1. You Tube-Used to be where to go for innovative, interesting videos. Now consider it eaten, gorged and pablumed out by the opportunists now exploiting the media to downsize it to American cultural tastes. Why is it we have this drive to stupidize just about anything considered original?
2. My Space-just another vultured, predatorial space for sickos.
3. Wrinkle creams-give me a break. If one worked there wouldn't be thousands on the market.
4. Manicures-I used to like them-but what gives? Anything for a buck. First there was the manicure, then the french manicure, then the square nails-now we are back to round nails? We have thousands of women roaming the US with nail fungus because they just had to have acrylic nails..How about just plain clean nails, buffed to a nice shine and left alone?
5. Recalls-used to be just for automobiles. We can follow the decline of American business by following the recalls. Autos first-pajamas(remember flammable pj's?)-then canned goods-ode to the bottles of aspirin, followed by baby walkers and other kiddie paraphernalia-then we worked our way through pharmaceuticals and have entered into our food chain!! First it was fast foods, then our own fruits and vegetables-currently invading our meats-thus making sense that our pets would get the bottom of our rotten means-yep-deregulation has really pumped up the old economy, hasn't it? Notice how eating Au natural isn't safe anymore??
6. Fashion-Maybe I am getting old-but can't designers come up with anything better than recycling the same shit circa 1940's to 1990's? I haven't seen much originality, have you? We have gone the circuit of skinny pants-wide legs-gaucho at least three times in the past ten years.
Oh! I forgot-sleaze hasn't changed a bit! Too bad naked doesn't sell clothes? We're almost there...
7. Health insurance costs-Slowly creeping up on the middle class-soon to be applying for state health coverage-the health insurance industry is on a mission-to charge you enormous premiums -steadily climbing co-pays-to break the backs of the middle class-who have to make decisions about whether to follow up on tests-treatment options and medications. Health care is an INDUSTRY now-it bills itself as such and it no longer provides necessary services for the well being of our citizens. Dental care has been "optional" now for the past ten years-ask any family struggling to make their bills-the health care INDUSTRY is overrated and needs to be taken down many pegs not just a few. (note: the health care industry does not include doctors-doctors have become the pawns of the industry-a sorry state).
8. Top ten lists. Give me a break. Lists of any kind, actually-except the important ones which remind you to pay bills, go to the doctor, check your foodstuffs for contamination and to clean your nails...
