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It would be awesome if this gained some traction. As they explain on the site, President Jackson isn’t necessarily the best choice for one of our bills: Put Martin Luther King, Jr. on the Twenty-Dollar Bill

We created this web site to start a movement for putting Martin Luther King Jr. on the twenty-dollar bill. King symbolizes the triumph of love over hatred, of nonviolence over violence, and of community values over money values.

No American is more qualified than King to replace Andrew Jackson on the twenty-dollar bill. Jackson’s presidential legacy is marked by the barbaric Indian Removal Act which evicted at least 47,000 Creek, Choctaws, Chickasaws, Cherokee and Seminole Indians from their homes so their land could be turned into cotton-growing slave plantations. The Indian Removal Act led directly to the infamous Trail of Tears, where four thousand Cherokee men, women and children died in a forced march west.

There is a petition that you can sign.

Do online petitions ever work? Can anyone think of an example?

Dude, seriously…. Jason?

Adam is the man!

It just keeps getting deeper. I’m not sure if this furthers my point from the previous post, (or if I even had a point), but it turns out this lady has taken “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up” to heart.

local6.com – Problem Solvers – ‘Trampled’ Wal-Mart Shopper Has History Of Injury Claims

A woman reported “trampled” last Friday by Wal-Mart shoppers desperate for $29.87 DVD players has a long history of claiming injuries from Wal-Marts and other businesses where she worked or shopped.

Has day-after-thanksgiving shopping gone too far? I think this woman might think so… although she was there for the low, low prices on the good stuff herself…. Woman Trampled in Fla. Shopping Rush

Patricia VanLester had her eye on a $29 DVD player, but when the siren blared at 6 a.m. Friday announcing the start to the post-Thanksgiving sale, the 41-year-old was knocked to the ground by the frenzy of shoppers behind her.

“She got pushed down, and they walked over her like a herd of elephants,” said VanLester’s sister, Linda Ellzey. “I told them, `Stop stepping on my sister! She’s on the ground!'”

The kicker in all of this isn’t that none of the shoppers, in their frenzy to get to the $29 DVD player, helped up this woman (I mean shoot, 29 bucks?). No, the kicker is, after all the wal-mart employees pleaded ignorance (frenzy? what frenzy?), they offered to put one of the $29 DVD players on hold for her. Why not just give her one… can’t Wal-Mart spare the $29?

This isn’t even the first time something like this has happened…. last year it was a “herd of cows” that was knocking people over at a Wal-Mart.

In fact, it just hit me. Here’s how to stop all these tramplings at Wal-Marts across the country.

Stop letting large animals in the front door! What are those greeters for anyways?

I wish I could say I’m not watching The Bachelorette Wedding right now… but I am.

Against my wishes.

I just came across this really interesting article in Psychology Today entitled: A Brand New You

It isn’t specifically about Apple, but just about branding in general. I’m as much of a slave to the marketers as anyone. VW and Apple? Come on A.J.!

Apple Computer doesn’t create new family members so much as brothers- and sisters-in-arms. Presenting itself as the anti-IBM, Apple is the computer for those who shun the domineering image of “Big Blue.” This approach can be traced from the historic “1984” television ad that depicted Macintosh computers as a tool to fight Orwellian oppression caused by widespread PC use (aired just once, during the 1984 Superbowl, but still considered one of the most successful ads ever) to its recent showcasing of computer owners who have made the switch from PCs and the Windows operating system. Apple presents itself as unique. It invites users to think of themselves as revolutionary–even though, by buying and supporting Apple, they’re really just responding to another marketer’s push.

(emphasis mine)

The article also calls to mind a quote from one of my favorite movies, High Fidelity:

“A while back, Dick, Barry and I agreed that what really matters is WHAT you like, not what you ARE like. Books, records, films ñ these things matter! Call me shallow, itís the fucking truth.”
-Rob

Seriously though, when you get to know someone, what’s the first thing you talk about. What kind of music you like, what books you’ve read, what car you drive, what computer you use. It’s not a good thing to be caught up in products as a fulfillment of your life, but it almost seems that companies that do an effective job of marketing are actually helping people of like minds get together… Even if we’re all being duped into thinking that we’re different than everyone else.

And I’ve found out.. I just suck at Hearts. I always want to shoot the moon and nobody is helping me out here.