Happiness Park

Some stories truly do speak for themselves:

The government has been targeting Spanish speakers with radio “novelas” promoting food stamp usage as part of a stated mission to increase participation in the  Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), or food stamps.

Each novela, comprising a 10-part series called “PARQUE ALEGRIA,” or “HAPPINESS PARK,” presents a semi-dramatic scenario involving characters  convincing others to get on food stamps, or explaining how much healthier it is  to be on food stamps.

The majority of the episodes end with the announcer encouraging the listener  to tune in again to see if the skeptic applies for benefits or learns to  understand the importance of food stamps to their health.

“Will Claudia convince Ramon to apply for SNAP?” the announcer exclaims at  the end of a standard episode titled “The Poet,” “Don’t miss our next episode of ‘HAPPINESS PARK.’”

Go here  to read the dispiriting rest.

Update:  The power of blogs and new media demonstrated again!

Following The Daily Caller’s expose  of the United States Department of Agriculture’s food stamp outreach to  Spanish-speakers via radio novelas, or Spanish language soap operas, the agency  removed the series from their website.

Each of the 10  novelas promoting the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or food  stamps, had been available as a resource for state and local outreach partners  as late as Thursday.

The page, formerly containing the audio and Spanish language scripts was “modified” Friday, eliminating the  novelas.

Like cockroaches, if you shine light on the bozos of the Obama administration, they scurry away.