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Hello Andrej. The year 2017

Richard S — Mon, 06 Feb 2017 17:46:20 +0000

In reply to I've been tortured with these

Hello Andrej. The year 2017 is calling. I just read your post. I could not agree more. Seven years and It has only gotten worse.

What bothers me is not so

Davi Lynn — Tue, 29 Mar 2016 23:12:37 +0000

In reply to the surge in gov't

What bothers me is not so much the money (which is scandalous too) but the fact that such morons work there. Or they think we're stupid. Or both.

I completely agree, I just

George Bennett — Mon, 08 Feb 2016 23:06:36 +0000

In reply to Ad Council = leftist

I completely agree, I just sent ad council a long letter telling them how I feel about this foolish and biased crap.

i asked them if they would be willing to work with the NRA to produce a public service ad promoting firearm proficiency and training. I also asked if they would work with a particular govt agency if called upon to do so..."The Director Of Civilian Marksmanship Program". I made the suggestions of let's promote ...speaking English, learn and understand the Constitution and The Bill Of Rights, or how about a nice ad warning of the dangers associated with migrant relocation in this country! They will ignore me of course, but I won't stop and neither should you, write them, tell others, explain it, make it a question for candidates, bring it up all over the damn place!

Ad Council...it stupid, expensive and worst of all its progressive govt propaganda being shoved into our homes and the kicker is.....we get to pay for it!

Speak Out!!!!!

i agree, over and over,

sam spade — Sun, 21 Sep 2014 23:07:22 +0000

In reply to I am so tired of being

i agree, over and over, insulting our intelligence with our money, they make me sick to my stomach. their ads have ruined many a mood/day, i actually turned off an nfl post game broadcast this evening for all the ad council crap.

the surge in gov't

Sam Spade — Sun, 21 Sep 2014 22:54:46 +0000

In reply to The Ad Council Commercials: Stupid or Super-Stupid? You Decide

the surge in gov't advertising began when nancy pelosi and harry reid became majority leaders in 2007. they're using our money to irritate us with a barrage of inane advertisements. you can't watch or listen to a football game these days without the off putting barrage of crap courtesy of our unlimited gov't. i also noted the advertisements must have been deemed critical to the operation of our fed gov't as they continued during the all too brief gov't shutdown.

Let's wake this up as a tax

Anonymous — Fri, 27 Dec 2013 03:11:00 +0000

In reply to I am so tired of being

Let's wake this up as a tax money waste issue for the 2014 elections, and get some petitions and protests organized. From PBS and NPR to Ad Council to the EPA, US Forest Service, USDA, FDA, DHS, HUD..... I'd rather have my loal radio station sell that ad space to businesses, businesses that can inform me of their offers and products and services, while they PAY for the radio time, and not jack up the cost of radio ads by depleting available time slot inventories with this government propaganda.. I can not stand those billboards and radio ads about "We Can". MO's stupid hip-hop "can we do it, do it, do it" noise..... and the one about doing toe touches while I pump my gas ..... Stalin would be proud of such a waste of workers' money!!!!!!!!!!!

I am so tired of being

Anonymous — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 00:41:00 +0000

In reply to I've always wondered... WHO

I am so tired of being verbally assaulted by these snarky, depressing, offensive and denigrating ads as I listen to Internet radio every day. Someone needs to launch a campaign to get rid of the ad council, or at least to do some kind of quality control. How about a Twitter hash tag? I usually mute the sound when one of their insidious ads comes on, then forget to turn it back up, and miss part of my selected program. To what agency can I complain?

YES. The Ad Council needs to

Anonymous — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 19:01:26 +0000

In reply to A new Ad Council gem: Some

YES. The Ad Council needs to be banned and everyone fired for this crap. SICK

RE: Losers at Ad Council fascist piece: Some unknown man gets a little boy excited about going to the State Fair, then tells him he can't go this year because his parents wasted energy. The kid is crushed. Better luck next year--if his parents change their ways. That's Big Brother creepy, vs. merely stupid.

most excellent Gerry! how

joejoeswim — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 04:55:53 +0000

In reply to You are wrong about one

most excellent Gerry! how much money should the federal government give

the ad council??? simple, Zero.

I've always wondered... WHO

Jack — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 17:52:49 +0000

In reply to The Ad Council Commercials: Stupid or Super-Stupid? You Decide

I've always wondered... WHO ARE the people behind the Ad Council?? Most of their ads sound like authoritarian, ultraconservative fearmongering about this or that TRENDY TOPIC to worry about. Of course, they DO have their 'liberal' moments, so I guess they're a little bipartisan, like when they complain about cyberbullying (albeit largely a phony, made-up term that DENIES the reality of the Internet and things one CAN ACTUALLY DO to fight stalkers and harassers, like blocking and defriending) or get all PC about "That's so gay" (do more than 5% of gay people GIVE TWO SH*TS about some folks saying that?).

Do the Ad Council leaders REALLY think this crap is EFFECTIVE? The vast majority of their ads seem to rely on propaganda and fear, rather than ACTUALLY INFORMING people about the TRUE RISKS of certain behaviors. I mean, wasn't that silly "This is what happens to your brain on drugs" ad with that hot actress from the Ad Council? Or the whole "guy snorting a piece of his brain" nonsense

Or maybe that was from the ONDCP... It's hard to tell WHICH IS WHICH sometimes. Esp. when THEY'VE OPENLY ADMITTED OR BEEN EXPOSED AS HAVING GOTTEN DONATIONS FROM THE BEER, CIGARETTE AND PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES! So they're OK with LEGAL drugs but ILLEGAL ones are "soooo bad." Sounds more like a trust or cartel that's AFRAID OF REAL COMPETITION than "folks who are concerned about children and society's welfare."