American Madness

Intelligent Criticism in the Service of a Better Nation

Classmates.com: Now With Misquotes

Classmates.com is not content to just be irrelevant, now they want to be incorrect.
The social networking dinosaur known for their annoying Web ads has now decided quote fabrication is the way forward.
As I was checking my Yahoo! Mail via My Yahoo! Homepage (now with bigger display ads), I noticed the latest Classmates.com display advertisement. I [...]

Cheats

There was a time when I would have loved this. I used to come up with fabulous excuses as to why my paper was not in on time, and I am sure that by this point professors must be tired of hearing about crashed computers. In fact the amount of time that excuse has been [...]

Wines of FreshDirect: Chardonnay That Thinks It’s A Pineapple

Chardonnay drinkers are a breed apart. They seem to defend their grape of choice regardless of the failings of many. Poorly made Chardonnays drove me away from white varietals for years. Fortunately, my tastes have matured, and I’ve come to enjoy many, many white varietals. But I’ve stayed away from Chardonnays mostly. Until now, when [...]

Illegal Reproductions Move Beyond Handbags and Electronics

While we are all aware you can head down to Canal Street in Chinatown and pick up some fake designer bags and other such knock-offs, the most recent item to be knocked-off are apparently delivery trucks. Now I am guessing there is not a large market for knocked-off delivery trucks unless you are running drugs, [...]

This is Just Fucked Up

I apologize for the harsh language in the titled, but not only does it seem fitting for this but saying “This is Really, Really Messed Up” doesn’t quite get the same message across. And frankly, this is Fucked Up.
CNN reports that Ryan Wittman, 21, was sentenced to only 4 years in prison for using a [...]

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