I love the “Mayhem” commercials from Allstate. If I was in the market for insurance, I might even consider Allstate just because I love their commercials. Fortunately for me I have a low cost insurance company that I would be hard pressed to leave. You can catch a good compilation of the commercials here.
http://www.allstate.com/mayhem-is-everywhere/main.aspx
If you haven’t seen the ads, you need to watch for them because they are hilarious. They are a reminder of the potential “Mayhem” that exists in our lives when we are driving our car. Too bad “Mayhem” is so handsome even if he acts deranged as real “Mayhem” is much uglier in truth.
These commercials remind me of the mayhem many of us might feel about business and politics today. Mayhem is all around us. Just think about the BP oil spill and now the Enbridge spill in Michigan as well. The problem is no one is really protecting us from it like an insurance company is supposed to do. The government keeps holding hands with BP like they are star crossed lovers and they are convincing us that everything will be okay because they got married and the baby will not be a “bastard”. No, in fact that baby has disappeared and you know that old saying, “Out of sight, out of mind!” However that “Mayhem” is going to haunt us for years to come with health and environmental issues.
Some have felt the deranged sting from “Mayhem” when they lost their jobs and their waiting in line filing for unemployment. They are put in a state of panic wondering what they are going to do. The 99ers met “Mayhem” head on and there was no insurance company to bail them out. Their unemployment ran out before they could figure out how to deal with the mayhem this economy threw at them.
The troops in Iraq and Afghanistan probably meet “Mayhem” often. He may be waiting in a roadside bomb or a sniper somewhere. The soldiers do their jobs hoping “Mayhem” stays away from them and their friends. However, “Mayhem” always finds those people that it really wants to seek and none of our soldiers are safe from “Mayhem”. The politicians don’t protect them and don’t even put forth good policy decisions that make the soldiers know when the job is really done and they can put “Mayhem” to rest.
“Mayhem” is touching all of us in some way or another. Our schools are under funded and cuts are being made that will certainly make it easier for “Mayhem” to enter the lives of our most vulnerable, our children. “Mayhem” might take the appearance of an over- stressed teacher, crowded classrooms or missing programs but “Mayhem” will make an appearance.
As we are stuck defending our homes because of cuts in police protection, be prepared to meet “Mayhem” when someone decides their business is your business. “Mayhem” happily follows the troubled and the criminal.
“Mayhem” has even entered congress. How else can we explain the fact that everything seems to be so ineptly handled? The unemployment extension couldn’t be passed until after the July 4th recess. Obviously congress didn’t feel the bite of “Mayhem” personally or they would have pushed this through in any way possible as soon as possible. The “Mayhem” that really exists in congress is the way it works or doesn’t work. When the Republicans were in power, they didn’t need 60 plus senators to get things done. However, now that the Democrats are in power, they struggle to get anything done and blame it on the Republicans. Those Republicans must be very powerful to be so clever. President Obama came into office with a boat load of people behind him. He could have done so much but he chose to shake hands with “Mayhem” and let him take over. It really is sad that “Mayhem” has taken the voice of people like Newt Gingrich.
Senators and Representatives will probably understand “Mayhem” better when they meet him in November. He’ll be smiling but they will be in the fight for their political lives as most people could care less about anyone in public office today. Would you throw a lifeline to your senator or representative? Many people think it’s time to clean house. The only problem is what will “Mayhem” like this bring us? More people like Newt Gingrich? I don’t think that’s what we need but I sure hope “Mayhem” makes everyone think before he leaves us alone after the storm!