Posts Tagged “eco-Nazi”

Like American cars? I do. (Well…at least Jeeps.) Like American car makers? Me neither. To find a bigger bunch of clowns in charge, you’d have to look at…at…Congress. Of course, the question on everybody’s lips should be, why do American automobile makers make so many models that nobody wants, models that they couldn’t make money on, even if they DID sell well?

There’s a reason, a believe it or not, it’s not “executive incompetence.”

It’s Congress. Read the rest of this entry »

We’re on a lot of lists. And we get some of the strangest things you’d ever expect – or not expect – to see in your mailbox. As a marketer, I’m always interested to see how others are using direct mail to market their products and/or services. As a pragmatic conservative, I like to look past the marketing, and look at what they’re trying to say with their promotion. Sometimes, there’s a logical disconnect between the product and the marketing. Think of it as a “cognitive dissonance,” where the message and the media contradict each other. This makes for some rich, visual irony in many situation. Case in point, The United States Postal Service, and their efforts to promote direct mail with their Deliver magazine. Read the rest of this entry »