu)

112
Cold, dead hands.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 04, 2012 12:56 PM (kdS6q)

Wow. I never thought somebody would find a way to make me a loyal Netgear customer.

Posted by: joncelli, heartless Con and all around unpleasant guy at July 04, 2012 09:56 AM (RD7QR)

113 Those supporters were under the impression THEY would get free healthcare.

After I render them unemployed and they're living under a bridge in a cardboard box, they will get free healthcare

Posted by: Barak Obama at July 04, 2012 10:23 AM (oN9n5)

114 Oh, man! I totally forgot about PJ! Yeah, back in the olden days in the 90's we would wait to buy whole books of collected columns from this dude!

Posted by: Deety at July 04, 2012 11:09 AM (A3t/H)

115 OTL?

Out to Lunch?

Over the Line?

One True Love?

On the Loose?

Only the Lonely?

Optical Transmission Loss?

Can you be more specific?

Posted by: RoadRunner at July 04, 2012 11:20 AM (sgyLh)

116 Having government run Wall Street is like saying, "Dad burned dinner--let's ~~get the dog to~~ cook the dog."

Posted by: Scobface at July 04, 2012 12:35 PM (IoNBC)

Barry'd it for you

Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 04, 2012 11:23 AM (2AJvN)

117 Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure.

Posted by: steevy at July 04, 2012 11:37 AM (Xb3hu)

118 The second item in the liberal creed, after self-righteousness, is unaccountability. Liberals have invented whole college majorsÂ— psychology, sociology, women's studiesÂ— 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

Posted by: logprof at July 04, 2012 11:38 AM (ppIX/)

119 That does it. I'll never use Crisco again.

Posted by: Diz Lexic at July 04, 2012 12:19 PM (OOGU+)

120 "Merchants have no country." - Thomas Jefferson

Posted by: JEA at July 04, 2012 03:40 PM (Ul/x9)

121 My fav by PJ: Â“A John Wayne movie,Â” I said. Â“ThatÂ’s what you [Europeans] were going to say, wasnÂ’t it? We think war is a John Wayne movie. We think life is a John Wayne movieÂ—with good guys and bad guys, as simple as that. Well, you know something, Mister Limey Poofter? YouÂ’re right. And let me tell you who those bad guys are. TheyÂ’re us. WE BE BAD. Â“WeÂ’re the baddest-assed sons of bitches that ever jogged in Reeboks. WeÂ’re three-quarters grizzly bear and two-thirds car wreck and descended from a stock market crash on our motherÂ’s side. You take your Germany, France and Spain, roll them all together and it wonÂ’t give us room to park our cars. WeÂ’re the big boys, Jack, the original, giant, economy-sized, new and improved butt kickers of all time. When we snort coke in Houston, people lose their hats in Cap dÂ’Antibes. And weÂ’ve got an American Express card credit limit higher than your piss-ant metric numbers go. Â“You say our countryÂ’s never been invaded? YouÂ’re right, little buddy. Because IÂ’d like to see the needle-dicked foreigners whoÂ’d have the guts to try. We drink napalm to get our hearts started in the morning. A rape and a mugging is our way of saying Â‘Cheerio.Â’ Hell canÂ’t hold our sock-hops. We walk taller, talk louder, spit further, fuck longer and buy more things than you know the names of. IÂ’d rather be a junkie in a New York City jail than king, queen and jack of all you Europeans. We eat little countries like this for breakfast and shit them out before lunch.Â”

Posted by: Weirddave at July 04, 2012 08:50 PM (tDdJL)

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