However, gas prices now are significantly less than that high that was reached. As a result the prices I pay at the grocery store should also have dropped accordingly. After all, as they said at the time, it was the price of gas causing the problem, not them. But they haven’t. Not at all. I am still paying the same price in a lot of cases and MORE in many others.

Grocery prices in the US are much higher than elsewhere in the world anyway. Many years ago that wasn’t the case. Back in 1973 when I first lived in the US grocery prices were significantly cheaper than the UK – where I hail from. When I came over here in 2003 that position was reversed. The UK was way cheaper. What happened America?

Anyway, back to the present. Gas prices have gone down – my grocery bill has headed in the other direction. Not even for a few weeks was the drop in gas reflected in supermarket prices. So just who is responsible for me feeling ripped off? Trucking companies not dropping their “unavoidable” rise in delivery costs? Or the supermarkets who liked the higher prices which once gas prices dropped meant higher profits?

He will also be telling leaders who apparently weren’t too happy with America acting unilaterally in the world that it is time for a true global response to global challenges including climate change, terrorism, endless conflicts and poverty.

Right…

“Climate change.” Good one! What about the Kyoto protocol? Still unratified (and hence non-binding on the US – or in other words America doesn’t have to do squat about greenhouse emissions – we don’t want to interfere with profits now, do we?) despite having been signed by the US. Talk about lip service and not meeting your responsibilities.

 ”Terrorism.” Another good one. Thanks to Gog and Magog (with a little help from Bushy) Iraq is a ruined country with hundreds of thousands dead. And for what? Not to mention Blackwater of course. Who have still not been given the boot (in fact I believe Obama has extended their invaluable service to the United States) and if you don’t know what they’ve been up to in America’s name then shame on you.

“Endless conflicts?” Iraq. Afghanistan. Enough said really.

“Poverty?” I get begging letters to help Americans in need every week. Best cure poverty in your own back yard before criticizing other countries.

And now the biggie…

“The United States cannot solve all the problems of the global community by itself.”

Indeed…

Name one thing the United States has done on the current world stage that has solved anything.

Poor little sausage. Finding a job by herself is obviously all too much for her. Welcome to the real world Trina. Perhaps anyone who has ever had an education could also sue if they can’t find a job. After all… God forbid that anyone anywhere should ever have to take responsibility for their own life. Whatever next?

I am all for colleges helping their students try to get a job, but to hold the college responsible when the student can’t find one they like? Give me a break.

It seems Thompson wants her $70,000 tuition refunded. I assume she will, of course, return her bachelor’s degree and sign an affidavit that she’ll never try to use it in the future. Or is this another fine example of someone wanting something for nothing?

No degree means a life of flipping burgers or such but that’s a small price to pay for getting the tuition back.

Lawyers will take anything to court of course. They don’t care – they’ll get paid either way. But as Thompson is already complaining about mounting debt from student loans I can’t help thinking that sueing wasn’t the smartest move in the playbook.

As someone once said – If you can’t get what you want, you have to take what you can get.

However… keep a close eye on them. I certainly will be. They’re now “rewriting” the TOS to make it “clearer” as to what they intended. Yeah… alright. We’ll go with that. for now. Actions speak louder than words Facebook.

They’re not alone however. There are other sites out there that try to assert control and ownership over stuff that’s submitted or uploaded to them. Always, always, ALWAYS read the terms of service for any site that you upload content to. Particularly photographs.