American Consequences - April 2021

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mutual understanding is one thing we can completely agree on. Thanks for your fair and balanced news coverage. Your news organization is a breath of fresh air in a country which seems to be going in the wrong direction: towards Marxism, Socialism and a NewWorld Order that is in direct opposition to the founding principles of the country. – David B. P.J. O’Rourke Response: We do our best, David. But don’t be downhearted. Over the past 245 years, America has often gone in the wrong direction. But America is different from Americans . We trust individual people. And what we love most about America is that it gives those individual people the opportunity to find their own way . You asked for feedback – here goes! I like your stuff because it makes me laugh! When I get desperate for revitalizing my sense of humor, I pick up my old copy of your book, Parliament ofWhores, and read something – all of it is still relevant. It still makes me laugh. Just wanted you to knowwe have a connection through that book. I relieved Dave Bill of command of USS MOBILE BAY in June of 1990 in Mayport, FL. Shortly thereafter, we shifted home ports to Yokosuka, Japan, and shortly after that, were on our way to the Arabian Gulf with the MIDWAY battle group, entering the AG to begin Operation DESERT SHIELD, then on to ops in DESERT STORM. Along with Dave Bill doing fire support in WISCONSIN, I was

Re: Love us? Hate us? Send us your feedback! I am very pleased with your content! Keep up the good work, please! We need you more than ever! – J.J. P.J. O’Rourke Response: We thank you, J.J. And – as we tell every reader who is kind enough to compliment us – in order to keep up the good work, we need you more than ever. (And all your kith and kin – so pass the word.) Trish Regan Response: J.J., thank you for the kind words! We try our best here and want to make sure you’re getting the right information through the lens of what will matter most to our economy and our freedom. Thanks for reading! Hi, I just saw your site show up on my screen, probably because my fat fingers hit a button I did not notice. I am liberal, and go to sites like yours to see how others think. I am not hostile, nor a troll. I am interested in seeing what the responses are here. If we do not understand each other, we cannot talk.

Good luck in bringing us together. – George K.

P.J. O’Rourke Response: And thank you, George. Your comment is a compliment, too. If we manage to express ourselves without being hostile and without provoking hostility in you, then we have already been brought together in the most important way. There will never be complete agreement in a democracy. It may not even be desirable. But

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