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January 19, 2004:
Microsoft:
Most computer people hate Microsoft, no matter what. So what
do they do? They are running TV ads that make computer users
look like brain dead morons. All that will do is increase the
alienation. They should understand that these people are not
Microsoft users by choice. They are users because there is no
choice.
Levitra:
Mike Ditka, I used to admire you. That's disgusting what you
are doing. Do you really need the money that bad? Is your beanery
in the red, or is it the exposure you miss?
Poor Ruby:
In the January 5 notes I told about Ruby the Alzheimer's victim
who wandered off near Christmas. As I guessed, she was finally
found dead in a small copse of tree near where she lived. A citizen
walking his dog made the discovery. After the neighbor's door
was closed in her face, Ruby wandered over to the woodlot, lay
down, went to sleep, and froze to death. So much for the milk
of human kindness.
Budweiser:
Television ads in prime time football with kids watching. That's
a great place for your disgustingly gross men's room ads. Two
men standing at a urinal! A referee with feces soiled pants and
toilet paper hanging down! Do you really think that kind of sewage
is funny? Who would it be funny to? What mentality are you targeting?
Tell me again how you are a responsible advertiser who does not
target children. Only a child mentality would find that entertaining.
A thoughtful adult would find it contemptible. Many years ago
you had a reasonably good product called Beechwood aged Budweiser
beer. What did you do to your product that made it unmarketable
to thoughtful adults? Did you increase throughput without increasing
equipment?
O'Neill:
George has such fine plans. He has tons of soft money. He has
all his bases covered. There is no way he could lose the next
presidential election — or is there? Now why did that guy
have to go and put sand in George's gear box? I'm counting on
the media to tell me what's in the book. There is no way I would
pay money for a book written by a politician. If it has juicy
stuff, the media will grab it and run.
Rubber Stamp:
The supreme court let's George have his way with his incommunicado
prisoners. He can arrest whoever he wants and he don't have to
tell nobody nothin! Welcome to the enabling act. Can't say I
didn't expect it.
That was not enough. The rubber stamp also endorsed illegal
search and seizure by police in criminal investigations. They
can put up road blocks wherever they please any time they please.
And, of course, the police won't misuse that power. Sure!
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