Mother Jones :: Schlock and Awwww: Commercializing Altruism..

Excellent observation from Jon Mooallem over at Mother Jones entitled......

Schlock and Awwww: Commercializing Altruism..

Been intending for ages to post that, especially with all the hype that will be given to Super Bowl commercials very soon, how grand it would be if advertiser marketing campaigns went 180 on the gabillions of dollars spent on their commercials by going extremely simplistic then openly expressing that dollars once frivously spent on garish commercials were now going to philanthropic efforts in local communities..

Freedom of Speech existing as it so grandly does, though, there would be a guaranteed adverse effect on some level.. Takes little imagination to envision the organized consumer-driven campaigns that would erupt demanding advertisers stop patronizing some given [non-profit] or consumer dollars would be diverted to competitors immediately.. :sigh:

Back to reflecting on Jon's cool observation of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.. My own take comes from walking in these Shoes: I know what the temperature was inside my house last winter and got a pretty dadgum good clue what it will be again this year..

And then I cry for all those whose Shoes are even more worn than Mine for they will never see the likes of the Ty Penningtons of the World and instead will rely on the Human Kindness within their local communities to offer them a hand back up as productive members of Society..

It can happen.. It does every day.. It begins with extremely unselfish, proactive disclosures of Life-affecting, Life-altering, Life-saving information.. No better Time than the Present.. :wink:

Soggy cyber hugs from my favorite local L with an extra special one going out to Jon..

One *Full* 1984 National Autism Week Coke Bottle Going Fast..!

Just checked the Internet briefly with a fairly wide keyword choice, and, out of all the gabillions of pages out there these days, just now got a whopping 60 webpage results returned on....

1984 "National Autism Week"..

Soooooooo..

If anyone is interested in a previously-loved (translation: shows some smudging on the label and slight scratches on the cap) unopened Coke bottle that bears the following:

• 1984 National Autism Week, December 10-16
• Honorary Chairman, Steve Lundquist, 1984 Olympic Gold Medalist
• North Georgia Chapter, The National Society for Children and Adults with Autism

I have one available for a price..

Will swap for one usable older sitting-in-the-back-of-your-closet computer (just the PC part, I have the rest) that will be used as always to continue our combined disability advocacy efforts..

Cyber hugs..

IKEA Television Advertising :: My Imagination or are they Humorizing Homelessness..?

My Kingdomette for a few moments with someone owning Tivo..

Lots of really weird dreams last night so I was up early this morning.. Was watching TNT's reruns of Angel.. Somewhere between 6:00am and 8:00am..

THINK it was the same IKEA commercial that ran twice.. The second time I was paying more attention.. The commercial was featuring a few different times of living abodes, the three or so with delightful words like "peaceful", I think it was, used to describe a houseboat, for example.. Since I've always thought of houseboats as divine, they sucked me right in..

THEN..........

The next thing I know, I swear to all that is I was seeing a picture of a homeless person's cardboard lean-to complete with the sound effect of buzzing fly or flies while the narrator was saying something to the effect of, "Wherever you live, IKEA has what you need.."

Again, nope, definitely not exactly what the narrator was saying, but hopefully it paints the pic of where my Mind grasp they went with it..

With untold numbers of the homeless population having one or more disabilities, this was once again (dis)ablism at its finest.. There is no way in H-e-double-toothpicks you would ever see them doing ANYTHING similar with respect to ethnicities for example, but, by golly, someone who has no place to Live is fair game and fodder for fun and advertising antics...........

Cyber hugs..

PS.. In trying to see if I did saw what I seen, I tried a quick Internet search and came across a "contest" entry that was entitled "ikea instructions for the homeless"..

Double PS.. NOPE.. It was NOT my imagination.. Over at Adtunes.com, they're discussing the commercial and mention exactly what I saw:

Adtunes.com Forum: IKEA Commercial..

Yup, a multi-million, if not multi-billion dollar company is advertising their products by humorizing the homelessness of untold numbers of persons.. Their advertising marketing gurus along with whatever corporate figures who approved the commercial for distribution need.. a little feedback on that particular piece of work if'n anyone was of a mind to..... :hint, hint:

Boston Globe :: AAAAHHH.. *WHAT* (nursing home) list..?

Absolute hit-n-run post this evening.. Caught my eye at the top of my Gmail screen just now.. A news lead that was feeding off of goodness only knows what in my inbox......

From the Boston Globe....

Pressure is on 2 cited nursing homes: US lists facilities for deficient care..
By Alice Dembner, Globe Staff
November 30, 2007

Ok, maybe it's just cognitively I'm definitely not "receiving" information this evening, but I can't for the Life of me see a name for the nursing homes list being referenced.. Even a search of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' website as they resourced at the bottom of the article isn't right away getting these fingertips anywhere..

Off to give it another shot, then.. I know..! Time for another visit over to Steve Gold's Treasured Nuggets of Information website, SteveGoldADA.com.. :wink:

Cyber hugs..

Shoutout to the LINK :: Did you all know you've been "Portfolio'd"..?

Check it out:

Condé Nast Portfolio.com's Top Company Profiles :: disABILITY LINK..

Kewl, ay..?

Cyber hugs.. :wink: