Sunday, January 3, 2010

Dave Berry Review 2009

If you want a good chuckle, read Dave Berry's review of the year that was. Here's my favourite bit:
It was also a year of Change, especially in Washington, where the tired old hacks of yesteryear finally yielded the reins of power to a group of fresh, young, idealistic, new-idea outsiders such as Nancy Pelosi. As a result, Washington, rejecting "business as usual," finally stopped trying to solve every problem by throwing billions of taxpayer dollars at it, and instead started trying to solve every problem by throwing trillions of taxpayer dollars at it.
He also does some very funny good news/bad news comparisons:
Bad news: Ominous problems loomed abroad as -- among other difficulties -- the Afghanistan war went sour, and Iran threatened to plunge the Middle East and beyond into nuclear war.

Good news: They finally got Roman Polanski.
He goes on to give a detailed summary of the year month-by-month. Pretty funny stuff.

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