Up on the soap box I go…
So, Haiti is in a bad place right now and many have stepped up to donate to rebuilding. I question how much will actually go to those in need, and how much will make it into the pockets of the corrupt. This morning I got to sleep in, and was woken up by Kim softly telling me to get up. All in all I should have been in a great mood, but I was still a little grumpy and the filter on my mouth was not working. Enter my soapbox….
Someone (who’s name I will decline to mention) had their Facebook status with something along the lines of; ‘Why don’t celebrities do more in a time like this? They could make such a big difference in Haiti if they would donate some of their money (which they can spare) to help others? I heard of one celebrity that only donated $100,000 and that made me mad. Celebrities should do more. Repost this so that we can get the word out.’
Okay, first off…who the hell are we to determine what someone else does with their money? I feel sorry for ANYONE that tries to tell Kim and I how to spend the money we have available. I will tear you a new one and not feel guilty about it in the least. Yes, to most, celebrities are a different breed. They aren’t normal people, they are celebrities and are therefore held to some higher standard than the rest of us. They are required to help others in need, we aren’t. Sorry, but this is bullshit.
Celebrities earn their money just like us. Yes, they make a lot more than we do, but I’d like to see Joe Schmoe on the street pull off a performance like Johnny Depp in Pirates of the Caribbean, or play basketball anywhere near the level Kobe Bryant does, or hit a 100 MPH fastball like A-Rod can (yes, I’m a Yankees fan so there WILL be a Yankees reference). So what if they get paid millions of dollars for acting or playing a sport??? They are good at what they do, and that is why they get paid millions of dollars. Do I agree with their payscale? No, I don’t, but that is the way the sporting and acting worlds have gone. I still think nurses, firefighters, and police are severely underpaid considering what they do for us on a daily basis, and don’t even get me started on those in the armed forces. How much would it cost to put YOU in a place where you could be: shot at or blown up by something everyday? Think that combat pay is enough to entice you? Me neither.
Then there was the comment about a celebrity that “only” donated $100,000. That made you mad? Really? That a celebrity was even willing to donate that much? How much have you donated? How many people do absolutely nothing? Does that make you mad? I haven’t donated any money? You mad at me? Tough shit. We have one income, three kids, a house payment, car payments, student loans, and our kids would like to eat and have clothes. Sure we may have a little to spare, but we like things too.
Take a look at yourself before you bitch….it’ll make you look a lot less like an idiot.
