Rants
No Credit Card Numbers For Trials
I’m getting a little tired of websites with subscription services wanting my credit card number for a free trial. The scam here (yes, I know many reputable sites do this but it’s still a scam) is that they will take your credit card number and at the end of the trial they will automatically start […]
Illegal Immigration Is Called Illegal For A Reason
Illegal immigrants nationwide protested yesterday that they should be granted citizenship. I feel bad for those who have come here to better their lives and give their families a better life. But what they are saying is “I know we broke your laws to get into the country but we demand you change your laws […]
Should Imus Be Fired?
A lot has been made about Don Imus’s insensitive comments about the Rutgers womens basketball team. On his morning radio show last week Imus referred to the players as “Nappy headed hoes”. Over the last couple of days Imus has lost many sponsors and his television simulcast deal with MSNBC. Many groups are calling for […]
Yates Re-Trial Begins
Here’s something that caught my eye this morning. The re-trial of Andrea Yates will start this morning 2 days after her ex-husband, Russel, got re-married. You remember Andrea Yates. She’s the woman who drowned her 5 children in 2001. She was suffering from post partum depression and is using that as the basis for an […]
Small Straws
Remember when you could buy a small bottle of something to drink at the corner store and the straw they would give you with it was actually long enough for you to be able to use it to drink the whole thing? Then they changed the standard bottle capacity from 16 fl. oz to 20. […]