Parody Me!

This was a great last couple days for the Legislature's public relations efforts. First Saturday Night Live took a stab at Sally Leiber's spanking bill, then on Monday night Lloyd Levine made #5 on the Colbert Report's Threat Down.

It seems that these Assemblymembers are following the media truism that "any press is good press," but doesn't it seem like they're fiddling around with this kind of nonsense while thousands of homeless are stuck on the street, millions of our kids don't have a shred of economic opportunity, our healthcare system is broken, and real global warming solutions (like getting rid of SUVs and funding public transportation) are going unaddressed?


Sure, I got one hell of a laugh out of these. And I understand that it is important for legislators to make symbolic moves to draw the public attention, but at what point are they just making a joke out of our state legislature and diminishing the role of public service?