L.A. Lesson: Going out of Business

As you are already aware of, there are too many stores going out of business. Two more establishments are becoming extinct. BlockBuster and Black Angus Restaurants will be calling it quits.

In the process, over 35,000 persons will be unemployed or underemployed. This is what happens when the economy falters. Plain folks are having difficulty making their payments. Therefore, they do not have money (or credit) to spend.

Since no one is buying, stores and restaurants lose out. All these overpriced establishments could not pay for their creditors and they have to shut down. People are just holding on to their money and purchase only the bare necessities. The days of excess have gone by the wayside. If the items are not needed, then they will be ignored. All these redundant sales are worthless. Christmas after Christmas, New Year's after New Year's, Winter after Winter, Valentines' Day after Valentines' Day, etc. How many more holidays of purchasing can the public support?

The people have made their choices and it is to pay the required monthly payments. The extra cash, if any, is for a rainy day. You no longer have to buy products from rude and snotty sales people, nor do you have to support their extravagant lifestyles. We, as the consumers, have been eating crow's feet for too long.

Now, it is their turn to taste it X>. They will not like it, but they all brought it upon themselves. No bailout money here, good day to you sir!

Until the next lesson, Stay Down!

L.A. Lesson: Music Artist Posters

Do you ever notice some of the pictures of the bands that appear on album covers or concert posters? Some of these band members are posed in different postures and costumes.

Rock band groups are
always displayed in goofy and whimsical settings. Cowboy western music acts always have their cowboy hats and boots strapped on. Death metal and emo bands are always attached to some satanical figure.

Even those alternative rock bands have some sort of flower power background attached to its poses. However, they all have one thing in common, there is always someone with his mouth open and smiling. Rap and Hip-Hop figures never smile and they never have their mouths open. They always appear with a scowl on their face with their tightly closed lips like the emo bands except more people respect rap and hip-hop artists than emo bands. It is as if the world would end if any of the rap folks ever smile. They try to keep their persona as some sort of badass. They all want to demonstrate that they are a tough guy thing, but we all know these wangsters are full of it. They have an unwritten code amongst each other that they have to look hard in order to give credibility to their rap. The reason they do not smile is because they are constipated and need relief. They need some stool softeners.

Until the next lesson, Stay Down.