September, 2009 archive
In Onion Veritas 0
Read the whole thing:
While family members refused to look at Haige’s insurance plan as a death sentence, it soon became clear that their loved one was facing the biggest fight of his life. Countless visits to doctors, claims adjusters, and loan officers proved futile, with Haige being told at every turn that his case was hopeless.
“They said there was nothing they could do for him, that modern medicine was powerless against this monster,” Sheila Haige said. “Still, Michael never gave up. He kept saying that he was going to beat the odds, that he was going to find some way to get coverage.”
Rationing 0
Health care rationing.
It’s already being planned in the Sanfordized State, folks.
We just don’t want to call it what it is.
The Peter Principle 0
I said at the time that the best thing about Tom Ridge’s being named Secretary of Homeland Security was that it got him out of Pennsylvania.
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My Grandmother Was from South Carolina 0
She would be mortified.
Twits on Twitter 0
You can now study Twitter and similar stuff in college, at least at DePaul:
Confusing medium and message.
Oh Noes! 0
The same kids who used to make their beds without a fight, follow the rules and delight their parents with their generally sunny personalities somehow morph into moody, unmotivated youth who seem to delight in frustrating their loved ones and testing the limits of every rule.
It’s all in their heads. Read the article to see why.
Brendan Writes a Column 0
Read it here.
When Zombie Banks Walked the Earth 0
Joseph DiStephano discusses the walking dead.
I’m Just Sorry I Won’t Be Registered To Vote in Virginia in Time To Vote against This Clown 2
Republican nominee for governor, Bob McDonnell.
Swamp Gas 0
Normally, I wouldn’t pay attention to something like an internecine blog war between an anonymous-author-turned-reporter and a Constitutional-lawyer-turned-blogger, but comment number 26 is an absolute hoot.
Afterthought: Greenwald’s response here.
Addendum after Reading All the Comments:
The latest line is Greenwald by two touchdowns and a safety.
Addendum-dee-dum-dum:
It is rather curious how political reporters tend to characterize bloggers as anonymous, even when they are not and may, like Geenwald, never have been anonymous.
Twits on Twitter 0
Twitter passes My Space in the UKofGBandNI.
In Absentia 0
In New Brunswick, N. J.:
And that’s only the first page of the book the judge threw.
Great Moments in Marketing 3
My brother recently signed up for Verizon FiOS. Apparently his service from Comcast was not so good as mine, which has been pretty much rock-solid for over five years (broadband) and I can’t remember how long (cable TV).
When he signed up, he asked if that meant that “Jane from Verizon,” their robovoice, would no longer call him. He was told that it did. I must delete over a dozen calls from “Jane from Verizon” from my answering machine every week.
Verizon’s marketing model revealed:
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Have “Jane from Verizon” harass you with so many telemarketing calls you finally give in Just To Make Her Go Away.
And Now for Something Completely Different 0
After Glen Miller, my father’s favorite band. Benny Goodman was too hot for him.
One of the Glories of this Country . . . 0
. . . is that any fool who can find a lawyer who takes contingency fees can sue anybody for anything.
Doesn’t mean they’ll win, but usually they are hoping for a settlement, since, because lawyers a paid by the hour, settlements are often cheaper than trials.
Then, again, in this case, the plaintiff may be hoping for a gig on The View, where vapid persons go to seem erudite.
