[lbo-talk] Carl Remick's "Sticking it to the Man" post

[B.]

This is a post I of Carl's I forwarded around to a lot
of people, with Carl's intro intact, of course ---
which is what made it so funny. - B.

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"Sticking it to the Man"

[It seems that the US is not the land of the
pusillanimous after all. Sure, Americans are willing
to put up with illegal wars, gutted social programs, a
rotting economy and regressive taxation, but there
*is* a limit to the amount of shit they will eat! Get
a load of the bold, subversive action described here.]

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/15/nyregion/15annoyances.html?hp&ex=1110949200&en=ab556b8a5ce099dc&ei=5094&partner=homepage

March 15, 2005 
A Few Tips to Cope With Life's Annoyances 
By IAN URBINA

 
When Seth Shepsle goes to Starbucks, he orders a
"medium" because "grande" - as the coffee company
calls the size, the one between big and small - annoys
him. 

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When subscription cards fall from magazines Andrew
Kirk is reading, he stacks them in a pile at the
corner of his desk. At the end of each month, he puts
them in the mail but leaves them blank so that the
advertiser is forced to pay the business reply postage
without gaining a new subscriber. 

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