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Election Time

posted October 29, 2006 - 5:50pm
Election Time

Truly, I hate politics. It bores me to no end although I realize it is important and I really should pay a little attention to it so that I can make an educated decision as to who to vote for.
But here is my gripe: In a world of electronic technology and even more technological advancements, why must I receive multiple press ads in my mailbox daily up until election time? I mean, the same person's ad will show up two to three times in the same week, clogging my mailbox like cholesterol in the arteries of a bad dieter. Dammit, I do not need to see the same ad over and over again. It's overkill! And that better be recycled paper your using because otherwise, NO ONE GETS MY VOTE FOR KILLING SO MANY TREES!
And stop saying the same old crap! Tell me something new or that I don't already know. Don't point out what's wrong and say you're going to "fix it"! Tell me HOW you're going to fix it so I can decide if I agree with your strategy. Don't just tell me what you have done before, So what? Tell me what you can do now and how you will do it? What is your plan? Is your plan feasable? If you successfully "fix" one problem, will it cause another? That's the sort of stuff I want to know. And please, put it in an electronic ad (TV, Radio, Internet) and leave the trees alone. Don't tear up my environment for your campaign! I'm not a big tree hugger or anything, I just hate to see waste. And let's face it, those ads are wasteful! They end up in the trash as soon as I pull them out of the mailbox. Here's a good campaign slogan...."Hey voters, once you read my ads, recycle them please"! Heck, put that slogan on your ad. At least it would show me you cared about something else besides yourselves.



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Better make it two.

My fingers burn up a lot of calories typing. ;-)

You got it! Is that one chop or two?

Hell, Lands End, Crate & Barrel, Victoria's Secret's....People! The list could be endless....read it, use it, flush it! Love it! Michele

If Lands End

printed their catalogs on toilet paper, I'd never have to buy TP the rest of my life. Pork chops & applesauce? Sounds good...pop some in a FedEx envelope and send it my way!

I love that idea!

What a wonderful way to recycle the BS! At least it would be environmentally friendly and give voters something they actually need! haha...Thanks Idle. :) Heck, comments like that deserve dinner...I'm cooking some pork chops, mashed potatoes, buttery corn and adding a side of applesauce. Isn't there a line from either a movie or a cartoon where they say "Pork chops and applesauce, that's the ticket"!? Michele

Election ads and their (cough, cough) value

Where I live (NJ) the ads come thick and often, and the attacks are usually so juvenile that they make playground arguments seem mature. Maybe we should require election-related ads to be printed on toilet paper, so that they can be, umm, recycled in a manner befitting their content.

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