beanie babies

I was reading a yard sale ad and it said the usual, tools, clothes etc. and beanie babies. It dawned on me that I do run across them at thrift stores and yard sales often. Do you recall the craze? I do and I remember how ridiculous, how totally lame it was. I think that it is a good possibility it was an attempt to train us to think we need totally stupid crap that we really don't need. Those beanie things aren't something I would want my kids having. They're not cuddly and they are a potential hazard, being stuffed with little beanie things. Hazard for kids putting in their mouths and hazard to my already disaster of a messy house. Trust me, my dog has torn open her fair share of them and what a pain in the ass to clean up. We don't need them they serve no purpose at all. Sure lots of things we want or think we need that aren't necessary but the beanie babies!!! Someone somewhere made people think they were of some worth and to convice jo public that they were an investment. Good God thats just plain retarded. Back to my conspiracy it seems that as a whole we weren't a bunch of idiots before the beanie sham but look around you today. Look at California- arnold- governer? replacing a recalled governer davis? Why? Now arnold is cutting amoung other things funding for education- aka -our friggin future. Look at the housing "crisis" People were going nuts buying real estate they couldn't afford and now can't pay. How many houses do you really need. And the things those houses were filled with , bought with money no one had. Those "things "now adorn the for sale ads on craigslist . Are we that stupid? Yes I believe the answer is yes. When we allowed a 24 home shopping show into our homes and let them tell us we needed beanie babies we also allowed common sense to walk out the door. I rest my case