America has wound up with a charming leftist as a president. And this scares me. This scares me not because I hate leftists. I don't. I have many charming leftist friends. They're lovely people — as long as they keep their nose out of things they don't understand. Such as making a living.
When charming leftists stick their nose into things they don't understand they become ratchet-jawed purveyors of monkey-doodle and baked wind. They are piddlers upon merit, beggars at the door of accomplishment, thieves of livelihood, envy coddling tax lice applauding themselves for giving away other people's money. They are the lap dogs of the poly sci-class, returning to the vomit of collectivism. They are pig herders tending that sow-who-eats-her-young, the welfare state. They are muck-dwelling bottom-feeders growing fat on the worries and disappointments of the electorate. They are the ditch carp of democracy.
"Envy coddling tax lice..."
Swoon.
(H.T. to G.R. Durand.)
Both barrels of O'Rourke ... tasty.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I hesitate to use the term "man-crush", I'll make a rare exception for O'Rourke...MUAH !!
ReplyDeleteVery nicely done, though the 50 percent below average quip always bugs me (statistics fail, etc)
ReplyDeleteP.J. O'Rourke lives in the next town over from me. I finally met him last fall. He helped us spread some gravel for a Trailhead parking lot in town. He looks like a regular local on his tractor.
ReplyDeleteMarko and Mark Steyn are both in the same corner of the state. Must be something in the water here in NH.
Hey Tam,
ReplyDeleteEmail him, he might send you a pin up! LOL!
In all fairness he had me at "returning to the vomit of collectivism."
Maybe you can get a calender of him like the Jonas Brothers....
I want to be his padawan learner... :D
ReplyDeleteHere's some more beefcake for ya!
ReplyDeleteSizzlin'
LOL! Enjoy...
Women want him and men want to be him.
ReplyDeleteJim
I've been reading PJ since the 1980's when he still wrote for Rolling Stone. He is the best non-fiction writer alive, for my opinion. Why? He always boils down what takes other writers a chapter to say into a two or three sentence anecdote. Last month, I just re-read his economic book Eat the Rich.
ReplyDeleteWho else on earth can make a book on economics both understandable and entertaining?
Can you imagine the writing of P.J. O'Rourke and Ann Coulter's love child?
ReplyDeleteAlways loved his stuff. Holidays in Hell, Modern Manners, Republican Party Reptile ('pants-down Republican' :) ). It's been a real treat reading his stuff as he gets older.
ReplyDeleteThat is awesome Tam, thanks for sharing.
ReplyDelete"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."
ReplyDeleteNow, that's funny right there.
It is funny.
ReplyDeleteIt's also more likely to be a Trabant. Only not delivered as quickly.
He had his invective mojo working for this one, it wasn't phoned in.
ReplyDeleteThanks for linking it, Tam.
I have this sudden urge to dig out my copy of Modern Manners and reread it.
ReplyDeleteHe's the best. And that's a fact.
ReplyDeletePretty good. I don't know that I agree with this statement (though it's a commonly repeated "fact"): "Fifty per cent of people are below average in intelligence."
ReplyDeleteI'd have to see the metrics, but I don't believe this to be the case. I believe less than 50% are below the mean, because the IQs of a relative few (are so incredibly low, lower than virtually any genius is high) drag the average down.
Anyway, minor quibble.
John
HEY! He's MY imaginary boyfriend!
ReplyDeleteOoh, girl-fight.
ReplyDeleteTime to fill the pool with jelly...
wv: robiting (how does google know?)
I always buy old O'Rourke books when I see 'em. Then give them away to recent college grads and other deserving noobs. The poor young sods just left 16 years of mollycoddle and haven't had anyone really challenge their carefully spoonfed PC view of the world yet.
ReplyDeleteMakes me feel like I'm sowing dragon's teeth.