If first you don't succeed, pick a weak Democrat and go in through the back door. That seems to be the plan for the anti-neutrality forces. I was just in MI, and what pisses me off about this story is that the voters rather soundly told Granholm's uberconservative challenger to get stuffed, so it's not like she has to be that worried. Worse, Google, who is actually on our side on this issue, is located in her state, but she doesn't seem to care, nor does she seem to think it's a good idea to give them a reason to be less in bed with Republicans.

Crap. Why is it I always find the posts I really want to wax upon with eloquence when it's late, and I'm bone tired? Lindsay is such a bright and attractive woman. And she gets why this is so important. I like to think I do too.

Bottom line: total, complete bullshit drives much advertising in this country. Based on metrics and numbers from decades ago and cultures dead, ads are bought by companies who believe in well, a lot of crap, and who don't understand what their ad dollar does and doesn't buy them. Advertising entities aren't stupid; it's not like they're going to tell GM that their return on their billions is in fact much less than traditional MBA think suggests. Greatly like the political consulting class, advertisers have created an environment in which people continue to pay them despite the lack of profitable results.