Wednesday Links 8/19/09

August 19th, 2009

GIMME, GIMMERuben Navarette looks at the entitlement culture of today’s young people who are seeking their own personal bailouts from the government and are quickly losing any sense of personal responsibility for their own lives.  Ruben is also quick to point out they learned it from their elders, so there is plenty of blame to go around.

COOL NEW CARS FOR 2010Not too surprised that seven of the ten are foreign cars, although there are a surprising number of soccer mom vehicles on the list.

THE STATE OF DOGFIGHTING SINCE MICHAEL VICK’S ARRESTUnfortunately, it hasn’t gotten better.  If you love dogs, be forewarned that this article will make you sick, sad, and angry.

NOT THE WAY TO GIVE SOMEBODY A RIDEAlcohol plus driving plus bicyclist never equals anything good. 

U.S. POSSIBLY PLAYED ROLE IN HONDURAN “COUP”?If this is even remotely true, I’m happy to hear it, although I wouldn’t be surprised if it happened without Obama knowing.

POPULAR HEALTH MYTHS DEBUNKEDApparently, bras and bacon don’t cause cancer, thinking won’t make you fat, eating junk food during pregnancy won’t make your kids fat, and sugar isn’t as addictive as cocaine.  Enjoy the article; suddenly I feel the need to eat a candy bar.

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