IS THIS NAIVE?
HANGING WITH HARD HEADS
$350 million is serious money, even by government standards. The AP reports at least that much has been dumped into political ads on California ballot propositions alone.
A couple of examples- AP says Molly Munger has spent $44.1 million in support of a prop to fund education and early childhood programs. The California Teachers Association has dropped $31.4 supporting or opposing two props.
$350 million to create ads that get junked, or that fly by on screens already jammed with political spots!
Instead couldn't that money be applied to programs, initiatives, foundations and the like that actually work to achieve the objectives of the propositions? Munger's $44 million could go a long way to establishing early childhood programs.
Simplistic? Common sense? Perhaps. But why not try it?
JUST IN CASE YOU MISSED THIS
A volunteer for P E T A, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, has asked Irvine California to put up this sign where about 16 hundred pounds of saltwater bass spilled from a truck as they were being hauled to market.
I'm an animal lover and supporter of wild life conservation, but...
I wonder if anyone has explained to volunteer Dina Kourda the fish were on their way to market, not to dance as extras in a movie, but to find their way to dinner plates after a nap on ice.
She argues the sign would remind drivers that fish value their lives and feel pain. An Irvine spokesman says there will be no fish memorial.
Is this an entertaining Republic or not?
Shadow Bath
(from Lana's Feathered Head series)
(from Lana's Feathered Head series)
King of Schnozola
(a garden sculpture by Lana)
See you down the trail.
(a garden sculpture by Lana)
See you down the trail.
