10 Foolish Myths

[Amerpie]

1. White men make the best presidents
2. The U.S. has an all volunteer military
3. The U.S. is the best country in the world.
4. Socialism is bad.
5. The death penalty deters crime
6. Gas costs less in the U.S. than it does in Europe.
7. Hitting children is OK.
8. The war on terrorism is winnable.
9. Marijuana is a drug and alcohol isn’t.
10. Coke is better than Pepsi.

[Sequoia]

1. Well, Coke is better than Pepsi

because you never order a Rum and Pepsi now do you? Right now gasoline is about $1.61 in Atlanta, GA so I'd say it's cheaper than Europe but California has very high gas prices.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

9. Somewhere over in Europe (France?) it's 1.39/Liter!

That's not cheaper...they measure per liter, not gallon, and it comes out more expensive over there.
Duckie

[tjwash]

11. $2.15 a gallon here in Diego....

...that's our reward for being a blue state.

[iamjoy]

2. OK - Explain #6

Most of the rest are largely matters of opinion, but isn't gas frightfully expensive in Europe?

[nini]

3. He's definitely never bought gas over there

it's about twice as costly

[baldguy]

5. Europeans don't have any of these.

[nini]

6. no kiddin.. there's a reason their cars are small...

gotta love those VW Golfs, fiats, Ford Fiestas

[Amerpie]

4. Think about it

You have to factor in the hidden cost of gas in the US. Oil companies get huge tax breaks and subsidies. Take that money and add it to what you pay at the pump to see the real cost of gas in the US,

[TahitiNut]

8. $50 Billion in Persian Gulf military for $30 Billion in oil imports.

IIRC, that was the annual figure a year or two ago. It can only be enormously higher.

[Amerpie]

14. the cost of the war

is up around $200 billion now. Gas just keeps getting more expensive when you factor that in.

[ohiosmith]

7. 10. is not a myth. Especially pharmaceutical grade.

:smoke: 

[RobertSeattle]

10. Good lesson in life: Choose your myths carefully

We all need our myths to get through life, choosing the best one is the hard part.

[CHestonsucks]

12. and then there's

11. George W. Bush is just as smart as John Kerry.
12. Katherine Harris is a woman.
13. The GOP is the party of personal responsibility.
14. Bill O'Reilly has a brain.
15. Marc Racicot has testicles between his legs.
16. Scott McClellan has credibility. As did that other shnook.
17. Helen Thomes is enervated.
18. The press is free.
19. Prescott Bush never did business with the Nazis.
20. His grandson will win a second term.

Vote Early. Vote Kerry. Vote.

[scottcsmith]

13. Gas is expensive in Asia as well

When I lived in Japan from 1991-1992, I'm pretty sure gasoline was about $4.00 a gallon (I know there's a goofy metric equivalent, but as Grandpa Simpson says, "The metric system is the tool of the devil. My car gets 40 rods to the hog's head and that's the way I likes it.")

You can't beat Japan's train system. Except when it's rush hour and the car is packed with passengers and someone has their finger in the crack of your ass. In Japan they literally stuff you into the train and then your body assumes odd positions, such as when a foreign finger is in your ass.

[elperromagico]

15. Myth 5B:

Life imprisonment costs more in taxpayer money than a death sentence.

[Amerpie]

16. Good one

I read that Virginia is getting ready to spend an additional $3 million to try John Muhammed, even though he's already been sentenced to death!

[elperromagico]

17. Guess they intend to inject him twice.

Or shoot him full of 4,000 volts rather than 2,000.