There are a number of mechanical devices which increase sexual arousal, particularly in women. Chief among these is the Mercedes-Benz 380SL convertible.
P. J. O'ROURKEKuwait City is not gorgeous, actually, but it’s got a kind of Epcot Center thing going for it. It’s not pretty. But it’s striking, I’ll give it that. It’s not as over-the-top as Abu Dhabi or Dubai. But nearly.
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America has to act. But, when America acts, other nations accuse us of being ‘hegemonistic’, of engaging in ‘unilateralism’, of behaving as if we’re the only nation on earth that counts. We are.
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Government is a health hazard. Governments have killed many more people than cigarettes or unbuckled seat belts ever have.
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Barack Obama is more irritating than the other nuisances on the Left.
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The body is forever teaching us lessons. There are all sorts of things that we can’t do, shouldn’t do, had better not do very often or do for too long as we get older. The body makes its presence known.
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Wealth brings great benefits to the world. Rich people are heros.
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Globalization is simply opening the free marketplace to encompass the entire world.
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People think the free market is a philosophy, they think that it is a creed. It is none of those things. Free market is a bathroom scale, it is a measuring tape, it’s simply a measurement.
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Politics are for foreigners with their endless wrongs and paltry rights. Politics are a lousy way to get things done. Politics are, like God’s infinite mercy, a last resort.
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Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
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The baby boomers’ politics have covered a wide band of silliness, from the Weather Underground to the Timothy McVeigh types. The great majority of us are well in the middle of that spectrum, but still, there’s been both leftie silliness and right-wing silliness.
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Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we’re looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn’t test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.
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The people who despise America are the editors of the ‘New Statesman.’ Their green-card applications must have been turned down.
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The 20th century was a test bed for big ideas – fascism, communism, the atomic bomb.
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You’re stupid,’ is not something even his most severe critics usually say to President Barack Obama.
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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.
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