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Satirists p. J. Orourke. He has appeared on booktv close to 20 times. First up in 2007 on our monthly call in program in depth p. J. Orourke discusses politics, writing and why he uses humor to discuss political and social issues. Is that a real picture of you . Guest oh yeah. Not a we. That was 71. Not quite positive. Host what were your politics in 1971 . Guest a martian left would be the easiest way to summon up. I was a leftwinger but didnt make enough sense to be a communist or anything like that. Host when did the transformation occur . Guest it was gradual. I just wrote about this. There is a book coming out from the Hoover Institution backing this called why i turned right, the story, it is a long story and i wont tell it. I will give the short version. I was a radical leftist very much in favor of a marxist socialist thing in america. I got a job paying 150 a week. I was a messenger in new york, 150 a week was a lot o ....
Issues. Is this picture on the left a real picture of you . Yes. Not the week . Not a week spirit when was that taken . I would guess 71. Not quite positive. What were your politics 1971 . I think a martian left would be the easiest way to sum it up. I was a left winger, but it didnt make enough sense to actually be a communist are trotskyite or anything like that. Went to the transformation occur. When did the transformation occur . I just wrote about this. There is a book coming out from the Hoover Institution is backing this, called why i turned right, and its the story of a bunch of us and why we became right. It is a long store and i wont tell it but ill give the short version of it. I was a radical leftist, very much in favor of some sort of marxist socialist thing in america. I got a job. I got a job paying 150 a week. I was a messenger in new york when it appeared he dont the week is a lot of money is forced i was conc ....
1971 . I think that a martian left would would be the easiest way to sum it up. I was a leftwinger but i didnt make enough sense to actually be a communist or anything like that. When did the transformation occur . Well, it was gradual. It took place over in fact, i just wrote about it. Theres a book coming out from the Hoover Institution is backing this, why i turned right and its the story of a bunch of us and why we became right. It actually is a long story and i wont tell it. Ly give the short version. I was a radical leftist, very much in favor of some sort of marxist socialist thing in america. I got a job. I got a job paying 150 a week. I was a messenger in new york. 150 was a lot of money as far as i was concerned. I was living in the lowers east side and i was broke. We got paid every two weeks. I was looking forward to that 300 bucks and so was my landlord, i might say and my drug dealer and a number of other people. ....
105 in iowa, that is a lot for us. Just a couple of hours ago i was on a call with iowa state leaders who are at the state Emergency Operations center. Let me say that again. Emergency operations center, an e. O. C. You just dont set those up for fun, folks. You set them up when your state is in crisis. They gave us a picture of whats going on with our workers and our Small Businesses on the ground in iowa. Within three hours the state received over 11,000 calls for Unemployment Insurance. 2,000 of them are selfemployed. They wont qualify for Unemployment Insurance. You know what would relieve their hurt . This package, phase three. Meanwhile my democratic colleagues are holding this bill up that would actually deliver the relief that is nece ....