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Fairness, idealism and other atrocities. Commencement advice you're unlikely to hear elsewhere.
LA Times ^ | May 4, 2008 | By P.J. O'Rourke

Posted on 05/09/2008 5:15:45 AM PDT by .cnI redruM

Well, here you are at your college graduation. And I know what you're thinking: "Gimme the sheepskin and get me outta here!" But not so fast. First you have to listen to a commencement speech.

Don't moan. I'm not going to "pass the wisdom of one generation down to the next." I'm a member of the 1960s generation. We didn't have any wisdom.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: pjorourke
PJ O'Rourke tells the world what Bill Ayers has to teach us at the U of Chicago...
1 posted on 05/09/2008 5:15:45 AM PDT by .cnI redruM
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To: .cnI redruM

I love PJ. Give war a chance.


2 posted on 05/09/2008 5:28:16 AM PDT by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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To: .cnI redruM

All the political commentators who are able to combine wit and good sense are on the right. The left is completely witless and senseless.


3 posted on 05/09/2008 5:28:19 AM PDT by Malesherbes
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To: Malesherbes

Yet the former NEVER get or hardly get an invite, instead the lefties get the invites. Best to bring the iPod and listen to an ElRushbo or Mark Levin podcast.


4 posted on 05/09/2008 5:29:54 AM PDT by Biggirl (A biggirl with a big heart for God's animal creation, with 4 cats in my life as proof. =^..^=)
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To: .cnI redruM
This paragraph is pure gold.

Well, I am here to advocate for unfairness. I've got a 10-year-old at home. She's always saying, "That's not fair." When she says this, I say, "Honey, you're cute. That's not fair. Your family is pretty well off. That's not fair. You were born in America. That's not fair. Darling, you had better pray to God that things don't start getting fair for you." What we need is more income, even if it means a bigger income disparity gap.

5 posted on 05/09/2008 5:38:32 AM PDT by Hoboken (Let's continue to roll)
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To: Hoboken

Bump for that!


6 posted on 05/09/2008 5:39:46 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: Hoboken

Yep. That’s the best way of telling someone to quit yapping and show some gratitude that I’ve ever seen.


7 posted on 05/09/2008 5:53:37 AM PDT by .cnI redruM (VETO AND DRILL!! (McCain's Campaign Slogan, if he wants to win.))
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To: .cnI redruM

BUMP


8 posted on 05/09/2008 7:04:25 AM PDT by kitkat (Over the Hill(ary))
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To: .cnI redruM

*snort* Wouldn’t that be a great commencement address?


9 posted on 05/09/2008 2:27:45 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: .cnI redruM
Yes but tell us who to vote for so everything will be FAIR, hehehe.
10 posted on 05/09/2008 3:07:54 PM PDT by Ciexyz
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