Do Something

So here we are in 2010. Sci-Fi book used to be written on what the word would be like in 2010. There were supposed to be flying cars and bio engineered limbs for amputees, and where are we? Part of the world is still in 3rd world status were people are starving to death and dying of dysentery.  Meanwhile the civilized world is still looking at people who love someone of the same sex as if they were freaks of nature and unnatural and against god. People who are hardworking, intelligent, well-educated, honest people, who are now homeless because they were laid off form their job because they were working for corporation who's CEO's were only interested in earning short-term profit where they risked everybody else's life on a guarantee to make 8 digits.  And while we, as the consumer, are supposed to keep them in check are so subdued that we only yell and bitch and complain after the fact and really don't do anything. And then there are the shareholders who decide that they are separate from what the companies that they hold stock in do.  They don't realize that they are just as guilty as the CEO's and "Fat Cats." The truth is all they care about is there dividend check or that they can retire "comfortably." The truth is, is that YOU are selfish and greedy and you only care about society as long as you don't have to sacrifice anything to help anybody else. And then of course is the excuse that "i'm only one person, how can i make a difference." It has to start somewhere, YOU have to take responsibility for YOU.  You are pouring fuel on the fire. The corporations are not part of the solutions, the scraps they through at social issues fail in comparison in the amount of damage they do.  They are there for one reason: to make a profit. They live off the new definition of "NEED."  NEED is not a synonym for "want," NEED is something that is instrumental to life.  You don't NEED a new TV, or new shoes, or a new car, YOU WANT them. But it makes you feel better if you say "I need" because then there is less guilt when your buying them.  The American dream is to not to get everything you can in excess, it is not to out do you neighbor, it is not to do whatever you want, because you can.  You hide behind the phrase "IT'S MY RIGHT."  NO ITS NOT, rights have nothing to do with driving a gas guzzling SUV, or having a new pair of shoes every month, or satellite TV. Maybe if you were to turn off the TV and face the real issues in this country and in this world, and actually decided to put some effort into trying to fix things instead of running and hiding into the new television sitcom or drama there could be a difference made. Because while you where being sucked into the networks primetime line up, the companies whose sole purpose is to wring every cent they possible can out of you have been hard at work, and then telling you, YOU NEED their product or service during the commercial breaks.  Then when you get to work all you talk about is what celebrity married who, who one the match yesterday, or about the new car you saw. Why not talk about something that is important, how about exchanging ideas on politics, and how to fix the economy, or a new idea for product than can help people, or how the current elected official is actually a crook, and who you should vote for instead, and not on the basis of how he looks on TV or how kisses the baby during a press rally.  How about you spend time doing your homework and figuring out who would be the best possible person to do the job.  There is a serious problem in this country and this world, AND ALL OF YOU KNOW IT, so stop pretending like it dons't exist, because the crazy rightwing religious fanatics in this country are hard at work, and so is wall street, and so are the banks, and so are the corrupt politicians, and who is fighting for YOU, at the moment NO ONE. YOU NEED to start taking an active role in this world, stop doing whats easy and start doing something for yourself and for your neighbors and everyone else in the world, after all we're Americans, we claim to be the greatest, and the most powerful, so start acting like it.