---------------------------------------------------------- RVSouthEast-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Mon 10/22/12: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 07:14 PM - Fw: Only In America (bill crothers) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 07:14:14 PM PST US From: bill crothers Subject: RVSouthEast-List: Fw: Only In America =0A=0A=0A=0A----- Forwarded Message -----=0AFrom: Bob Clifton =0ATo: bob@bobclifton.com =0ASent: Monday, October 22, 2012 7:24 PM =0ASubject: FW: Only In America=0A=0A-=0A-=0A>>Only-In America=0A>> -=0A>>-=0A>>-=0A>>>>SOMEWHERE IN CANADATHERE IS ONE VERY SMART GAL OR GUY !=0A>>>>>TOP-10 "Only In America-" Observations ~ by a Canadian:=0A> >>>>1) Only in America, could politicians talk about the greed of the rich at a-$35,000.00 a plate-campaign fund-raising event.=0A>>>>>=0A>>>>>2) Only in America, could people claim that the government still discriminates against black Americans when they have a black President, a black Attorney General, and roughly 18% of the federal workforce is black while only 12% of the population is black.=0A>>>>>=0A>>>>>3) Only in America, could they h ave had the two people most responsible for our tax code, Timothy Geithner, the head of the Treasury Department and Charles Rangel who once ran the Wa ys and Means Committee, BOTH turn out to be-tax cheats-who are in favor of-higher-taxes.=0A>>>>>=0A>>>>>4) Only in America, can they have terr orists kill people in the name of Allah and have the media primarily react by fretting that Muslims might be harmed by the backlash.=0A>>>>>=0A>>>>>5) Only in America, would they make people who want to legally become America n citizens wait for years in their home countries and pay tens of thousands of dollars for the privilege while we discuss letting anyone who sneaks in to the country illegally just ''magically'' become American citizens.=0A>>> >>=0A>>>>>6) Only in America, could the people who believe in balancing the budget and sticking by the country's Constitution be thought of as "extrem ists."=0A>>>>>=0A>>>>>7) Only in America, could you need to present a-dri ver's license-to cash a check or buy alcohol, but not to vote.=0A>>>>>=0A >>>>>8) Only in America, could people demand the government investigate whe ther oil companies are gouging the public because the price of gas went up when the return on equity invested in a major U.S.oil company (Marathon Oil ) is less than half of a company making tennis shoes (Nike).=0A>>>>>=0A>>>> >9) Only in America, could the government collect more tax dollars from the people than any nation in recorded history, still spend a Trillion dollars more than it has per year - for total-spending of $7-Million PER MINUTE, and complain that it doesn't have nearly enough money.=0A>>>>>=0A>>>>>10) Only in America, could the-rich people---who pay 86% of all income ta xes-- be accused of not paying their "fair share" by people who don't pay any income taxes at all.=0A>>>>-=0A>>-=0A>>-=0A>>-=0A>>-=0A>>- =0A>>-=0A>>- =0A>>- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message rvsoutheast-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/RVSouthEast-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/rvsoutheast-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/rvsoutheast-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.