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The cold hard truth about those EVIL Canadians!

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

Many people have long suggested that the Canadians might be up to no good. There have been calls for a preemptive strike against our neighbors to the north. Now we know that these were justified.

How many times have we heard that Canada should be feared? Whether it be the “Blame Canada” song made popular by the rather crass cartoon South Park, or the in-genius Weird Al Yankovic parody titled “Canadian Idiot” the message has been clear. Canada is out to destroy the planet. Now we have hard evidence:

Scientists have found a new threat to the planet: Canadian beer drinkers.

The government-commissioned study says the old, inefficient “beer fridges” that one in three Canadian households use to store their Molson and Labatt’s contribute significantly to global warming by guzzling gas- and coal-fired electricity.

“People need to understand the impact of their lifestyles,” British environmental consultant Joanna Yarrow tells New Scientist magazine. “Clearly the environmental implications of having a frivolous luxury like a beer fridge are not hitting home. This research helps inform people — let’s hope it has an effect.”

The problem is that the beer fridges are mostly decades-old machines that began their second careers as beverage dispensers when Canadians upgraded to more energy-efficient models to store whatever Canadians eat besides doughnuts and poutine.

University of Alberta researcher Denise Young, who led the study, suggests that provincial authorities hold beer-fridge buy-backs or round-ups to eliminate the threat — methods that Americans use to get guns off the streets.

Here’s the link to the article’s URL.

These headlines would make me laugh for hours if it weren’t for the fact that SOMEONE ACTUALLY BELIEVES THIS GARBAGE!

Now I don’t have a beer fridge, heck I don’t even drink. Reading articles like these make me want to go get such a fridge though. Maybe two, three, or four of these types of fridges. I’d be happy to stock them with highly caffeinated beverages.

That reminds me, every year or two I try to get an up to date list on the most caffeinated types of soda pop. This process has gotten muddled in recent years because of the plethora of energy drinks out there. I won’t burden you with including energy drinks but I will gladly supply you a list of tasty beverages and their caffeine content. Consider it an early Christmas gift from yours truly.

Here are some drinks I recommend listed in alphabetical order:

Barq’s Root Beer (12 Ounces, 22.5 Milligrams of Caffeine)
The best root beer bar none. Why? It has bite.

Bawls (10 Ounce, 66.7 Milligrams of Caffeine)
Yes, yes this could be considered an energy drink but it’s fairly tasty so I included it.

Cherry Coke (12 Ounces, 34 Milligrams of Caffeine)
My most favorite beverage of all time. Highly recommended. Five stars.

Dr Pepper (12 Ounces, 41 Milligrams of Caffeine)
A must on any connoisseur’s list.

Jolt Cola (23.5 Ounces, 220 Milligrams of Caffeine)
Disgusting tasting? Yes, but it’s an old school classic on the list.

Mountain Dew (12 Ounces,55 Milligrams of Caffeine)
Well known and respected for it’s fine caffeinated properties.

Sun Drop (12 Ounces, 63 Milligrams of Caffeine)
This rare delicacy packs a punch. If you can find it, try one.

Sunkist Orange Soda (12 Ounces, 41 Milligrams of Caffeine)
Most people don’t realize that this delicious orange soda is packed with caffeine.

So there you have it, some of my personal recommendations. If you want a more detailed list try vising this website here.

Happy caffeine buzzes to you all! Now go buy an old fridge to store all your drinks!

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The far left wants the government to raise your kids instead of you!

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

This is exactly why I can’t ever support Democrats, they have too many left-wing liberal loony tunes pushing this kind of stuff in their party. I mean seriously, why won’t so called moderate Democrats stand up against this kind of insanity? There aren’t many Joe Lieberman’s or Zell Miller’s in the Democratic party anymore.

Parents who spank their kids - even in their own homes - would be slapped by the long arm of the law under an Arlington nurse’s proposal to make Massachusetts the first state in the nation to outlaw corporal punishment.

Kathleen Wolf’s proposed legislation will be debated at a State House hearing tomorrow morning.

If signed into law, parents would be prohibited from forcefully laying a hand on any child under age 18 unless it was to wrest them from danger, lest they be charged with abuse or neglect.

Rep. Jay Kaufman, a Lexington Democrat, submitted the 61-year-old Wolf’s petition at her request, but is not taking a position for or against corporal punishment.

“He does recognize and understand the concern many would have on legislating parental rights,” said Sean Fitzgerald, Kaufman’s chief of staff, “but the problem is the boundary is often overstepped. The right to hit should never be the right to hurt.”

Charles Enloe, 45, of Plymouth, knows a little something about that. In 2005, he was infamously arrested and charged with assault with a dangerous weapon for taking a belt to his then 12-year-old son during an argument over homework.

The charges were later dropped and Enloe told the Herald yesterday the experience “didn’t change my views at all. I believe discipline starts at home. Are they going to start legislating that you can’t raise your voice to your kids? That you can’t tell them when to go to bed? We’ll be communists then.”

The state Supreme Judicial Court agreed in principle when it ruled in 1999 that parents can spank their kids provided they don’t threaten bodily injury.

Corporal punishment in the home is already illegal in Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Latvia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Sweden and the Ukraine.

In 1979, Sweden became the first country in the world to ban spanking. Anders Erickson, spokesman for the Embassy of Sweden in Washington, D.C., said in the 1960s 53 percent of Swedes backed corporal punishment of children. By the 1990s, that number was less than 10 percent.

“There are other ways and means to bring up children than to beat them,” Erickson said. “Much better ways.”

An ombudsman is available to children in Sweden to report allegations of corporal punishment. Parents face jail time if it’s found they’ve stepped out of line.

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This is nonsense, let’s just hand our kids over to the government at birth. That would be much easier and would allow for more irresponsible sex too! Kill two birds with one stone, doesn’t that sound fantastic?

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