You know what pisses me off? "Foundation for a Better Life."

[DrWeird]

Do they have those where you are? Regal cinemas? If not, imagine the cheesiest 1980's Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints commericals, roll them in a big ball of post 9-11 bullshit commercialism, have the insane bastards behind the programming of PAX and the Hallmark Channel producing, inject a couple syringes full of insulin, and then stick that result in between the talking black doll Sprite commercial and a preview for The Mask 2: Crazy Animated Baby, and you'll have something approaching the commercials for "Foundation for a Better LIfe." What are they selling? Who cares? They're more ambiguous than a big pharma commercial.

If they want to make it a better life they'd stop making people sit through that bullshit.

[AlCzervik]

1. "Love, pass it on" saw one of their psa's last night on PBS

[DrWeird]

2. Oh, and they've co-opted MLK and Gandhi.

There's probably some crazy suicidal UFO cult behind the whole operation.

[AlCzervik]

3. LOL!!! the Hale bop is coming back!!!!!

[wtmusic]

4. One of my clients works with them

Get this: a thirty-second spot of some white Republican looking dude pushing (rudely) his way through a group of black kids. He drops a twenty-dollar bill. One of the black kids picks it up, catches up with the white dude, and says, "You dropped this, sir!" He says, "Thanks!". The tag line is, "Honesty: Pass it On."

I guess the moral of the story is if you're young and black you've just got to try to be more honest. I find it really, really disgusting. Maybe the white dude should go up to the kids and say, "Here's $500,000 for the fucking future you're supposed to have but don't because of guys like me."

:eyes:

onedit: the guy who started FBL is the owner of the Staples Center in LA, I believe...

[mcscajun]

8. FBL Founder owns quite a bit...

check the link:

http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2002/02/7617.shtml

[mcscajun]

5. You should be pissed off...

...and yes, I see their crap on my local cable system, too.

Who are they? What are they selling? You want to care, believe it.
http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2002/02/7617.shtml

[sadinred]

6. I've seen them, only before kids movies though. I was

wondering too. Wait...here are links: Website doesn't look too bad,www.forbetterlife.org . I didn't read too far in though. They're associated with http://www.actsofkindness.org/. Sounds good, but who really knows.

[mcscajun]

7. Check this link...

http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2002/02/7617.shtml

[sadinred]

9. Oh. Ugh. Thank you. n/t