And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Sunday, March 31, 2024
Read at your own risk. Snowflakes, pansies, and the Woke, stay away.
Parliament of Whores is another great PJ O'Rourke satire of our extended royal family and if you don't have a thorough understanding of the reality of the U.S. Congress after reading it, you're probably at least a second term member of the House or Senate.
every person of any ethnic background or political leaning that I turned on to P.J. O'Rourke became a devoted fan. if you don't agee with what he says, you admire the way he says it.
he had a remarkable ability to get into taxis with a driver who says the things he wants the audienceto hear.
Parliament of Whores is another great PJ O'Rourke satire of our extended royal family and if you don't have a thorough understanding of the reality of the U.S. Congress after reading it, you're probably at least a second term member of the House or Senate.
ReplyDeleteThis is a great read! I will get it off the shelf and read it again.
ReplyDeleteO'Rourke was howlingly funny and devastatingly accurate in his assessments. Looks like his audience are regulars here.
ReplyDelete"Giving money and power to politicians is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys." - P.J. O'Rourke
ReplyDeletehis classic.
Deleteevery person of any ethnic background or political leaning that I turned on to P.J. O'Rourke became a devoted fan. if you don't agee with what he says, you admire the way he says it.
ReplyDeletehe had a remarkable ability to get into taxis with a driver who says the things he wants the audienceto hear.
"...when you come through a curve in a full power slide and are suddenly confronted with a veritable forest of crucifixes, you know you're dead."
ReplyDeleteI miss that fucker