h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Three and a bit things I've seen on tv tonight.

1 and 2) I put these two together because they happened back to back. Firstly an ad from a major tobacco company asking us to check out their website, and explaining that if we do we'll find admissions from them that yes, cigarettes are indeed harmful to health, that cigarettes are indeed addictive, and that the best way of avoiding health problems is to quit smoking.

Immediately afterwards, an ad from a major drug company telling us about all of the marvellous things they've done for the American people and humanity in general.

Neither of these ads were selling anything, they were merely pushing the image of these two corporate giants as caring and organisations concerned with nothing but our well being.

Yeah right.

3) A trailer for a new reality show... "Oh dear god no - not another one"

Actually, this one looks like it might be quite good
http://www.bravotv.com/Queer_Eye_for_the_Straight_Guy

Unfortunately, the Flash intro is just about all there is to the link right now

4) The last five or ten minutes of a documentary about the sinking of the USS Maine in the harbour at Havana a little over 100 years ago. Now, I have to admit that I know little or nothing about this incident but apparently it sparked off a war with the Spanish because everyone thought that it was an attack on the warship. In actual fact it was nothing of the kind - a magazine exploded because a fire heated up a bulkhead.

What struck me was something the narrator said. I can't recall her exact words, but it was something along the lines of a supposed act of terrorism sparking a conflict.

That rang a few bells in my mind.

Heheh..-Hmm..
And the est thing is, that even though we realize how we are being taken for a ride, these stupid suggestions constantly seeps into our subconciousness..

The human mind is a marvel to be experienced..

Well, Phillip Morris is probably making that effort in order to avoid further sues by old costumers, as a sign of good faith and will to better ways, disguising past exertions to hook´em, as innocent delusions, based on "insufficient clinical evidence" ..

As for the drug company..
-I suppose that many of the beneficial projects are tax-deductable as well? Double Joy!

..."Alright..! -But besides from the roads, the aquaducts and..,
-What has the Romans EVER done for us?.."


4)I take it for granted that you have heard about the project for a "New American Century"? ..
-Anyone who has´nt ought to visit:

http://www.newamericancentury.org/statementofprinciples.htm
-Check out names and dates.. Sca-hairy!

A.D.

Oh yes - I'm very familiar with that particular movement and the people involved... a pox on all their houses.

YuK I know about the "new american century".
Lets hope it does not become capitalized in the history books.

I bet anything the Drug company makes the prescription stop smoking
aid and that is why they were shown back to back.

They (?gov pressure-advert pressure) are inserting all kinds of weird stuff on TV to vindicate certain peoples and actions I wonder how willing media & Holloywood are in going along, advertizers have feed them for a long time.

It all seems to be coming out of the same Talking Head.