HONOLULU - Nicole Leszczynski couldn't imagine that two chicken salad sandwiches would land her and her husband in jail and her 2-year-old daughter in state custody. But it happened five days ago, when the 30-weeks-pregnant woman forgot to pay for her snack while grocery shopping.
Chandler resident Erin Carr Jordan got a morning surprise from McDonald’s this week and there were no eggs or muffins involved. It was a 7 a.m. hand-delivered letter from a lawyer prohibiting her from setting foot in eight Valley McDonald’s and threatening her with criminal trespassing charges if she did. The mother of four,...
I am writing this editorial from the Jacksonville, FL international airport too which this is the second time in 24 hours I’ve sat to wait to get onto a plane. What happend? After vacationing with my family in Florida we were looking forward to getting home on Sunday Oct 16th. We were all on...
The federal government’s ban on the incandescent light bulb impacts even the most unexpected items, including the Easy Bake Oven, made by Hasbro, with which many young American girls play. The famous toy, first introduced in 1963, once relied on a heated bulb to bake miniature treats. However, the compact fluorescents, which are becoming...
Capitol police arrested three people Saturday afternoon for selling lemonade on the West Lawn of the Capitol Building.
In 1607, Jamestown Virginia became the first permanent settlement in the New World. Many people believe that the settlement in Jamestown was for similar reasons for the settlement in Plymouth Massachusetts nearly 20 years later, religious freedom. In fact, many very fundamental Christians will not even recognize the Jamestown settlement as a legitimate first...
Obesity is on the rise in this country that is a fact. More people today are overweight then 20 years ago. We live in a sedentary culture, where it is very easy to put on the pounds. However, now doctors, Ob-Gyn’s, instead of helping their obese patients and their unborn child,are turning them away....
If you’ve seen the movie “Wall-e” you are going to know exactly where this editorial is going. Right down the aisle of the real life version of Buy-n-Large…Wal-Mart. Consumers all over America, on a daily basis walk into the Wal-Mart Super Centers greeted by cheery associates welcoming them to the store. Aisle after aisle,...
A recent news report stated that playground equipment has gotten “Too Safe” and I agree. It’s not about the type of material the equipment is made out of, it is the idea that these new playground are not constructed in a way to allow children to learn and adapt to risks. Studies are showing...
From George Washington to Barak Obama, the United States federal government has been in flux in regards to the powers of the President. With the establishment of term limits and a congressional cabinet which George Washington set the precedent for, to the increasing dangers of our southern boarders and the decade long war on...
You have heard in the news how the government wants to impose a “Debt Ceiling” on the national debt. To some people that seems like a good idea. I mean sure isn’t it the responsible thing to do to “cap off” how much debt the government gets into? Isn’t putting the government on a...
Our founding fathers made it possible that an individual indicted of a crime has the constitutional right to trial by a jury of their peers under the 6th Amendment. “In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the...
Researchers from Harvard University say inadequate or unskilled parental supervision can leave severely obese children vulnerable to the societal influences that promote an unhealthy lifestyle and are suggesting that this may be a form of child abuse that authorities should act on. In a commentary posted Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical...
As an assistant teacher to a High School Senior Government and Economic class, I have found that I have learned quite a lot about the science of economy, and that I am lucky to work with a teacher whose conservative ideologies brings some truth into class. One of the concepts that we teach in...
I heard today on the news that Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell believes that the acquittal of Casey Anthony proves that a US Civilian court system cannot be trusted to try terror suspects. Ummm…Okay…? How does a 25 year old woman who was indicted on charges of murdering her child akin to a terrorist?...
July 8, 2011 Posted by Guest Writer gostwriter(Replace this parenthesis with the @ sign)hollywoodrepublican.net “I place economy among the first and most important virtues, and public debt as the greatest of dangers to be feared ” Nostradamus must have had something to say about this “Debt Ceiling” crisis. He predicts that U.S, economy will collapse....
Recently the country has been glued to their TV’s anxiously awaiting the fate of Casey Anthony. Many Americans were convinced, and still are, that she was responsible for the death of her child Caylee. However, America was shocked when the Jury found Casey not guilty on the counts of murder, child abuse and manslaughter....
“When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another.” I may be one of a few people who actually read the entire “Declaration of Independence” I’m no better than you, I’m a history teacher, so I had to read...
Is anyone else scared? I know I am. It seems to me that this country has gone completely out of control, it seems as if we are like a penny in a cone that kids like to drop in and watch the penny go around and around and around only to be dropped into...
In the 1985 Tipper Gore led the “Parent Music Resource Center” its goal was to restrict the sale of potentially harmful music from the children of this great country. What she ended up doing is placing many of the top Rock Music stars such as Dee Snider into more limelight then anyone would have...