Browsing all posts in March, 2008.

America’s Annoying Telemarketers

America’s annoying salespeople
Recently, I was informed – by phone – that as a part of a special promotion, I was the “lucky” winner of a two night cruise for two. Great, I thought, so I agreed to play along. The sales representative, Pedro, had the sound of someone who drank a gallon of red bull [...]

Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Scholarship

As most of you know, a college education is an expensive investment. Though education is expensive, the alternative might prove costlier in the long term.
In my quest to find a source to pay for my college education, I stumbled upon the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation. Jack Cooke was an American/Canadian millionaire. He owned franchises in [...]

Abortion – Whose right is it anyway? Part 2 of 3

Though Roe vs. Wade firmly states that it is a woman’s constitutional right to determine whether or not to carry a fetus, leaders of government seem to be moving more and more towards making abortion illegal. According to the Washington Post, in February 2003, lawmakers from South Dakota voted 23 to 12 to approve a [...]