YouSayToo: posts tagged usa

Floods in the US

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:12:30 GMT

The Mississippi river has broken high-water records up and down the Iowa and Illinois shore The water went up as high as 12 feet above flood stage in some places. The floods caused about $1 billion of [more]

Amazing Lightshow on Manhattan

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:01:09 GMT

This unique phenomenon is called Manhattanhenge. During the last minutes of the day every single cross-street is tinged with orange sunlight. The term was coined in 2002 by Neil deGrasse Tyson. [more]

20th Century America

Thu, 22 May 2008 11:17:27 GMT

80 and 60 year old photos of the United States of America. You can feel, just by looking at the photos the atmosphere of those times. [more]

NATO summit

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 11:13:40 GMT

This week was full of political events. Of course the biggest news was NATO summit in Bucharest. During the summit Bush struggled to invite Ukraine and Georgia to join the alliance thankfully some European [more]

Does School Lunch Taste Better in Britain?

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:35:00 GMT

Judging from this story, I'd say whatever they feed the kids in the UK is better than what we feed them here in the US. Otherwise I'd be either making my kids' lunch everyday or giving them [more]

US invasion a success

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:59:12 GMT

The invasion of Iraq is a success said president George Bush. In his speech he said "The level of violence is significantly down. Civilian deaths are down. Sectarian killings are down. Attacks on [more]

U.S. Soldier Killed by German Police

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:48:38 GMT

A German policeman shot and killed and U.S soldier after a violent domestic incident. According to the police the American soldier, who name is kept secret, armed with a m4 rifle took his girlfriend [more]

Gas Hits $9 per Gallon in UK!

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 12:42:27 GMT

This CBS News video not only explains just how much more gas costs in the UK compared to here in the US - $9 a gallon! It also explains in layman's terms some of the factors behind the surging oil [more]

Family Life perception in different cultures

Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:58:05 GMT

If you ask an average American, what is the family life in Russia, his imagination will bring the chaotic picture of poverty, drunkeness, and so on. If you convert this perception into the real picture [more]

Running the Numbers :Americam Self-Portrait

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 15:27:58 GMT

32,000 Barbies equal to the number of elective breast augmentation surgeries performed monthly in the US in 2006. 426,000Cell phone are retired in the US every day 106,000 aluminum can are used in the [more]

World's Hairiest Men Compete in Brighton

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 15:27:21 GMT

Some girls like guys with beards, like my wife thank God. But When you hear a girl say that they like a guy with a beard they usually are not talking about the guys that gathered at Brighton in the UK [more]

Kosovo Declares Independence

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:22:40 GMT

Yesterday, Feb 17, Kosovo has declared Independence. Thousands of albanians filled the streets in celebration, whereas, Serbia's Prime Minister will address the U.N security council about this. France, [more]

China's Caught Spying

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:28:32 GMT

One week ago I got a comment on a post stating that China is simply a "worker bee country." They were [more]

Vladimir Putin will aim Nuclear Missiles at Ukraine

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:06:00 GMT

Russian president Vladimir Putin has warned Ukraine that he will aim nuclear missiles at it if Ukraine joins Nato and accepts the U.S missile shield on its territory. Russia wasn't happy about the [more]

Bush's House of Cards Economy

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:00:51 GMT

I can't believe people still think this guy is smart. The rich half of the country does not care because they can absorb the higher gas and home heating prices, they already pay a premium for their [more]

Russian bombers are flying further and more often

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:10:17 GMT

Today I decided to write about something different. About Russian patrolling bombers in the Western Pacific. U.S jets intercepted two Russia Tupolev 95 Bear bombers in the western pacific. One flew just [more]

British Learn Chinese...Americans struggle with English

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 13:45:46 GMT

Do you ever wonder why the US is no longer top dog? One reason is that we refuse to learn or speak any other language than our fractured version of English. American kids can barely speak their native [more]

Mossad Reports on Iran's Nukes

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 13:41:16 GMT

Ah Mossad, is there anything you don't have your fingers into? This not-so-secret spy agency of Israel causes more problems than it solves in my opinion and now they are reporting on the "True" [more]

A budget for Bush

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 10:36:41 GMT

George Bush sent his first ever $3 Trillion budget proposal to congress with deep cuts in healthcare and a huge increase in military spending. He called it a "solid budget" that would keep the [more]

Economic Stimulus Package Not That Stimulating

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:42:52 GMT

Wow George Bush, $600-$1200 bucks! Did you think of that all by yourself? Of course not, but you'll take credit for this latest half-assed attempt to stabilize the US Economy. This so called Stimulus [more]