The Finite Times

(FiniteTimes.com) - The quest for good PR can sometimes produce some unusual bedfellows, a point borne out this week with the announcement that tennis great Serena Williams and South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson would be launching an initiative to help angry famous people get counseling.

“The Icon Rage Management Alliance (IRMA) will help those in the spotlight with some of the unique anger issues that they, we, face,” Wilson said at a press conference announcing the joint venture. Continue Reading »

WASHINGTON (CAP) - Eager to recapture the edge in its ongoing battle with the administration over health care reform, congressional Republicans have unveiled their own version of the so-called public option that they claim will save money and provide instant relief to millions of uninsured Americans.

“We call it Let Us Help Us, and we think it will revolutionize the way we seek health care in this country,” Sen. Kit Bond (R-MO), one of the initiative’s authors, told reports at a press conference today. “It embraces the essence of the free market system, without the oppressive hand of government regulation. No socialism! And the beauty is: anyone can be a part of it. Anyone can submit an ailment to be bid on.”

Let Us Help Us (LUHU) would create a healthcare auction house, where everything from simple dental procedures and mental health counseling to organ transplantation could be submitted and bid on. A person looking to have their gall bladder removed, say, could fill out an online form and have any number of bids to sift through within a matter of minutes.

“It’s like eBay for sick folks. This is a real neighbor helping neighbor system we’ve developed, and it could be a real boon to veterinarians, butchers and other professionals looking to make a few bucks on the side,” said Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), another LUHU sponsor.

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