In 1998 the U.S. spent $4,178 per capita for healthcare, approximately 40 percent more than the next most expensive country, Switzerland with $2,794 per capita, and almost 75 percent more than Canada’s per capita spending (Mueller, R. 2001. As sick as it gets: the shocking reality of America’s healthcare).

As for the Gross Domestic Product (GDP ( Read more... )

Advanced Global Personality Test Results
Extraversion |||||| 30% Stability |||||||||||||| 53% Orderliness |||||||||||| 50% Accommodation |||||||||||| 50% Interdependence |||||||||||||||| 70% Intellectual |||||||||| 36% Mystical |||||||||||||| 56% Artistic |||||| 30% Religious |||||||||||||| 56% Hedonism || 10% ( Read more... )

“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, in a final sense, [is] a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.”
-US President Dwight D. Eisenhower

“The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.”
-Dr. Samuel Johnson

I'm starting on my two ten-page papers. Not going to be fun. One in my Revolutionary class is about comparing/contrasting Loyalists and Patriots. It's very hard to find sources that deal with the cultural aspect. I haaaaate that class. The other is talking about Alcohol abuse and suicide among Native Americans. I'm basically finding zero ( Read more... )

Today hasn't been a good day. Nothing bad has really happened, but I'm just.. eh. Didn't get to really study for a test I had and the apartment is calling me now. I don't know what to do. I learned my lesson not to let David talk me into anything ever again. I don't know what to do.... I've been looking hard for a subleaser.. not like I'm not ( Read more... )

Only adding the ones I can relate to myself :)

You know you're from Illinois....
If You know what knee-high by the Fourth of July
means

You know the difference between "Green" and "Red" farm machinery and would fight with your friends on the playground over which was better

You buy Christmas presents at Farm & Fleet or Farm King

You know that "combine" ( Read more... )

Chicago Fire 1  -  0 DC United

Wooo!!!!

Beckham, I love ya, but I don't love the Galaxy. Galaxy 0 - 1 Fire. WOO!!!! we're goin' to the playoffs! And to top it off, Rangers won their game too. Ah, perfect.

Ooooh
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Time for a well needed rant.

Porn spammers given five years in prison

These guys get 5 years for spamming. Five years! Meanwhile we have child molesters who get off on community service. Where's the Jena 6 crowd now, huh? What's wrong with this country? Don't these people realize that it costs the taxpayer more to keep them in prison for 5 ( Read more... )

Well, today was my first 'real' day at work. I've worked a couple Saturday's, but the Post Office is only open an hour then. Today I had a good 8 hour work day. So, needless to say I was kind of nervous and anxious. I was so worried about messing up and Mr. Larry is out of state. I worked with Mickey today until he left for the route. He's been ( Read more... )