Friday, May 22, 2009

California out of money, still pays for PSA: Don't pee in the pool

In my short trip to work, I heard two advertisements on the radio, paid for by California tax dollars.

One was from the California department of boating and waterways, and advised against dumping waste into the ocean. (HINT 1: the ocean is really fucking big! HINT 2: Fish poop in the ocean all the time, go fine them.)

The second advertisement announced, "Don't trash California." And featured a produced ad about "scientists" picking up cigarette butts and putting them in the coffees of the people who littered them in order to determine if the literer considered the liter to be trash. "You wouldn't trash your home, don't trash California."

And somehow, we keep running out of money. Strange considering things are already "cut to the bone." Obviously our legislators cut down to a hard tumor of destructive spending, and thought it was bone.

1 comment:

NotClauswitz said...

Fish? Hell, I won't go into the water at Santa Cruz anymore for all the constant seal-crap that's turned it to a lovely shade of brown. Seals that are protected but not endangered have had a huge population growth beyond all reason. You can watch them from the long wharf that juts out in the water, cavorting and pooping is near constant.
The water was more clear 30 years ago when the fishermen "took care" of seals as the destructive pests they are - but not as destructive as the spending we do today.