Only in America

ambulance...

Only in America...are there handicap parking places in front of a

skating rink...

Only in America...do people order double cheese burgers, a large fry

and a diet coke...

Only in America...do banks leave both doors open and then chain the

pens to the counters...

Only in America...do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars in the

driveway and leave useless things and junk in boxes in the garage...

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 buy hot dogs in packages of ten and buns in

packages of eight...

Only in America...are the least useful professions (professional

athletes, movie actors & entertainers) paid so disproportional as

compared to people with normal jobs...

Only in America...do people buy domestic brand tires, because they

want to "buy American," and install them on their imported cars...

Only in America...the budgets for advertising non-essential items,

like soft drinks, exceed the economies of many third-world nations...

Only in America...do we use the word politics to describe the process

so well. Poli in Latin meaning many and tics meaning blood sucking

creatures...