Being Given Good Advice by Big Government

THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT really and truly cares about the health and well being of the people over whom it so benevolently and thoroughly governs. The public service announcements on radio and television are tangible proof of this. Are radio and television companies required to donate a minimum amount of air time for publc service announcements from our protective federal government? Or, does our federal government use our tax payer money to pay radio and television corporations for air time to give us advice on how to live? Or is it a combination of both? Either way, is that what we really want? We the people? A benevolent big brother government looming always above us, protecting us from ourselves. Some mysterious entity called the "advertising council" or some such is involved in this ceaseless flow of progaganda. Heaven only knows what this organization is. Just another means of keeping wealth and power in the hands of the wealthy, and out of the hands of we the teeming masses, maybe? Or a noble union of government and free enterprise, keeping the little people out of trouble. A conspiracy of government and the military industrial bureaucratic ccomplex, perchance. The corporations own the government,which pays the corporations to tell us what to do or not to do. Maybe that's the way it works. We are told not to smoke, not to drink, not to have sex, to drive more slowly, and to wear seatbelts. We are told to save our money, to sepend our money, and to register for the selective service. How much longer before we are told to salute the flag, and to say good morning to big brother? The National kidney foundation happily announced that its easy to give something away when you have more than one, and you only need one! The excitement of this revelation rippled through the radio waves. Now, you can donate an organ and live to tell about it! The preceding annoucement was approved by the National Security Agency.