This thread started out...questionably...but it seems that a decent discussion is coming out of it. Bravo.
I tried googling a number of sentences from the OP and couldn't find any that gave a result other than back to this thread. Nonetheless, I edited the OP to put the rant in quotes, just to make that a little more clear.
I'm also moving this thread to General Discussion because it seems to fit better there with the way it's developing.
Finally, I must agree with Jenny_Lyte's post #4 and JumpinJesus' post #40.