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Proudly representing oil companies, defense contractors, and firearms manufacturers since 1980. Because merchants of death need lawyers, too.
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Rocky, ya beat me to it. And they wonder why so many young guys are like Peter Pan. ---- never grow up.
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Here are my additional observations about it:
Whether in commercials or on shows, men are depicted as weak buffoons, or are absent altogether in time of need. (Witness those ADT ads.) Women, however, are the new "man of the house" and are always smarter and more capable.
Celebrities are the only people on earth who matter, have valid opinions, or contribute to society. Every celebrity death is treated as a reason for national mourning.
Also good observations.
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It all seems to revolve around believing "make believe".
Reality WILL intrude.
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that's a good point.....mainstream TV is utterly devoid of characters who are white, male, providers for their families, and reasonably intelligent.
characters like Robert Young on Father Knows Best, or Ward Cleaver, have given way to degnerates like Charlie Sheen, or just hapless losers.
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Boobtube writers have made viewers puerile junkies. Oxymoronic copycat creativity.
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Being a pawn shop whore I see those little scooters for sale all the time.
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sitting here watching an old movie, and working on an even older hoss pistol, and the commercials are just appalling. In an hour, I have seen the following ads:
1)get yourself a scooter, the government will pay...no cost to you.
2)get a diabetes tester and all my diabetic supplies for free...no cost to me
3)get a free cell phone...paid for by the government...free to me if I'm on welfare
4)get out of paying my past due taxes
5)get out of paying my credit card bills
a generation ago the vast majority of Americans would have been ashamed to participate in any of these.....the fact that they dominate TV ads and talk radio goes a long way to explain how we got a commie in the White House. I've noticed the same, and it is sickening. Makes me glad I seldom watch TV these days.
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About the only thing on in my house are cartoons that the kids watch or the Military Channel that my boy watches. Sometimes the wifey catches up on her soaps on the Soap Opera Channel. When somebody wanders off the range we get crap like y'all are talkin' about.
We watch us some local news, oncet awhile, but it's all about one thing now. Swamp People, American Pickers, Pawn Stars...they all get some play. Thas about it.
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I am tired of the constant barrage telling me of all the medical issues that are probably lurking within me as well as go on to tell me which prescription medicines to tell my doctor that I need.
I also am tired of seeing overpriced and over-gadgeted vehicles pushed at me when there are not simple, serviceable alternatives available.
Not a real member - just an ordinary guy who appreciates being able to hang around and say something once in awhile.
Happily Trapped In the Past (Thanks, Joe)
Not only a less than minimally educated person, but stupid and out of touch as well.
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sitting here watching an old movie, and working on an even older hoss pistol, and the commercials are just appalling. In an hour, I have seen the following ads:
1)get yourself a scooter, the government will pay...no cost to you.
2)get a diabetes tester and all my diabetic supplies for free...no cost to me
3)get a free cell phone...paid for by the government...free to me if I'm on welfare
4)get out of paying my past due taxes
5)get out of paying my credit card bills
a generation ago the vast majority of Americans would have been ashamed to participate in any of these.....the fact that they dominate TV ads and talk radio goes a long way to explain how we got a commie in the White House. Obviously, you are not the intended target audience. You are the person that will be expected to provide these benefits for the severely down-trodden of this nation. See I remembered the sarcasm font color. 
"If dogs don't go to heaven, when I die I want to go wherever they went." -Will Rogers
"If you have a lot of self control you don't need a lot of government control" - Thomas Sowell
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+1 on the DVR. Thats the only way I watch TV anymore.
“When you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.”
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I was watching TV with my daughter and one of her friends last week when an ad came on for KY lubes....two people sitting in bed talking about how much fun they had with KY. Talk about awkward moment.
the degenerate and explicit sexual stuff is a whole separate issue, but I guess it's all just part of the great downward spiral that began in the early 60s. Meant to Desynsatize your daughter. This is the exact group they are targeting. Gays control the major networks and are teaching the young to buy into it. It has worked. Look how many Fire Members don't have a problem with homosexuals and post about it. They have accepted it, because they have been taught to. TV is powerful...very powerful.
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Being a pawn shop whore I see those little scooters for sale all the time. yeah, the taxpayers buy them, then the downtrodden sell them for crack money.
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Infamous Nikita Khrushchev Quote
"We can't expect the American People to jump from Capitalism to Communism,
but we can assist their elected leaders in giving them small doses of Socialism,
until they awaken one day to find that they have Communism.
~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
As Bob Hagel would say"You should not use a rifle that will kill an animal when everything goes right; you should use one that will do the job when everything goes wrong."Good words of wisdom...............
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France just got their Full Dose...
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If the U.S. had remained a rural nation,these culture destroying practices could never had taken hold.
Once the gov't involved itself in farming with subsidies and outright grants,rural pride evaporated within a generation.
For instance,no one could ever convince a rural kid that homosexuality is just an "alternate lifestyle",or,"God made them that way".
The Devil keeps you dancing by making you believe YOU are calling the tune.
Of,corse,you are not.
Never holler whoa or look back in a tight place
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I was watching TV late the other night and there was a 30 minute infomercial on, selling every type of dilldo imaginable.
Hard to believe. so, how long 'till your starter kit arrives? 
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I was watching TV with my daughter and one of her friends last week when an ad came on for KY lubes....two people sitting in bed talking about how much fun they had with KY. Talk about awkward moment.
the degenerate and explicit sexual stuff is a whole separate issue, but I guess it's all just part of the great downward spiral that began in the early 60s. Meant to Desynsatize your daughter. This is the exact group they are targeting. Gays control the major networks and are teaching the young to buy into it. It has worked. Look how many Fire Members don't have a problem with homosexuals and post about it. They have accepted it, because they have been taught to. TV is powerful...very powerful. I was going to bring up the homos. They're everywhere. If you watch American tv you'd believe every third guy is a [bleep]. Well, if it's true, then every third guy needs to get back in his damn closet and STFU.
BAN THE RAINBOW FLAG!
PERVERTS OFFEND ME!
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+1 on the DVR. Thats the only way I watch TV anymore. +2 on that. Just about the only way I do it, too.
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