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Lust, Pride, Sloth, and Gluttony, or, as we call them these days, "getting in touch with your sexuality," "raising your self-esteem," "relaxation therapy," and "being a recovered bulimic."


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At the core of liberalism is the spoiled child — miserable, as all spoiled children are, unsatisfied, demanding, ill-disciplined, despotic and useless. Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats.



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Watching Republicans in Washington is like watching lemmings, if lemmings jumped into cesspools instead of off cliffs. Splash! There goes Mark Foley!

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This page presents the quote "Lust, Pride, Sloth, and Gluttony, or, as we call them these days, &quot;getting in touch with your sexuality,&quot; &quot;raising your self-esteem,&quot; &quot;relaxation therapy,&quot; and &quot;being a recovered bulimic.&quot;". Author of this quote is P. J. O'Rourke. This quote is about these days, pride, sloth, therapy, self esteem, sexuality, esteem, self, relaxation,.