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Various Non-Bald Discussions => General Discussion => Topic started by: Razor X on December 03, 2007, 06:55:21 PM
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There are some advertisements that are so very annoying that they immediately send me looking for the remote so I make a quick escape. The Mucinex ads are a great example, as are the toenail fungus ads -- both of which always seem to air at dinnertime. There are also some really annoying cold remedy ads that run on the radio, involving a lot of noise-blowing and coughing sound effects.
Pharmaceutical ads with their graphic descriptions of severe side effects that sound worse than the condition they are trying to cure are also high on my list. There's one now for a drug called Requip, which is used to treat Restless Leg Syndrome. The possible side effects are:
Requip Tablets may cause you to fall asleep or feel very sleepy during normal activities such as driving; or to faint or feel dizzy, nauseated, or sweaty when you stand up. Tell your doctor if you experience these problems or if you drink alcohol or are taking other medicines that make you drowsy. Also tell your doctor if you experience new or increased gambling, sexual, or other intense urges while taking Requip. Side effects include nausea, drowsiness, vomiting, and dizziness. Most patients were not bothered enough to stop taking Requip.
I'm really curious to know how this medication causes an urge to gamble?? ??? ???
So what are the advertisements that drive you crazy?
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i hate those valtrex commercials where their is the beautiful woman riding her bike with her boyfriend in the beach and it shows a beautiful scenery. then it immediately talks about VALTREX the medication that helps decrease the symptoms of herpes. >:( >:( >:( :/O :/O :/O :/O g@@4
WARHAWK O0
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Volvo was running an ad recently that had a retooled version of the children's song, "The Wheels On The Bus" (rewritten as "The Wheels On The Car"). My parents both complained constantly about that one because it was one of the first songs I learned when I went to kindergarten and I nearly drove them crazy singing it constantly. It was over 30 years ago, you'd think they'd have gotten over it by now.
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Medical commercials that tell you all of the side effects. There was one that warned of gassy oily discharge.. !*u%e...more than I wanted or ever needed to know. :D :D
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There are some advertisements that are so very annoying that they immediately send me looking for the remote so I make a quick escape. The Mucinex ads are a great example, as are the toenail fungus ads -- both of which always seem to air at dinnertime. There are also some really annoying cold remedy ads that run on the radio, involving a lot of noise-blowing and coughing sound effects.
Pharmaceutical ads with their graphic descriptions of severe side effects that sound worse than the condition they are trying to cure are also high on my list. There's one now for a drug called Requip, which is used to treat Restless Leg Syndrome. The possible side effects are:
Requip Tablets may cause you to fall asleep or feel very sleepy during normal activities such as driving; or to faint or feel dizzy, nauseated, or sweaty when you stand up. Tell your doctor if you experience these problems or if you drink alcohol or are taking other medicines that make you drowsy. Also tell your doctor if you experience new or increased gambling, sexual, or other intense urges while taking Requip. Side effects include nausea, drowsiness, vomiting, and dizziness. Most patients were not bothered enough to stop taking Requip.
I'm really curious to know how this medication causes an urge to gamble?? ??? ???
So what are the advertisements that drive you crazy?
Thats all I need is a drug that cuases gambling and sexual urges??? :/O :/O :/O
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Head On commercials.... probably the most annoying ads on TV and radio ever!!
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the lies for hair restoration annoy the hell outta me.
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i hate those informercials about working at home part-time and "YES.... U too....can make $75,000 dollars a month." >:( >:( >:( >:( :/O
WARHAWK O0
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Head On commercials.... probably the most annoying ads on TV and radio ever!!
Yeah, those are bad.
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I hate that ad for the Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube man ie Family Guy
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the ad for the nicotine gum (or some such) with the female office workers going out for a smoke, and the "nicotine monster' who tempts the one who stays in..... I switch to something else every time .
Plus .. ANY and ALL Viagra commercials . ....
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I hate the ones for the sleep guard for people who grind their teeth in their sleep, it was on the radio and all you could hear was the grinding, it drove me nuts. I had to turn the channel or turn it down. :Xo! :x! :Xo!
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the new burger king commercials.
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the new burger king commercials.
I thought this was a thread about perscription meds and their side-affects!
I'd rather eat a Whopper anytime than take any of those spooky meds. :Xo!
This is "Tis the season time". Take those scary meds off the air and replace them with commercials with the Pillsbury pop-in fresh doughboy,
liquor ads with beautiful babes, and other seasonal treats. @c3
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I get particularly ticked off at the assinine commercials for medications that tell you to "Tell your doctor of any medical conditions you may have such as liver disease, heart disease, etc." If he or she is your freakin' doctor, shouldn't they know about your medical condition? Duh
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feminine hygene products. if they don't already know how to stay "FRESH" then maybe it is a hopeless case.
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Any commercial perpetuating the hysteria of global warming.
Are we talking about commercials or feature films? ^-^
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feminine hygene products. if they don't already know how to stay "FRESH" then maybe it is a hopeless case.
I've often thought the same thing. It really shouldn't be necessary to advertise certain products. The people who need them should already know where to go to get them. The people who don't need them don't need to hear about them.
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Actually I pretty much despise any and all commericial breaks. I don't watch TV that much, but when I do I am SUPER engaged and can't stand the interruption.
I keep the remote close by and toggle between shows during commercials. Have it worked out where I know commercials last 3 to 4 minutes.
When a commercial break comes I toggle to an alternate program. If there are commercials there too, I hit the play-button to watch a pre-recorded Seinfeld snippet until the 3 minutes is up.
I play those remotes like a finely tuned instrument. :@`
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feminine hygene products. if they don't already know how to stay "FRESH" then maybe it is a hopeless case.
Yeah...I throw up a little bit in my throat when they mention "itch" and "odor" !*u%e
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DVR is where its at.
Other than football almost everything I watch is recorded.
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Any commercial perpetuating the hysteria of global warming.
Hysteria???
You've got to be kidding;
you don't think this is a real problem? ...
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Any commercial perpetuating the hysteria of global warming.
Hysteria???
You've got to be kidding;
you don't think this is a real problem? ...
In the 1970s, environmental alarmists were in a frenzy about global cooling. We were told in the 1990s that we only had 10 years left to save the planet. The "experts" were wrong then. Why should we listen to the same people now? Check out these quotes about global cooling:
The continued rapid cooling of the earth since WWII is in accord with the increase in global air pollution associated with industrialization, mechanization, urbanization and exploding population. -- Reid Bryson, "Global Ecology; Readings towards a rational strategy for Man", (1971)
The battle to feed humanity is over. In the 1970s, the world will undergo famines. Hundreds of millions of people are going to starve to death in spite of any crash programs embarked upon now. Population control is the only answer -- Paul Ehrlich - The Population Bomb (1968)
I would take even money that England will not exist in the year 2000 -- Paul Ehrlich in (1969)
In ten years all important animal life in the sea will be extinct. Large areas of coastline will have to be evacuated because of the stench of dead fish. -- Paul Ehrlich, Earth Day (1970)
Before 1985, mankind will enter a genuine age of scarcity . . . in which the accessible supplies of many key minerals will be facing depletion -- Paul Ehrlich in (1976)
This [cooling] trend will reduce agricultural productivity for the rest of the century -- Peter Gwynne, Newsweek 1976
There are ominous signs that the earth's weather patterns have begun to change dramatically and that these changes may portend a drastic decline in food production - with serious political implications for just about every nation on earth. The drop in food production could begin quite soon... The evidence in support of these predictions has now begun to accumulate so massively that meteorologist are hard-pressed to keep up with it. -- Newsweek, April 28, (1975)
This cooling has already killed hundreds of thousands of people. If it continues and no strong action is taken, it will cause world famine, world chaos and world war, and this could all come about before the year 2000. -- Lowell Ponte "The Cooling", 1976
If present trends continue, the world will be about four degrees colder for the global mean temperature in 1990, but eleven degrees colder by the year 2000...This is about twice what it would take to put us in an ice age. -- Kenneth E.F. Watt on air pollution and global cooling, Earth Day (1970)
For more info, check out:
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/february2007/130207globalwarming.htm
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something i think is great is you can find commercials on..
tamponds..
viagra and other ED drugs
meds for herpes
and birthcontrol
however howmany times have you seen comercials for condoms on those same stations????
besides much music in canada and MTV in the US i don't think any stations have condom commercal...moreal of the story..... sex is great as long as it's not safe.
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good point frosty. i hate car dealer commercials where they hit the cars and yell and crap. who wants a dented up car that was in the commercial?
can we please not turn this one into something political. some people seems to only show up once in awhile and turn things into political arguments. there are rules against political conversations for a reason guys. thanks for your cooperation.
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WELL GUYZ, the one that drives me CRAZY is the car ad where the guy'z diving down the tree'd winding road (singing) and then a squirell drops in thru the OPEN sun roof ,and starts singin harmony then two bluejays(?) appear singing back up , THEN a wolf drops in and SWALLOWS one of the birds, WHY? then the wolf burps them back up and they go rollin on down the road singing . WHAT did it add to have the wolf EAT the birds ? NOTHING ? the one i MISS (cept at xmas) is the one with FROSTY on the REMINGTON electric (rechargeble) razor gliding up n over the snow coverd hills with i THINK, BURL IVE'S singin . WHAT I'd LIKE to see , is someone photoshop snoopy'z "redbaron" dive bombing over iraq or blowing up alkaidea's to the song , ya know ,a "updated"version i wonder if "mama goose" does video also ?
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O0 O0 O0 Ahoy Marz, Robmeister, and RaozrX. I've been so overwhelmed with my classes and editing that I haven't tuned in as much as I did when I was on sabbatical. But I have to comment on your distinctive auto licenses; they're "way cool," as my Hollywood daughter might say. How hard and how expensive is it to get such plates in your respective states? I live in Bergen County, NJ, where everything, including vanity plates, I expect, costs more. Hope you and all the brotherhood had a good Thanksgiving and are able to enjoy Christmas after the frantic rush to put it all together in the next two weeks. Professor Melon
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O0 O0 O0 Ahoy Marz, Robmeister, and RaozrX. I've been so overwhelmed with my classes and editing that I haven't tuned in as much as I did when I was on sabbatical. But I have to comment on your distinctive auto licenses; they're "way cool," as my Hollywood daughter might say. How hard and how expensive is it to get such plates in your respective states? I live in Bergen County, NJ, where everything, including vanity plates, I expect, costs more. Hope you and all the brotherhood had a good Thanksgiving and are able to enjoy Christmas after the frantic rush to put it all together in the next two weeks. Professor Melon
Hi, Professor. Welcome back. I have no idea what vanity plates would cost for real. I've never looked into it. The People's Republic of New Jersey gets enough of my hard-earned cash as it is.
Try to visit more often.
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O0 O0 O0 Ahoy Marz, Robmeister, and RaozrX. I've been so overwhelmed with my classes and editing that I haven't tuned in as much as I did when I was on sabbatical. But I have to comment on your distinctive auto licenses; they're "way cool," as my Hollywood daughter might say. How hard and how expensive is it to get such plates in your respective states? I live in Bergen County, NJ, where everything, including vanity plates, I expect, costs more. Hope you and all the brotherhood had a good Thanksgiving and are able to enjoy Christmas after the frantic rush to put it all together in the next two weeks. Professor Melon
Hi, Professor. Welcome back. I have no idea what vanity plates would cost for real. I've never looked into it. The People's Republic of New Jersey gets enough of my hard-earned cash as it is.
Try to visit more often.
Mine, in the great state of Taxes... er, um, ah, I mean Illinois are about $50 more than standard plates the first year and then I believe there is a small fee above the normal registration upon renewal.
On the topic at hand, while every can agree that there are many commercials that drive you crazy, there are also many commercials that are cool and/or funny... Who can remember the good ol' days of the Budweiser Frogs or Waaassssssuuuuuppppp comercials. One of my personal favorites now is the Miller Lite More Taste League.
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the MAN LAW commercials are pretty funny.
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Good change of direction, B-Rob. O0
I love the Geico Caveman ads. Especially the one where the caveman is on the people mover at the airport and he passes a Geico billboard, cruises by it, walks in reverse direction, stares at the sign in digust while walking in the opposite direction (so he can hold his position), and then shakes his head while the people mover whisks him away.
Not a word is said in the commercial, but I think it's totally effective and comical at the same time.
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I like what a comedian recently noted (don't recall his name) about those Cialis commercials.
He said, "I love how CIALIS says if you have an erection lasting longer than 4 hours to go see yer doctor. F*** that, GO SEE ALICE!!!"
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The advert that really gets my goat over here in UK is a radio advert where all these women meet up for a drink after work and they talk about...
...CONSTIPATION...yeah, man, that's just what everyone talks about when they meet up after work. If you werent sitting around on yer fat a$$es talkin about it and you were out gettin some EXCERCISE instead, and EATIN PROPERLY then you wouldnt get constipation in the first place >:( :/O
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I like the Coors Light commercials where the guys pretend they are asking questions to NFL coaches, and the answers are from actual post game press conferences. They are pretty unique and funny, at least to me.
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the MAN LAW commercials are pretty funny.
MAN LAW!!!
I like the new Miller Lite one where the bud dog jumps into the Miller Lite truck.
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Yeah, I love the Geico Caveman commercials, all funny as hell....the one where he is on one of those debate shows...and the lady says , "looks like somebody woke up on the wrong side of the rock", lmao that one cracks me up....
I like that new EA Sports commercial where they have some tiny grandma come off the field in some football jersey, and she yells out something like "THIS IS MY HOUSE NOW!", while she pounds her chest like a football player. Funny as hell.
I HATE those cheezy ass Walmart commericials where they have the whole family gathering on Christmas, and everybody is acting phony and corny....terrible acting
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I like what a comedian recently noted (don't recall his name) about those Cialis commercials.
He said, "I love how CIALIS says if you have an erection lasting longer than 4 hours to go see yer doctor. F*** that, GO SEE ALICE!!!"
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My reaction has been "Call the in the neighborhood ladies!" ::) ::)
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I'm with you razorX the Mucinex commercials kill me!
And the Dr Pepper commercial where the guy pull a DP out of his socks and starts dancing!!
>:( >:(
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I'm with you razorX the Mucinex commercials kill me!
And the Dr Pepper commercial where the guy pull a DP out of his socks and starts dancing!!
>:( >:(
That Dr. Pepper one really sucks!!!! :Xo! :Xo!
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Any commercial perpetuating the hysteria of global warming.
In the 1970s, environmental alarmists were in a frenzy about global cooling. We were told in the 1990s that we only had 10 years left to save the planet. The "experts" were wrong then. Why should we listen to the same people now? Check out these quotes about global cooling:
The continued rapid cooling of the earth since WWII is in accord with the increase in global air pollution associated with industrialization, mechanization, urbanization and exploding population. -- Reid Bryson, "Global Ecology; Readings towards a rational strategy for Man", (1971)
The battle to feed humanity is over. In the 1970s, the world will undergo famines. Hundreds of millions of people are going to starve to death in spite of any crash programs embarked upon now. Population control is the only answer -- Paul Ehrlich - The Population Bomb (1968)
I would take even money that England will not exist in the year 2000 -- Paul Ehrlich in (1969)
In ten years all important animal life in the sea will be extinct. Large areas of coastline will have to be evacuated because of the stench of dead fish. -- Paul Ehrlich, Earth Day (1970)
Before 1985, mankind will enter a genuine age of scarcity . . . in which the accessible supplies of many key minerals will be facing depletion -- Paul Ehrlich in (1976)
This [cooling] trend will reduce agricultural productivity for the rest of the century -- Peter Gwynne, Newsweek 1976
There are ominous signs that the earth's weather patterns have begun to change dramatically and that these changes may portend a drastic decline in food production - with serious political implications for just about every nation on earth. The drop in food production could begin quite soon... The evidence in support of these predictions has now begun to accumulate so massively that meteorologist are hard-pressed to keep up with it. -- Newsweek, April 28, (1975)
This cooling has already killed hundreds of thousands of people. If it continues and no strong action is taken, it will cause world famine, world chaos and world war, and this could all come about before the year 2000. -- Lowell Ponte "The Cooling", 1976
If present trends continue, the world will be about four degrees colder for the global mean temperature in 1990, but eleven degrees colder by the year 2000...This is about twice what it would take to put us in an ice age. -- Kenneth E.F. Watt on air pollution and global cooling, Earth Day (1970)
For more info, check out:
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/february2007/130207globalwarming.htm
Look at the pictures, Razor. Like Greenland. ...
This IS getting serious.
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I want to chime in quickly on the "Global Warming" issue. I have always felt that it is a natural occurrence. Yes, pick your jaws up off the ground. My wife is taking a geology class and her professor says the same thing. In a nutshell, we have four seasons to allow the earth to renew itself and everything can grow again in spring. This is renewal on a larger scale. The polar ice caps for example, what happens when you drop a couple of ice cubes into a margarita (or even a Schrotini)? Ice will melt, but it cools the drink off as well. The ice caps melt, cooling the oceans. Which in turn will cool off the atmosphere and add more moisture to the air, which will in turn produce precipitation, yes? Temperatures are going to fluctuate no matter where you are. Last year we had an almost record snowfall in Albuquerque. So far this year, barely a trace.
I say it's being blown out of proportion and there is nothing we can do to stop if it is something the planet is doing itself naturally.
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Any commercial perpetuating the hysteria of global warming.
In the 1970s, environmental alarmists were in a frenzy about global cooling. We were told in the 1990s that we only had 10 years left to save the planet. The "experts" were wrong then. Why should we listen to the same people now? Check out these quotes about global cooling:
The continued rapid cooling of the earth since WWII is in accord with the increase in global air pollution associated with industrialization, mechanization, urbanization and exploding population. -- Reid Bryson, "Global Ecology; Readings towards a rational strategy for Man", (1971)
The battle to feed humanity is over. In the 1970s, the world will undergo famines. Hundreds of millions of people are going to starve to death in spite of any crash programs embarked upon now. Population control is the only answer -- Paul Ehrlich - The Population Bomb (1968)
I would take even money that England will not exist in the year 2000 -- Paul Ehrlich in (1969)
In ten years all important animal life in the sea will be extinct. Large areas of coastline will have to be evacuated because of the stench of dead fish. -- Paul Ehrlich, Earth Day (1970)
Before 1985, mankind will enter a genuine age of scarcity . . . in which the accessible supplies of many key minerals will be facing depletion -- Paul Ehrlich in (1976)
This [cooling] trend will reduce agricultural productivity for the rest of the century -- Peter Gwynne, Newsweek 1976
There are ominous signs that the earth's weather patterns have begun to change dramatically and that these changes may portend a drastic decline in food production - with serious political implications for just about every nation on earth. The drop in food production could begin quite soon... The evidence in support of these predictions has now begun to accumulate so massively that meteorologist are hard-pressed to keep up with it. -- Newsweek, April 28, (1975)
This cooling has already killed hundreds of thousands of people. If it continues and no strong action is taken, it will cause world famine, world chaos and world war, and this could all come about before the year 2000. -- Lowell Ponte "The Cooling", 1976
If present trends continue, the world will be about four degrees colder for the global mean temperature in 1990, but eleven degrees colder by the year 2000...This is about twice what it would take to put us in an ice age. -- Kenneth E.F. Watt on air pollution and global cooling, Earth Day (1970)
For more info, check out:
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/february2007/130207globalwarming.htm
Look at the pictures, Razor. Like Greenland. ...
This IS getting serious.
for the ONE PERSON that can't seem to grasp the concept of RULES, and leave political veiws out of here: dude, stop trying to start arguments. this topic is about commercials. it has been redirected back to commercials once by one of the moderators and here you are trying to start another political argument. the rules are there for a reason. if they cannot be followed, then there are consequences. please for everyone's sake, JUST DROP IT! PAUL BURKE.
ps: if there are any questions or comments, feel free to pm me.
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I like the Coors Light commercials where the guys pretend they are asking questions to NFL coaches, and the answers are from actual post game press conferences. They are pretty unique and funny, at least to me.
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Paulie... you're lucky you posted the warning up! I was getting ready talk about global warming and amazingly enough, the cycles that the earth goes through, caused by "wobbling" on it axis that throughout history (and yes, most climatologists are in agreement) that cause shifts in the climate. This has been proven time and time again, yet never makes the news. In fact, 60 Minutes did a segment that was severely edited where the interviewee, who was a honored and respected climatologist stated the above information, yet for some reason, they edited out everything except for "yes, global warming is occuring". 60 Minutes even came back later and admitted to the "selective editing" but would not air the interview in full...
As with everything else, the liberals base everything on emotions and the conservatives base things on FACTS!!
Yes, I got political, but once again, people make statements based on the pop culture media without gaining the true knowledge based on facts and history of this earth.
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....people make statements based on the pop culture media without gaining the true knowledge based on facts and history of this earth.
YEP !!!
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Paulie... you're lucky you posted the warning up! I was getting ready talk about global warming and amazingly enough, the cycles that the earth goes through, caused by "wobbling" on it axis that throughout history (and yes, most climatologists are in agreement) that cause shifts in the climate. This has been proven time and time again, yet never makes the news. In fact, 60 Minutes did a segment that was severely edited where the interviewee, who was a honored and respected climatologist stated the above information, yet for some reason, they edited out everything except for "yes, global warming is occuring". 60 Minutes even came back later and admitted to the "selective editing" but would not air the interview in full...
As with everything else, the liberals base everything on emotions and the conservatives base things on FACTS!!
Yes, I got political, but once again, people make statements based on the pop culture media without gaining the true knowledge based on facts and history of this earth.
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Getting this thread BACK ON TOPIC... the one ad I cannot stand is a Coke ad on the radio. It starts out with this guy who is talking about how he like his coke cold. You then hear what sounds like him reaching into a ice chest... he then gets this real high pitch, whinny voice, "FREAK'IN FREAK that's cold! I can't feel my arm! SOmeone pour it in my mouth"
I have to turn the channel or turn down the volume whenever I hear the ad.
I also cannot stand any med ads.