Tuesday, January 09, 2007

As American As... Apple Hype

So Apple, Inc. made their big announcement: cell phones & TV. It's no longer about computers. Now they're jumping head-first into the gadget gargle. And who drowns? Yep... that would be us. They've got us right where they want us - salivating to the core. I've already heard people say, "I don't know what it means, but I want it." Just like lovely little Jessica Simpson in the commercial for... what is she advertising anyway when she says, "I totally don't know what that means, but I want it"? Does it really matter what she's advertising? All that matters is that we've completely lost the taste for apple pie, because we've swallowed the hype game byte by byte.

I resolve to fight back. I will never buy anything ever again. I will grow my own food; make my own clothes; spin my own cotton; chop my own wood... and...

Ahhhh, nuts. I totally don't know what it means................ But America is no longer about pie. And if it is, it sure isn't mom's homemade apple.

Boxes, little boxes... (is somebody singing a Woody Guthrie song?)

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