"My fellow Americans....I feel your pain."

Henry C.K. Liu hliu at mindspring.com
Wed Dec 2 07:37:25 PST 1998


Please educate us foreigners. What are the political consequences?

Henry C.K. Liu

Brad De Long wrote:


> >from the 1999 Guinness Book of World Records p109.
> > MOST EXPENSIVE HAIRCUT
> >In 1993, President Bill Clinton went under the scissors of Monsieur
> >Christophe, a top Beverly Hills stylist, while sitting aboard Air Force
> >One on the Tarmac at Los Angeles Airport. The full cost of his "runway
> >trim" taking into account delays to other aircraft, was estimated at
> >more than $83,000.
>
> Except that there were no delays to other aircraft...
>
> A nice urban legend, but *think* about its political consequences as you
> spread it.
>
> Brad Delong



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