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From: [log in to unmask] Return-path: <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] A Point to Ponder Date: Sat, 6 Mar 1999 13:15:16 EST Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Only in America..... can a pizza got to your house faster than an ambulance. Only in America...are there handicap parking places in front of a skating rink. Only in America.... do drugstores make the sick walk all the way to the back of the store to get their prescriptions. Only in America...... do people order double cheese bugers, a large fry, and a diet coke. Only in America.... do banks leave both doors opened on the money vault and then chain the pens to the counters. Only in America.... do we use answering machines to screen calls and then have call waiting so we won't miss a call from someone we didn't want to talk to in the first place. Only in America.... do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars in the driveway and leave useless junk in the garage. Only in America.... do we buy hot dogs in packages of ten and buns in packages of eight. Only in America...... do we use the word "Politics" to describe the process so well: Poli, in latin meaning "many" and "tic" meaning blood-sucking creatures...........