Oops!!

It seems that the Republi-cons are anxious to get on the change-wagon and are to adopt a new slogan (because there's nothing that spells c-h-a-n-g-e like a new slog): "the change you deserve". There's only one wee problem with this. "The change you deserve" is already the trademarked slogan of Wyeth Pharmaceuticals for thei anti-depressant medication Effexor XR. And it gets even better. According to the Huffington Post the side effects of the drug include "nausea, apathy, constipation, fatigue, vertigo, sexual dysfunction, sweating, memory loss, and - and I swear I am not making this up - 'electric shock-like sensations also called 'brain zaps''". And, as this is truly the gift that keeps on giving, Wyeth ran into trouble with the FDA when they began marketing the drug because of what the FDA termed "unsubstantiated superiority claims". The tag line from the offending ad? "Reality: You have options."

How may days until Xmas?