The real slums are another matter. The bad parts of Tondo are as bad as any place I've seen, ancient, filthy houses swarmed with the poor and stinking of sewage and trash. But there are worse parts - squatter areas where people live under cardboard, in shipping crates, behind tacked-up newspapers. Dad would march you straight to the basement with a hairbrush in his hand if he caught you keeping your hamster cage like this.
Jewishness cropped up and has never successfully been put down since. - P. J. O'Rourke
Jewishness cropped up and has never successfully been put down since.
- P. J. O'Rourke
Microeconomics is about money you don't have, and macroeconomics is about money the government is out of. - P. J. O'Rourke
Microeconomics is about money you don't have, and macroeconomics is about money the government is out of.
Most of the people who have grabbed hold of climate change and greenhouse gases, pollution, oil dependency - they have another motive, and their moti… - P. J. O'Rourke
Most of the people who have grabbed hold of climate change and greenhouse gases, pollution, oil dependency - they have another motive, and their moti…
When a thing defies physical law, there's usually politics involved. - P. J. O'Rourke
When a thing defies physical law, there's usually politics involved.
Last year, on a long car trip, I was listening to Rush Limbaugh shout. I usually agree with Rush Limbaugh; therefore I usually don't listen to him. I… - P. J. O'Rourke
Last year, on a long car trip, I was listening to Rush Limbaugh shout. I usually agree with Rush Limbaugh; therefore I usually don't listen to him. I…
In the American political system, you're only allowed to have real ideas if it's absolutely guaranteed that you can't win an election - P. J. O'Rourke
In the American political system, you're only allowed to have real ideas if it's absolutely guaranteed that you can't win an election
If we're free to do what we want, why does government always have a plan for us? - P. J. O'Rourke
If we're free to do what we want, why does government always have a plan for us?
Politics is the art of achieving prestige and power without merit. - P. J. O'Rourke
Politics is the art of achieving prestige and power without merit.
Politicians are wonderful people as longa as they stay away from things they don't understand, such as working for a living. - P. J. O'Rourke
Politicians are wonderful people as longa as they stay away from things they don't understand, such as working for a living.
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