Stupid then, stupider now.
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captainsblogI've come across a serious fun blog site recently called The Consumerist. Among other recent postings, they analyzed some of the bigger ripoffs at your local pet store, the latest fun and Blu-Ray games from those throttling finks at Netflix (but hey, they did just send me Shatner's big-screen debut in the Esperanto epic Incubus), but this collection of incredibly stupid old ads takes a whole bunch of cake:
And when life needs to end, you use it, too.
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Distaval is a registered trademark for the generic drug thalidomide, best consumed to the theme music from "Flipper."
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Better strangulation through science☺®
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"Guaranteed for five years, made of durable lead paint." Note, of course, that the second address in the bottom right corner of the ad is in Buffalo.
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There are also Chevy Corvairs, Ford Pintos and the essential doctor-recommended cigarettes. None for Windows Vista yet, but those will be along soon enough.
None of this past stupidity keeps up with the present, however.
Twice in three hours to and from a client appointment, on two different radio stations, I got to hear some moronic dittohead substitute host for Limbaugh accusing our president of being in bed with the Communists in Latin America. Obama prefers dictators to democracy, it would seem, and what better example of that could be offered than the Administration's stated opposition to the late June coup in Honduras which overthrew a democratically elected president? I wouldn't requote this if I didn't hear it twice, it was so hard to believe somebody said it the first time:
The people of Honduras didn't want this! That's why the military moved in!
Oh yeah. Banana-republic military coups are famous for their devotions to democracy and their respect for the will of the people. Back in the 70s, we had Howard Cosell reporting live from the scene of the junta-led assassinations. Nowadays, Fox would probably milk one for an entire 26-week reality show.
And when life needs to end, you use it, too.
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Distaval is a registered trademark for the generic drug thalidomide, best consumed to the theme music from "Flipper."
----
Better strangulation through science☺®
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"Guaranteed for five years, made of durable lead paint." Note, of course, that the second address in the bottom right corner of the ad is in Buffalo.
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There are also Chevy Corvairs, Ford Pintos and the essential doctor-recommended cigarettes. None for Windows Vista yet, but those will be along soon enough.
None of this past stupidity keeps up with the present, however.
Twice in three hours to and from a client appointment, on two different radio stations, I got to hear some moronic dittohead substitute host for Limbaugh accusing our president of being in bed with the Communists in Latin America. Obama prefers dictators to democracy, it would seem, and what better example of that could be offered than the Administration's stated opposition to the late June coup in Honduras which overthrew a democratically elected president? I wouldn't requote this if I didn't hear it twice, it was so hard to believe somebody said it the first time:
The people of Honduras didn't want this! That's why the military moved in!
Oh yeah. Banana-republic military coups are famous for their devotions to democracy and their respect for the will of the people. Back in the 70s, we had Howard Cosell reporting live from the scene of the junta-led assassinations. Nowadays, Fox would probably milk one for an entire 26-week reality show.
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