Rondyn musings: Have we no shame? The Rob Ford bobble head fund raiser is wrong.

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Have we no shame? The Rob Ford bobble head fund raiser is wrong.

As a fund-raiser conceived long before Mayor Ford's notoriety was exposed, the concept was at best silly. Why in the world anyone would want a person in a respected position, a leader of a community to be represented by a little doll whose head bobs uncontrollably up and down when jiggled. You'd never see a President Obama bobblehead endorsed by the White House.

But the $20.00 BobbieRobbie was a runaway successful fund-raiser for the United Way. The 1,000 limited edition dolls, some authographed by the mayor, sold out and some are even now available for resale on the Internet for as much as $2,000!!! And of course they are now talking major re-orders. Want to bet that Mayor Ford's buddies in the drug trade are salivating at the thought of an instant, LEGAL way to make a 1000% return on investment. Not even crack cocaine has that kind of return!

But what is the morality of a charitable organizations like the United Way doing fund raising on the coat tails of a known drug-dealer and crack cocaine abuser? Would they ever consider selling booblehead heads of Al Capone or Bonnie & Clyde to raise funds for charity? How about a Paul Bernardo bobble doll? We incarcerate these felons for life because of their heinous crimes and then try to forget they ever existed even going to the trouble of raising their homes and scenes of the crime. Now we're talking about fame and fortune for BEING a criminal.

I've been waiting for the book and movie announcement. Let's face it, there will be lineups for those too. Maybe Matt Damon could gain weight in a starring role, or maybe they could just use the same makeup they did for Fat Bastard in the Austin Powers movies. Come to think of it, Mike Myers might make a pretty good Rob Ford after makeup - and he already has the Fat Bastard prosthetics.

What's that? Oh, I should say "weight challenged" instead of fat? So in talking about Mayor. Ford's shortcomings, we have to be politically correct, do we?

Fine. I don't think that the sobriety-challenged, abused-substance smoking, weight- and manners- challenged Mayor of Canada's largest city should be used as a mini-me symbol for United Way fund-raising. The funds raised should instead be used to find a very isolated, very quiet sanitarium where the embarrassing Mayor can get help. Iceland comes to mind, or maybe Siberia.

Stop the insanity and give us our boring lives back!

1 comment:

Rondyn Musings said...: Have we lost our minds? One report says there is a posting on line asking $25,000 for one of these dolls. Try this link:
http://www.torontosun.com/2013/11/12/rob-ford-bobblehead-pops-up-on-kijiji-before-sales-begin?utm_source=addThis&utm_medium=addthis_button_more&utm_campaign=Rob+Ford+bobbleheads+fetching+hundreds+%7C+Toronto+%26+GTA+%7C+News+%7C+Toronto+Sun#.UoO0qL0vGdc.facebook; November 13, 2013 at 12:26 PM

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