posted September 02, 2005 10:40 AM         

Only in America.....do drugstores make the sick walk all the way to the back of the store to get their prescriptions while healthy peopl e can buy cigarettes at the front.

Only in America......do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries, and a diet coke. !

Only in America......do banks leave both doors open and then chain the pens to the counters.

Only in America......do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars in the driveway and put our useless junk in the garage.

Only in America......do we buy hot dogs in packages of ten and buns in packages of eight.

Only in America......do we use the word 'politics' to describe the process so well: 'Poli' in Latin meaning 'many' and 't ics' meaning 'bloodsucking creatures'.

Only in America......do they have drive-up ATM machines with Braille lettering.

EVER WONDER ...

Why the sun lightens our hair, but darkens our skin?

Why women can't put on mascara with their mouth closed? !

Why don't you ever see the headline "Psychic Wins Lottery"?

Why is "abbreviated" such a long word?

Why is it that doctors call what they do "practice"?

Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor, and dishwashing liquid made with real lemons?

Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?

Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called rush hour? < /P>

Why isn't there mouse-flavored cat food?

Why didn't Noah swat those two mosquitoes?

Why do they sterilize the needle for lethal injections?

You know that indestructible black box that is used on airplanes? Why don't they make the whole plane out of that stuff?!

Why don't sheep shrink when it rains?

Why are they called apartments when they are all stuck together?

If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of progress?

If flying is so safe, why do they call the airport the terminal?

posted September 02, 2005 11:04 AM         

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Why women can't put on mascara with their mouth closed?!

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And this:

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Why is it that doctors call what they do "practice"?

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If only doctors would keep that one in mind, they would "practice" with more humility...

Also, on a darker note:

Only in America... is the government too incompetent to act swiftly and effectively in time of national disaster, making footage of New Orleans look in the eyes of the whole world like this is a Third-World Country we are living in, and not the richest nation on earth.

posted September 06, 2005 03:43 AM         

I was really laughing...
............Until I read Loggerhead.

posted September 06, 2005 08:19 AM         

So played out already.

posted September 06, 2005 08:20 AM         

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After watching the Tsunami respons, the USA delayed reaction to its own people is puzzling many of us non-Yanks.

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The government you mean.

posted September 07, 2005 01:23 PM         

Compassion and love are the hard parts.

Change your perspective, and you change the world.

posted September 07, 2005 04:02 PM         

Oh well. Shut your mouth then.

posted September 08, 2005 10:24 AM         

But, looking at Iraq and such places, that does seem to be the Yankie way.

posted September 08, 2005 04:33 PM         

Remember the scence where he wakes up (after eloping with 'Judith') and open the shutters to greet the day in full glory....only to find a crowd has gathered outside....

He trys to explain....("blah blah blah"):-

"you are all INDIVIDUALS"

"yes, we are all individuals!"

etc, etc.........

just more waffle for you to contemplate

posted September 08, 2005 07:19 PM         

The slow Federal response to the hurricane damage was because the states had to ask for help first. States' rights do still exist in some form. Even before the storm, President Bush tried to tell people to evacuate and he got slapped for it. If you watched the news closely enough you would have seen Federal response occurring in Alabama and Mississippi well before Louisiana (not just New Orleans).That's because those states called for help before Louisiana did.

It's a tragedy and horror what has happened in the Delta land. Blaming the government for someone else's mistake is not going to fix that.

Much love to y'all.

posted September 08, 2005 08:22 PM         

My problem obviously. Unless you'd like to get slapped also. And unless you live here you have no right to talk about how people are here. People here just don't like taking crap from anyone. Oh well.

And like I said before I feel it's the govt's fault. This govt is a piece of crap.

Scientists have been warning us for years about how New Orleans was below sea level and how somethihng like this would one day happen.

The government should of not have allowed anyone to live there in the first place.

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Gemini sun, Cancer rising, mercury in Gemini, moon in Taurus *29, venus in Taurus, mars in Libra

"You must live in the infinite blackness that exists when I close my eyes. I see you when I fall asleep, I see you when I dream."

posted September 08, 2005 09:01 PM         

Thanks for sharing that!!!

That movie says alot doesn't it???

posted September 08, 2005 09:58 PM         

FEMA has nothing to do with States and their permissions.

Did you not see when CNN juxtaposed our government official saying "We had no idea it was going to be so bad!" with the weather channel warning "This is going to be the worst hurricane ever?" (I'm paraphrasing, but the essence is accurate.)

Did you not see when CNN juxtaposed our government official saying "We just can't get in there!" with celebrities like Harry Connick Jr. and Sean Penn, who obviously got in there? And it was this sort of news that spurred the government to get in there.

Our government should feel horrible shame for their response to this tragedy.

I'm not fond of "yanks" either, Mystic Gemini, especially when used as a slur.

posted September 09, 2005 07:35 PM         

I love you, hon!! Anytime someone says anything that could remotely be read as support for the president and his administration you react like a rabid chihuahua. You're great. Thanks for the chuckle.

Much love to y'all!

LLL