Feature Article #1
Americans Are Living (And Dying) In A Militarized Police State
Today, police departments across the United States more closely resemble an occupying army than they do public servants responding to calls for help. Police officers can now be seen wearing helmets and body armor and carrying AR-15’s, just to deliver simple warrants. The militarization of our police departments not only gives the appearance of a […]
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Feature Article #2
Southwest Passenger Cited for Cell Phone Use
DALLAS (AP) - A Southwest Airlines passenger who refused to get off his cell phone during a flight found Dallas police waiting for him Monday.
Southwest officials had summoned police, who met the jet when it arrived at Love Field from Austin. Southwest spokeswoman Brandy King said flight attendants had repeatedly asked the man to get […]
fatmancruising | May 13th, 2008 | Continued
Feature Article #3
Nevada Judge wants to be woshipped.
Elizabeth Halverson is a judge. But the way courthouse staffers see it, she expects to be treated like a queen.
Her former bailiff, for example, says Halverson made him feel like a “houseboy.” He says the judge — who is obese and uses a motorized scooter to get around — made him put her shoes on […]
Feature Article #4
What will History say about Today’s America?
Imagine what America’s legacy will look like in a history book some 500 years hence. I can easily see some golden opening chapters where the dream of a democratic Republic - straight from Greco-Roman ideals - is realized. The nation which began bold and bright - breaking away from the tyranny of the British crown, […]
Feature Article #5
The Witches are Protesting in the Wrong Place
The woman of Code Pink are at it again. And yet again they are in the wrong place. I am the first person to allow that in the US we have the great freedom to protest anything we see unfit. That is what makes America so great.
However, when protesting the war in Iraq, I do […]
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America The Weird is my place on the web to categorize and discuss the weirdest, strangest, and most daunting things going on in America. American history is at a strange point, the rest of the world hates us, celebrities are running rampant, we are losing our freedoms one right at a time, and yet our […]
