Log In
Username

Password

Remember me

Reporter: phil454

 

 

Omaha, NE and the College World Series Debate

Phil Olson Region: Nebraska

Omaha, Nebraska, Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium, and the College World Series have been synonomous with each other for over fifty years, but now there may be a hitch in the tradition.  The College World Series wa... more

Views: 2056
 

The Toilets Stuck to My Behind

Phil Olson Region: Iowa

A strange story was reported by an associated press writer about a woman who sat on her boyfriends toilet for two years.  That's not the strangest part though, after sitting there for so long her skin actually grew ar... more

Views: 1560
 

Oil Prices, Food Prices, and Surviving

Phil Olson Region: Iowa

As everyone has surely noticed oil prices are going higher and higher which, in turn, is leading to higher food prices, higher living costs, and well pretty much higher costs for everything.  So how are we expected to... more

Views: 1344
Tags: OPEC , Oil , Prices , Food , Bush , Protests , Costs , World
 

Presidential Candidates Need To Grow Up

Phil Olson Region: Iowa

If presidential candidates can't grow up and act like adults how are we supposed to take the whole political process seriously.  They're trying to attract voters to come out in record numbers in November but their act... more

Views: 1497
 

Bomb Threat Not Taken Seriously

Phil Olson Region: Iowa

On Wednesday January 16 of 2008 a bomb threat was reported at East Mills High School in Malvern, Iowa.  A student had reported seeing a 17 year old male with a stash of dynamite in the school.  It wasn't until Fr... more

Views: 1267
 

Wild West Style Jailbreak

Phil Olson Region: United States

Red Oak, Iowa 12:45 a.m. January 7, 2008:  That's when and where it took place.  A crazed women in her mid twenties came bursting through the Montgomery County, Iowa jail with a loaded sawed off shotgun to f... more

Views: 1248
 

Professor Fired For Excercising Free Speech

Phil Olson Region: Iowa

A professor was fired from Southwestern Community College's Red Oak campus for excercising his freedom of speech rights.  The professor, Steve Bitterman, was a very good teacher with two bachelor's degrees and a maste... more

Views: 1363
 

I Never Said That Attn. newmentalist

Phil Olson Region: Iowa

It has been brought to my attention by another journalist on groundreport.com, thenewmentalist, that I may have seemed a little to proud of my country.  While I am proud to live in the United States I do not believe w... more

Views: 983
 

No Such Thing As "Win" In War

Phil Olson Region: Iowa

Is there such a thing as win in war?  Really, can you tell me how anybody can be considered a winner.  Families are torn apart, young bright lives are destroyed, lives are lost, and innocent people are forced to ... more

Views: 697
 

Have You Ever Done This?

Phil Olson Region: Iowa

Have you ever woke up in the morning, looked out the door, and said "Today I'm going to do something big and I mean BIG!!"  Than the end of the day comes and your sitting at home watching primetime television trying t... more

Views: 1546

Reporter Profile
Name: Phil Olson
Member Since: April 2007
Location: NE
Rating:
# of Articles: 28


Publications
The Opinionated


Contact Reporter

v 2.4 build: 258
0.2379