Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"Thou Shalt Get Sidetracked by Bullshit, Every Goddamned Time." -- The Ghoul

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck,
"FOFF" = Felonious Old Fat Fuck,
"COFF" = Convicted Old Felonious Fool,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset,
A/K/A P01135809, A/K/A Dementia Donnie, A/K/A Felon^34,
A/K/A Dolt-45, A/K/A Don Snoreleone

Monday, May 5, 2008

Let's Beat Those Folks Into a Coma

Namely: The people who advertise pharmaceuticals.

Tonight I was watching a show that has, as its target audience, people who care about current events. (You know, the folks whom Hillary Clinton regards as "elitists.") A commercial came on that featured a bunch of dancing water balloons, which apparently had something to do with bladder control, the same issue that bothers the Copper Pipe People. There was some other ad awhile back where the side effects included a risk of halitosis, paralysis, farting and death. There is a drug for people who physically split in two on their walks through the woods, presumably because they don't want to have to think about having to choose which side of the tree to walk around.

And let's not forget ol' Restless Leg Syndrome, something that nobody had ever heard of before the drug companies started to advertise it.

This is all crazy. If we are not going to permit the routine advertising of firearms or hard liquor, why the hell are we letting the drug companies push their products in any form of popular media? And please don't trot out the pathetic excuse "we are doing this to educate the American people." I call "Bullshit" on that line. It has nothing to do with educating anybody, it has all to do with pushing prescription snake oil.

For that is all that it is.

4 comments:

PhysioProf said...

There was some other ad awhile back where the side effects included a risk of halitosis, paralysis, farting and death.

What a way to fucking go!

Bridget Magnus said...

I agree. It's one thing to have an ad that says "There are drugs to help X condition and you should consult your doctor." It's another to say "X cure by DrugCo! Ask your doctor today!!"

CrankyProf said...

Try watching the news with your kids and explaining seventy Levitra and Cialis ads.

Comrade Misfit said...

Cranky, I'm not watching the news until the Democrats figure out whether to to run Sheriff Bart or Cruella DeVil for president.