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The Irony Of It All
Brad Hollerbach

A Couple Big Idea-ERS About Health Care Reform

Posted Friday, October 30, 2009, at 12:00 AM

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  • I will finally make a decision and take a stance on the health care debate: I will side with Newt Gingrich... why? Who needs to be informed with facts, I'll just go with him because he has a cooler name.

    As far as the Wal-Mart greeter for every aisle, I really like the idea, especially if they can serve as an 'aisle-enforcer' and move people along. It always annoys me to have a wall of people blocking the aisle who don't know what they want and spend 5 minutes trying to decide between Chewy or regular Chips-Ahoy, or looking through all of the salad dressing to save 2 cents.

    -- Posted by almighty on Fri, Oct 30, 2009, at 8:32 AM
  • If your Wal-Mart idea ever comes to fruition, I have a feeling the number of senior citizens killed or seriously injured by shopping carts will rise exponentially. I mean, which do you think poses less of a threat: Watching "The Price is Right" or saying hi to a 300-pound man stocking up on frozen White Castle burgers?

    -- Posted by Sam DeReign on Fri, Oct 30, 2009, at 8:40 AM
  • My pet peeve are the family reunions that are held at Wal-Mart on the weekends. I'm pretty sure those are a key component of my own personal version of Hell.

    I do like the Aisle Enforcer idea. Here's a thought. Let's give the Seniors tasers to help facilitate the clearing of any aisle blockages.

    Even gives us a catchy acronym - Seniors With Tasers or SWAT. I think that would also minimize Sam's concern about the seniors getting injured. Do you really think that a 300-pound man is going to mess with Grandma if he knows she's packing 50,000 volts? I don't think so.

    As far as pets are concerned I don't think they should be exempt either especially considering the high cost of their own health care. If a dog can pull a cart, then so be it. I wonder if they make pet-friendly Endust? Our cat is extremely furry and could double as a dust-mop.

    Thanks for reading.

    -- Posted by Brad_Hollerbach on Fri, Oct 30, 2009, at 9:03 AM
  • It should be "IDEE". Let's so it the Southern way. I am underwhelmed by New England anything.

    -- Posted by voyager on Fri, Oct 30, 2009, at 5:23 PM
  • Since Willie's went out of business, torts just ain't what they used to be.

    -- Posted by IonU on Sun, Nov 1, 2009, at 8:22 PM
  • I was at this prestigious event and you nailed it. Actually, I have my own story to tell about this event, but the university is monitoring this blog so do not want to put strain on an already strained organization.....HA!

    Really, you are hilarious and I laughed till I nearly......

    -- Posted by Class Act on Thu, Nov 19, 2009, at 10:10 PM