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Thursday, June 30, 2005
Book of the Day Reveals the individual keys to becoming an outstanding manager and a great leader and to achieving personal career success. . Reason's Weekly Dispatch By Jeff A. Taylor and the Reason staff In this issue: 1. Supremely Disappointed 2. Operation Aid and Comfort to the Enemy 3. Trimming the Hedge Funds 4. Quick Hits 5. New at Reason Online - Don't Stop Grokkin' 6. News and Events . Sale Ends at Midnight The Mises Store is offering a closeout price on Rothbard's massive treatise Man, Economy, and State, fully 1000 pages of clear exposition of Austrian School theory for $10, plus S&H. This price lasts until tonight at midnight. . I know you will enjoy this... (From Mal, our correspondent on the Left Coast.) http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/ksgnews/Features/opeds/062305_abdrabboh.htm and... http://www.nationalreview.com/goldberg/goldberg200506280755.asp . Iran's Terrorist President Andrew Longman has an interesting take on Iran's new president: http://www.illinoisleader.com/news/newsview.asp?c=26918 A little over the top, but still interesting. . Nude Police Calendar (From Gene, our correspondent in Washington Heights.) The all nude police officer calendar for 2005 comes in an all-male and an all-female version. All pics show full frontal nudity, for both female and males. Just click on the menu to select which one you want to view. They are available for sale on the site -- the calendars, not the officers. Click on the site below to view all 12 (24) totally nude police officers. http://www.richstevens.com/NAKED.swf . A Web Site of Interest (From Dan, our correspondent in the Commonwealth of Taxachusetts) http://www.policeny.com/home.html . Tuesday, June 28, 2005
Book of the Day An entertaining anthology featuring the work of seventy distinguished literary humorists features the whimsical essays and witty thoughts of drive-in movie critic Joe Bob Briggs, Daniel Radosh's Powerpoint Anthology of Literature, and works by Roy Blount Jr., Henry Alford, P. J. O'Rourke, Phil Austin, and Tom Gliatto, as well as a food section, zany tributes, a timely newscrawl, and other features. . How to Have Fun While doing Good Captain Ed suggest a way to have fun while doing good for the Republic. See Here... When the project is finished I plan to spend a week and one thousand dollars. . Sunday, June 26, 2005
Book of the Day One of the nation's most controversial journalists and humorists offers another hard-hitting survey of the foibles of American foreign policy, recounting his experiences among consumers in Kuwait, in security obsessed airports around the globe, and in Kosovo, where "NATO tried to start World War III without hurting anyone." . THE LEFT COAST REPORT A Political Look at Hollywood By James Hirsen A NewsMax Report Headlines (Click here for complete stories): 1. Brit Media Offer Tom Cruise a Squirt Apology 2. Robert Redford's Deep Throat Thoughts 3. Runaway Bride Makes Crime Pay 4. Porn PlayStation? 5. PETA's Felonious Follies . A Letter From Ken Mehlman RNC Chairman Democrats' Wild Rhetoric Dear Patrick, Yesterday's era of Democrats like Franklin Delano Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy brought real ideas and solutions to the table in an attempt to make a better life for the American people. Unfortunately, today's Democrat Party is not the one your parents knew. Instead, today's Democrats are singularly focused on obstruction and over-the-top rhetoric, adding nothing to raise the level of discourse and address the concerns of Americans. See for yourself, watch this new web video on GOP.com! The RNC's latest web video illustrates how far the Democrats have gone in debating the people's business in Washington, D.C. Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean says Republicans are pretty much all "white Christians." Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, Senator Hillary Clinton and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi also show that Democrats are without a plan but not without unhelpful rhetoric. See for yourself. Watch the newest RNC web video on GOP.com! Sincerely, s/ Ken Mehlman RNC Chairman . The Great Pumpkin (From Mal, our correspondent on the Left Coast.) The page below will be updated about once a week. Visit often to see the progress! http://www.sonic.net/~mal123/pumpkin.html . Scrabble (From Marian, or correspondent in Narrowsburg.) This has got to be one of the most clever E-mails I've received in a while. Someone out there either has too much spare time or is deadly at Scrabble. (wait till you see the last one)! DORMITORY: When you rearrange the letters: DIRTY ROOM PRESBYTERIAN: When you rearrange the letters: BEST IN PRAYER ASTRONOMER: When you rearrange the letters: MOON STARER DESPERATION: When you rearrange the letters: A ROPE ENDS IT THE EYES: When you rearrange the letters: THEY SEE GEORGE BUSH: When you rearrange the letters: HE BUGS GORE THE MORSE CODE: When you rearrange the letters: HERE COME DOTS SLOT MACHINES: When you rearrange the letters: CASH LOST IN ME ANIMOSITY: When you rearrange the letters: IS NO AMITY ELECTION RESULTS: When you rearrange the letters: LIES - LET'S RECOUNT MOTHER-IN-LAW: When you rearrange the letters: WOMAN HITLER SNOOZE ALARMS: When you rearrange the letters: ALAS! NO MORE Z 'S A DECIMAL POINT: When you rearrange the letters: IM A DOT IN PLACE THE EARTHQUAKES: When you rearrange the letters: THAT QUEER SHAKE ELEVEN PLUS TWO: When you rearrange the letters: TWELVE PLUS ONE AND FOR THE GRAND FINALE: PRESIDENT CLINTON OF THE USA: When you rearrange the letters (With no letters left over and using each letter only once): TO COPULATE HE FINDS INTERNS . Friday, June 24, 2005
Book of the Day A guide to the psychological side of successful investing discusses how one's own subconscious can determine a financial destiny, outlining seventeen specific attitudes possessed by wealthy people that can serve as models for stability and wealth. 100,000 first printing. . Book of the Day Secrets Of The Millionaire Mind Reason's Weekly Dispatch By Jeff A. Taylor and the Reason staff In this issue: 1. Count Dooku, Your Ship Is Ready 2. Wal-Mart Targets Target 3. Who Will Claim Financial Data? 4. Quick Hits 5. New at Reason Online - Endgame, Anyone? 6. News and Events . A Letter From Ken Mehlman, Chairman of the Republican Party It's Time To Fix Social Security Dear Patrick, As we've all come to see through this year 's debate, the current Social Security system is financially unsustainable for future generations of Americans. We need to make sure when our children and grandchildren retire, they will receive the benefit that today's retirees currently enjoy. The problem is, every year we wait will cost $600 billion more to fix the problem. We need to pass Social Security reform this year and we need your help today. Will you call Sen. Charles Schumer at 202-224-6542 today and ask them to reform Social Security now? Since his State of the Union speech in February, President Bush has shown remarkable leadership by traveling the country, talking to Americans about the challenges facing Social Security and the need for personal accounts to be a part of that solution. Simply put, personal accounts will help secure Social Security for future generations and allow younger Americans to grow a nest egg they own and can pass on to whomever they want. Democrats have done nothing but obstruct the President's plan and offer no solutions of their own. This type of attitude will do nothing to solve a problem Americans realize is getting worse every day. Soon, Congress will start drafting legislation to make sure Social Security remains solvent for our children and grandchildren in the future. Call Sen. Charles Schumer at 202-224-6542. Tell them now is the time to come to the table with real ideas on how to fix Social Security. Also let Sen. Charles Schumer know that you're tired of the Democrats' obstructionism when it comes to Social Security. Our children and grandchildren deserve better and Democrats must stop their partisan obstructionism. Then sign our petition to show your support for the President and Republican's efforts to fix Social Security. Sincerely, s/ Ken Mehlman Chairman, RNC . Highly Recommended On-Line Articles The Diamond Fallacy Public Opinion and the Promotion of Liberty The Quotable Mises . Tuesday, June 21, 2005
The Timeline on the Durbin Controversy June 14, 2005 U.S. Senate Floor Statement by Sen. Dick Durbin on Guantanamo Bay Senator Durbin slanders the military. ------------------------------------------------------------------ June 15, 2005 DURBIN STATEMENT ON GUANTANAMO BAY Senator Durbin blames the White House. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Friday, June 17, 2005 DURBIN STATEMENT ON PREVIOUS COMMENTS REGARDING GUANTANAMO BAY Senator Durbin insults our intelligence with an apologetic non-apology. ------------------------------------------------------------------ My comments to Senator Durbin: Fuck you! You're a worthless, lowlife, piece of shit! and Eat shit and die you worthless motherfucker! I feel a lot better. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Is U.S. Paying 'Ghost Soldiers'? A really scary story from Newsmax.com This could be one explanation why the US military hasn't beaten the terrorists in Iraq. If it's true, it could foretell real trouble down the road. . Highly Recommended On-Line Articles The Purgatory of An Inadvertent Public Intellectual Why Intervention Persists . Anyone See Any Bias in these Headlines??? Anti-Syrian Critic Assassinated in Beirut Anti-Syrian Critic Killed in Lebanon Blast No, well must be my imagination run wild. Of course, this begs the question as to why the headlines just don't read like this: Lebanese Politician Assassinated Just wondering... . Monday, June 20, 2005
Book of the Day Recounts the survival efforts of thousands of people who were inside the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11, in an account that also raises questions about building safety and New York's emergency preparedness. . No Media Bias Here...Right??? Anti-Syrian candidates take control in Lebanon; Hariri camp claims ... Canada.com Anti-Syrian Alliance Reportedly Wins Majority in Lebanon Voice of America Anti-Syrian sweep in Lebanon boosts opposition Christian Science Monitor Gee, weren't the winners Pro-Lebanon, or even Patriotic Lebanon. What is it with the mainstream media and their fascination with dictatorships? . What Do These Headlines Tell You? FBI Chief Won't Mandate Terror Expertise FBI Failed to Hire, Promote Terror Experts FBI terrorism chiefs say Mideast expertise unneeded So according to the geniuses at the FBI, they can protect us against terrorism without knowing a damn thing about it. Taken to it's logical extension, the next time they need a doctor, pick someone without medical training. HELP!!!!!!! . Highly Recommended On-Line Articles The Consumption Tax: A Critique What Are We to Make of the Trade Deficit? An Artificial Baby Boom The Danger of the Debt Trap Help the Mises Institute Make The Difference . Sunday, June 19, 2005
Book of the Day A leading conservative writer focuses on some of today's most hotly debated domestic issues, arguing against liberal party practices in such areas as education, affirmative action, and welfare. . What Makes A Dad God took the strength of a mountain, The majesty of a tree, The warmth of a summer sun, The calm of a quiet sea, The generous soul of nature, The comforting arm of night, The wisdom of the ages, The power of the eagle's flight, The joy of a morning in spring, The faith of a mustard seed, The patience of eternity, The depth of a family need, Then God combined these qualities, When there was nothing more to add, He knew His masterpiece was complete, And so, He called it ... Dad Author is unknown . The Conservative Monitor http://www.conservativebookstore.com http://www.conservativemonitor.com 1. Book of the Month: - "Do-Gooders", by Mona Charen 2. Articles - North Korea is China’s "Borrowed Knife", by Alan Caruba - Facts Versus Fears on Biotechnology, by Paul Driessen and Cyril Boynes, Jr - How to Stop the Flood of Illegal Aliens, by Tom DeWeese - Simpsons Episode On Gay Marriage Not A Flaming An Outrage!, by Frederick Meekins 3. Powerhouse Profits 4. Weekly Politickle, by F.R. Duplantier ----- 1. Book of the Month: "Do-Gooders: How Liberals Hurt Those They Claim to Help (and the Rest of Us)", by Mona Charen The problem with good intentions is that they often prompt action that results in bad things. In fact this is more often than not the case. Mona Charen points out some of the bad things that have resulted from good intentions in recent American History. She points out that true compassion, true good intentions would take the effect of actions into account, making social policy more conservative, indeed, more conservative. For more information on this book click on the link below: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1595230033/ref=nosim/theconservativeb ----- 2. Articles North Korea is China’s "Borrowed Knife" Alan Caruba / Anxiety Center -- It just never fails to amaze me how, throughout history and, in particular, the last century, nations great and small saw what was coming and yet were unable or unwilling to stop two world wars and an endless spate of smaller, but no less deadly conflicts. Which brings us to today where we peer across the vast Pacific Ocean at North Korea and wonder whether its leader is insane enough to launch a nuclear-armed missile at us or maybe just at South Korea or Japan? More... http://www.conservativemonitor.com/opinion04/180.shtml Facts Versus Fears on Biotechnology Paul Driessen and Cyril Boynes, Jr / Eco-Imperialism -- The Congress of Racial Equality’s recent conference, video and commentary on agricultural biotechnology* presented personal testimonials from African farmers whose lives have been improved by GM crops, impressive data on progress, and a message of hope for poor, malnourished people in developing countries. The response has been overwhelmingly positive. More... http://www.conservativemonitor.com/opinion04/179.shtml How to Stop the Flood of Illegal Aliens Tom DeWeese / American Policy Center -- The issue that will define our era and determine the nation’s future is illegal immigration. Political debate is full of schemes like “guest worker” programs and temporary worker cards to allow illegals to “fill jobs that Americans just don’t want to do.” Such programs are really just political doublespeak from politicians who lack the intestinal fortitude to protect the borders of the United States. More... http://www.conservativemonitor.com/opinion04/178.shtml Simpsons Episode On Gay Marriage Not A Flaming An Outrage! Frederick Meekins / -- When most heard sodomite matrimony was coming to the quintessential American town of Springfield, most assumed the abomination would be heralded with typical Hollywood applause and accolades. And though I would be uncomfortable with letting younger children view the episode, it was not without humorous aspects exposing the hypocrisy inherent to this social outrage. More... ttp://www.conservativemonitor.com/opinion04/177.shtml ----- 3. Powerhouse Profits Luke Hodgens is our Finance/Economics editor. His cogent commentary keeps you informed about the economy and the market. Mr. Hodgens is also editor of an investment newsletter that reveals stocks where you can take a direct interest in what is going on in world. His recommendations are thoroughly researched and geared toward the conservative investor - that is the politically conservative investor. To find out more about a company he recommends in his most recent newsletter, click on the link below: http://www.marketerschoice.com/app/aftrack.asp?afid=140238 ----- 4. The work of F. R. Duplantier is a welcome break from serious political battles. Here is one of his latest limericks (he calls them Politickles): WARM MONGERS Alarmists like to heighten Anxieties and frighten -- Their aim's made clear In State of Fear By author Michael Crichton. http://www.politickles.com Get Politickles Shop merchandise customized for your group or business, or commission a one-of-a-kind design just for you. Take advantage of substantial bulk-order discounts. See their full line at http://www.cafeshops.com/politickles For more information on Politickles or to order Mr. Duplantier's collection of Politickle Limericks click on the link below: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0936783257/theconservativeb ----- To check out all the latest books by or about conservatives click the link below: http://www.conservativebookstore.com/sthsweek.shtml ----- Your commentary is invited. Please use the link below to express your rants and raves: http://www.conservativemonitor.com/contact.shtml ----- Feel free to forward this update to friends, family, acquaintances or even your worst enemy. We do not trade or give away email addresses so subscribers never need worry about getting SPAM: ----- Highly Recommended On-Line Articles An Austrian Theory of Environmental Economics The Nation's First Internet Is Bush Now a Budget Cutter? Freddie Mac: A Mercantilist Enterprise The Method of An Austrian Hedge Fund . Saturday, June 18, 2005
Book of the Day The illegal combatants being held at Guantanamo were "tortured" by being forced to listen to songs by Cristina Aguilera. If the US really wanted to torture those Islamic fascist terrorist scum, they would use some of the songs listed in the above book. Encompassing such categories as songs people always get wrong, teen death songs, songs women hate, and weenie music, this musical commentary by the author of Dave Barry Turns 40 offers an amusing look at the world's worst lyrics and, in general, bad songs. Reprint. Thanks to Powerline for the idea. . Reason's Weekly Dispatch By Jeff A. Taylor and the Reason staff In this issue: 1. Gitmo Forever 2. Violence Interruptus: The Iraq Pullout Option 3. Nasty Virus or Friendly Code? 4. Quick Hits 5. New at Reason Online - Who Gets to Play Journalist? 6. News and Events . Amnesty International Calls Guantanamo A "Gulag": Should The U.S. Close The Prison At Guantanamo? The Exempt Looney Left Wing Liberal Mainstream Media and their allies in the Democrat Party have given their opinion on this topic. If you feel strongly about this issue, we encourage you to ask your friends and family to vote on it at this link: http://www.vote.com/vote/60346717/index.phtml . Highly Recommended On-Line Articles Kill the Prescription Drug Benefit The Climate Debate: When Science Serves the State Remembering Gustave de Molinari There's No Such Thing As a Free Patent Why the Dollar is Falling THE LEFT COAST REPORT A Political Look at Hollywood By James Hirsen A NewsMax Report Headlines (Click here for complete stories): 1. Sean Penn Surfs Over to Tehran 2. Movement Aims to 'Free Katie' From Tom Cruise 3. Sitcom Science 4. The Pitt-Jolie Air Sale 5. Did M.J. Play the Fame Card? . Mark Furhman Investigates Terri Schiavo's Death From NewsMax.com We all watched Terri Schiavo die. Now former LAPD homicide detective and New York Times bestselling author Mark Furhman investigates to find out what really happened. Later this month, Furhman's newest book, Silent Witness: The Untold Story of Terri Schiavo's Death, will be released. It will prove the controversy over Terry Schiavo's death is far from over. Click Here... . Sunday, June 12, 2005
Quote of the Week: (From Veterans Advantage.) I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. — Thomas Paine . Pizza Delivery of the Future? (From Gene, our correspondent in Washington Heights.) http://www.adcritic.com/interactive/view.php?id=5927 Note: Takes time to load. Worth the wait. . Highly Recommended On-Line Articles Federal Criminal Law: Expediency over Principle The Anguish of Central Banking 2005 Leave Fruit Aesthetics to the Consumer How Medical Boards Nationalized Health Care Academic Freedom and the Future of Civilization . GUESS WHO ? (From John, our correspondent in Narrowsburg.) Can you imagine working for a company that has a little more than 500 employees and has the following statistics: * 29 have been accused of spousal abuse * 7 have been arrested for fraud * 19 have been accused of writing bad checks * 117 have directly or indirectly bankrupted at least 2 businesses * 3 have done time for assault * 71 cannot get a credit card due to bad credit * 14 have been arrested on drug-related charges * 8 have been arrested for shoplifting * 21 are currently defendants in lawsuits * 84 have been arrested for drunk driving in the last year Can you guess which organization this is? Give up yet? It's the 535 members of the United States Congress. The same group of Idiots that crank out hundreds of new laws each year designed to keep the rest of us in line. . Subject: Your Birthday (From Bob, our correspondent in Bayside.) Age Gauge This will really make you feel old....... Put your birth date in the pop up window after you click on the below link. What happens is pretty interesting. It's also amazing how quickly it computes!! Very cool. Send it on to all you think might like a bit of trivia!! Click here: < http://www.frontiernet.net/~cdm/age1.html > . Lexophiles (From John, our correspondent in Narrowsburg.) 1. What's the definition of a will? (It's a dead giveaway). 2. In democracy it's your vote that counts; in feudalism, it's your count that votes. 3. A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion. 4. If you don't pay your exorcist you get repossessed. 5. A lot of money is tainted. 'Taint yours and 'taint mine. 6. Those who get too big for their britches will be exposed in the end. 7. Those who jump off a Paris bridge are in Seine. 8. Santa's helpers are subordinate clauses. 9. Acupuncture is a jab well done. 10. A grenade thrown into a kitchen in France would result in Linoleum Blownapart. . Wednesday, June 08, 2005
Breaking News from NewsMax.com 'Moron' Bush Beat Kerry at Yale President Bush, who is routinely derided as a "moron" by embittered Democrats, earned slightly better grades at Yale University than Sen. John Kerry, the supposed Massachusetts intellectual. What a bummer for the Left! . Reason's Weekly Dispatch By Jeff A. Taylor and the Reason staff In this issue:(Click Here...) 1. About That Failed Iraqi Insurgency 2. Too Many Riders a Problem 3. Apple: Intel to the Core 4. Quick Hits 5. New at Reason Online - Traffic Cops on the Underground Railroad 6. News and Events . Highly Recommended On-Line Articles Farmed Robbery Absorbed by the State The Innocent Are Dead or Bankrupt We Shoulda Seen it Coming! Social Security Reform: A Free-Market Alternative . Tuesday, June 07, 2005
Monday, June 06, 2005
Highly Recommended On-Line Articles Vouchers: Another Income Redistribution Scheme Power By Any Other Name Microsoft in Wonderland Paid to Fight, Paid More to Die Cuba's Dollar Ban . * * * BrainEmail Daily Triva * * * ================================== (From John Babina.To JOIN the BrainETrivia list send a message to: trivia-subscribe@brainemail.com) ------------------------------------------------------------------- What is the origin of the phrase stool pigeon? Clay Pigeon? Please Scroll down! --------------------------------------------------------------------- Live pigeons were used to attract the now extinct Passenger Pigeons. These decoy pigeons had their eyes sewn closed and were placed on poles or perches called “stools”. Thus they became known as stool pigeons. The term was transferred to people who lured criminals into police traps. [Passenger Pigeon lived in huge flocks and were very easy to harvest. As a result, their numbers were vastly reduced and they ultimately went into extinction. Apparently, the Passenger Pigeon needed to have overwhelming numbers in their colonies to overcome their natural predators. Even though tens of thousands were left over after millions were hunted, the remainder could not survive. The last Passenger Pigeon named Martha died in 1914.] In the 1700s, the sport of trapshooting used live pigeons released from “traps”. Later, as pigeons became scarce, artificial birds were created to simulate the pigeons. These fake birds included glass balls filled with feathers and iron birds on rods. Disk-shaped clay pigeons were developed around 1870. The “clay” pigeon can also be made from limestone & pitch. The term clay pigeon can also be used for someone who is an “easy mark”. Bonus question: Where did the term skeet shooting come from? The term skeet is derived from the Scandinavian word for “shoot”. It was submitted in a 1926 contest to name the game of shooting clay pigeons. The winner was Gertrude Hurlbutt of Dayton, Montana and she got $100. -------------------------------------------------------------------- . Sunday, June 05, 2005
Breaking News from NewsMax.com Kerry Touts Bush Impeachment Memo Failed presidential candidate John Kerry said Thursday that he intends to confront Congress with a document touted by critics of President Bush as evidence that he committed impeachable crimes by falsifying evidence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. (Click Here...) . Highly Recommended On-Line Articles The Fallacies of Underconsumptionism If You Are So Smart... True Globalists (Should) Reject Empire Liberty and Order, Home and Abroad Ayn Rand's Contribution to the Cause of Freedom . ANNUAL STELLA AWARDS (From John, our correspondent in Narrowsburg.) It's once again time to review the winners of the annual Stella Awards. The Stella's are named after 81 year old Stella Liebeck who spilled coffee on herself and successfully sued McDonald's. That case inspired the 'Stella Awards' for the most frivolous successful lawsuits in the United States. THIS YEAR'S AWARDS GO TO: 5th Place (Tied) Kathleen Robertson of Austin, Texas was awarded $780,000 by a jury of her peers after breaking her ankle tripping over a toddler who was running inside a furniture store. The owners of the store were understandably surprised at the verdict, considering the misbehaving toddler was Ms. Robertson's son. 5th Place (Tied) 19 year old Carl Truman of Los Angeles won $74,000 and medical expenses when his neighbor ran over his hand with a Honda Accord. Mr. Truman apparently did not notice there was someone at the wheel of the car when he was trying to steal the hubcaps. 5th Place (Tied) Terrence Dickson of Bristol, Pennsylvania was leaving a house he had just finished robbing by way of the garage. He was not able to get the garage door to go up since the automatic door opener was malfunctioning. He could not re-enter the house because the door connecting the house and garage locked when he pulled it shut. The family was on vacation and Mr. Dickson found himself locked in the garage for 8 days. He subsisted on a case of Pepsi he found and a large bag of dry dog food. He sued the homeowner's insurance claiming the situation caused him undue mental anguish. The Jury agreed to the tune of $500,000. 4th Place Jerry Williams of Little Rock, Arkansas was awarded $14,500 and medical expenses after being bitten on the buttocks by his next door neighbor's Beagle dog. The Beagle was on a chain in its owner's fenced yard. The award was less than sought because the jury felt the dog might have been a little provoked at the time as Mr. Williams, who had climbed over the fence into the yard, was shooting it repeatedly with a pellet gun. 3rd Place A Philadelphia restaurant was ordered to pay Amber Carson of Lancaster, Pennsylvania $113,500 after she slipped on a soft drink and broke her coccyx (tailbone). The beverage was on the floor because Ms. Carson had thrown it at her boyfriend 30 seconds earlier, during an argument. 2nd Place Kara Walton of Claymont, Delaware sued the owner of a Night Club in a neighboring city when she fell from the bathroom window to the floor and knocked out two of her front teeth. This occurred whilst Ms. Walton was trying to sneak in the window of the Ladies Room to avoid paying the $3.50 cover charge. She was awarded $12,000 and dental expenses. 1st Place!!!!! This year's runaway winner was Mr. Merv Grazinski of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Mr. Grazinski purchased a brand new Winnebago Motor home. On his trip home from an OU football game, having driven onto the freeway, he set the cruise control at 70 mph and calmly left the driver's seat to go into the back and make himself a cup of coffee. Not surprisingly the RV left the freeway, crashed and overturned. Mr. Grazinski sued Winnebago for not advising him in the owner's manual that he could not actually do this. The jury awarded him $1,750,000 plus a new Winnebago Motor home. The company actually changed their manuals on the basis of this suit just in case there were any other complete morons buying their recreational vehicles. . Saturday, June 04, 2005
Reason's Weekly Dispatch By Jeff A. Taylor and the Reason staff In this issue: 1. Who's Laughing Now? 2. Two Wrongs Still Not Making It Right 3. Drive, She Said 4. Quick Hits 5. New at Reason Online - The Magical Father of American Rocketry 6. News and Events . HOLLYWOOD CONFIDENTIAL Exclusive to NewsMax By Jason Apuzzo & Govindini Murty Headlines (Click here for complete stories): 1. Russell Crowe Triumphs in 'Cinderella Man' 2. Friendship Celebrated in 'Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants' 3. DiCaprio Has Hemingway Ambitions 4. Stallone to Make Another 'Rambo'? . Highly Recommended On-line Articles Help the Mises Institute Make The Difference The Failings of the Economic Freedom Index Classical Economics vs. The Exploitation Theory Keep Your Eye on the Assumptions Robbing Peter to Pay Peter . |