The news came rather late about him passing away from lung cancer, I would’ve gone with smug or intestinal cancer from eating his own dog food, a favorite insult I often received from an incredibly lazy Libertarian co-worker. To many, O’Rourke was considered a “good” Libertarian or Conservative. I say…bullshit! NPR often surrenders the microphone to domestic terrorist Grover Norquist and as they saying goes, even the Devil can recite Scripture to serve his purposes. Few people who believe in such a selfish, naive mindset are worth giving air time on the public’s bandwidth.
In short, I can sum up O’Rourke’s life and career. He was another hippie asshole who received the free ride most Boomers had, wrote for the unfunny National Lampoon magazine, became quite wealthy and then realized what taxes were. Since he didn’t want to pay his share and suddenly believed he was self-made, he joined the Libertarian Shitbag generation who created reason. This somehow got him the token gigs with other rags who thought he brought balance: Rolling Stone in particular. It’s not balance, it’s false equivalence when you let in mental midgets like him, Ross Douthat or Sarah Palin.
Now some say, it was all an act because he was a different, kind person in private. Uh huh. Right. So was Rush Limbaugh, a horrible turd utilizing entertainment as cover to spread hate, lies, bigotry, greed and the dismantling of the safety net in exchange for The Gilded Age II. It’s also small wonder why dipshit Economist editor John Fasman, who often fails quizzes regarding his own country on Checks & Balances, is a fan of this Schroedinger’s Douchebag.
Near the end of his life, O’Rourke produced a documentary warning us (aka, his socio-economic class) about the dangers of young people falling for the short-term promises of Socialism. The usual gallery of clods are there: Ron Paul, a former member of the Fed and a Republican congressman. I guess convicted wife beater D’Souza was busy. I guess if Europe, Japan, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Taiwan didn’t exist, then maybe his infomercial for Koch Industries would be just partly a lie.
When I get around to reading Helen Andrews right-wing diatribe Boomers which blames today’s woes at Center-Left figures, I would like to ask her why was O’Rourke as well as Newt Gingrich omitted? Those two left giant floaters for Gen X and later to clean up too.
Farewell you shitbag! Many said you were the modern-day H.L. Mencken. Racist, yup. A defender of Ayn Rand, probably. Anti-semitic, not in public. Believed democracy was a system in which inferior people rule their “betters,” of course; Libertarians all believe their smarter than everybody. Enemy of government being used to help people, hell yes. If there is a Hell, you’re probably there now having your mouth stitched to Mencken’s asshole.