Agriculture is a business that has been up to its bib overalls in politics since the first Thanksgiving dinner kickback to the Indians for subsidizing Pilgrim maize production with fish head fertilizer grants.
P. J. O'ROURKEThe most brilliant satire of all time was ‘A Modest Proposal’ by Jonathan Swift. You’ll notice how everything got straightened out in Ireland within days of that coming out.
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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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Little islands of human happiness, peace, and prosperity are so exceptional at this point in history that I’m not even sure we can draw lessons from them.
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There is one thing women can never take away from men. We die sooner.
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Political leaders are expert at saying nothing.
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A U.S. dollar is an IOU from the Federal Reserve Bank. It’s a promissory note that doesn’t actually promise anything. It’s not backed by gold or silver.
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Term limits aren’t enough. We need jail.
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Barack Obama is more irritating than the other nuisances on the Left.
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Everybody knows how to raise children, except the people who have them.
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Gay marriage acceptance is happening in the blink of an eye.
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Everybody is xenophobic to an extent.
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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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You’re never going to read ‘The Wealth of Nations,’ and you shouldn’t, really. It’s 900 pages.
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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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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 problem with public school is not overcrowding in the classroom. The problem is not teacher unions. The problem is not underfunding or lack of computer equipment. The problem is your damn kids.
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