Bill Konway’s Photography Blog

I don’t think I have ever just ranted here, but there’s a first time for everything.  And this has absolutely nothing to do with photography.  A few things have been tucked into the back of my mind and after a new one occurred yesterday, I figured it was time to open my mouth so to speak.  Hopefully some one out there will read this and agree with me.  I’ve also never asked for comments here, but I want to hear your opinions now, please.

I came down with a sinus infection a couple days ago.  No biggy, happens all the time.  So I go to the medicine cabinet, pull out the Sudafed and pop a couple.  The package said “Sudafed PE”.  Told the wife about it and she said “You took the wrong ones”.  It’s Sudafed, how can it be wrong?  She then shows me the package where it says, “Contains No Psuedophedrine”  How can Sudafed not contain psuedophedrine?  Isn’t that about all that should be in there?  She then explained that you can’t buy it off the shelf, you have to buy it from the pharmacist because I might be making crack or something.  Are you kidding me?  Actually I recalled a trip to Orlando for work a couple years ago.  Same sinus problem.  The pharmasist would not sell me Sudafed because I was not a resident!

On to the next thing.  We were watching some rented DVD a while ago.  The screen comes up that says that this movie is rated “R” for Sexual Content, Strong Language, and Smoking.  What?  So i guess now it is more harmful to people to see smoking than the speeding, wreckless driving, illegal drug use, public sex, car chases down sidewalks, prostitution, and random murder.  Have we really become that dumb of a nation to think this is right or that we need this sort of information?  Or is it that the idiots that we elect think we are this stupid?

California.  The residents there are either the smartest people in the world or the most secretive.  If you look at the packaging on some products it will inform you that it is known to the State of California, that this product causes cancer or something.  How is it that only California knows this?  Or do these products only cause cancer in California?  If the latter is the case, I think I would move out of California.  Why is this on my box here in the midwest?  So I know not to take it with me if I go to California?

I had another ox to gore but I’ll leave it lie for now.  If you think I’m an idiot, let me know here in the comments.  If you think I may be right, I’d like to know that as well.  If I missed something or you have something different thing stuck in your craw, let me know.  Sorry for the rant.  We’ll now return you to your normal show…