Moment of Random Thought: Political Ads Suck!

Picture provided from the movie Campaign

I debated with myself for a while.

Debated if I should have made up a story about all the craziness that seems to behind this year's crop of political ads and place it under  “The Underground” tagline, write it as I have plan to do so now, or not even write anything at all. However, for all the times that I’ve kept my thoughts and opinions to myself. I thought I would share my thoughts this one time,and air my frustration and overall sadness with the recent bombardment of political ads on television and radio.

I was once a student of Political Science (Poli Sci is what we kids call it). After bouncing around from major to major, I stumbled by chance into this major. The classes came easy to me. I wasn’t forced to remember a set of equations, break down a sentence, or construct something with my own bare-hands.  To me Political Science was about how people followed rules and order. Basically finding order in a sea chaos, but in learning that you also find how trivial the whole process become and how individuals (in all parties) use it to control a subdued population. And that wherein lies my frustration over political ads. What benefit do these ads truly have?  Other than to rile up a misinformed public, who are apparently too lazy to do any meaningful research on their own, and get them to vote their way. Amazing that in this time of human development people are still so easily fooled and that the notion of self-thought is almost non-existent.

If it was up to me...I would not allow ads that attack. Just stick to what you are about and what you want to do, that’s it...nothing else. I don’t want a scary voice telling me how voting for the other person will start World War 3. I don’t need a woman’s voice telling me that voting for a particular candidate will cause my child to be abducted by aliens and carried off to galaxies unknown. Finally I do not want ads that sound like a pharmaceutical drug company ads that list all the side-effects for voting.

All I want from this political season is for the politicians to have debates, be civil and keep it about the your issues. Is that too much to ask for?

Now I realized I could have gone on with a much longer tirade about the political system. How the crazy amount of money being raised for ads would be better spent elsewhere by these politicians. But I’m tired and I want to get back to writing things that make me laugh.

So on to the next one.

The Underground: Politicians launch Occupy Televison

picture taken from Mike Luckovich @ www.gocomics.com

On January 3rd a new movement began to sweep the country. Just as the Occupy Wall Street died down and people returned to monotonous life. A new movement lurked in the shadows to hog the attention, bask in the limelight and change the way Americans behave in the privacy of their own homes. Spearheaded by the likes of Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, Newt Gingrich and those calling themselves...Suhpah Pack, all have one agenda, to make you hate watching TV in your own home.  These protesters have taken their cause out of the streets and in to your homes. FBI, Homeland security and CDC have commented on the growing numbers of this occupation. First starting in a small time in Iowa, it has gradually spread throughout the continental US.


A Matthew Liechter stated, "The reason for the Occupy Television Movement is that Americans have for far too long watch so much TV. We want them out of their homes and being productive members of society and the only way to accomplish that end goal is to make television so unbearable that the normal viewer has no choice but to turn it off. Where the Occupy Wall Street fought against the 1%. The Occupy Television Movement wages a war against the 99%"


Jake Elwood, a thirty-six year resident of Detroit, Michigan expresses his frustration over the current ads that have flooded their airwaves, "...The ads would just not stop. Day in and day out, having to listen to the same crap over and over again. My wife and I have decided to toss the television out of the window and go back to reading books and newspaper. At least that way I don't have to hear their voices everytime I go to sleep."


As the protest spreads, other states start to ramp up their efforts to prevent the mass hysteria of these Occupy Television Movements. Georgia states that they will run 24/7 marathon of the "Dukes of Hazard" in order to combat the Occupy Television Movement. Researches still do not know of anything currently on television that can stop this movement from ruining so many families across the country. 


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