P.J. O'Rourke on the Occupy Crowd

P.J. O'Rourke is a pretty funny guy. If you haven't read Parliament of Whores, you should go out and read it right now.

In his latest riff, he explains how the Occupy movement is similar to his 13 year-old daughter.

Yes, it's upsetting that some people have so much while other people have so little. It isn't fair. But I accept this unfairness. Indeed, I treasure it. That's because I have a 13-year-old daughter And that's all I hear, "That's not fair," she says. "That's not fair! That's not fair!" And one day I snapped, and I said, "Honey, you're cute, that's not fair. Your family is pretty well off, that's not fair. You were born in America, that's not fair. Darling, you had better get down on your knees and pray that things don't start getting fair for you."

He's right. And the Occupy folks do have that common thread of throwing a temper tantrum until they get their way.