There's a word I can't think of. It means "a giver of money to charity." It's like patron, except not of the arts. I think of these people as having trust funds and living in Manhattan. Altruist? Benefactor?

Anyway, I'm not one of those. I've donated about $50 LA NPR affiliate KCRW over the years, and I gave $100 to the New York Firefighters thing after 9/11, but I think that about covers my charitable giving. Despite that, I feel comfortable saying that anyone who donated money to the Save Angel campaign should be taken into the street and shot.

According to the above referenced article, SavingAngel.org has collected about $22,000 in the past few weeks. The money is being spent on placing ads in various showbiz trade papers and hiring a billboard truck to park near wherever it is that those Hollywood big wigs camp out. Opium dens and houses of ill-repute, no doubt.

Gay marriage will be banned, as will abortion. About a quarter of the people you know will die of cancer. Bush will be re-elected. But Angel will be saved.

Analogcabin @ 11:25 AM
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