Makes you want to vote for non of the above…


Do you remember the funny scene from Richard Pryor’s version of Brewster’s Millions: NONE OF THE ABOVE?

Scott Peters versus Carl DeMaio, running for congress here in San Diego are both setting a very bad example for our children with their tasteless attack ads on each other: please stop and talk about something that actually matters.

Dr Flavius A B Akerele III

The ETeam

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