Clowns

I'm tired of getting phone calls from people asking for money.  Yes, there are many causes out there that I'd love to support.  Some that I do support financially...But here's one that I will never give money to:

The circus.  Something to do with the police taking needy kids to see the circus.  First of all, I think that this is a fund raiser for the police (who reported a surplus last year).  They are using children to disguise their pitiful plea for cash as a charity event.  Now I'm all for helping needy children.  Maybe they're hungry.  I'd rather buy them a good meal or some clean clothes...But the circus?  I wouldn't pay that ridiculous admission price for my own kids to see the stupid circus.  And since when did we have to pay for the police?  Sure, they do some good things when they're not busy unlawfully arresting someone and sending them to jail for a long weekend - but that's another story.  Are they actually paying these telemarketers to phone and harass nice people at their homes?  After they do that and the police take their cut (whatever that might be), how much do these needy children actually get?  A look at a dirty elephant?  Maybe a bag of cotton candy?  Maybe the kids would be better off attending VBS for the summer.  And the police could just stay out of it.  But then again....Maybe I'm missing the whole point.