An elected tormentor's (alleged) "value" to this nation is inversely proportional to the number of years he, she, heshe or it has been swilling at the public trough. (The longer it has been in office, the bigger "load" he, she, heshe or it is.)

In most American companies, the lifespan of a given policy is shorter than the firm's documentation cycle. (By the time they print it and post it, it's already obsolete.)

A Pop (Music) Tart's remaining shelf life is measured with this formula: SL = (Cans - Bulk) / (Yotsq + PBS). (Cans is her bra size, bulk her dress size, Yotsq is her years over 20 squared, and PBS is the age when she did her first Playboy spread.)

The suckage of a product touted on the radio is inversely proportional to the speed and length of the shyster spew at the end of the ad. (The faster they talk, the longer it lasts, the more likely it is that the product reeks.)

A thespian's ego is inversely proportional to his, her, hisher or its intelligence. (Actors are so full of themselves that they can't see how stupid they are.)

"Anyone but him/her" is a virtually infallible way to determine who will be promoted to run your department. (Simply look around for the one who elicits the strongest "anyone but them" response.)

A teenage dude's attention span - in milliseconds - is calculated by dividing his I.Q. by the length (squared) of his wang in operating condition. (Known problems: when he's in heat, his intellect is too low to count; he'll lie about his size.)

A given candidate's suitability for office is inversely proportional to the amount of advertising he, she, heshe or it perpetrates. The more you see, or hear, his name, the more unreliable he is likely to be.

Individual liberty is inversely proportional to the size of government. The more government expands, the more powerful it gets, the more control it asserts over sovereign individuals, the more your inalienable individual liberty is restricted.

In the twilight zone called journalism, there are certain givens. One 'given' is that the most likely words to follow a lead about a risk taking dolt dubbed an ‘Adventurer’ are, in no special order: stranded, lost, missing, injured and killed.

Hambo’s Roundball Rule of Thumb
The more oppressors you see on the basketball floor at a given time, the less likely it is that you’re watching an NBA game.

Hambo's Marketplace Theorem
For every asinine, intrusive, liberty infringing bureaucratic action, there is an equal, and opposite, liberty restoring marketplace reaction.

Hambo’s Customer Service Equation
The quality of customer service you get from an outpost of capitalism is inversely proportional to the size of the business. The smaller the business the better the service because a small business can’t afford to alienate anybody.

Hambo’s Aviation Law
The words most likely to appear in any headline about a homemade aircraft are "crashes" and "pilot dies".

Hambo’s Multicultural Law
For Multicultural meatheads, a culture’s value is inversely proportional to its impact. The more obscure, insignificant, pathetic or barbaric a given culture is, the more noble it becomes in Multicultural meathead eyes. Bonus points are given to any pissant culture that blames all its woes on Western Culture, Capitalism, or - TA DA - America itself.

Hambo's First Law of Entertainment
If the Larry King Show is the Losers Lounge of the entertainment industry, then a reality show on a cable television channel is its Green Room.

Hambo's Law of Mecca Mania
The degree of liberty within a given region, is inversely proportional to the percentage of Mecca Maniacs within that population. The higher the percentage of Mecca Maniacs, the lower the degree of liberty.

Hambo's Profit Break Law
When you turn on the boob tube or boom box, the probability that you'll land on a commericial break is directly proportional to your level of boredom. (The more bored you are, the more likely you are to hit a commercial.)

Hambo’s Nutrition Theorem
A food’s nutritional value is inversely proportional to how much you enjoy eating it. I.E., the better it tastes, the more likely it is that some Food Nazi wants to ban it.

Nutrition Theorem Corollary
Your ranking on PETA’s hit list is directly proportional to the number of helpings you eat

Hambo's First Rule of Parasites
A host (achiever) can thrive without the parasite, but the parasite dies without its host.

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