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House Hunters

A show on the HGTV cable network that features a person or couple—usually wealthy or upper middle class—looking for a home that is often overpriced and too big for its own good. In my opinion the show promotes materialism, entitlement, greed and waste; and entices the viewer to keep up with the Joneses. What’s really funny is watching a couple wanting to buy another home just because they don’t like the floor plan of their current home or the color of the floors and carpet, or watching a young twenty-something couple buying a $300,000 home as their first place after getting married.

House Hunters typifies waste, entitlement and materialism in America, and is produced to entice you into keeping up with the Joneses. I wonder how many homes on the show have been foreclosed? Just a thought.

by [e-mail] March 31, 2009

cold war

a period of rivalry that included a nuclear arms race between the West and Communist countries—primarily between the US and the former USSR—over global primacy. It began just after WWII and lasted until the fall of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s when the USSR dissolved. It left the USSR bankrupt, and the fall of the communists dissolved the USSR into separate countries now known as the Commonwealth of Independent States. The US then became the soul superpower in the world. During the cold war, the Soviets sent the first person into outer space, but it was the US that landed on the moon. The cold war led to the Red Scare, a fear of Communism in America by which people would build bomb shelters in case the Soviet Union attacked. In the 1960s, the USSR and the US nearly went to war over the Cuban Missle Crisis. In the 1980s President Ronald Reagan called the Soviet Union an “evil empire” and boldly demanded that they tear down the Berlin Wall.

The Cold War was basically of "war of wrods" between the US and the Societs for 5 decades.

by [e-mail] October 10, 2008

freeloader

A worthless, lazy, opportunist bumb who takes advantage of people and thinks they should get everything on a silver platter without earning it. If he has a girlfriend, he probably sits at home all day without a job and mooches money and things off her with the excuse, “I’ll pay you back later, baby, when things improve.” She keeps giving him more money because she is nieve, has low self-esteem and too spineless to stand up to him and kick him out. On the other hand, if the freeloader is a female she is probably a spoiled, stuck-up b***h who lives at home and gets money from mommy and daddy while sitting on the can all day eating Bon Bons and watching soaps.

Being a freeloader is learned behavior because people keep giving them things without saying no.

by [e-mail] March 19, 2008

phoenix

The only thing good about this place is that I met my fiance there and that's it. The place has no culture whatsoever and WILL never be compared to San Fran, NY, LA, Chicago or Philly. There is no greenspace and golf courses don't count. No mass transit. No skyscrapers. No geography at all. No water. No shoreline. NO lakes. No rivers. Nothing. Unbearable heat for 6 months at a time. And severe air pollution. The place may be growing fast but sucks nonetheless. It's just horrible and is nothing but a giant suburb.

The only good thing about Phoenix is that my fiance is there.

by [e-mail] October 10, 2007

Columbus, Ohio

The state capital of Ohio, and the 15th largest single city in the US, with about 730,000 people in a metro area of about 1.8 million. It has a low profile, due to its general lack of pro sports teams (except the NHL's Columbus Blue Jackets) and not many people outside Ohio and the Midwest know much about it, but is more known for OSU Football. The city loves to beat up on the UM Wolverines. Columbus is a major college town (OSU is the 2nd largest university by student body in the US) and is actually a nice city, with good jobs by Midwest standards and plenty of places for young people to hang out. Although Columbus is not necessarily a "big" city or a major US City, it is in the same tier of its peer cities like St. Louis, Kansas City, Louisville, Cincinnati and Indianapolis, with which it is probably most similar.

Columbus, Ohio is a major college town and a good place to live in general.

by [e-mail] August 17, 2008

Indianapolis

1. the Indiana State Capital
2. largest city in Indiana and 12th largest in the U.S.
3. old North Meridian Street
4. Broad Ripple
5. Fountain Square
6. Monument Circle
7. the Colts
8. the Pacers
9. basketball crazy
10. the Indy 500
11. White River State Park
12. St. Elmo's Steak House
13. suburban soccer moms who drive SUVs

Indianapolis is not really a "large" city in the traditional sense but is rather, a large, Midwest town with a comfortable quality of life.

by [e-mail] October 15, 2007

Government

A necessary evil. What America needs less of. A group of blood-thirsty vampires with an unquenchable thirst for more power. It was originally established to create a judicial system, to collect taxes and declare war, but has grossly over stepped its bounds. The GOV in America is not for the citizens anymore. It is not run by the lawmakers themselves but by lobbyists and special interest. The GOV has gotten so big that it wants to control what you do in your bedroom, what you do with your body, has invaded your home, has invaded your car, has even invaded professional sports. It wants to control EVERY aspect of your life. It is filled with corporate fatcats and lobbysists who give money to Congress for their special interest. It doesnt protect the little guy and the citizens anymore, but only looks out for its rich friends. The GOV cares more about pork (not the Presidential intern type) than it does about solving real issues.

The government sucks and is useless, filled with old, rich, white guys with little minds and even littler monkeys.

by [e-mail] February 2, 2008