American Madness

Intelligent Criticism in the Service of a Better Nation

Home Depot: Making an effort (well, kind of)

“Home Depot: Ripping the Head off ‘Green’ and Spitting Down Its Neck.” Or at least that is what Home Depot seems to be doing with their new initiative Eco Options Marketing Campaign. Well, that was initially how I started this post off, before really reading through the article.
Quick test: which is the Eco-Friendly product? A [...]

Intelligent Design

Campaign materials tend to be a dime a dozen and be of the typical “Vote Clinton” button or ‘picture of the candidate with their name and the election year’ variety. Way back in the 60’s Barry Goldwater had a clever campaign with Au H2O. Every now and then you’ll find a clever button or campaign [...]

I’ll Have the Oysters™

The New York Times reported yesterday on a growing trend amongst restaurant chefs: lawsuits related recipes.
The focus is on Pearl Oyster Bar, owned by Rebecca Charles and Ed’s Lobster Bar owned by Ed McFarland, her former Sous Chef.
Charles claims that McFarland not only stole the look and feel of her establishment, but also stole [...]

Wow – Canal+ ad

I first became aware of Canal+ (a French Television channel) about 6 months back. I came across these humorous commercials. They had people explaining movies to their friends like March of the Penguins (which was called March of the Emperors in France) and Brokeback Mountain.
Canal+’s new commercial “Double Sense” asks us to “Watch the news [...]

Breaking News – Verizon Stores Will Be Open Today

As many people know today is D-Day* for the long awaited iPhone, the next generation iPod that is also a phone, is being released today at 6pm. While I am sure lines have been forming for the last few days for the new AT&T phone (because it is a sure sign a product will be [...]

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