The Masters... I know I had this complaint last year but I will be honest, I respect Tiger a lot, would love to meet him and understand what makes him tick but, I am glad he did not win yesterday. CBS's annual love fest for Tiger is over and guess what, someone else won HIS tournament and I loved every minute of it. Since when does one golf tournament become a persons right of passage? The golf tournament no one else should be allowed to win, according to CBS anyway. Well, that might not be true but that is what I feel like every year I sit my lazy butt on the couch to watch The Masters. It's always, tiger will make his run and whomever is ahead him will surely collapse because Tiger is looming over the field like the Rocky Mountains do over the mid-western plains. Whatever, I am glad it's over.
Philanthropy... I despise pretty much all things American Idol but, there is an annual event I hope many people got to watch this year. They had an Idol Give Back event last week and it was tremendous. I could not believe all of the people they had on TV or on stage to raise awareness of many things. Not only issues in America but issues in Africa as well.
Patri and I had a very good discussion last week and then I saw that show. It gave me a whole new perspective on how some people live their lives in America. I made me ashamed this country has not done more for the needy, for our own people who live in squalor and fight to just to survive another day and put food on the table. For as much as I disagree with some things concerning health care and how we go about our business in this country it shows how much need there is even in this day and age. I wish there was a measuring stick you could apply to people who actually try on a daily basis to make the American dream come true vs. those who don't and abuse the system.
There is no right answer for health care I think. You will never make everyone happy. What we should strive for however, is to make as many people healthy and happy that we possibly can. Maybe it's a combination of providing for others, the weak, those that cannot help themselves and education. Enough talk, it's time for action.
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I've got many things for you to read about the working poor. Not the lazy poor, but the Working Poor. Families that have many jobs and still can't seem to make it. I am a huge fan of an organization here in Trenton that is called HomeFront. They help working poor families get housing and help single moms pay for things like school pictures for their kids. I "heart" this organization.
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