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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>This might seem like a post about American politics, but it isn’t. Read on please.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>California is trying to recall its governor. We get the usual collection of goofball candidates mixed in with about a couple dozen serious ones who have managed to delude themselves into thinking they could get elected. They are printed in a voter pamphlet with their short essays on why they would be a great governor and yakkity yak and bla bla.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>On one of the pages we see a candidate named Angelyne, of the No Preference party: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><img width=199 height=235 style='width:2.0729in;height:2.4479in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image005.jpg@01D7979B.6317FB00"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>He or she offers his or her profession as Billboard Queen, Icon. His or her entire essay is two words: Experienced politician.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><img width=496 height=93 style='width:5.1666in;height:.9687in' id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image006.jpg@01D7979B.6317FB00"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Half a page, blank, but he or she helpfully offers a snail mail @, an email @, a Twitter and Instagram:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><img width=620 height=109 style='width:6.4583in;height:1.1354in' id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image007.jpg@01D7979B.6317FB00"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>So someone blew nearly four thousand bucks to have a blank half a page. Absurd!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Then… it suddenly occurred to me: there are 22 million registered voters in California.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>What a bargain! This is the lowest cost advertising in history. That’s over 5000 registered voters per dollar. Anyone could tell 22 million people anything for a mere pittance really. Angelyne decided to just tell people where he or she is and how he or she can be reached.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Speculation: plenty of people will get this. In the next California governor’s election, we will get plenty of stuff like:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>I opened this transmission shop 6 years ago at 235 Schmerdly Avenue in Ventura after working my way thru mechanics’ school without a loan. I decided if I can fix California the way I fix transmissions, everything would be perfect! California will run like your car will after I have worked on it… etc.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>I can easily see having just one sex worker realize this is a golden opportunity to advertise will cause a million others to realize the same truth.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Oh what an opportunity. We aughta be able to cash in on this silliness somehow.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>spike<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>