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The 1960s was an era of big thoughts. And yet, amazingly, each of these thoughts could fit on a T-shirt.

P. J. O'Rourke

The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.
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Country Government Make Mystery People Stop
The problem in Afghanistan is really not so much land as water. It’s a dry country with ample amounts of water running through it, but not to good enough effect.
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Amount Ample But Country Dry Land Much Problem Run Water
When elites see a homeless person in the gutter, they assume he’s saving a parking place.
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Elite Gutter Homeless Park Person Place Say
Southern California is a nice place, if you could cut out the show-business cancer. It just keeps spreading.
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Business Cancer Country Nice Place Show Southern Spread
There is a simple rule here, a rule of legislation, a rule of business, a rule of life: beyond a certain point, complexity is fraud. You can apply that rule to left-wing social programs, but you can also apply that rule to credit derivatives, hedge funds, all the rest of it.
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Beyond Business Certain Complexity Fraud Legislation Rule Simply Time
Some people think that welfare reform should have hurt Bill Clinton with black voters.
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Black People Reformer Some Think Voter
The Communist bloc of old was a study in the failure of failure. Losers in the Soviet economy were the people at the end of the long lines for consumer goods. Worse losers were the people who had spent hours getting to the head of the line, only to be told that the goods were unavailable.
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Communist Country Economy End Failure Line Long Made People Soviet
The perpetuation of slavery, the exile and extermination of American Indians, and the passage of Jim Crow laws weren’t carried out at the bidding of a few malefactors of great wealth.
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Carry Country Crow Exile Extermination Law Passage Perpetuation Savery
Barack Obama is more irritating than the other nuisances on the Left.
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Irritate Let More Nuisance Other President
Gossip is what you say about the objects of flattery when they aren’t present.
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Flatter Gossip Object Present
I don’t even know which end of a computer one is supposed to gaze into. I’ve never used a computer.
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Computer Gaze Know One Suppose Use
In our brief national history we have shot four of our presidents, worried five of them to death, impeached one and hounded another out of office. And when all else fails, we hold an election and assassinate their character.
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Another Brief Death History Impeach National Out President Thousand Worry
There are a number of mechanical devices which increase sexual arousal, particularly in women. Chief among these is the Mercedes-Benz 380SL convertible.
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Car Chief Device Increase Mechanical Number Particularly
There isn’t much room for an outsider point of view in print any more.
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More Much Outside Print Room View
I’ve got a 1990 Porsche 911. It’s just a Carrera, a very simple, straightforward little thing that goes like stink. I love it.
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Got Little Love Simple Straightforward Thing
No doubt the ridiculous politicians are right to like politics. They have found careers in which success can be achieved by being ridiculous. Imagine Jimmy Carter or George W. Bush rising to the top of any other profession.
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Archive Career Doubt Politics Profession Ridiculous Right Success

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