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Franken's fictional platform is based on asingle issue: "lowering ATM fees." When the Y2Kbug affects only ATM machines, he defeats VicePresident Al Gore '69 for the Democraticnomination and former Speaker of the House NewtGingrich (R-Ga.) in the general election, makingFranken the first Jewish president...
...wallet contained her ATM card, cash, Harvard I.D. and state driver's license...
...line up to make all sorts of exchanges nowadays--financial, even personal. At the ATM. At the drive-through. We line up in voice-mail and e-mail inboxes, waiting for our turn to be answered. And our frustration with this must be unhealthy, as we clench our fists when the driver in front of us waits five seconds before moving at a newly green traffic light, or as we wring our hands when someone (heaven forbid) has checked their inbox but has not responded to our messages. We have become so paranoid about physical space that we screen calls...
...results are certainly funny. The book's 289 pages chronicle Franken's fictitious run for the democratic presidential nomination in 2000. He hires Norm Ornstein (fellow at the American Enterprise Institute), Dick Morris (political consultant) and Dan Haggerty (Grizzly Adams) to build a highly successful campaign around eliminating ATM fees. Perhaps he's mocking the American voter, or the election system, or even himself. Whatever his point, doggonit, it's sharper than making fun of 12-step gurus...
...Harvard cards are much more resistant to erasure than ATM cards," Wamback says. "The only time we've heard of an erasure was in an MRI. Any card can be worn out, but that too is a very unusual because the annual expiration and replacement schedule for all cards minimizes any negative impact on convenience. Failure rates are therefore extremely...