During the holiday season of 2008, it was almost impossible to not hear the clarion call of the media, "Buy, buy, buy! Our economy is in shambles. Stores will close, jobless rates will go up. These are the best prices ever on flat screen televisions, game consoles and electronic devices of all kinds."
Today, the first day of the first business week of 2009, the clarion bell has become an annoying alarm. The media is now reporting, "Beware buyer. Do you know how much power your new flat screen will draw? Do you know how many watts your game console uses when it's being played? Your purchases have accelerated Global Warming, (excuse me, 'Global Climate Change')."
This is ridiculous. The average Joe and Jane stretched their spending budget to afford a luxury item they could not normally afford for their family; not only because prices were finally dropped to a level within their means but because the media kept saying the economy was a mess and their spending was needed to stop a total collapse.
For your efforts, today you get to be lectured to that your contribution are going to harm the environment. The energy you use to power your new electronics may cause a need to force manufactures to comply with carbon neutral standards. What you did, in the end, was a bad thing.
Shame on you. Now could you adjust the screen settings on your 60" flat screen, my character in Gears of War is looking a bit small.
Today, the first day of the first business week of 2009, the clarion bell has become an annoying alarm. The media is now reporting, "Beware buyer. Do you know how much power your new flat screen will draw? Do you know how many watts your game console uses when it's being played? Your purchases have accelerated Global Warming, (excuse me, 'Global Climate Change')."
This is ridiculous. The average Joe and Jane stretched their spending budget to afford a luxury item they could not normally afford for their family; not only because prices were finally dropped to a level within their means but because the media kept saying the economy was a mess and their spending was needed to stop a total collapse.
For your efforts, today you get to be lectured to that your contribution are going to harm the environment. The energy you use to power your new electronics may cause a need to force manufactures to comply with carbon neutral standards. What you did, in the end, was a bad thing.
Shame on you. Now could you adjust the screen settings on your 60" flat screen, my character in Gears of War is looking a bit small.
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