It was a year of Hope -- at first in the sense of ``I feel hopeful!'' and later in the sense of ``I hope this year ends soon!''
It was also a year of Change, especially in Washington, where the tired old hacks of yesteryear finally yielded the reins of power to a group of fresh, young, idealistic, new-idea outsiders such as Nancy Pelosi. As a result Washington, rejecting ``business as usual,'' finally stopped trying to solve every problem by throwing billions of taxpayer dollars at it and instead started trying to solve every problem by throwing trillions of taxpayer dollars at it.
To be sure, it was a year that saw plenty of bad news. But in almost every instance, there was offsetting good news:
My comment: Happy New Year - 'Hope'fully it can't get worse.
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"... finally stopped trying to solve every problem by throwing billions of taxpayer dollars at it and instead started trying to solve every problem by throwing trillions of taxpayer dollars at it."
Great line!
-- Posted by gurusmom on Mon, Dec 28, 2009, at 6:33 PM
That kind of humor has to have some aspect of, if not beleivable at least imaginable basis to be funny. The script goes beyond by brushing up against some truths. Very funny it is!
-- Posted by Old John on Mon, Dec 28, 2009, at 8:30 PM
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I miss Dave Barry. And someone just mentioned Will Rogers. Well, we got Jon Stewart...
It looks like 'late night' is waking up somewhat - essentially following the lead of American citizens, er - their sponsor's customers...
Read this and enjoy - and remember how we use to do it:
http://www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/dave-barry/v-print/story/1397654.ht...
Dave Barry writes:
It was a year of Hope -- at first in the sense of ``I feel hopeful!'' and later in the sense of ``I hope this year ends soon!''
It was also a year of Change, especially in Washington, where the tired old hacks of yesteryear finally yielded the reins of power to a group of fresh, young, idealistic, new-idea outsiders such as Nancy Pelosi. As a result Washington, rejecting ``business as usual,'' finally stopped trying to solve every problem by throwing billions of taxpayer dollars at it and instead started trying to solve every problem by throwing trillions of taxpayer dollars at it.
To be sure, it was a year that saw plenty of bad news. But in almost every instance, there was offsetting good news:
My comment: Happy New Year - 'Hope'fully it can't get worse.
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