Just a few days ago, I mentioned that suspicions and ideas posted here are often considerably ahead of later occurring events. I then attributed those predictions to be simply the application of basic common sense, rather than any gifted or unusual foretelling capabilities on my part. Because I really believe the assumptions are quite logical and obvious to anyone capable of thought who actually pays attention to what occurs around them.
And then just today, I came across an article by Jim McElhatton of The Washington Times on-line who wrote, “The Labor Department paid out hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal stimulus funds to a public relations firm to run more than 100 commercials touting the Obama administration’s “green training” job efforts on two MSNBC cable shows, records show.”
He then went on to state that “The commercials ran on MSNBC on shows hosted by Rachel Maddow and Keith Olbermann in 2009, but the contract didn’t report any jobs created, according to records reviewed recently by The Washington Times.”
Federal Recovery Act reports show $495,000 spent to “raise awareness among employers and influencers about the [Job Corps] program’s existing and new training initiatives in high growth and environmentally friendly career areas” as well as spreading the word to prospective Job Corps enrollees.
But the comments that interested me most came from David Williams, president of the nonprofit watchdog, Taxpayers Protection Alliance, who called the contract “questionable” because it created no jobs and because of the placement of the ads on shows viewed as friendly to the administration’s policies, and then said, “Hiring a PR firm does not create jobs, and this was obviously meant for selling a particular political agenda. The placement really reeks of a political ad rather than a job ad, and taxpayers see through this.”
Williams concluded his thoughts with this: “Taxpayers would be a lot happier at the end of the day to see a completed road rather than a bunch of ads on cable television.”
So, here we have a confirmation of my previous entries wherein I questioned the value or sense of ads aired today. Because I sincerely believe they’re either written off by audiences as pure pap, hype, or smoke to which nobody really listens. Or more likely, if not ignored completely with the sound turned off, listeners or viewers simply change the station like I do.
Therefore, as I I’ve suggested before, instead of advertisers continuing to throw money away on valueless babbling endeavors, why not put their bucks to work on something that really counts? Simply donate the funds to reducing the national deficit and actually save taxpayers billions of bucks.
That’s it for today folks.
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