” The first Nine Commandments concern theological principles and social law. But then , right at the end, is “Don’t envy your buddy’s cow.”  How did that make the top ten? What’s it doing there? Why would God, with just ten things to tell Moses, choose as one of those things jealousy about the starter mansion with the in-ground pool next door?”

“Yet think how important the Tenth Commandment is to a community, to a nation, indeed to a presidential election.  If you want a mule, if you want a pot roast, if you want a cleaning lady, don’t be a jerk and whine about what the people across the street have- go get your own.”

“The Tenth Commandment sends a message to all the jerks who want redistribution of wealth, higher taxes, more government programs, more government regulation, more government , less free enterprise, and less freedom. And the message is clear and concise: Go to hell.”

From P.J. O’Rourke “an Alternate Inaugural Address” in the Weekly Standard. As Noted in Tommy Newberry‘s book, The War on Success

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