RAM TV Ad Lacks Imagination

I know you have seen the RAM truck "My Tank is Full" ad. Featuring iconic photographs such as a young Muhammad Ali and grizzled Albert Einstein, high school football angst amongst past years' trophies, work life shown in a series of stark photographs and trite phrases.

My Name is RAM and my tank is full.

What does this mean? At 15 mpg (city), the tank is basically a black hole for fuel. Now, if the dealer gives you free gas for a year or even a full tank at time of purchase, I could understand this commercial.

Otherwise, it makes me want to write a haiku.

RAM boasts of full tank,
Chevy wants to compare cars,
Cadillac is lost.

Too little, too late,
USA struggles to keep up,
Jobs are the real cost.

What is the meaning of this commercial to you? Please leave a comment and let me know.

Tags: ram truck, tank is full, haiku, 15 mpg

To My Friends in the USA . . .

Take time to give thanks for the blessings we enjoy.

• If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof over your head and a place to sleep, you are richer than 75% of this world ...
  
  
• If you woke up this morning with more health than illness, you are more blessed than 1 million people who will not survive this week ...
  
  
• If you have money in the bank, in your wallet or purse and spare change in your pocket, you are among the top 8% of the world's wealthy;
  
  
• If you can attend a church meeting without fear of harassment, arrest, torture or death, you are more blessed than 3 billion people in the world;
  
  
• If you have never experienced the danger of battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture or the pangs of starvation, you are ahead of 500 million people in the world;
  
  
• In fact if you can read this message you are more blessed than over 2 billion people in the world who cannot read at all.

So give thanks for all you have and pray for those that do not have as much.

Namaste

CyberCelt

Tags: thanksgiving, give thanks, blessings

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CoolAdz This Month

Have you ever noticed that CMF Ads widget on top of my sidebar? I display advertisements that are related to my blog and this month the advertiser is Make Money Online with EJ Cooksey. This is a blog that I visit quite often as EJ makes a lot of sense in these days of trite marketing. If you want some good advice, click through.

I appreciate it! Thanks!

CyberCelt

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Today, We Say Thanks . . .

Veterans Day is celebrated on November 11 in honor of those who have served in the armed forces of the United States. The observation was originally designated in 1919 by President Woodrow Wilson as Armistice Day:

To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country’s service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of the nation.

Wilson selected November 11 because the Armistice ending World War I had been signed on this date in 1918. Wilson wanted to make sure that Americans did not forget the tragedies of the war. In 1938, Congress passed legislation which designated Armistice Day as a federal holiday. The name was changed to Veterans Day in 1954 so that all veterans would be honored.

On Veterans Day, special services take place at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers in Arlington National Cemetery.

I am a baby boomer. I was born in peace time and enjoyed an uneventful childhood and adolescence. Then there was war. Many young men and women of my generation joined the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines … then they flew or sailed out of my life … forever. Yet, some returned, weary and battle scarred to a country that did not appreciate their sacrifice.

Today, November 11, 2009, we should remember them. To all veterans of all conflicts, whether alive and well, disabled, lying in Arlington National Cemetery or the Fields of Flanders or inscribed in the Wall in Washington :

God Bless You. Thank You.
We Remember

Tags: veterans day, armistice day, veterans, thank you

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More on Marketing : Generation Y

MediaPost has a good synopsis the J.D. Power and Associates 2009 Teens and Early Careerist report.

MediaPost Publications Probing GenY'ers

. . . online conversation analysis of two subsets of Millenials finds that they are concerned about the current economic environment, and are becoming particularly value-conscious and focused on finding employers that offer stability and long term growth opportunities.

Despite the title (probing?), this post is full of information on the teens (14-18) and early careerists (22-29). However, I do wonder what the subset name is for 19-21 year olds? I could suggest a few, but I am prejudiced by having two Gen Ys in the house.

Tags: generation y, teens, early careerists, jd power, mediapost