No Pride

I had a chat with one of my sisters tonight. I guess I've been getting more and more disgusted with politics and business and the people who populate those domains and I expressed my frustrations to her. It was more than frustration. It was virulent hatred toward people who I believe, deep in my heart, take advantage of every human being they can purely for their own profit and personal benefit.

My sister argued that not all people are like that. She argued that there are plenty of people who are genuinely good, at their cores, and who care about others and would do anything to help someone else in need. She should know. She is one of those people. If someone is hungry, she'll feed them. If someone is thirsty, she'll provide a drink. If someone needs a place to sleep, she'll provide shelter. Of course she can afford all of this. Life hell she can! She's living on a tiny, meager income provided by Social Security (I think) that's available to people who physically cannot work anymore. That's right. She gets shit from Uncle Sam, and she shares it!

If anyone in the world ought to be looking out after number one, she is that person. But instead, she'll buy the Thanksgiving Turkey for people who can't afford a cup of soup on Thanksgiving Day.

Would that even a fraction of us behaved in the way my sister does. If a tiny piece of the population would help someone mow their lawns, make a meal, paint their house, make a trip to the doctor, vacuum the floor, clean the bathroom...anything...we would have very few, if any, people in real need. I'm tired of hearing people like me TALK about this stuff. Unless you actually DO SOMETHING about it, I don't want to hear a fucking peep out of you! And that includes me.

You won't see another post on this blog until I have done something more than bitch about the state of the world. The next time I post, I'll have something to post about. And I'll be proud to post. Right now, I'm not so proud. Writing about the plight of the poor doesn't count. Buying a poor person lunch or paying his electric bill or covering the cost of a night in a hotel does. And before you launch into "you're only perpetuating their plight" with regard to giving money to alcoholics, how about handing them a sandwich? And shut the fuck up!