Green Week

I see where the network television channels owned by NBC Universal are once again in "Green Week" status. Essentially, this is NBC corporate's somewhat annual push to encourage people to buy environmentally friendly products in an effort to save energy...and save the world.

All week long, you will see television shows, and news stories about the importance of salvaging the environment from those who would destroy it.

There's only one problem. Only one tiny, little problem. The NBC network chain is owned by a company that directly benefits from your buying "green" products -- namely, General Electric.

NBC ran into trouble the last time they pulled out this campaign, because they sold out any news credibility they had, so they could push pro-green stories. The catch-22 really backfired on them, but since the dollar is mighter than any criticism, we get blasted all week long with how we need to buy GE products.

Convenient, too, is when NBC Universal/GE chose to run this "green" campaign. It's no mere chance that this propoganda campaign hits televisions the week leading to Black Friday.

GE and NBC Universal are repulsive. They have no shame. Selling their integrity so they can coax people into going "green" right a the time of year when consumers will be spending a lot of money.

There isn't anything necessarily wrong with cleaning up our communities, but promoting environmentalism just so you can make a buck is wrong. Shame on you GE.