AMERICAN SHEEP

I find it offensive that the greedy television networks inundate us with far more commercials than are necessary for them to make a hefty profit and, sadly, no one complains. The evening news on all three major networks spends as much time pushing pharmaceuticals, cars, and toilet paper as they do the events which affect our lives, and no one complains. The American consumer is so easily manipulated and controlled that the media even gets them to root for new commercials and vote for their favorites every year with the Super Bowl. That's how gullible Americans are, and probably consumers world-wide. I seem to be alone in my hatred of this trend to elevate commercials to vote-worthy status. These are commercials. Ads. Promotions for products. The interruptions to news and programming. Not entertainment. Not art. Commercials. The annoyances that were supposed to greatly diminish once we started paying for TV but only increased. And for the next week the networks will yap about how funny this hemorrhoid spot was, and how clever that beer commercial was, and at least eight people will ask which was my favorite. Of course that's not nearly as annoying as those boobs who think everyone in the world loves sports and will ask, "Wha'd ya think of the game?"