Does It Seem Strange To You?

When the weather is as lousy as it has been and you are my age it seems you get to watch a lot of TV. Lately I've noticed something that makes me curious and I wondered what you thought. Suddenly there seems to be a great many pharmaceutical advertisements on the airways and if you listen closely you will hear a very technical term after the name of the drug which seems to be inserted as an afterthought.  In other words, it doesn't seem to fit the message. Although somewhat strange, this is not what has aroused my curiosity.

It seems a new "miracle solution" for all of mankind's illnesses will be heavily promoted for a period of time. Of course all of the possible side effects, such as man's privates falling off,  will be dutifully listed each time we are told about the latest way to relieve our arthritis or reduce our cholesterol.  This seems to go on long enough for enough people to run to their doctor and demand they be allowed to participate in this miracle. If you don't believe me, ask your doc. He or she will tell you people will insist they be put on these drugs, even if they don't have the particular condition the medication is designed to thwart.

It seems, within a reasonably short time, messages will begin to appear announcing you or a member of family who might have had their privates fall off after taking said miracle cure might be eligible for compensation for your loss. Of course, they neglect to tell you the "law firm" on the other end of the toll free number is eligible for 30 to 40% of the TOTAL class action lawsuit. There is a "law firm" in Texas that has been eligible for 30 to 40% of billions of dollars for almost 30 years.

The latest product that has captured my interest has to do with reviving manhood through increasing testosterone which has left men unable to perform sexually, drive a speedboat, or trek through the jungle. Lo and behold, a few swipes under the arm and manhood is restored. Keep it away from the women however, because the commercial makes it clear even accidental exposure might cause them to grow a beard. If you listen to the "law firm's" commercial which tends to run a couple hours later it should probably be kept away from men as well.

Now, I'm not a suspicious person but I find it strange a drug company advertises a product designed to give you back the bedroom performance of a 25 year old. A couple hours later a "law firm" says the very thing your using to restore your manhood might make you eligible for compensation for some of the side effects you were warned about 2 hrs earlier. Yet with all these commercials you never hear about a trial, think settlement!

Now a less trusting soul might think there is some hanky panky going on here. But, after all we live in an era of 24 hour news coverage, surely if "law firms" were building class action suits simply to settle with drug companies wouldn't our free press look out for us and report arrangements like this? We know drug company profits are astronomical so there would be plenty of room for a nice settlement.  The Feds, who seem to regulate everything, would certainly step in and stop this kind of collusion,  but wait, trial lawyers are among the largest donors to political campaigns. You don't suppose, no we know our political leaders always tell us the truth! Hey what about the insurance companies, what would they get out of it? How much have your premiums gone up?

This is probably just coincidence,  what do you think?