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.
P. J. O'ROURKEJust because a subject is serious doesn’t mean it doesn’t have plenty of absurdities.
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Mikhail Gorbachev was the Jimmy Carter of the Communist bloc. The Russians hate him.
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Russians not only vehemently despise blacks, they believe Africa begins at the Ukraine border.
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Gay marriage acceptance is happening in the blink of an eye.
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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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Liberals have invented whole college majors – psychology, sociology and women’s studies – to prove that nothing is anybody’s fault.
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We will win an election when all the seats in the House and Senate and the chair behind the desk in the Oval Office and the whole bench of the Supreme Court are filled with people who wish they weren’t there.
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Explosion of positive rights started in 1932 with the election of Roosevelt.
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Everybody knows how to raise children, except the people who have them.
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Rich people don’t like to be in the military. The shoes are ugly and the uniforms itch. Rich people don’t go in much for revolution or terrorism, either.
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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.
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The budget doesn’t have much control over the government. Then again, the government doesn’t have much control over the budget.
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Don’t send funny greeting cards on birthdays or at Christmas. Save them for funerals, when their cheery effect is needed.
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I believe in God. God created the world.
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If government were a product, selling it would be illegal.
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There is no horizon in Toledo. There are too many trees.
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