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RAHfanboy
12/03/08

In reply to P.J. O'Rourke's Going To Tear Your Future Playhouse Down
Remarkably little hate for one SO CONSERVATIVE. Perhaps the children are growing up? No, that seems unlikely.

I remember reading PJ when he was with National Lampoon in the '70s. He is a funny man.
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Charlie Jane Anders
12/03/08

@RAHfanboy for one, welcomes his Marxist overlords.: Huh?
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RAHfanboy
12/04/08

@Charlie Jane Anders: Maybe I'm confused, or there are two P. J. O'Rourkes. Let me look into it.
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RAHfanboy
12/04/08

@RAHfanboy for one, welcomes his Marxist overlords.: [en.wikipedia.org]
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Rasselas
12/03/08

In reply to P.J. O'Rourke's Going To Tear Your Future Playhouse Down
This is the first P.J. O'Rourke writing in at least a decade that has not made me want to punch him in the neck.
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Charlie Jane Anders
12/03/08

@Rasselas: By amazing coincidence, it's the first P.J. O'Rourke writing I've read in a decade, period. I used to like him back in the late 80s. He claimed to be a devotee of a band called "Parliament of Funk," which sounds very stately and charming. (I assume he meant Parliament-Funkadelic, any fan of which is automatically okay in my book.)
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Dormouse: Corporate Tool
12/03/08

@Charlie Jane Anders:

First you post a quote from Reason, now it's P.J. O'Rourke. Charlie, is there something you're not telling us?
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Charlie Jane Anders
12/03/08

@Dormouse II: The Wrath of Gryphon: Okay, you got me, I admit it. I like good writing.
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