http://www.thefuryofme.com/the_fury_of_me/ Rants about politics and global affairs. en-US Fri, 24 Feb 2012 20:14:22 -0800 http://www.typepad.com/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheFuryOfMe/~3/tj8sD2bdtCU/omalley-vs-mcdonnell.html http://www.thefuryofme.com/the_fury_of_me/2012/02/omalley-vs-mcdonnell.html This conversation between the heads of the Republican Governor’s Association and Democratic Governor’s Association is worth watching. O’Malley quietly softly destroys McDonnell in my opinion. I see a bright future for Governor Martin O’Malley of Maryland.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheFuryOfMe/~4/tj8sD2bdtCU" height="1" width="1"/> Politics Religion TFOM Fri, 24 Feb 2012 20:14:22 -0800 http://www.thefuryofme.com/the_fury_of_me/2012/02/omalley-vs-mcdonnell.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheFuryOfMe/~3/jAfgrT3qpxs/my-first-meme-contribution.html http://www.thefuryofme.com/the_fury_of_me/2012/02/my-first-meme-contribution.html <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheFuryOfMe/~4/jAfgrT3qpxs" height="1" width="1"/> Culture Economics Politics TFOM Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:55:29 -0800 http://www.thefuryofme.com/the_fury_of_me/2012/02/my-first-meme-contribution.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheFuryOfMe/~3/K3NJmpXCBe8/commercial-grade-ignorance.html http://www.thefuryofme.com/the_fury_of_me/2012/02/commercial-grade-ignorance.html Maybe it is just me, but I have noticed a serious level of cognitive dissonance or just plain idiocy in commercials lately. I’m not saying it hasn’t always been there, but it seems like the people that create the commercials have just gotten lazy or decided that their audience is completely ignorant so they no longer feel the need to cover it up. Below are three examples with some commentary. Exhibit A is a commercial for Nexium which apparently you need if you refuse to clean up your diet and get constant heart burn. The commercial starts out demonstrating why...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheFuryOfMe/~4/K3NJmpXCBe8" height="1" width="1"/> Culture Television TFOM Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:13:37 -0800 http://www.thefuryofme.com/the_fury_of_me/2012/02/commercial-grade-ignorance.html