(02-19-2022, 10:07 AM)mikesez Wrote:

(02-16-2022, 09:09 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: Political satirist PJ O'Rourke has passed away from lung cancer.  Here are some famous quotes of his:  

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Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.

At the core of liberalism is the spoiled child — miserable, as all spoiled children are, unsatisfied, demanding, ill-disciplined, despotic and useless. Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats.

Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work, and then they get elected and prove it.

With Epcot Center the Disney corporation has accomplished something I didn't think possible in today's world. They have created a land of make-believe that's worse than regular life.

When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.

Good stuff. I hadn't heard of this guy before.
Too bad it's all negative.
Our system in each of our two parties obviously have their downsides, but as Winston Churchill would say, every other possible system that has been tried is worse.