Just take a look at the headline and sub-headline:
New Ads Call On Parents To Set Clear Rules About Drugs
*Ad Campaign Is The Last Planned TV Effort Targeting Parents This Year, Due To Limited Funds*
The release goes on to detail how his budget has been slashed.It's really sad that the Drug Czar is pitching the fact that Congress cut his budget as a story to reporters.Due to limited funds, the campaign is the last planned TV advertising effort targeting parents this year. Congress reduced the President's proposed budget for the Media Campaign by $21 million this year, but the President has proposed restoring funds next year to the 2004 level. "Parental disapproval of teen drug use plays a strong role in preventing teens from drug use," said John P. Walters, Director of National Drug Control Policy. "We risk losing the hard-won momentum we have gained over the past few years and seeing youth drug use rebound."
7 comments:
Boo hoo.
The problem here is that we may eventually see a kind of evolution take place: less money being allocated for trying to persuade nicely, and more money for DrugWarriors to beat you over the head.
As an unpopular cause becomes more embattled, the fanatics in favor of it always seem to rise to leadership positions - after first purging their own ranks of those they believe are not sufficiently committed - and make things even worse.
In the long run, that will be good for our side, but during the escalation of repression you can expect things to get worse.
Drug warriors are a bunch of goddamned welfare queens. Ditto on Grits' "Boo hoo."
this blog is officially dead.
No dude. The blog's not dead. Tom's just been busy being SSDP's Campaigns Director, which involves responsibilities besides blogging. If you're bored you could always read one of 800 pound gorilla's gratuitous posts. They're long, and I think some are actually repeats (which is wierd), but if you've got nothing better to do than anonymously pronounce the death of other people's blogs...
Oh sorry, i thought that more than one person contributed posts to this blog. I guess I'm wrong.
Oh wait, I'm not. Deader than a doornail.
Don't bother calling for the coroner yet, Mr. Anonymous; they're just getting started here :)
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