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are from our local curling club, currently ranked #1 in the world, and are we proud. You should come and attend “The Brier” (Canadian Men’s National championship) sometime P.J.- you’d be amazed at how much of a thrill you’d get sitting amongst 17,000 fans screaming at the sweepers to get that last inch out of a rock that wants to stop too soon! Unbeatable. Anyway, I’m just jesting, and I know that outside of Canada, you are quite correct, and I know it’ll be awhile yet before we are able to sign Lady Gaga for the half time show. – Cheryl C. P.J. O’Rourke Response: Cheryl, I’d better hop on my broom and get out of here before I’m burned at the stake by curling fans. I apologize. Curling jokes are hard to resist, and I failed to do so. But I grew up near the Canadian border, close enough to watch curling on the Windsor, Ontario, TV station, and I know that curling is actually a cool sport. And not just because it’s played on ice. Maybe you can’t get Lady Gaga for half-time show but Joni Mitchell is Canadian and a lot better of a singer. (By the way, we got no protest letters from beach volleyball fans. Not that I’m saying they can’t read and write.)
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P.J. O’Rourke Response: Gosh, J.A., come to think of it I usually spend enough time quail hunting in Georgia to qualify to vote several times in each election they have (as I believe is the custom with both parties down there). I guess what you and your wife suppose in theory could be possible in fact. But it would require an awful lot of organization as well as money. And neither the “Left” nor the “Right” seem to be very well organized at the moment – which perhaps is a blessing. Meanwhile, I’d like to think that such time and effort would be better spent trying to educate voters about where their true interest (rather than their residency) lies. It is my hope that liberals can be convinced that their liberal ideals can be achieved without a huge over-spending and intrusive government and that conservatives can be convinced that their conservative principles can be upheld without the same. But, although what you and your wife are thinking may seem fanciful, what I’m thinking may be just plain fantasy. Re: Beautiful Losers I love P.J.’s letters, including this one, but I had to inhale deeply when I read the final line about curling between equivalent to beach volleyball etc. In my hometown, (Sault Ste. Marie Ontario, Canada) curling is BIG. I’m a curler. My dad was a curler. When our local boys are “in the finals”, everyone is glued to “the set.” Team Jacobs are the Gold medalist from the Sochi Olympics, and they
I have always enjoyed PJ’s witty commentaries, but this latest rant
comparing President Trump to a clueless toddler was offensive. When have we ever had a President that was so full of wisdom and virtue that any decisions or platforms were completely beyond fault. That answer is never. We are all subject to questionable decisions and that is what makes us human. Perhaps PJ would prefer a heartless piece of AI hardware. I prefer to think that President
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