Of junk mail season.\u00c2\u00a0 Oh, okay, election season.\u00c2\u00a0 And the end, however temporarily, of the same commercials flooding television, radio and websites.<\/p>\n
This blog is a politics-free zone, so my complaining is strictly non-partisan.\u00c2\u00a0 Why don’t politicians realize that a rectangular chunk of high-gloss four color card stock has a very tiny chance of changing anyone’s mind on anything?\u00c2\u00a0 I can’t even shred it to put in the worm bin.\u00c2\u00a0 Those mailers go straight from the mailbox to the trash can.<\/p>\n
TV ads?\u00c2\u00a0 Mute button.\u00c2\u00a0 Radio?\u00c2\u00a0 Off for a few minutes until the annoying ad has gone away.\u00c2\u00a0 Websites are a mixed bag.\u00c2\u00a0 My PC has ad blockers which work quite well, but on my phone I am blasted with the same commercial every few inches.\u00c2\u00a0 I’ve been trying out some alternate browsers, but so far haven’t found anything that I truly like.<\/p>\n
Even worse than the candidates have been the issue votes.\u00c2\u00a0 We have a casino gambling amendment on our ballot, and after months of being barraged with commercials, I say a pox on both their houses.<\/p>\n
But you know what is sad?\u00c2\u00a0 Tomorrow I’ll probably still get some stray mailers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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