Goodbye PJ

[chukar]

You will be missed.....

There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences. P. J. O'Rourke

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[Ferryman]

I really love PJ's writing style. RIP Sir!

 

[teflon6string]

One of my favorite writers. RIP

 

[RicInOR]

RIP pj orourke

Conservative political satirist and journalist P.J. O'Rourke dead at 74

Conservative political journalist and satirist P.J. O’Rourke died from complications due to lung cancer at age 74 on Feb. 15.

www.foxnews.com

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[RicInOR]

Instapundit » Blog Archive » JAMES LILEKS ON P.J. O’ROURKE: I saw a tweet that had a picture of P. J. O’Rourke in the 70s, a…

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"Of Enron, in 2002, O'Rourke wrote, 'Everyone blames too little regulation for the Enron mess, but maybe the culprit was too much.'

"Of how corruption in politics works, he wrote, 'A chilling characteristic of politicians is that they're not in it for the money.'

"Of Bangladesh, he wrote, in All the Trouble in the World, 'If overpopulation is something to worry about and if Bangladesh's degree of crowding constitutes overpopulation, then Fremont [Calif.] should be a worry, too. In fact, with 2,250 people per square mile compared to Bangladesh's 2,130, Fremont is slightly more worrisome.'"



And
paywall: https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/02/what-p-j-orourke-knew/



And

P.J. O'Rourke, R.I.P.

No one did more to mainstream libertarian ideas about peace, love, and understanding over the past half-century than P.J. O'Rourke,...

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[ilostmypswrd]

RIP, is CNN not saying it was COVID Related?

 

[Dungannon]

Parliament of Whores is my favorite. Vacations in Hell was a hoot.

 

[RicInOR]

FERRARI REINVENTS MANIFEST DESTINY: P.J. O'Rourke Drives Cross-Country in a Ferrari 308GTS.

From the June 1980 issue of Car and Driver.
Not just any 308, either.
You saw it on TV ;-)

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[RicInOR]

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[Member 52301]

I liked him!

May he rest in peace.

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