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2008 is at an end, and while the editorial pages of The New York Times and Detroit News spend the final days of December focusing on ways to further burden taxpayers and foment interstate hostility, the Washington Post Magazine has, thankfully, handed several pages over to Dave Barry, who, as usual, makes the events of the past year seem funny. This includes car-related stuff like the Detroit bailout proceedings, which at times seemed so farcical that one could have confused them for satire. Fortunately, Barry knows exactly how to handle that sort of thing, and does so much in the same way David Ortiz handles a hanging curveball with runners in scoring position. Hilarity ensues on many fronts, except maybe inside the executive boardrooms of GM and Chrysler, the latter of which earns mention in Dave's June summary, which includes the nugget, "In economic news, Chrysler announces a plan to lay off workers who have not been born yet." This year-end recap is best appreciated as a whole, however, so if you're in a mood to lighten things up this afternoon, head over to the WaPo and read the whole thing.

[Source: The Washington Post]Dave Barry sums up 2008, Detroit 3 included originally appeared on Autoblog on Sun, 28 Dec 2008 04:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.


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