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“In our brief national history we have shot four of our presidents, worried five of them to death, impeached two and hounded another out of office. And when all else fails, we hold an election and assassinate their character.” ~ PJ O’Rourke

Focus on the character assassination if you will and not just on the president. It seems that this has become our new favorite pastime in this country. It no longer matters if you are a leader, a Hollywood elite or just some everyday shmoo who makes the news, your character will be assassinated for free on live television; or the inter-tubes or the printed word; usually all within mere hours of whatever it was that caused the situation to come to light.
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The thing is and what he failed to realize was, that he complained too much. This is of course what he had convinced himself of over the years, therefore it must be true. I mean, why else would most people assume that he was angry and misanthropic? See that, right there? Back up to the last sentence. No the one before that one, “why else would most people”, there’s my white whale: Most fucking people. So when I say, “white whale”, you yell, “MOST PEOPLE”.

Self help books are bullshit. You mean to tell me that you are going to rely on a complete stranger, an unqualified idiot, to try and “fix” what isn’t broken in the first place? I’ve got the bullets, if you’ve got the gun. That right there will fix you right up. It’s called life, live it. Not how “others” want you to but how YOU want to. That is happiness.
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