From The "Only In America" File

From the amazon.com website, this is the item "Most Wished For In Health & Personal Care": the Philips HeartStart Home Automated External Defibrillator. Stock up while supplies last, because at only $1495.00, they ain't gonna last long!

The best thing is description of this product, which touts this as "essential emergency equipment", right up there with "fire extinguishers, seat belts, airbags". Interesting marketing spin. I'm not buying it, because those other things sound like inventions to combat unavoidable accidents. Instead of plunking down all that money for a defibrillator, how about you first get some exercise and cut down on all those artery-clogging super-sized meals?