Let's play a little Carnac. For those under 30 years old, Carnac is a character created by the late Tonight Show host Johnny Carson who would hold a sealed envelope to his head, devine the answer for the crowd, and then open the envelope to reveal the punchline question. So let's play Carnac.
"Unions, HOAs, and Rotary Phones" is the answer. The question is...rip..."Name three things that have outlived their usefulness." In a world of employee abuse by big business, people needed protection and formed unions to protect themselves, first physically and then to protect their interests. Now unions have unwarranted amounts of political clout, protect employees often to the detriment of the working base and the long term health of the company (which means it may not be around to employ anyone).
HOAs - Homeowner Associations (shouldn't that be a HA! not an HOA?) were formed to make sure that your neighbor didn't leave his dilapidated Jeep up on blocks in front his his yard because it might make your prize rose bushes look bad. Now, they do silly things like this:
http://beta.news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/homeowners-association-tells-veteran-remove-flagpole-154326848.html
Silly, American, trying to fly the US flag in front of his house on - of all things - a flag pole.
And rotary phones, well, at least they are fun for "when I was a kid" stories.
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