I'm not sure which "Don" you're talking about, but as far as I am concerned, I get a good dozen requests to sign petitions in my e-mail every morning. Every morning. Some I sign, some I don't, depending on the cause. When I sign a petition, invariably what follows is another e=mail saying "thank you," along with a request for $3.00 or $10.00, and/or "please become a member" or "please e-mail this to three friends" or "please put this on your Facebook page."

There are causes that I favor and some that I don't. I do what I can. But that's it.

If I gave my all for every cause that wanted me to, I wouldn't have time to eat, sleep, or go to the bathroom.

I sympathize with the plight of the poor pythons that have been turned loose in the Everglades, but I'll be damned if I'm going to adopt one! If I did that, then to be fair, I'd have to adopt a whale, a polar bear, a Wyoming wolf, a warthog. . . .

Don Firth