The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council recently banned the Dire Straits’ hit song Money for Nothing from the Canadian airwaves. Amusingly, this was not because the song’s title so aptly described the failed Canadian welfare state, but because of one line in the song which the government felt was offensive to homosexual men. In the song, [...]
The Small Arms Survey estimates that there are 270 million privately owned firearms in the United States, which equals approximately .9 firearms for every American. To my mind, that’s a good start. That number represents a large percentage of the approximately 650 million firearms in private hands across the globe. This is why Americans enjoy [...]
These jokes about the current economy recently showed up in my Inbox. As bad as the economy is getting, laughter at least is still free. The economy is so bad that I got a pre-declined credit card in the mail. The economy is so bad that when I ordered a burger at McDonald’s, the kid [...]
MSNBC suspended Keith Olbermann indefinitely and without pay. This is effectively the same as firing Keith, but keeping the door open for an easy re-hire if the ratings suffer as a result of the change. The mainstream media is more about ratings than morals. Chris Hays is currently replacing Olbermann; if his ratings are good [...]
Winston Churchill was arguably the greatest Briton to ever live, and, as his mother was American, we might also consider him a great American. Churchill fought in the Boer War, in India, and in WWI. He is most well known, however, for leading Great Britain through WWII as Prime Minister. In addition to his military [...]
Americans have significant difficulties understanding why people in the middle east have such great difficulty living together in peace. The answer is very clear, but not easy for Americans to accept. Al Qaeda publishes an English language called Inspire which is designed to attract recruits from Western nations to it’s cause. In the most recent [...]
