Black Friday and the Media

As I have previously mentioned, I am still trying to understand the general media's reasons for wanting to cause more trouble with the economy, other than human suffering generates news. So far, I keep hearing about how things are going to get worse because people aren't out shopping and are holding back on purchases. Yet, all across the USA I have watched and tried to get anywhere near malls and stores for the past month.

This morning at 12:01am, stores opened following Thanksgiving. We were stuck at several exits returning to Old Saybrook due to lines on I-95 that stretched for miles as people exited into the Outlet malls that opened their sales at midnight. Local news reports discussed extremely long lines for people waiting to get into stores and, more importantly, very long lines at checkout counters.

We sat in traffic to get past the lines in the twin non-hybrid Tahoe and discovered that it cost us well over a gallon versus the less than gallon for sitting in traffic for 3.5 hours in the hybrid.

Send a message to the media about the spread of fear that is generating problems for our economy. Go to http://www.motordoc.com/boycott.htm and send others to the link. It is time for the general public to finally be heard concerning the negative messages coming from the general media.