What is wrong with this country?

[knight0334]

Notice I did NOT mention the Michael Vic Fund for Animals or the O.J. Simpson Slice Your Wife Foundation...but I believe those two are the exception, not the rule.

LMAO! Thanks for the morning laugh!

[TurcoLoco]

Maybe this money and time they give is a "drop in the bucket" but each drop helps fill the bucket. I am not defending the money they receive, it IS ridiculous but many, many do give back. That is what is GOOD.

Yeah, the time and especially the $$ they provide is really trivial in amount but I have to agree, it still is something and probably more valuable that they took the time and effort to initiate something, anything. In that regards, my hat is off to those who has helped in one way or another.

I thank PP for posting both of those links to help our schools.

Good links indeed, thanks PP! There is a lot of $$ being wasted in this country, mainly by the government and it angers the hell out of me to see that the same dollar wasted by the military to bring so called 'democracy' to those who neither asked nor wanted it, could have helped provide the supplies needed for a child from a low income family, provide higher salaries for much needed fields in education, healthcare and law enforcement, etc.
As PP mentioned too, how about the families of all the soldiers who lost their wife in the 'Bush' Wars? The survivors of 9-11? Thos who had the "We'll never forget' stickers on their vehicles were the first to move on with their life, thinking buying a rubber wrist band or a sticker (Made in China mainly for profit) made them patriotic or at least helped the survivors in any way?
If they collected 50 million, probably less than half of that amount actually made it to a so called non-profit organization that managed to eat away at least 25% of it due to their overhead and expenses (hint: United Foundation). Bad deeds still outweigh the good deeds and what upsets me most is the people either acknowledge and pretend they care or simply deny the whole thing.

So sick of the world today, may be that is why I am not married nor wanna get married, may be that is why I can't sleep most nights unless I toxicate myself? As soon as I am capable of building my very own space ship, I wanna get out of this planet!

Gizmo I might take you with me so you can keep me occupied with midless arguments about some trivial stuff or try to explain the 10 things that makes you think you are better than me!
With my luck the food supplies will run out before I reach somewhere, so you might come in handy at that point yet again!

Ok, I am sorry, my rant thread gone way off base.
I will no longer post anything. I will keep listening to Morrissey till I turn gay or commit suicide.

LMAO! Thanks for the morning laugh!

[Gizmokid2005]

Gizmo I might take you with me so you can keep me occupied with midless arguments about some trivial stuff or try to explain the 10 things that makes you think you are better than me!
With my luck the food supplies will run out before I reach somewhere, so you might come in handy at that point yet again!

I will be sure to bring extra supplies also. it would be nice to get off this hellacious planet...

[jholland1964]

Well you know ~TL and Giz I am certain that I am old enough to be your Mom and I can say that yes, things are or can be bad but I have made it this far and wouldn't want to be anywhere else. My husband and I went through the Viet Nam War. He received his Draft papers in the mail leaving his house for our wedding! He went to Basic Training two weeks later and was in Viet Nam BEFORE our first anniversary and thankfully came home in one piece just before out second anniversary. Our oldest daughter was born while he was there. Before he went over we survived on $185 a month which paid rent, utilities, gas, car payment, insurance, food... The base we were stationed at had a lousy commissary and px so our shopping was done in "regular" stores, at the end of the month we purchased our food by clipping coupons and turning them in for cash...you could do that "way back then".
What has not changed is the giving of the American People...never count on the government, count on the people. They always come through. Saw a long piece last week on the Katrina clean up....the bulk of rebuilding has been done AND paid for by the private sector, NOT FEMA or any government agency. So this shows when something is needed the American people come through. As the commentator said, "if you want to know what kind of help you can get if YOUR town has a natural disaster look at Mississippi and Louisiana. It is the American people you can count on NOT the government, not FEMA. If you count on them you will just find yourself drowning in paper with nothing to show for it except stress related illness."
Look at Heylinder's Habitat For Humanity Project to show you that. You can ALWAYS count on "We the People".