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Lamplighter · 12-17-2010, 10:57 AM

And another thing irritating me..

Lawrance O'Donnell (MSNBC) is now using his show to ask for donations
to build school desks for children in Malawi.
OK, it's a good cause.
But my irritation with his use of several minutes of"free national TV time".

Non-profit "service" organizations took a MAJOR hit after 2001,
when a large portion of the donation pool shifted over to 911 groups.
Some of the smaller "service oriented" groups did not survive, and
their clients went wanting.

Everyone has their pet projects and so it should be.
But I'm irritated because "my pet" can't even get 30 seconds of local coverage...
let several minutes of national TV replayed several times a day.

OK, so now I feel guilty about getting irritated over someone
else trying to help the less fortunate.

12-17-2010, 10:57 AM	#3060
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	And another thing irritating me.. Lawrance O'Donnell (MSNBC) is now using his show to ask for donations to build school desks for children in Malawi. OK, it's a good cause. But my irritation with his use of several minutes of"free national TV time". Non-profit "service" organizations took a MAJOR hit after 2001, when a large portion of the donation pool shifted over to 911 groups. Some of the smaller "service oriented" groups did not survive, and their clients went wanting. Everyone has their pet projects and so it should be. But I'm irritated because "my pet" can't even get 30 seconds of local coverage... let several minutes of national TV replayed several times a day. OK, so now I feel guilty about getting irritated over someone else trying to help the less fortunate.