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Upset Americans Planning To Rebel… Stay Tuned For More Information

In life we are faced with mind-boggling questions, and often we base our answers on the opinions of others. Sometimes we let strangers guide our choices. What sense does that make?

            Whenever we want to know something, find the answer to something, or just be informed, whom do we turn to? That’s right, our very good and trustworthy friend the local news. They have all the answers. Whenever we need to know the facts the news is there to fill us in with “up-to-date and factual information.” When we take their information and believe it to be true and later find out the hard way they were incorrect, is it our fault or do we have the right to point the finger?

I would like to welcome you to the world of misplaced hope. I am pretty sure you have been here before. Sit back, relax and let me take you on this misguided journey. You have had a hard week of working and now Friday has come and gone. You go home take a seat in your favorite chair, grab a little something to eat and drink. You turn on the television and tune into your local news. The five-day forecast pops on the screen and to your amazement the meteorologist says, “Saturday’s forecast will be a typical, beautiful, Southern California day, clear skies and a high of 80 degrees and a low of 77.” You think to yourself, “Wow what a beautiful Saturday to spend outside, it should be a nice day to wash the good old family car.” After all, you have spent the last five days locked up in an office somewhere.     

Saturday morning comes. You read your daily paper and have your cup of coffee. While reading, you are reminded of the beautiful weather that we are blessed with in Southern California. By the time you finish your coffee and paper the sun is out, shining brightly, just as the news said. Kids are riding their bikes; young boys have a water gun fight to cool themselves down. You line up your tools of destruction: a bucket, a few towels, soap, turtle wax, and this extra “keep your car clean and shining all week long rain or shine” wax that you bought on a late night infomercial. As you begin to wash your car, you think to yourself, “What a good job I’m are doing, how nice the car will look after I finish. I love living in Southern California.”

            As you spread the soapy suds all over the car you look up and see the sun starting to head to the west. We know when the sun heads to the west the sun is going night night and the dark and gloomy clouds are about to come out and play. You think to yourself, “I hope what I am thinking is not about to happen.” As you begin to take off the first coat of Turtle Wax and begin to apply your “super duper infomercial wax” you now become concerned. The kids have all gone inside, there is no one left but you, your tools of destruction and rain clouds above. You figure, “Since I have already started washing and waxing my car I might as well go ahead and finish it up, I know it is not going to rain because the news said it would be a nice warm day.” As you apply that last bit of Armoral spray on your tires, you feel good about yourself. You got up early Saturday morning to take advantage of a so-called beautiful day.

            You go inside, sit down in your favorite chair, grab a nice glass of iced tea, kick your feet up and once again turn on the television. As you sip on your nice glass of iced tea, you take a peep from the corner of your eye and see rain beginning to fall from the sky. You think to yourself, “How could this be? I watched the news, I got the right information, they told me that it was going to be at the lowest 77 degrees and now it is raining, how can this be? I mean whatever the news broadcasts is the truth, how could they mislead me like this?” As the rain runs down your front windshield, demolishing your hard work, leaving watermarks, water begins to run down your cheeks as well. Tears of an upset and misled American is all that is left to show for your once clean and freshly waxed car. As the rain falls harder and faster you glance over to the television set only to hear to your disbelief NEWSFLASH, “A sudden rainstorm is set to hit Southern California anytime now.” Just a little too late, don’t you think?

            Sunday morning rolls around, you wake up get your traditional paper and coffee. You look at your once again flawed car. The test proven, top of the line keep the car shinning and clean turtle wax did not live up to its expectations. It said, “Under any and all circumstances this wax would do the job. Rain or shine your car would look good as new.” You think to yourself, “Why? The TV commercial said it would last forever, how could they also misled me?” At this point you are highly upset. You wasted your whole Saturday washing and waxing your car because the meteorologist said it would be a beautiful day. You do not want an apology, oh no that is not enough, you want what you cannot get back, your time.

            In life we learn many things. In this instance you chose to listen to a stranger and acted based on what they thought was factual. They said, “Buy this newly developed cleanser,” so you bought it. They said, “The days to come would be beautiful, filled with sunshine and smiles.” You listened to them and planned your day around that information. Is it your fault you trusted a person who was doing their job? You are just a regular tax paying law-abiding citizen. You are not here to hurt anyone or take advantage of any one, so why would they do it to you?

NEWSFLASH…Buyer Beware…Be cautious about the things you see and buy, they are not always the truth. B.A.D. TV, would like to thank you for your support. We are happy to provide you with up to date local news.

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