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April 21, 2005

Husker Du was right.

Makes No Sense At All

"Walking around with your head in the clouds
Makes no sense at all
Sell yourself short, but you're walking so tall
Makes no sense at all
Is it important? You're yelling so loud
Makes no sense at all
Walking around with your head in the clouds
Makes no sense at all
Makes no difference at all

I don't know why you want to tell me
When I'm right or when you're wrong
It's the same thing, in your mind,
the only time I'm right is when I play along..."

The Rude Pundit sums up David Brooks' (New York Times columnist) assertion that Roe v. Wade is the source of all the political divisiveness of our era.

Um.... right. Back in my graphic design days, I recall monthly columns from assorted Ivory Towers of advertising. These columnists were all giants, or at least thoroughly well-known in the field; one of the timely issues was the idea that graphic designers should be Certified; held to some sort of rigorous standards; with ethical guidelines on pricing. A guild, if you will. Bullshit, if you will.

They were only trying to protect their cozy seats at the top. If companies could hire some college or high school student with a Mac and a color printer to redesign and re-brand their business for $300, why would they pay an agency $50,000? The customer's always right.

So I would say Mr. Brooks has a comfortable chair and can see clearly for miles and miles from his tower window. He just can't really see anything beyond the end of his own nose.

"This whole country's gone to hell in a handbasket, ever since David Lee Roth left Van Halen!" Makes just as much sense.

Posted by Jeff at April 21, 2005 01:06 PM