Loons and Liars

After all the manufactured hulabaloo over President Obama's speech to school children from conservative talking heads, columnists, politicians, and demagogues who objected to his message of stay in school and learn to prepare for life, I'm convinced these sterling citizens are nothing but loons and liars. Perhaps, I should just say they are loony liars, particularly considering all the hysteria and misinformation these characters have spewed out about health care reform. How anyone can be sucked into the loony liars insane scenarios and webs of untruthful ideas is beyond me. Part of the responsibility for the absolutely idiotic reaction of many parents who forbade their children to hear an inspirational message lies at the feet of news media who smelled a story and made it stink by playing to the lowest common denominator of uninformed people. In this sense, the mainstream media are no better than the talking heads and bloggers who stir the pot of public opinion with a ladle of lies to whip up a broth of hatred for our president.

Dumb Dad Ad

In an ATT television ad for Internet service, pitiful pop can't find a network connection and his clued in daughter who knows all about wi-fi tells him, "The line is invisible". Pop replies, "I knew that." with all the confidence of a man facing a firing squad and hoping to survive. This ad is just another example of a long list of advertisements that denigrate the intelligence of males. I think it's time that men united to tell the corporate sponsors that this type of ad is not acceptable. This best way to do this is to visit one of the sponsors stores and tell a manager that you won't be buying their product as long as they keep insulting your intelligence. However, I don't think even male-backlash would help when the ads are most likely being produced and approved for airing by corporate flunkies barely out of their teens. The youger generation has clearly taken charge and the results are not pretty.