Sunday, December 9, 2007

CHRISTMAS TOYS AND UNION WORKERS/ SPIRITED DONA

SPIRITED DONA ASKS-- HOW MANY KIDS, PRE-TEENS, AND TEENS WILL HAVE NO REAL CHRISTMAS PRESENT BECAUSE OF THE WGA STRIKE? A DURN PLENTY, IF I CAN SEE STRAIGHT! I CAN'T BELIEVE NO ONE HAS ORGANISED FOR A "DIRECT TOY DRIVE", WITH THE STRIKE STARING THEM RIGHT IN THE FACE.

I PROMISE YOU THAT IF MY DAD HAD BEEN ON STRIKE DURING CHRISTMAS, WHEN I WAS A CHILD, TWEEN, OR TEEN, I WOULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN A PRESENT ( WE LOOKED FORWARD TO THE UNION HAM), LET ALONE, THE AMERICAN TRADITION OF GETTING A TOY THAT MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE YOUR PART "OF THE TRADITION". WHILE, I SUPPORT SPARKS OF LOVE RUN BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TOY DRIVE, IT WORKS ON THE SAME PRINCIPAL AS SOCIAL SERVICES "WITH ALL RECEIPTIENTS ARE IDENIFIED IN ADVANCE", PLUS WITH ALL THE FIRES, AND THE POOR ARE ALWAYS WITH US, THEY CERTAINLY HAVE THEIR WORK CUT OUT FOR THEM. I WANT STRIKE VICTIMS TOYS "AIMED DIRECTLY AT STRIKE VICTIMS".

HELP KIDS WHO ARE BEHIND THE WRITERS AND ACTORS, UNSEEN, BUT THEIR PRESENCE SO FELT WHEN PRODUCTION IS ON--AND IN THE PICKET LINES. PEOPLE WHO CLEAN UP AND DO JANITORIAL STUFF, PEOPLE WHO LIFT STUFF. I REGRET I DO NOT KNOW WHO HAS BEEN EFFECTED, WHO IS NOT A WRITER OR ACTOR, BUT I'D BE GLAD TO KNOW!

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