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Glen McAdoo
Did you see that blip that went across the bottom of your TV screen the other day about what California might do to big screen TVs ? I did. It appears as if they are seriously contemplating outlawing energy inefficient TVs. I kid you not. I'll just bet you that the companies that manufacture energy efficient big screen TVs are behind this move. Nah. The same companies manufacture both.
It's probably not as bad as it sounds. As it stands right now, they will only ban most of the plasma sets which are not selling too well anyway. That's the point. People aren't as dumb as you think. They are slowly weaning themselves away from plasma without the government intrusion. That's the same thing they are doing about gas guzzling automobiles. I've often wondered what is the purpose of all the warning labels if you don't think people will read them. Why don't they go directly to the ban in the first place?
So, what's to keep people in Truckee from buying their evil TV sets in Reno? What indeed. Oh well, more business for us. I wonder what the penalty will be if you are caught watching a banned TV. I wonder how they will catch you. Your kids will probably turn you in because you won't let them watch what they want to watch.
Why don't they just ban TV altogether, everywhere? The thought of Hannity and Beck standing in the unemployment line just tickles me no end.
There is a nasty trend afoot to ban everything somebody somewhere thinks is bad for us. We evidently are just too damn dumb or stubborn to wean ourselves off things which the warning labels clearly tell us are not good for us —might even kill us. The labels have become a lot more pointed, still people go on smoking. “Smoke one more of these things and you will drop dead.” I'll bet people would just puff away anyway.
The new trend is to ban those things which use too much energy. Big cars, big TVs —make it big and it might get banned. Energy guzzlers are out, and the chamber of commerce is going nuts.
Small is good unless you happen to be an NFL lineman. Small people eat less. That is a good thing. Less is good, more is bad. I wish I would have learned that lesson when I was growing up and developing some nasty eating habits. Heck, I was taught that cleaning your plate was a good thing, cause people in China were starving. I should have sent a doggy bag to China, I reckon.
If you are overweight, you might have to pay for two seats on an airline. That seems unfair since the seats are too small for even a lightweight. Now, they are talking about fat people paying a premium for their health insurance. They're already making cars so small we can't fit into them. Glory be, what's next? It's to the gym for everyone.
What's next in California? Will they ban candy and soft drinks? How about automatic dishwashers? A little elbow grease never hurt anyone. Will they be the next to go? If we went to the store everyday and bought groceries we wouldn't need refrigerators, would we? Leftovers? What leftovers? We sent them to China, remember? Nope. We don't need refrigerators.
I think California would have banned fast foods years ago except that would have put half the people out of work. On the other hand, it would have solved the illegal immigration problem.
I don't know about you, but I have had it with banning all the big stuff. Enough is enough. I want to ban the small stuff for a change. Books with print so small you need a magnifying glass to read should be banned and reprinted in bold print. Small chicken legs are out. Same with small shrimp. When the menu says jumbo, by golly, I want jumbo. I'll swear some of the shrimp I have been served lately couldn't have been more than a day or two old when captured. Poor little things. I think “jumbo shrimp” is an oxymoron.
What I want most is to ban small mindedness. Small minded people just get on my nerves. Surely we can ship them off to another planet or somewhere. The Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck types would be sent off to Pluto. Once there they could foul the air with their narrow minded views until the cows come home. It wouldn't matter that the cows ain't comin' home on Pluto.
Glen McAdoo, a Fallon resident, can be reached at glynn@phonewave.net
It's probably not as bad as it sounds. As it stands right now, they will only ban most of the plasma sets which are not selling too well anyway. That's the point. People aren't as dumb as you think. They are slowly weaning themselves away from plasma without the government intrusion. That's the same thing they are doing about gas guzzling automobiles. I've often wondered what is the purpose of all the warning labels if you don't think people will read them. Why don't they go directly to the ban in the first place?
So, what's to keep people in Truckee from buying their evil TV sets in Reno? What indeed. Oh well, more business for us. I wonder what the penalty will be if you are caught watching a banned TV. I wonder how they will catch you. Your kids will probably turn you in because you won't let them watch what they want to watch.
Why don't they just ban TV altogether, everywhere? The thought of Hannity and Beck standing in the unemployment line just tickles me no end.
There is a nasty trend afoot to ban everything somebody somewhere thinks is bad for us. We evidently are just too damn dumb or stubborn to wean ourselves off things which the warning labels clearly tell us are not good for us —might even kill us. The labels have become a lot more pointed, still people go on smoking. “Smoke one more of these things and you will drop dead.” I'll bet people would just puff away anyway.
The new trend is to ban those things which use too much energy. Big cars, big TVs —make it big and it might get banned. Energy guzzlers are out, and the chamber of commerce is going nuts.
Small is good unless you happen to be an NFL lineman. Small people eat less. That is a good thing. Less is good, more is bad. I wish I would have learned that lesson when I was growing up and developing some nasty eating habits. Heck, I was taught that cleaning your plate was a good thing, cause people in China were starving. I should have sent a doggy bag to China, I reckon.
If you are overweight, you might have to pay for two seats on an airline. That seems unfair since the seats are too small for even a lightweight. Now, they are talking about fat people paying a premium for their health insurance. They're already making cars so small we can't fit into them. Glory be, what's next? It's to the gym for everyone.
What's next in California? Will they ban candy and soft drinks? How about automatic dishwashers? A little elbow grease never hurt anyone. Will they be the next to go? If we went to the store everyday and bought groceries we wouldn't need refrigerators, would we? Leftovers? What leftovers? We sent them to China, remember? Nope. We don't need refrigerators.
I think California would have banned fast foods years ago except that would have put half the people out of work. On the other hand, it would have solved the illegal immigration problem.
I don't know about you, but I have had it with banning all the big stuff. Enough is enough. I want to ban the small stuff for a change. Books with print so small you need a magnifying glass to read should be banned and reprinted in bold print. Small chicken legs are out. Same with small shrimp. When the menu says jumbo, by golly, I want jumbo. I'll swear some of the shrimp I have been served lately couldn't have been more than a day or two old when captured. Poor little things. I think “jumbo shrimp” is an oxymoron.
What I want most is to ban small mindedness. Small minded people just get on my nerves. Surely we can ship them off to another planet or somewhere. The Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck types would be sent off to Pluto. Once there they could foul the air with their narrow minded views until the cows come home. It wouldn't matter that the cows ain't comin' home on Pluto.
Glen McAdoo, a Fallon resident, can be reached at glynn@phonewave.net
