Microsoft’s new TV ads SUCK!

Microsoft’s new ads are horrible. The clown shoe store and house guest spots with Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld are long, boring, and don’t have anything to do with the product, other than being random and ineffective, much like Windows. The “I’m A PC” spots, while at least more applicable, are not very funny. It would be much funnier and more realistic if the people who say that they are PCs had seemingly random and annoying problems like walking into walls, having hands or legs that stop working, or keep repeating themselves, unable to continue. That way, they’d be working much like Windows based PCs. If you haven’t seen them, check them out here, and be prepared to be annoyed: Gates & Seinfeld … “I’m A PC”

Or if you want to see ads that are actually entertaining, for products that actually work: Apple’s “Get A Mac”

Microsoft's new TV ads SUCK!

Microsoft’s new ads are horrible. The clown shoe store and house guest spots with Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld are long, boring, and don’t have anything to do with the product, other than being random and ineffective, much like Windows. The “I’m A PC” spots, while at least more applicable, are not very funny. It would be much funnier and more realistic if the people who say that they are PCs had seemingly random and annoying problems like walking into walls, having hands or legs that stop working, or keep repeating themselves, unable to continue. That way, they’d be working much like Windows based PCs. If you haven’t seen them, check them out here, and be prepared to be annoyed: Gates & Seinfeld … “I’m A PC”

Or if you want to see ads that are actually entertaining, for products that actually work: Apple’s “Get A Mac”

ABC won’t run “We Can Solve It” ad after debates

It’s like I keep telling people. The American citizen is not being given the information they need to make free choices. The two corporate candidates are the only ones allowed in the debates, and the very companies that are doing the most harm to the environment and the people’s personal finances are the ones that get air time.

The following excerpt is from an email I got from WeCanSolveIt.org:

“ABC had Chevron. CBS had Exxon. CNN had the coal lobby. But you know what happened last week? ABC refused to run our Repower America ad — the ad that takes on this same oil and coal lobby.
I sent a letter asking ABC to reconsider their decision and put our ad on the air, but still we haven’t heard back more than a week later. I think they need to hear from all of us.” http://www.wecansolveit.org/page/s/ABC

ABC won't run "We Can Solve It" ad after debates

It’s like I keep telling people. The American citizen is not being given the information they need to make free choices. The two corporate candidates are the only ones allowed in the debates, and the very companies that are doing the most harm to the environment and the people’s personal finances are the ones that get air time.

The following excerpt is from an email I got from WeCanSolveIt.org:

“ABC had Chevron. CBS had Exxon. CNN had the coal lobby. But you know what happened last week? ABC refused to run our Repower America ad — the ad that takes on this same oil and coal lobby.
I sent a letter asking ABC to reconsider their decision and put our ad on the air, but still we haven’t heard back more than a week later. I think they need to hear from all of us.” http://www.wecansolveit.org/page/s/ABC

The Media’s Biggest Sin: Playing into Red vs Blue…

You’ve heard of playing both sides against the middle? That’s what the TV and radio and newspapers and magazines and new sites do every day. Why, because they are ad-driven. Ads pay for what you get to know. Ads pay for the Red & Blue candidates. If we got to know someone else, who wasn’t driven by ads, maybe ads wouldn’t control our lives so much… http://www.gp.org/articles/smith_sam_2005_04_27.shtml

The Media's Biggest Sin: Playing into Red vs Blue…

You’ve heard of playing both sides against the middle? That’s what the TV and radio and newspapers and magazines and new sites do every day. Why, because they are ad-driven. Ads pay for what you get to know. Ads pay for the Red & Blue candidates. If we got to know someone else, who wasn’t driven by ads, maybe ads wouldn’t control our lives so much… http://www.gp.org/articles/smith_sam_2005_04_27.shtml

Car Commercials : Hammer & Chisel

Commercials for new cars brag about 33, 30, even 24 MPG. That’s like if Apple and Microsoft and Intel were bragging about blogging with a hammer and chisel! With technology already in existence, we could be getting 100, 400, even 500 MPG, if our government wasn’t owned by oil companies. Check the link for info: http://www.calcars.org/Newsweek-Zakaria-Imagine-500MPG.pdf