[GPSCC-chat] $40,000-a-ticket Fundraiser for Obama Here

[fred Duperrault]

You're on the mark, Alex.  It's democracy for the plutocrats while  
crockery for the rest.

All the best,

Fred Duperrault
  SC County Greens

On May 10, 2012, at 7:38 PM, alexcathy at aol.com wrote:

> Dear Friends,
>
> Sometimes I have imagined myself as a newspaper columnist. In the  
> column linked to below, Steve Lopez of the Los Angeles Times has  
> written something very close to what I would like to write about the  
> $40,000-a-ticket dinner for "The First Black President" at George  
> Clooney's mansion in the San Fernando Valley tonight.
>
> Please. Go to my blog and leave a comment -- whether you love it or  
> hate it or just plain indifferent.
>
> Alex Walker
> LA Greens
>
> = = = = = = = = = = =
> Re-Posted to California Greening on the Los Angeles Times, May 10,  
> 2012
> Clooney's Obama Party Full of 'Hollywood Hypocrites'
> By Steve Lopez
>
> They say tonight's soiree for President Obama at George Clooney's  
> house in Studio City is supposed to gross $15 million, and the  
> operative word is "gross."
> Yeah, pardon me for being such a party pooper, but isn't it a little  
> offensive that 150 of L.A.'s high rollers would shell out $40,000 to  
> kiss Clooney's ring and get maybe 10 seconds of face time with Obama?
> ...
> Los Angeles is shutting school libraries, laying off teachers and  
> shutting down fire houses. And VIPs are paying $40,000 for a  
> Wolfgang Puck hors d'oeuvre and a silly photo with a president who  
> only now has come to think it might be OK for gay people to have the  
> same rights as straight people.
> Open your eyes, Hollywood hypocrites!
> ...
>
> Please Read the Full Text and Leave a Comment at my blog:
>
> California Greening:
> http://cagreening.blogspot.com/2012/05/la-times-steve-lopez-obamas-hollywood.html
>
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