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...assumptions behind the Congressional hounding of AIG must be based on the premise that attacking a problem which happened in the past is better than simply ensuring, as best the government can, that it will not happen in the future. People will make money for things that they did not do from now until the end of time. And, suckers who actually accomplish something will often get nothing. Christopher Columbus died in relative affluence, claiming to have discovered what would become known as America. The first non-natives to actually set foot in the New World were Vikings, and they...
...anyone who will listen, but everyone seems to be drinking beer and wine. Just what he doesn’t need! The irony! We soon learn that Eddie wasn’t exactly the most pleasant person that night, as he sends out a mass apology text saying whatever happened “will NEVER happen again.” What could this amiable character possibly have done to anger all his friends? Did he bite someone’s face, leaving that gaping hole in his teeth? Did he ditch his colorfully-scarved yuppie friends for the strange Clockwork...
...study stated that people often misjudge their reactions because they tend to imagine features of a situation that are sure to happen, but not those that are simply likely to happen...
...last day of work on The West Wing, he conveyed to me the courtesy that's common in that situation: "I'd love to work with you again," he said. I replied, "I'd love that too." And, of course, I meant it. It won't happen now, after Ron lost his long battle with cancer--one of the few battles he ever lost. And television, the movies and the theater all have one less great and generous actor...
...haven’t given up hope they can launch Gen Ed with a bang,” Simmons said. “I haven’t given up hope. It’s a slightly dimmer hope, but I think it can still happen...