George: What took you so long, dear? Trouble at the doctor's office?
Martha: Oh, no, honey, everything went fine. I had another great checkup, thanks to private health insurance! Can you imagine what a nightmare our health system would be like if that Obama guy had gotten his way back in 2009? Death panels! Socialism!
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George: What took you so long, dear? Trouble at the doctor's office?
Martha: Oh, no, honey, everything went fine. I had another great checkup, thanks to private health insurance! Can you imagine what a nightmare our health system would be like if that Obama guy had gotten his way back in 2009? Death panels! Socialism!
George: I know. Whatever were they thinking?!
Martha: There's nothing I'd rather entrust my health to than the free market!
George: So, then, what took you so long getting home?
Martha: Well, I figured while I was out I'd mail that card for Sarah's birthday -- can't believe she's already seven! So I was heading out to Bed, Bath, and Post Office over on Hudson, when I remembered that McMail still had those Happy Meal Combos with the holographic Disney stamps. And seeing how Sarah likes Disney so much, I decided to use their stamps, even though they're all the way over by the old commie USPS facility in Graniteville.
George: Doesn't McMail take longer to deliver mail than Bed, Bath and Post Office? The card won't arrive late, will it?
Martha: Not if you supersize the combo. Anyway, so I'm heading down Hudson towards the Microsoft Bridge when I realized that I left my Microsoft Fare Transponder in the van from last Sunday.
George: Oh, no! And if you don't have their transponder, they only take cash!
Martha: And I only had AppleBucks on me -- and you remember the last time we tried to use Apple's currency at the Microsoft Bridge -- what a mess that was!
George: Oh, yeah, they made us drive in the compatibility lane, and that took forever.
Martha: So I pulled over at the grocery store to get some cash from the ATM, but of course, they only had Krogerrands, and the exchange rate isn't all that good.
George: I'll confess, I do kind of think privatizing currency was going too far.
Martha: Oh, hush with that nonsense! Next thing I know, you'll be wanting to go back to the days of free schools, free parks, free daylight, free air, free libraries, and free voting. Back when everything was handed to us, and you never had to earn anything.
George: You're right, honey. I just get nostalgic sometime.