Take That TV Charity Commercial!
If you have ever watched television in your life at some point you have seen those carefully crafted guilt bombs trying to get you to buy a cup of coffee for underprivilaged kids in third world countries. They say that most of the money goes to the kids, but how much do those commercials cost? They are pretty slick looking. Usually I can blow them off with a well placed cold, heartless, and crass statement like, "If you keep feeding them you are only going to encourage them to reproduce more."
For some reason past couple of weeks the commercials have been on double time and double strength. Instead of being pissed off about having to deal with their guilt, I was instead pissed off because there are people in America living just as bad that need that coffee money twice as much. How about we help those Katrina victims, then mop up the homeless and hunger problems in America before we Crusade off to the third world money in one hand and bible in the other to feed Sally Struthers.
Rant off.
