“If you can’t love yourself, how the hell you gonna love somebody else?” - RuPaul - - - - - - - - - - - “if by a "Liberal" they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people -- their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights, and their civil liberties -- someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a "Liberal," then I'm proud to say I'm a "Liberal.” - John F. Kennedy - - - - - - - - - - - - “Imagine finding someone you love more than anything in the world, who you would risk your life for but couldn’t marry. And you couldn’t have that special day the way your friends do – you know, wear the ring on your finger and have it mean the same thing as everybody else. Just put yourself in that person’s shoes. It makes me feel sick to my stomach …. When I shared a picture of my tattoo on my Twitter page and said, ‘ALL LOVE is equal,’ a lot of people mocked me – they said, ‘What happened to you? You used to be a Christian girl!’ And I said, ‘Well, if you were a true Christian, you would have your facts straight. Christianity is about love.’ The debate resulted in a lot of threats and hate mail to people who agreed and disagreed with me. At one point I had to say, ‘Dude, everyone lay off.’ Can’t people have friendly debates about sensitive topics without it turning into unnecessary threats?” - Pop star Miley Cyrus on her marriage equality tattoo - - - - - - - - - - -
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Tuesday, February 7, 2012

What a Hot Mess: Ford vs. Chevrolet

I swore I wasn't going to post any Superbowl commercials, but I have to talk about this one.  As you probably already know, in the commercial you see a man driving his 2012 Chevy Silverado through an apocalyptic city.  It's the end of the world, remember?

The driver continues maneuvering through the destruction as Barry Manilow's "Looks Like We Made It" plays in the background.  He eventually comes across his buddies who all happen to own previous year models, when he asks, "Where's Dave?"
And it's the response from this man that starts a mess of a battle between two of America's largest Automakers, "Dave didn't drive the longest-lasting, most-dependable truck on the road.  Dave drove a Ford."

Well Ford wasn't going to have any of that.  In fact, they tried to keep it from airing the day of the Superbowl by issuing a cease-and-desist order to NBC.  But it didn't work.  And now the CEO's are back and forth sending each other ridiculous letters that I found quite humorous. [source]

You know General Motors is having so much fun with this... they issued the following statement:
"We stand by our claims in the commercial, that the Silverado is the most dependable, longest-lasting full-size pickup on the road," said GM Global Chief Marketing Officer Joel Ewanick in a press release. "We can wait until the world ends, and if we need to, we will apologize. In the meantime, people who are really worried about the Mayan calendar coming true should buy a Silverado right away."

1 comment:

Ryan said...

How funny. "We can wait until the world ends, and if we need to, we will apologize." Talk about believing in your product. Great commercial.

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