On the Side
By Tom Chambers • 1:41 a.m. Oct. 17, 2008 • 0 Comments • 0 Trackbacks
IT’S LAUNDRY DAY! • I am seriously out of clean clothes, so this comes in handy. 
Businesses will have no reason to keep private insurance.
Like it or not, the King of Pop is news.
It’s about time the president realized the U.S. can’t be Iran’s friend.
The right has its own, liberal-style thought police
Standing for freedom in the Obama era.
ON THE SIDE
DAMN RIGHT IT’S ALL ABOUT ME • It’s better to be single, anyway
THE POLITICS OF DRIVING • ‘In the ’80s, it was the politics of dancing. In the ’90s, the politics of caring. Today, in bailout nation, we have the politics of driving.’ — That’s a great lead … and an interesting story.
POLISH SOLIDARITY AND IRAN • What can the administration learn from the movement of the 1980s?
2+2=GOVERNMENT • Ramirez hits another home run. What language is it that Austrians speak, again? Oh, yeah, Government.
FIRST CITY TO LOSE ITS DAILY NEWSPAPER • Ann Arbor, Mich. The town’s only daily, The Ann Arbor News, will close in July. Sad.
CHANCES ARE YOU DON’T NEED SOME WIMPY SUPPORT GROUP • Damn, dirty hippies.
FIRST, GET A LOT OF MONEY. SECOND, GET A LOT OF FRIENDS WITH A LOT OF MONEY • Landing a recession-proof job in the Obama administration (draining the swamp: to the victor goes the spoils!).
THE 500-POUND GORILLA IN THE ROOM • And what about Social Security, too?
ABOUT THOSE UNINSURED NUMBERS • Seems obvious, but they’re pretty much bogus (now I need to go text my friend and smoke a cigarette).
IN CASE OF FIRE • Awaken sleeping employees slowly to prevent nervous shock and leave as fast as you do at closing time.
NEWEST VACATION SPOT: AFGHANISTAN? • Country names its first national park … sure looks peaceful.