Ploys, rip=offs, and Common Sense

When I first sat down here, I had what I thought was a brilliant idea for a post. How ever MSN Explorer decided to shut down on me twice. They claim I need an 'upgrade' which of course you need a credit card for. Hmmm...if I have to pay then that is not a program 'upgrade', that is a purchase. Just another ploy to milk folks of more money. Acts like this tick me off, of course by the time I've switched browsers and gotten back on, my 'brilliant' idea had evaporated, and all I really want to do is spray that stupid butterfly.
What is it with big corporations thinking it's ok to screw the working Joe /Jane? I'm not talking just non-essential corporations like Internet providers or Cable TV either, but one's like heating and electric. Another one I see running rampant is car/health insurance. It's fairly easy to see why we are quickly becoming a nation of working poor. And, good Lord, will someone please break out a economy sized bottle of Common Sense and stop the awarding large amounts of money in lawsuits that are stupid to begin with? Take that woman a few years back, who tucked a cup of hot coffee between her legs while driving and got burned. Obviously she lacks the ability to know the difference between hot and cold but she sues the fast food chain she bought it at and wins?!? Or the ones that sue tobacco companies because daddy died from cancer caused by smoking 4 packs a day. Do families who have members die from drug over doses sue their dealers? Was the cigarette company in question giving this guy free smokes?
Stupidity should not be rewarded. Ignorant lawsuits of this type only serve to act like dominoes, forcing the corporations to recoup monies lost by raising prices, which ulimately forces the cost of a loaf of bread to rise too. In short, those big corporations that are sued, aren't the ones paying that settlement - we are .