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...know Republicans are running the country when you see the new express lanes for first-class customers at airport security. They're cropping up all over. The other day I was in the regular 59¢ non-express line of middle-class peasants waiting to be scanned, and a few of the ruling elite came sashaying along the other side of the rope to the head of our line--it was line jumping, government sanctioned--and two hefty gentlemen with helmet hair and dangly cell phones butted in front of me as if by divine right and dumped their bags...
...boot up his laptop, he said, "Boot it up yourself," and tossed in a common vulgarity. And then he was asked to come and sit in a blue chair and wait. He plopped down, all fussed up, steam coming out of his ears, and you could see that an express lane wasn't enough for him--he needed a Learjet, and right away...
...summoning up your best judgment on behalf of the law, and to do the work with that slice-of-St.-Paul bunch of moms and retirees and folks from Cubicleville was a revelation. If I were the accused, I'd want that jury and not one chosen from the express lane of life. You don't want your fate decided by people who go for the quick and easy...
Having PWC helped IBM win exclusive negotiating rights for a $5 billion deal with J.P. Morgan Chase this month. HP did not bid for that job, and in February neither HP nor Compaq was able to beat IBM for a $4 billion contract with American Express. Says Doug Elix, chief of IBM Global Services: "HP reminds us of where we were 10 years ago when we were building our services and got into outsourcing. It takes a long time to build services that have the breadth ours do." As evidence that it can tackle IBM in large outsourcing jobs...
...behalf of overweight New Yorkers who say McDonald's food made them fat. And scoff folks did--on chat shows, in the papers, even overseas. "Perhaps they should also take out a lawsuit against staff for saying 'Have a nice day' when the weather is bad," sniffed London's Express...