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Sunday Morning
Jun. 26th, 2005 11:02 amSo, I get up early, get my Sandra Lee Snark Workout done, and traipse over to the coffee shop to get my Sunday paper and mine for coupons from Michael's. I get the last Sunday Paper. It has no Michael's Circular.
Once again, I've been duped into buying a newspaper, and now I must read the news.
Here are some lessons to learn:
1)Michael's doesn't always put 40% coupons in their sunday ads.
2)Look online before you buy the paper. It turns out on Sunday mornings, they have a copy of their ad for you to read.
In other news, some news purveyors are discussing how closely the drug industry is with organizations that report on disease epidemics, like insomnia, hypertension, etc.
I must confess a certain concern about the level that businesses are driving certain decisions. In light of the recent Supreme Court Ruling (Kelo v. New London pdf of court decision) that ruled that local governments can use eminent domain for the benefit of private businesses, if it can be perceived that such private use benefits the public. But is it for the benefit of the greater good, or the benefit of the higher incomes? After all, if New London plans on building some waterfront hotel, we're really just benefiting that company and the 100 or so employees who work there. This doesn't seem like it is a public interest issue to me.
Combine this with the notion that much news media is being run based on what sells and not what we need to know, drug companies driving what diseases are epidemics in our country, foreign relations driven by folks like Halliburton, and public broadcasting having its funding threatened, and programming controlled by more conservative elements, and there is much to be concerned about.
Once again, I've been duped into buying a newspaper, and now I must read the news.
Here are some lessons to learn:
1)Michael's doesn't always put 40% coupons in their sunday ads.
2)Look online before you buy the paper. It turns out on Sunday mornings, they have a copy of their ad for you to read.
In other news, some news purveyors are discussing how closely the drug industry is with organizations that report on disease epidemics, like insomnia, hypertension, etc.
I must confess a certain concern about the level that businesses are driving certain decisions. In light of the recent Supreme Court Ruling (Kelo v. New London pdf of court decision) that ruled that local governments can use eminent domain for the benefit of private businesses, if it can be perceived that such private use benefits the public. But is it for the benefit of the greater good, or the benefit of the higher incomes? After all, if New London plans on building some waterfront hotel, we're really just benefiting that company and the 100 or so employees who work there. This doesn't seem like it is a public interest issue to me.
Combine this with the notion that much news media is being run based on what sells and not what we need to know, drug companies driving what diseases are epidemics in our country, foreign relations driven by folks like Halliburton, and public broadcasting having its funding threatened, and programming controlled by more conservative elements, and there is much to be concerned about.
