An excellent thing about America is that no one dissects America better than Americans. There is a book by PJ O’Rourke, titled Parliament of Whores, in which “a lone humorist attempts to explain the entire U.S. government.” In one passage he concludes: “The Government is huge, stupid, greedy and makes nosy, officious and dangerous intrusions into the smallest corners of life – this much we can stand. But the real problem is that government is boring.”
So only people who can put up with the hideous boredom – professional politicians – get into the positions of power. Later the writer
