40 Sound Off(s) found for Sound Off To America tag
Everyday Life - Wilderness Survival
How to make a bug burger [500]
Posted: 3/15/2010 by: Mariani
Bear Grylls takes a couple of locusts, a beatle, one mantis and a few moths, discards the heads and outer shells, mashes it all in his fingers and pops it in his mouth. A healthy tip for surviving in the wilderness. The video will make you cringe!...
Everyday Life - Accidents
Posted: 3/10/2010 by: Mariani
In my youngish life, I've witnessed probably an equal number of "smart people" accidents as I have "stupid people" accidents. The second is easy to understand why they have accidents. They're missing strong moral values, and they're the kind of...
News & Current Affairs - Not Listed Here
Posted: 3/9/2010 by: Gina
I've always liked Dan Rather. The pictures I see of him always have books in them. He's reading a book. There's a pile of books next to his chair. He wrote a book. Definitely a well-educated man. So I was surprised by his latest quip about Obama not...
Everyday Life - Yoga
Yoga Fondling [500]
Posted: 3/3/2010 by: Gina
There is this yoga studio I like to go to. A friend of mine introduced me to it by giving me a gift certificate. I was shocked on that first day because the instructor (a man) came up and massaged my lower torso when we were lying flat. I flinched,...
Sports & Entertainment - History
Posted: 2/25/2010 by: Mariani
I can get buried in wikipedia for a full Saturday if I'm not careful. And I love the trivial facts peppered throughout history. For instance, the 100 Years War. It didn't last 100 years. It lasted 116 years. And, did you know that Queen Isabella of...
News & Current Affairs - North Korea
Where red is still in. [500]
Posted: 2/10/2010 by: Mariani
I get amazed when I read about dare-devil attempts by journalists. This article is an account of VICE journalists going to N. Korea to see some "games." When you watch the games on video, it looks like a troop of soldiers preparing to go to war. Is...
Everyday Life - Bullhorn Banter
Caulfield Remembered [500]
Posted: 2/1/2010 by: Tom Wald Founder Sound Off To America
I realize I’m probably about the millionth person to write some sort of tribute to J.D. Salinger since his passing a few days ago and while there’s most likely little I can add regarding his brilliant work or reclusive lifestyle, I’d like to throw...
Everyday Life - Kids stuff
Posted: 1/25/2010 by: Gina
I used to think that the Japanese were laughing their behinds off at us Americans. Case in point: this new study from the Kaiser Foundation that says kids are spending roughly 8 hours a day on either the internet, their cell phone or TV. But then I...
Everyday Life - Japanese Hornets
Posted: 1/25/2010 by: Gina
All it takes is one. One enterprising scout to find the honey bee colony. Mark it with a pheromone. Return with a band of natural born killers. And make all hell break lose.” Sounds like the latest Tarantino? Close. It’s the beginning of a National...
Everyday Life - Haiti
Posted: 1/25/2010 by: Mariani
I was reading cnn.com and noticed a Quick Vote poll at the bottom. When you click on the "view results" it shows that 47% of participants have, and 54% haven't. Of course, this statistic is for cnn readers, so it probably is not representative of...
News & Current Affairs - Bonuses
Posted: 1/14/2010 by: Gina
Wouldn't it be great to get a really big bonus? Say....$5,000? I think most of America would consider that a decent-sized bonus. How about winning the lottery every year? That's what it seems like they do at places like Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan....
Sports & Entertainment - Chess
Is Chess Social Suicide? [500]
Posted: 1/12/2010 by: Mariani
Tom your Bull Horn Banter is hysterical this week. I bought a chess set in Mexico about 10 years ago and use it all the time. My nephew likes to play with me. He's 15 now, and wins about 9 out of every 10 matches that we play. He started playing...
News & Current Affairs - Racism
Racism In The Senate [500]
Posted: 1/11/2010 by: Mariani
For a politician as "old" as Harry Reid (by that I mean he's not of high school age) to bring up a racial slur that is widely known to be not only derogatory, but non-existent as well, is cause for firing. Wasn't it about five or six years ago that...
Everyday Life - Bullhorn Banter
Posted: 1/11/2010 by: Tom Wald Founder Sound Off To America
There’s a chess set that sits in the corner of our family room. It’s really there a lot more for decoration than anything else. My grade school daughters play a game or two on it every now and then but I’m not sure they’re really playing...
News & Current Affairs - Executions
Posted: 1/8/2010 by: Gina
This film footage is disturbing. In Sri Lanka, these men were stripped, made to sit in the mud, blind-folded and then shot from behind. Does this deter crime? Or, make a nation an unacceptable place to live (and do business with.)...
Sports & Entertainment - Celebrity News
Posted: 1/6/2010 by: Mariani
Really sad news about Casey Johnson. So beautiful. So young. Her story makes for a great character profile in a movie, and I mean that with wholesome respect. Young women can learn a lot from Casey's life. The tragedy of her death has the potential...
Everyday Life - Farming
Farming in the City [500]
Posted: 1/4/2010 by: yellowraincoat
I love this idea. John Hantz, the owner of Hantz Financial Group, has been buying up land in Detroit, and wants to create a farm right in the middle of dirty, desolate Detroit. Urban sprawl upside down, I guess. Instead of the city encroaching on...
Everyday Life - Architecture
Posted: 1/4/2010 by: Gina
It would have to be in Dubai where the new tallest building is opening -- the Burj Dubai, it is called. Dubai seems to be the new "it" place. It's in the news so much lately. Of course, this is how it was with Taipei -- which is now so...
Sports & Entertainment - Athletes
Guns and Stupidity [500]
Posted: 1/4/2010 by: Mariani
The argument between two Wizards players is the dumbest thing I've ever heard of. They were in a locker room. Do they even imagine they can shoot someone and get away with it? Maybe I've been watching a little too much Dexter, but here's the thing:...
News & Current Affairs - Climate Control
Posted: 1/3/2010 by: girlwholikessummer
The Nation dedicated a column to calling Denmark officials "control freaks" because they arrested 1000 demonstrators outside the World Climate Talks. They make a really good point. How else is the public supposed to be heard? If not in a peaceful...
Sports & Entertainment - Joaquin Phoenix
Posted: 12/29/2009 by: Mariani
Joaquin Phoenix is one of my favorite actors. He plays a great twisted soul. And I would have loved to hear him talk about his craft. I'm sure he is very intelligent with the way he goes about learning for his roles. But I sure didn't get that from...
Everyday Life - Bullhorn Banter
Posted: 12/27/2009 by: Tom Wald Founder Sound Off To America
By all accounts 2009 was a pretty tough year the whole way around. Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan raged on with no real end in sight. A lot of people lost jobs and continue to face financial hardship. The government handed hundreds of...
Sports & Entertainment - Celebrity News
Posted: 12/22/2009 by: MicahW
If you took Bernie's mansions and yacht away, and if he were sitting in a Denny's diner trying to sell you his deal, would you buy it? That would be a great question to ask next time any of us gets approached by a swindler. As you look at the...
Sports & Entertainment - Not Listed Here
Posted: 12/21/2009 by: Mariani
Donald Trump is selling his jet because he needs a bigger one. It's worth looking at these photos of the jet. Talk about luxury!
http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2009/news/0911/gallery.Donald_Trump_jet/index.html
http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2009/news/0911/gallery.Donald_Trump_jet/index.html
Sports & Entertainment - Celebrity News
So long Brittany. [500]
Posted: 12/21/2009 by: girlwholikessummer
I really liked Brittany Murphy -- she was so adorable in all her movies. I will miss her!
Sports & Entertainment - Tiger Woods
Casting stones [500]
Posted: 12/19/2009 by: Mariani
I'm comparing Tiger Woods to Michael Phelps right now: huge public indiscretion, they get ridiculed, they lose endorsements. I'm amazed at how we all like to jump on the band wagon and say "what an idiot!" or "he's a public figure....he should have...
News & Current Affairs - Pollution Control
Trading pollution points [500]
Posted: 12/19/2009 by: Gina
I was wondering who would be the nations to stymie the climate talks. Ends up it's the US and China. And that really worries me because without production in the US and China, the world would fall very short on goods. So, is it really up to the two...
Everyday Life - Smoking Ban
Posted: 12/19/2009 by: MicahW
I hate smoking. I hate smoke. I hate the acrid smell on my clothes. I hate the toxic smell in my hair. I hate the sting in my eyes. I hate the pollution in my lungs. I hate how people that can't afford to buy cigarettes become addicted and forced to...
Everyday Life - Bullhorn Banter
Posted: 12/17/2009 by: Tom Wald Founder Sound Off To America
The other day I received an email which read in its entirety as follows:“Do you want to give me a call about this?”There was only one problem. It was an attached response to an email I had sent this person more than two years earlier. ...
News & Current Affairs - Not Listed Here
Posted: 12/14/2009 by: Mariani
I scoffed when I first heard Obama won the Nobel prize. Not only are there more deserving people, but it seemed none of Obama's accomplishments were quite prize worthy. Since hearing his acceptance speech, I've come around to understand why the...
Everyday Life - Trivia
Posted: 12/12/2009 by: Gina
Coca-Cola! Here's the score: Coke: 4,013,600 and General Motors: 106,200.00Just in case anyone was wondering!
Sports & Entertainment - Coca Cola
Coca Cola Trivia [500]
Posted: 12/9/2009 by: Mariani
On May 15, 1950, Coca Cola became the first product ever to appear on the cover of Time Magazine.
News & Current Affairs - Copenhagen Climate Talks
Posted: 12/7/2009 by: Gina
As 1,000 delegates converge on Copenhagen to talk about controlling our global climate, I wonder how 1,000 people can "discuss" anything. I suppose they will have groups and sub-groups, but still, how do you go about getting 1,000 culturally...
Everyday Life - Bullhorn Banter
Posted: 12/3/2009 by: Tom Wald Founder Sound Off To America
When I was five years old my big brother and I walked up to the neighborhood movie theater to watch the film Santa Claus Conquers the Martians. The plot of this cinematic gem was more than just a bit disturbing to a pre-schooler, Martians...
News & Current Affairs - White House Crashers
Posted: 12/1/2009 by: yellowraincoat
Reality TV shows aside, the alarming note about Michaele and Tareq Salahi is that they are antisemitic and activists for Palestine. According to Debbie Schlussel's blog Tareq Salahi is on a Muslim dominated American Task Force in Palestine, a group...
Everyday Life - Bullhorn Banter
Posted: 11/18/2009 by: Tom Wald Founder Sound Off To America
Anyone who knows me knows I hate the Wall Street bailouts. I call them the non-violent crime of the century. I think the concept of “Too Big To Fail”, or TBTF as its now commonly abbreviated, is perhaps the greatest oxymoron of our...
Sports & Entertainment - Miss America Pageants
Posted: 11/16/2009 by: Mariani
There have been headlines EVERYWHERE about Carrie Prejean. Who is she? The thought crossed my mind that maybe she was the long hidden daughter of Sister Helen Prejean who, as we all know, is a nun. That was a sizzling thought, but improbable. I...
News & Current Affairs - Transportation
Posted: 11/16/2009 by: Gina
CNN is accepting our votes for Hero of the Year, right now. I was reading about all the candidates. They are amazing. There's a 16 year old boy that raised money to build a playground for a hospital in Pakistan. And, there's a man who provides...
Sports & Entertainment - Social Media
Posted: 9/25/2009 by: MicahW
From Twitter today: @CharlieCurve: I used to think of social media as tools, but I think viewing them as a simple telephone line is more apt.I'm curious about people's perceptions on this: What is social media? Is it ("it" being the blanket pronoun...
