These videos are not surprising…unfortunately. Although the take-offs are hilarious.

Recently I’ve noticed similar pap PSA commercials on USA (Characters Unite) in which “characters” of various ethic backgrounds disclaim the so-called sterotypes they are supposedly associated with:

“I have never been a cab driver.”

“I’m not a gardener.”

“I don’t own a laundromat.”

“The view from the back of the bus sucks…”…???????

“I pledge because it’s 2009, not 1959″…?????

“The good old days weren’t the good old days”…

Etc. ad nauseum…

At they end, they all “pledge”…to what I am not sure…but “Join the Movement…”…

And on my 10-year olds favorite channel, I think Disney, all the teen kiddie stars make the same sort of creepy pledge:

See “Friends for Change”…Save the Planet, blah, blah, blah…and, of course, at the end, “Join the Movement”…make the pledge…

Organized conspiracy?

No, just a “Conspiracy of Dunces”…”chickens coming home to roost”, the outcome of the dominant cultural ideas of the 20th Century…

As for me, it is SO time, I pledge to encourage people to “Move On” from MoveOn.org…

In fact, I get my best ideas on this site, so I’ve just registered a new domain, MoveOnToCapitalism.org…

Nothing there yet…but anyone who has any interest either post a response…or I’ll have it up and running soon…

“Thinkers Welcome”

DanO