Friday, April 27, 2007

Thought for the day, April 27, 2007

WHY SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE WORLD HATE AMERICANS:
They're jealous. They're envious. We have so much and they have so little.
The problem is not so much as we Americans are generally affluent, the problem is that we won't share our blessings with the rest of the World.
We will spend more on attending one sports event as we would ever dream of sending to a global charity such as UNICEF or the Red Cross.
Imagine the good will we could generate by simply sharing some of our good fortune.
Sure, we can talk about foreign aid, but where does such money really go and for what purpose. We will send foreign aid aid in order to secure some agenda which has little or nothing to do with goodwill. Why have we sent aid to characters such as Osama Bin Laden, Saddam Hussein, Manuel Noriega and Ferdinand Marcos? Politics, economics, military strategy come well ahead of "humanitarian" goals in our foreign aid.
Solution: Give the cost of attending a basketball game to the legitimate charity of your choice.
Besides, it is deductible!

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