Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Tv commercials / The new school in LA

Among the most irritating and annoying daily events are the commercials on television.
First are the multidtude of plaintiff attorney's who want you to sue for every side effect of every drug,as well as syndromes I never heard of.It appears that every worker in this country is being unpatriotic if they don't pick up the phone and call 1-800-sue everyone.
Then there are the medical and drug ads.LO-T OR LO-ENERGY,AN ERECTION THAT IS TOO Many hours-CALL YOUR DOCTOR.BUT FIRST GET HIM/HER TO PRESCRIBE THIS MEDICINE.THEN, AS THE MUSIC BLARES,SOME ANNOUNCER RUNS THROUGH ALL THE POTENTIAL COMPLICATIONS UNTIL DEATH.
THEN COMES MEDICINES,EYE DROPS, OINTMENTS,UPPERS AND LOWERS,MANY NOT APPROVED BY THE FDA.Some have attractive real female physicians
Now if you have memory loss-if you can remember to take our pills-they are available for nothing except shipping and handling.
How about the speeding cars driving at unsafe speeds ,or the pig who drives in the back seat to help sell Geico.
Now what they all have in common, is that the volume automatically goes up the minute the commercial comes on.

A few months ago Sheila and I visited China.One of the highlights was a visit to the Olympic Stadium in Bejing built in the shape of a birds nest.Of course the Olympic Games were held there within the last 2 years, and the edifice rfepreesented the entire Chinese nation,and they should be proud of it.How shocked I was to learn that the new public school in bankrupt Los Angeles cost more than that Stadium.California has lost its bearings.