DonorsChoose Blogger Challenge
Not exactly a charmed life.
In the continuing effort to put YM's money where its blog is, I'm joining the DonorsChoose Blogger Challenge and hope you'll find it in your hearts and wallets to provide real Young Manhattanites with more opportunities to improve their education. I'm calling my challenge the Young Manhattanite Rockets Redglare Raise-a-thon and all donations will go to New York City classrooms.
Recently I came across the promotional website for an over-privileged cufflinkmonger who wrote a book about Wall Street, in case you don't feel like renting the movie. One of the clever (as in ho-ho, hee-hee and har-har) tags on the site is "Because Charity Can Wait." Hysterical. Rape victims in Darfur are busting a gut. Got any good yacht jokes?
Unfortunately, that's the guiding principle of too many people, especially the corporations who use charity as a PR ploy and employee perk to offer free museum admission with company ID thanks to their generous support. Now, any donation is a good donation and if that's what it takes to get them to give, so be it. But I can't help but think it's their predatory business practices that contribute most to the suffering human condition in the first place. I mean, NOW Bill Gates wants to be a dedicated philanthropist and redistribute the wealth after wreaking havoc on global economy for the past 30 years? Thanks man, everyone could have used your help by not hording it a long time ago. Basically he's trying to band-aid a problem he helped to create.
I know this is all trite and liberal grandstanding but the shit is adding up and can't be ignored with the pinch of a nose, ethnic or not. And I'm sorry but voting Obama or Hillary won't help. Let me know when real campaign finance reform has been passed, then I might pay attention to politics again. In the meantime, our money (more importantly, our time) can make a difference.
The world is a selfish place and if the race to grab all stays at its current pace, there's gonna be nothing left at the finish line but a dead bunny and empty turtle shell for anyone.
Donate.
