http://www.americanignorance.com/main Welcome to Operation Breaking Stereotypes Thu, 09 Oct 2008 06:20:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Obama-Biden Plan to Cover Uninsured Americans: Obama and Biden will make available a new national health plan to all Americans, including the self-employed and small businesses, to buy affordable health coverage that is similar to the plan available to members of Congress. The Obama-Biden plan will have the following ... http://www.americanignorance.com/main/articles/obama-and-bidens-plan-free-healthcare In today’s competitive job market, employers put a higher value on candidates with degrees. The majority of high-paying jobs on the market require at least a Bachelors degree. On the average, college graduates have far more successful careers and earn more money over the course of their lifetime than non-college ... http://www.americanignorance.com/main/articles/post-5 French Myth #1 - All French People Love Jerry Lewis We still argue over this one! Christophe swears it isn't true, but when last we visited his parents, what videos had they rented from Blockbuster?? Cinderfella and The Nutty Professor. Need I say more? Still, Christophe claims that if in fact ... http://www.americanignorance.com/main/articles/worlds-stereotypes According to one 2000-2003 survey by the Food Marketing Institute (a supermarket trade association), one-fifth of American shoppers are not confident that food is safe, and of those, 40% are concerned about hormones in food. Still, American consumers are more confident than their European counterparts. Hormonal additives are entirely illegal ... http://www.americanignorance.com/main/articles/american-food Americans pay too much for their prescription drugs, says the National Consumers League. As long as Americans have to pay high prices for their drugs they will continue buying cheaper medications from Canada, it said. The National Consumers League told this to a federal task force which is examining whether it ... http://www.americanignorance.com/main/articles/americans-pay-double-for-drugs Indeed, a May 15 study from the Commonwealth Fund study comparing the quality of the U.S. system with five other countries found that despite spending twice as much per capita, the U.S. ranks last or near last on basic performance measures of quality, access, efficiency, equity, and healthy lives. "The U.S. ... http://www.americanignorance.com/main/articles/hello-world