Forman gets TP endorsement

WTF?

The institute, under Mr. Forman's leadership, has sponsored vital research into endangered species.

Maybe I should start using The Times-Picayune to line the litter box again.

Sure, I can understand why the Audubon Institute, under Ron Forman's leadership, would need to research how species become endangered, because apparently -- with the Audubon Institute building luxurious reception halls, like the Audubon Tea Room, out of Mahogany and Brazilian Cherry Wood -- its leadership has to be either clueless, or malicious, or just a bunch of idiots (maybe I'm on to something there).

Anyone care for monkey on a stick?

Of course, the TP endorsement also fails to mention how Ron Forman turned to his inside circle of rich Audubon patrons when he bulldozed live oaks in Audubon Park to make room for an expansion of the golf course, frustrating public participation in the decision-making process along the way, and effectively initiating a privatization (an enclosure) of a public commons.

I'm now starting to think again that the TP may not be worth the roll it's printed on.

Although, maybe Ron Forman is just misunderstood. Maybe, after all, habitat destruction and killing wildlife is for the greater good. If there's one thing we know about Ron Forman, it's that he knows how to raise money. I'll bet Ron Forman could figure out a way to actually make money by posting dead monkeys on sticks in front of the Audubon Zoo.

The name "monkey stick" comes from a modern practice: in homage to the trained monkeys formerly used by buskers to solicit money from passers-by, a number of musicians have taken to fixing a small stuffed toy monkey to the tops of their instruments.