Posts Tagged ‘america’

Convict Sues Hostages for Not Hiding Him

Man in Handcuffs

In Kansas, a convicted kidnapper decided he was going to countersue a Kansas couple that he held hostage while on the run in September 2009. I feel only in America is something like this possible, I mean where else do you hear of someone kidnapping a couple and then after being caught by police, turning [...]

It’s great to be American because only in America …

Only in America do people order double cheese burgers with bacon, large fries, and a diet coke. Only in America do we have drive-up ATM machines with Braille lettering. Only in America do drugstores make the sick walk all the way to the back of the store to get their prescriptions while healthy people can [...]

Bottled Water, the next big killer?

Most Americans make regular purchases of bottled water, making it a $9.2 billion dollar market annually. The FDA has some broad regulations for bottled water, and has established an allowable level of contaminants, including chemical, physical, microbial and radiological. Bottled water is also one of the few foods that the FDA has very little regulation for standard of [...]

The Drinking Age, 21 – an Unjustifiable Burden?

In Europe the legal drinking age is 16, most of the world has the legal drinking age set at 18 with the exceptions of a few countries, like Japan and Iceland, where the age is 20, and South Korea at age 19, the US has the highest drinking age in the world, set at 21 years old. There [...]

Kevorkian – Devil or Saint?

Dr. Jack Kevorkian, now 79, was released from prison today, June 1, 2007, after an eight year sentence. This poor senior citizen, because of his compassion for people, and his willingness to help the suffering was locked up. It is unfortunate that our legal system finds it necessary to punish such a display of sympathy. [...]

Miss USA falls during evening gown portion of Miss Universe

Mexico City, Mexico – Miss USA, Rachel Smith fell flat on her ass during the evening gown portion of the Miss Universe pageant but quickly recovered and went on to become a top five finalist. Throughout the rest of the competition Miss USA was booed vehemontly by the audience. 

Internet Searchers Can’t Spell Common Searches! Serch? Intrnet? Idoit?

According to a Yahoo! article, we are a nation of horrible spellers, we can’t even spell the biggest retailer in this country correctly… Check out this list of common typo’s in the search engines.