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Apple and Pepsi Ad Sports RIAA Targets
eefsee writes "USA Today is running a story about Pepsi's Superbowl ad for their iTunes promotion. The ad will apparently feature teens sued by the RIAA, including one young woman who holds out a Pepsi and says, 'We are still going to download music for free off the Internet.' The RIAA response? 'This ad shows how everything has changed.'"
Great. That is somehow not the least bit controversial for CBS, but they refuse to broadcast MoveOn.org Voter Fund's winning Bush in 30 Seconds Ad. While I support the freedom to do what you want with your own music, the double standard at Viacom is sickening. If controversy moves product, show it. If it informs political debate, can it. It makes me sad. Very, very sad.
very well said. however, as someone who did vote for bush (and will do so again only because he and lieberman are the only ones serious about national defense), he does need to take some of the deficit blame. no, there was not an X trillion dollar surplus. it was based on projections, etc. there was physical surplus. but...spending has gone up considerably during the bush years. and he signed the budgets. now the republicans are spending like drunken sailors, to quote john mccain, although i doubt the democrats would be spending less. under clinton, with divided government, we spent less. gee, i wonder why. you are accurate that we were in a slowdown through 2000, and the recession started in march 2001. hardly much bush coul ddo abot that. and, it has been overall a very shallow and mild recession. just that it kinda dragged. had 9/11 not happened, we'd be a year ahead on the recovery at least. as a point of correction, we actually did have balanced a few years under clinton. he fought them kicking and screaming, but the republican congress pulled him. damn, wish we'd still have a "republican" congress. as for jobs, i don't think presidents create or kill jobs. the economy is changing. transitional and structural unemployment is an economic fact. we need to address capital flight. but, both parties are will-less to do anything about it.
My problem? I was perfectly gruntled, until some numbnuts came by and dissed me.