Looks like an amoeba that devoured a city block!

What's wrong with old European-style architecture? If it ain't broke...

Good lord! That's a lot of hair...

Neat!

It has nothing to do with the "religion of peace". It happens to Hindu women, too. It's violence against women, pure and simple.

How did our world get so violent?

Hmmm... I think they'd need to come up with a really good harness so that the rider doesn't end up thrusting his head into the blades...

Other than that, it looks like fun. :)

The "American spirit" seems like a capitalist nightmare to me. But then, I'm just a stupid Canadian whose financial situation would force me to choose between a roof over my head and private health insurance (if I had to choose). I take it you guys don't believe in welfare, food stamps, or food banks, either.

I wasn't suggesting that people who have lots of kids shouldn't be covered. I was just saying it was frustrating to know that your tax dollars were going toward supporting people who get pregnant over and over again (often by accident), can't afford the kids they already have, and end up using other taxpayer-funded services as well. If you can afford the kids, that's great. I'm not suggesting anyone be "cut off". It's just annoying. (I apologize to Len, here. I didn't mean to offend you, and I applaud your efforts to support your family. I am just kind of tired of seeing these sorts of things, whether it's fundraising by private citizens or shows like "Extreme Home Makeover" where they help people who've been devastated by medical bills. If everybody had some kind of medical insurance, raising all this money wouldn't be quite as necessary.)

Did he forget to take his chill pills that morning? Sheesh. Talk about blowing things out of proportion.

Well, technically, we don't speak "the Queen's English". Our English is somewhere in between American and British. But we do like to stick the letter "u" into a lot of words, so I guess that's what the writer meant.

And I've never actually tried poutine. It doesn't appeal at all.

I'm not allowed to donate because I'm not big enough. But I would if I could.

What a waste. Never mind accident victims who've been disfigured. Let's put a perfectly good ear on some pretentious artist's arm!

Never mind the gargoyle. Isn't that the kind of house you'd expect someone like Stephen King to live in? Kinda reminds me of the Bates Motel...

Uhh... I guess I'm an anomaly, then. I'm usually attracted based on appearance first. After all, appearance is the first thing you see. Isn't that the same for most women? Who goes around asking guys how much they make and THEN deciding whether they're attractive or not? That seems a little weird to me...

Mind you, maybe that's how speed dating works.

Cristina brings up some good points. My first thought was the same when I read this article: Why does he have to pay for the birth of a child? (And second to that was: Why is he now up to six kids when he obviously can't afford that many?)

Most people will never have to call the fire department. Does that mean we should all stop paying taxes to cover that service? Let those people who need the fire department pay, right? The thing is, you never know what's going to happen. You could need the fire department tomorrow. Or you could be hit by a bus this afternoon and need medical care. If you have no insurance, you not only have to worry about that shattered pelvis... you also have to worry about losing your house.

Personally, I'd rather pay taxes and know that I'm covered if something nasty happens. Yes, it does bug me that people go and abuse the system by having a ton of kids. But do I have the right to deny people who really need assistance just because I don't like ALL of the things my money is spent on? That seems kind of selfish to me.

Government health care, even with all its problems, seems like less of an annoyance than having to put up with fundraisers for every uninsured person who ends up with a medical crisis and can't afford to pay for it.

Gotta get them swimming in chemical soup as early as possible!

This is just stupid. A clean baby smells nice on its own. Why cover that up with artificial fragrance? (As Sid Morrison pointed out, if your baby stinks that bad, you need to bathe it!)

I haven't heard anything else about most of these cases, but including James Stockdale in there seems a little odd. Attempting suicide in 1969 to escape possible torture in a POW camp hardly seems to fall under the definition of "attention whore".

And I don't agree with that assessment of the rest, either.