Truth in advertising

I know that the conservatives do not want anyone in government to interfere into how to run a business, or how far business can go to outsmart customers.
Let the buyer beware, has been their rule since Herbert Hoover.
But those old conservative icons are outdated by television, the Internet, e-mail, postal flyers, incessant newspaper ads, and slick highly trained Madison Avenue types. Nixon hired some of those.
Car ads are now particularly bad: "only $199 per month for 48 months and you can drive a car!"
No talk or even fine print about what happens after 48 months, and even if it dis say that, people aren't worried about what happens after 48 months.
One ad today for cars said: "we can't tell you the actual price of these cars because they would all be gone before you could get here!"
I thought that was the idea.
About the same set-up as payday loans.
Oxycontin just got fined for saying it was not addictive when they released the drug. Doesn't help those addicted very much. They admitted that they knew then!
I would suggest that all the executives involved be forcibly addicted, then turn them loose with no prescriptions. Kinda like Rush Limbaugh.
I won't even get into diet plans, headache pills, headons, scooters, hair growing medicine, cancer curing hospitals, and on and on and on.
Do you know a way to protect the ignorant and hopeless from such skulduggery?

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Submitted by dollaradayandfound on Sun, 11/25/2007 - 10:02am.

Surely we can do better!

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Submitted by Git Real on Sat, 07/21/2007 - 8:07pm.

Dollar,

I read your blog "Truth in Advertising". It made my head spin. Soooo... I said to myself.."Self! Give Dollar another chance and read it again". Well.. I read it again. Then I again said to myself... "Self! What the" Puzzled Puzzled Puzzled

I thought I was fluent in Dollar Speak but, I suppose that I'm not near as fluent as I thought.

The best I can make out of all this is that Herbert Hoover implemented a plan requiring Conservatives to mislead consumers by creating a 48 month payment plan on cars that have payments of $199 and that somewhere there is some fine print.

Now if I've got this right the executives that executed President Hoover's plan were then force fed Oxycontin and forced to listen to Rush to be eligible for Nixon to hire them to work as Madison Avenue types.

How did I do? Smiling

I think I finally realize why I've never understood Liberals.

Keep up the good work Dollar. Your side needs you. Eye-wink

**** GIT REAL TOUGH ON CRIME ****

"That man was Griffin Judicial Circuit District Attorney Scott Ballard".

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Submitted by dollaradayandfound on Sun, 07/22/2007 - 5:50am.

Except Limbaugh loved Hoover. (Hoover wore dresses at night, you know).
Nixon didn't hire them to work "as Madison Avenue types," he hired them to be crooks (Erlichman Haldeman, etc.) since they already had much practice. "Plumbers" and all you know? As usual there were also several lawyers involved who checked their principles at the Oval Room door.
The more tapes released of Nixon's, the worse they get. The man was driven mad by all the elections he lost and by hanging MS. Douglas in California.
Another one from Texas is also near such a fate!

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Submitted by Denise Conner on Sat, 07/21/2007 - 10:49pm.

How could anyone be fluent in Dollar Speak? Dollar can't even speak it -- only mumbled ramblings and rants! Laughing out loud

Yes, he speaks well for all of those "victims," the core of the Party.


Submitted by dollaradayandfound on Sun, 07/22/2007 - 5:52am.

I saw this one and read it! You appeared to actually have written it without cutting and pasting!
I do speak well for ordinary people, thank you very much.

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Submitted by hutch866 on Sat, 07/21/2007 - 10:41pm.

In all fairness, I don't think the liberals understand him either.

I yam what I yam...Popeye


Submitted by dollaradayandfound on Sun, 07/22/2007 - 5:54am.

Understanding to you means: I don't like it, therefore, I can't understand it!

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Submitted by hutch866 on Sun, 07/22/2007 - 8:55am.

Just like your reply to the Penguin concerning Denise's plagerism, they don't understand you because I say they don't.

I yam what I yam...Popeye


Submitted by dollaradayandfound on Sun, 07/22/2007 - 10:56am.

Well then, I'll try to make it somewhat clearerer!
Boundless botulism beautifies banners, boats, bands, beneful, barbaric bats, busts, and bathing beauties!
Criminal cats carry celery, canteloupes, canned containers, caps, creatures, corn, and condiments.
Dark, dank, dirty, drivers, dutifully, and dastardly, dispose darkness.
There I said it so you can understand it more better.

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Submitted by hutch866 on Sun, 07/22/2007 - 11:31am.

Which busts you talking about, head or chest?
you can your containers? do you can cans because you can can cans?

Come on dollar you know you love me, I'm the son you never had, or would admit too. Can I borrow the model T tonight, I have a date with a boundless bathing beauty with a beutified beneful barbaric bust, and about my allowance, can you float me a loan, the predatory bankers are on my case again, hope to see you soon Dad.

P.S. Do you think Ma will ever come back? Its been 30 years and the store was only a block away.

I yam what I yam...Popeye


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Submitted by Tug13 on Sun, 07/22/2007 - 8:06pm.

LOL
I still think you're hanging around Git. Smiling


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Submitted by hutch866 on Sun, 07/22/2007 - 8:58pm.

Only on the computer, I had to change my name to hutch from halfdollar.

I yam what I yam...Popeye


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Submitted by Tug13 on Sun, 07/22/2007 - 9:09pm.

(Or is it really halfdollar?) lol


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Submitted by Tug13 on Sat, 07/21/2007 - 9:02pm.

I am rolling on the floor laughing. This made me think of the blog you wrote about seeing muddle at the City Cafe. Smiling


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Submitted by Git Real on Sun, 07/22/2007 - 8:43pm.

That you remembered. Smiling

**** GIT REAL TOUGH ON CRIME ****

"That man was Griffin Judicial Circuit District Attorney Scott Ballard".

CLICK HERE FOR THE REST OF THE STORY


Submitted by dollaradayandfound on Sun, 07/22/2007 - 8:34am.

How Many "exercise" machines off TV have you got under your bed with fuzz balls on them?
Did you get one of those with the big long tree limbs sticking out in all directions?
Marvelous machines.

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Submitted by Tug13 on Sun, 07/22/2007 - 8:03pm.

??? Smiling


Submitted by dollaradayandfound on Sun, 07/22/2007 - 6:18am.

It was pretty good. He's coming around!

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