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Time for Us to Fight Back Against Pirates - SOS Style! (Save Our Seafarers)

Over the last year I’ve heard quite a bit about how Somali pirates on the Indian Ocean have been hijacking boats of all sizes in order to steal things and take money from people on board. Gradually I heard more about the crimes being committed by pirates, which meant the crimes were being committed at a faster rate. Over the course of time, it seemed like the pirates were targeting larger boats to hijack. This clearly shows the confidence of the pirates was growing at a fast rate. 

The question is, “Why would these pirates suddenly feel such a high level of confidence?” The answer is that there are very few government laws or penalties to prevent pirates from committing those types of crimes. Laws of various countries have different rules and regulations for dealing with criminals such as pirates. 

I’ve learned that some of the various countries don’t even approve of law enforcement officials doing anything at all to take a hijacked boat back from the pirates. What’s worse is that there are laws in place that make it so pirates don’t face any form of legal resistance or any form of legal penalty once they attempt to hijack a vehicle. Once a pirate has been captured, the governments of foreign countries release 80% of the criminals so they can go back out on the water and commit the same crimes again! 

Earlier this year I saw that pirates had hijacked a multimillion dollar oil supertanker! This ship, called the MV Irene SL, has a crew of 25 and carried two-million barrels of oil valued at over $200 million. This huge amount of oil represented 20% of the daily crude oil import of the United States, and about 5% of daily world oil imports. 

Only during the last several days did the pirates decide to release this huge oil tanker and its passengers after 58 days of holding them hostage! Piracy in the open waters has truly become a well-planned and well-managed industry. This was proven when we learned that the pirates were using this huge oil tanker as a “mother ship” for their smaller pirate vessels! 

I thought to myself, “How in the world were low-budget pirates able to conquer this huge oil vessel so easily?” I thought it must be more difficult to hijack a huge oil vessel than a smaller boat. But that is actually not the case at all. 

The reason pirates had such an easy time hijacking the oil tanker is because the pirates were armed with weapons while the crew was not. Those huge oil tankers do not allow the crew to carry weapons on board, even when they know they are travelling through pirate-infested waters! Hopefully this policy is going to officially change now that the problem of piracy in the 21st century has become more of a real threat to vessels of any size and any value. 

Thankfully, we’ve learned that the hostages from the oil tanker were recently released in good health by the Somali pirates. Often, people are systematically tortured and even killed by pirates. And just in case you care, the oil tanker was being returned to a port, now that the pirates are finished with it. These facts were confirmed in a public statement released by the International Association of Independent Tanker Owners (INTERTANKO). You can read this statement on their website: www.intertanko.com.  

INTERTANKO makes it 100% clear in their public statement that piracy is not going to disappear any time soon. Governments are encouraged to work together to find the root cause of piracy and stop it. Unfortunately, this statement realistically points out something most all us knew all along. The fact is, it is generally accepted that the different beliefs and different laws of various countries will prevent that from happening. For now, INTERTANKO wants everyone to know that every vessel is at threat in the open waters of the Indian Ocean – an area where 40% of the world’s oil supply passes through. 

I really do recommend that you visit the website at www.intertanko.com. INTERTANKO wants people to realize governments in that part of the world do virtually nothing to stop Somali pirates, and even when the pirates are caught they are released most of the time. Only recently did India decide to crack down slightly harder by retaking a large mother ship from the pirates. The 62 pirates on board were not released; they were taken to India and await trial for their crimes. 

Let’s Fight Back! – SOS Style (Save Our Seafarers) 

Two clicks of a mouse can play the roll of two swords fighting back against pirates. With just two clicks of your mouse you can write a letter to a government official. Save Our Seafarers (SOS) is a campaign formed to help people like us grab the attention of foreign government officials overseas that would never hear us any other way. The website of http://saveourseafarers.com/ is where you visit to use your mouse as a tool of force that helps fight piracy. 

The lack of government law enforcement against piracy on the Indian Ocean proves government officials are not aware of the severe problem that exists in that part of the world. We need to bring this problem to their attention so the shipping industry and logistics of the world do not experience problems. History has already proven that piracy problems can be so severe that it causes interferences with economies and disrupts world trade. Supplies will be affected and shipping costs will rise – expenses that ultimately will be felt by consumers, since those expenses will be passed on to us at stores and oil pumps. 

Remember the famous saying: Those who are not aware of history are destined to repeat its mistakes. 

Friends, we are aware of the problems piracy has caused in the history of this world. It makes absolutely no sense for us to repeat those mistakes. We need to invest a little bit of time by becoming a part of the campaign against piracy by visiting http://saveourseafarers.com/. 

Of the 8,500 letters that have been sent to government officials, India has received the most letters so far – about 1,460. With that in mind, it probably isn’t a coincidence that India is the one government that finally decided to crack down on piracy a little bit harder. But the way India only seems to care about huge mother ships is not enough. India and the other countries need to crack down a lot more against piracy and the pirates committing the crimes. 

I encourage you to visit http://saveourseafarers.com/ so that you can use your voice to help send some chills down the spines of government officials working for foreign countries allowing innocent people to be held hostage, tortured, and killed by pirates. This website is a great tool that will help us twist the arms of those lazy nations that claim they aren’t aware a problem exists! 

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Here is a YouTube video that talks about how piracy has affected world logistics. It shows an oil supertanker that was hijacked. The pirates demanded $25 million for this huge oil ship.

 

MacGruber: Profanity Stopped a Great Movie From Being Truly Great

 

Recently I watched a movie called MacGruber. This movie is based on a skit that is a part of the Saturday Night Live TV show. I thought the movie was very funny, and the actors did a perfect job of portraying their characters. The one area that MacGruber disappointed me was the way the movie was gratuitously filled with obscenities and sexual gestures that were completely unnecessary. 

MacGruber made it clear from the beginning that the movie was probably going to be like this. Within five minutes, the movie has a theme song saying “They made an f-ing movie.” But in the movie they don’t edit the “f” word the way I just did. It may be funny to some people to hear this, but it would have sent the exact same message and been just as funny if the song would have said “They made a ‘freakin’’ movie.” 

There are also a countless number of scenes in MacGruber that make gratuitously obscene sexual references. These parts of the movie are actually the least funny parts of the movie. When I saw this movie, most people were in awe that the movie would include such a thing. People were focused on saying things like “gross” and “what the” more than they were focused on laughing. 

From a broader point of view, something has me concerned. When MacGruber eventually ends up on TV channels, it will be edited so that it is essentially a PG movie. The sexual scenes will be completely removed, and all of the obscene swear words will be gone, too. Kids and parents will absolutely love MacGruber when they see an edited version. MacGruber is a very funny movie with no disappointments when presented in that manner! This is the way the movie should have been presented to the audience all along. Parents will gladly decide to purchase this movie on DVD for their kids, because they believe it is a great movie. 

When those parents put the DVD into the player for their kids, they are in for a BIG surprise! All of those swear words and sexual scenes that didn’t appear on TV are going to be there in the DVD. This is a real disappointment because those scenes actually make the movie less funny. The director and producer did a poor job by allowing those scenes to be a part of MacGruber. 

I know this is going to happen because when I was a kid there was a movie called National Lampoon’s Vacation. My family first saw this movie on TV and we thought it was hilarious – a great movie to watch with your family. But when we purchased the movie on VHS cassette, we essentially saw a completely different film. All sorts of sexual scenes and swear words appeared in the VHS cassette that were not a part of the movie that had been edited when it was broadcast on TV. 

Our solution in the 80’s was to simply buy a blank VHS cassette and record the edited version of National Lampoon’s Vacation the next time it was broadcast on TV. But people today won’t be able to do that so easily. Only a small percentage of the market owns a DVD Recorder. And there is no such thing as a Blu-ray recorder currently available. (Blu-ray is a format with a short life expectancy, in my opinion; that’s why I don’t waste money on it). 

I really believe directors and producers need to think with a broader scope when developing a movie like MacGruber. The movie easily could have been rated PG-13 instead of rated R. This would have opened the movie up to a larger audience and it would have seen more revenue at the box office. The same logic can be applied to the DVD discs available for sale. 

Personally, I wish DVD movies would give us the option of selecting whether we want to watch the movie in its original format or in some form of edited “family” format. This would make it so everyone could be happy. I’m actually hoping for a sequel to MacGruber. I think there’s a pretty good chance a sequel will be made, since the storyline allows it and because MacGruber earned a profit. Let’s just hope the next movie doesn’t rely include unnecessary obscenities that actually make the movie less fun to watch.

Are Free-to-Play Games Really Free?

Xbox 360 will be receiving quite a few games that are free to play later this year. But the question is, “Are they really free to play?” Let’s examine some of the facts in order to find the answer to that question.

The free-to-play games are based on a business model that allows the game to be played for free by anyone. All you need to do is download the game for free, and then play with others online. Xbox Live Silver members can download the games for free and play them offline at any time. But in order to play online against other players you will need to subscribe to Xbox Live Gold.

Xbox Live Gold is by far the greatest online gaming service ever created – a full generation ahead of any other online gaming service. But Xbox Live Gold is not a free service, since you do need a subscription to use it. Xbox Live Gold subscriptions can be purchased anytime for a price of $50 per year, but you can usually find better deals. For example, I recently saw a deal where for $40 you could subscribe for 12+1 (13) months. This means that for only $3 per month (or about one dime per day) you can play the greatest online gaming service ever.

Most gamers with an Xbox 360 already subscribe to Xbox Live Gold. From the point of view of these gamers, the free-to-play games are available for free since they do not require any type of additional purchase to download and play. Besides, even if you don’t subscribe to Xbox Live Gold you still could play the games offline for free with Xbox Live Silver. This means that up to this point the free-to-play games are in fact “free.”

But we all know that nothing is free. If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is. So, what is the catch with these free-to-play games; how do they make their money? Games that are free-to-play make their money by giving you the option to purchase low-priced downloadable expansions.

For example, fully-customized items such as weapons, armor, shields, vehicles, and helmets are all available for a price. Gamers that downloaded the game for free will all have the same basic outfit or drive the same basic vehicle. But the developers and producers of the game will make a lot of money when gamers want to customize those outfits, vehicles, bases, stadiums, helmets, and other items. Many of these expansions will be available only for a limited time. This will create a fully-customized videogame world that gamers really feel a part of.

The free-to-play games are excellent because they allow you to try a game for free to see if you like it. You really can play it with all of your friends for free if you want to. You won’t have the customized stuff that they do, but at least you will still be a part of the fun. Thus, the conclusion is that free-to-play games are in fact free if you choose not to play online with other gamers or do any customization. But if you want to play with other gamers across the world and customize your gaming world, it will cost you a little bit of money.

I hope you enjoyed reading this!

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Michael Zoran

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Hulk Hogan is a Big Wrestler in a Little World

Today I learned that Hulk Hogan is currently involved in the filming of a TruTV reality show involving the world of wrestling. This may sound like a normal thing for Hulk Hogan, but it is actually very unusual because it involves a niche market – a market focused on “little people.” When contacted, Hulk Hogan’s spokesman said that this reality show would be just like any other reality TV show, except it would be on a “smaller scale.” Did you catch the sarcastic joke there?

What really has me excited is that the spokesman of Hulk Hogan also pointed out that the Hulkster feels better than he has in 15 years. This is believable because Hulk Hogan has experienced awful health problems with his back over the last 15 years. Only recently did Hulk Hogan recover from major back surgery that fixed the injuries and pain in his back, neck, and knee. Over the last two weeks of TNA Impact, Hulk Hogan has played more of a physical role issuing pain to other wrestlers. During those last two weeks, the number of Followers Hulk Hogan has on Twitter has grown by 30,000!

This clearly shows there are plenty of wrestling fans out there who want to see Hulk Hogan wrestling in the ring again. It’s nice that Hulk Hogan is involved in the “plot” of TNA as a promoter, but there is no doubt that what fans really want to see is Hulk Hogan in the wrestling ring. When Hulk Hogan joined TNA and appeared in early 2010, TNA saw its highest ratings ever because everyone thought they would see Hulk Hogan wrestle. Instead, we learned Hogan wasn’t going to be a wrestler; he would simply be a manager (partly because of injuries to his back). This was a big disappointment to many people, including me.

But two weeks ago on TNA Impact we saw Hulk Hogan come out wearing a brace for his neck and back. Hulk Hogan made it seem like he was injured when he was talking with Mr. Anderson. Hulk Hogan didn’t like it that Mr. Anderson was not willing to enter the wrestling ring. Hulk Hogan then poked Mr. Anderson in the eyes and threw him in the ring, closing the doors of the steel cage behind him! This one little action by Hulk Hogan caused everyone watching to get excited, just like the good ole’ days when Hulkamania was runnin’ wild!

Let’s hope Hulk Hogan enters the wrestling ring again!

Does EA Owe You Money?

For the last six years, EA has had a monopoly on football videogames. About six years ago EA signed an exclusive deal with the NFL and NCAA so that only EA would be able to develop football videogames based on these organizations. Ever since then, EA has dominated the football market. This is not fair to consumers, because we have seen some of the worst-playing football games ever during that period of time. The only reason consumers buy the football games from EA each year is because they have no other practical choice.

The reason EA spent all this money buying exclusive legal rights for football games is because of the tough competition that existed in 2005. Virtually everyone agrees that the best football game ever released was NFL 2K5 for the Xbox. During this period of time, EA was absolutely devastated when the NFL 2K series was outselling their Madden football series. Consumers were being rewarded with high-quality software at a lower price with the NFL 2K series, all thanks to the competition between two game companies.

The Madden football games weren’t being outsold because they were bad. The fact is that the Madden football games were being outsold because the NFL 2K games were better and less expensive, all due to the excellent competition between the two products. Unfortunately, EA was not willing to allow this type of competition to exist. EA missed the days of monopoly they had before the NFL 2K series was born in late 1999.

EA didn’t care if quality games were released or not; they just wanted to dominate the market the way they did in the past. EA used their financial power to work a deal out with the NFL and the NCAA so that only their games could be based on those organizations, those stadiums, those teams, those players etc… Ever since EA did this, the football games have gotten progressively worse.

EA now realizes they have a monopoly on the market of football videogames. This means consumers of those football games have no practical choice but to buy EA games whether they are good or not. Consumers have been aware of this since 2005, and have gradually become angrier towards EA since the football games have gotten worse each year. Each year since 2005, the hatred towards EA has grown because of EA’s greed and selfish behavior.

People now realize that EA doesn’t care about making the best football game possible. EA’s primary concern is to make sure that their football games dominate the sales market and earn as much money as possible. The hatred towards EA has finally reached the point that consumers have stood up for themselves. Thankfully, consumers have decided to file a class action lawsuit against EA.

In this class action lawsuit against EA, the plaintiff claims that consumers were overcharged due to the monopoly EA had on the market. If you have purchased an EA Sports videogame between January 1, 2005 and the present, you are legally involved in this class action lawsuit! The law states that at this point in time you basically have two options.

Your first option is to “Remain A Class Member.” If you do nothing from this point on you acknowledge that the decisions made in the courtroom also apply to you. You are legally allowed to appear in court and there is no cost to you. If you want, you can even hire your own attorney. You are eligible to share any type of recovery or settlement. You are bound by the decisions of the court ruling in this matter and the attorneys are allowed to take (i.e., steal) over 25% the money in the ruling.

Your second option is to “Exclude Yourself.” If you would like to independently take EA to court, you must opt out of the class action lawsuit prior to June 25, 2011. If you opt out of the class action lawsuit, you are not entitled to share in its settlement or recovery claims. However, you are still entitled to your own form of recovery against EA if you take them to court on your own. You can opt out electronically at the website listed below, or you can opt out in writing at this address:

Electronic Arts Litigation Exclusion

P.O. Box 8090

San Rafael, CA 94912-8090

You can read about the lawsuit from the point of view of the law firm suing EA here: http://www.hbsslaw.com/newsroom/?nid=1993

You can also read about this legal matter and see a clear explanation of your legal options on the EA website here: http://www.easportslitigation.com/

Sacred Heart of McMahon Nepotism

Vince McMahon and his entire family are 100% liars, cheaters, thieves, and hypocrites. The same can be said about the board members of Sacred Heart University. I’m not just referring to “entertainment” forms of wrestling; I’m also talking about real life. I’m going to talk about several subjects that really anger me, since I play fairly by the rules but often seem to come up short in the game of life.

Recently I was watching some old wrestling matches on YouTube and I saw something that absolutely amazed me. I saw that Vince McMahon was being given an honorary doctorate degree. This really upset me because student loans placed me over $30,000 in debt while investing in my bachelor’s degree. I have no idea how much it would cost me to invest in a doctorate degree. I also spent a countless amount of time studying in order to graduate at the top of my class. But Mr. Vince McMahon gets a doctorate degree given to him for free, without investing any time other than showing up at the graduation ceremony!

I decided to do some research to see what college was offering this doctorate degree to Vince McMahon and what their motive might be for doing so. The name of the college giving this doctorate degree to Mr. McMahon is Sacred Heart University. I wanted to see why Sacred Heart University was willing to give Mr. McMahon a doctorate degree, even though no other college in the world was willing to do such a thing.

It didn’t take me long to find out why Mr. McMahon was being given a degree that he didn’t earn. I found out that Mrs. Linda McMahon, the wife if Vince, is a board member of Sacred Heart University. This type of environment is the perfect type of place for nepotism to rear its ugly head. For those of you that don’t know, nepotism is a form of bias and favoritism shown to a family member.

This means the reason why Vincent McMahon was not being offered a free doctorate degree by any other college on the entire planet is because Mrs. Linda McMahon is not a board member of those other schools. However, I think it’s pretty safe to say that if Linda McMahon were a board member of any other college, she would make sure that her hubby—Vince—got some form of degree that he didn’t earn, and therefore did not deserve to receive.

This type of immoral behavior is no surprise coming from the McMahon family. We saw a perfect example of this when Linda McMahon was running for governor of Connecticut. Linda repeatedly dodged questions about whether or not people employed as wrestlers for the WWE organization she owns are being given steroids. Linda McMahon looked like an acrobat the way she tried to dodge answering that question.

For example, when Linda McMahon was asked if her WWE wrestlers were being given steroids and using them, she repeatedly said “The health of our athletes is carefully monitored.”

Well, in the world of business and realism that statement is interpreted as “Yeah, we pay our doctors to ‘prescribe’ steroids to our employees; that way, we can get away with doing it legally. And if the blood-level measurements of our athletes start to exceed what we believe are safe, we stop giving them steroids for a while.”

The problem for Mrs. McMahon is that everyone else in the sports world and the world of moral ethics believes that what she and her husband are doing is unethical and puts the lives of the wrestlers at risks (something the selfish McMahon family is known for doing, as proven by the deaths of various wrestlers).

This problem upsets me even more when you think about the fact that Vince McMahon was recently on the cover of Muscle & Fitness Magazine because he looks so good, even though he is in his 60’s. If Vince McMahon had accomplished this achievement in a fair way, it might have been an inspiration to readers of the magazine. Sadly, Vince McMahon is definitely not someone readers of any fitness magazine would want to pattern their life after. Vince McMahon ended up with a muscular physique thanks to taking illegal steroids – something he has admitted to doing in a court of law.

What’s even worse is that Shane McMahon, the son of Vince and Linda, is also a user of steroids. What father in the world would actually be proud of his son being a steroid user? One minute Vince McMahon and his wife Linda are telling kids in Connecticut and across the world “Not to take steroids,” while the next minute Vince and Shane are injecting each other with illegal steroids. The only good thing is that Linda McMahon was not elected as governor of Connecticut.

Sadly, Vince McMahon’s whole reason for telling people not to take steroids is because he also markets nutritional supplements. Forms of protein, vitamins, and other supplements are the real reason why McMahon tells people to do things honestly. In reality, Vince McMahon wants you to buy his products in order to help him gain money. McMahon and his son will still take those illegal steroids in order to be better than you.

The difference is that McMahon employs doctors and can constantly monitor his health levels in safer ways that normal people can’t. But McMahon isn’t “normal,” he is “special,” since he takes steroids – cheating at the game of life, yet being rewarded for breaking the rules.

During his commencement speech at Sacred Heart University, Vince McMahon told the hard-working high-paying graduates “It’s important in life that you’re not afraid to fail. If you are not afraid to fail then you will be successful in life.”

The actions of Vince McMahon and Shane McMahon prove that they certainly weren’t afraid of taking illegal steroids. And the actions of Linda McMahon certainly proved she wasn’t afraid to lie about whether or not her family and her employees are given steroids. The message Dr. Vince McMahon is sending to graduates is that if you play by immoral rules like that, you will succeed in life.

The really sad thing is that Vince McMahon is correct. Hard-working people in today’s society put themselves hundreds-of-thousands of dollars in debt with student loans, only to find out that they can’t find a decent-paying job. This is something I personally experienced in life. What’s worse is that so many people play by the rules and do things fairly, yet end up as losers in the game of life.

The real losers of this situation are the students of Sacred Heart University. Due to the fact that they allowed Vince McMahon to receive a doctorate degree he didn’t earn and didn’t deserve, it means Sacred Heart University has lost accreditation. Sacred Heart University students have board members that illegally provide employees and family members with steroids and give undeserving family members degrees they didn’t earn.

Any student considering Sacred Heart University should definitely not attend that school. If you have not yet wasted money on Sacred Heart University, you should be thankful you still have the ability to avoid that bias-filled college. It’s the former graduates who paid money and worked hard for degrees that truly suffer thanks to Linda McMahon and Vince McMahon. It is these hard-working graduates that now possess degrees with less value thanks to the McMahon family.

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The Candies Foundation: Made from Palin Crap

Bristol Palin, the daughter of Sarah Palin, is one of the biggest hypocrites of all time. Bristol Palin stands alongside Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Judas as some of the biggest hypocrites in the known universe. Judas followed Jesus one minute, and the next minute Judas was motivated by money to betray Jesus. Bristol Palin certainly did learn a lot of similar types of hypocrisy from her politician mother; that’s for sure.

Governor Schwarzenegger is a wealthy politician all because of his acting career – a career that originated thanks to steroid use. If it wasn’t for steroids, Arnold Schwarzenegger wouldn’t have been Mr. Olympia. If it wasn’t for steroids, Arnold Schwarzenegger wouldn’t have been Conan the Barbarian. And if it wasn’t for steroids, Arnold Schwarzenegger wouldn’t have been Governor of California.

Like a true hypocrite, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger tells California men not to take steroids because of risks to their health, even though the potential gains to their acting careers and sports careers far outweighs health risks – as proven by Arnold Schwarzenegger’s success. I’d be willing to bet that Schwarzenegger wakes up every day 100% thankful he took all those steroids. And at public-speaking events where Schwarzenegger is telling people not to take steroids, I bet Schwarzenegger thinks to himself “Young man, if you want to give yourself an advantage in Hollywood, don’t listen to my PR nonsense; take the steroids! Just do your best to monitor your health while taking them.”

In that same way, Bristol Palin now tells teenagers not to get pregnant because of the difficulties associated with motherhood. Most people might think Bristol seems like a poor girl that is having a tough time in life. But people like that aren’t aware of the fact that tax records prove how 20-year-old Bristol Palin has been paid over $262,000 to speak out against teen pregnancy. I think it goes without saying that the majority of 20-year-old women would definitely want to trade spots with Bristol Palin and her bank account filled with over $262,000! I know teenagers who aren’t currently pregnant but would want to become pregnant for that kind of money!

But here is where the concept of politics and hypocrisy gets even worse with Bristol Palin. The group that has paid Bristol Palin $262,500 is a non-profit group known as The Candies Foundation. This so-called “non-profit” organization has been paying Bristol Palin incredibly high amounts of money as an “Ambassador” in order to speak out against teen pregnancy, even though she was pregnant as a teen! This is literally like giving someone a financial reward for violating the behavior that The Candies Foundation stands for!

Similarly, this is like paying Judas to be an Ambassador to tell the world how it was a mistake to betray Jesus. In reality, how sorry would greedy Judas be if he was making $262,500 as payment! The correct thing for The Candies Foundation to do is ask for a volunteer to do the public speaking; that way the $262,500 can be used to reach a larger market with advertisements rather than paying unqualified teenage kids who got knocked up too early.

Politicians such as former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin always find a way to abuse the term “non-profit.” For example, in the terrible earthquake that Chile experienced, we found out that all of the “non-profit” organizations claiming to help Chile only sent pennies on the dollar to help the people of Chile. Politicians such as George Bush said “Give money, not food or clothes.” The problem is that virtually none of that money made it to the people of Chile!

Politicians and their business friends always find legal ways of doing immoral things in an unethical and selfish way. All of those non-profit so-called charity groups that claimed to help Chile said it took amazing amounts of well-paid talent and human resource skill to provide the people of Chile with the help they needed. As a result, these people paid themselves incredibly high salaries rather than volunteering their time and help. This was a legal way for those non-profit charity organizations to legally get away with stealing money that was donated. These greedy employees working for the so-called charities sent the people of Chile such a small amount of financial help, while keeping most of the money for their own paychecks.

Bristol Palin’s gratuitously high wages as an “Ambassador” working for The Candies Foundation is yet another example of a selfish person doing something selfish as a hypocrite. Bristol doesn’t have the skills or talent that deserves to be paid $262,000; only a fool would say such a thing! So the question is “Why did she accept the payment?” The answer is simple: Because the opportunity was there for her to take the money. Instead of allowing that money to be spent on commercials or other advertisements to send the message to teenagers, Bristol took the money for herself.

The Candies Foundation is a group I had never even heard of until I read an article about the insane amount of money paid to Bristol Palin. You can read the article I’m referring to here:

http://omg.yahoo.com/news/bristol-palin-earns-262k-for-teen-pregnancy-work/59875

This goes to show what a poor job The Candies Foundation and its Ambassadors have done sending their message to the world. Obviously, The Candies Foundation needs to stop paying their Ambassadors so much money. Better yet, The Candies Foundation should ask all those millionaire celebrities to be volunteer Ambassadors, as many would be glad to do. This would result in the organization having more money to spend on advertisements to their target market of teenagers.

Instead, it is 100% obvious that The Candies Foundation uses the term “non-profit” as a way to make it seem like financial donations are being used in a good way. In reality, the majority of all financial donations end up in the pockets of wealthy politicians and other selfish celebrities that have been labeled as Ambassadors. At this point in time, it’s safe to say The Candies Foundation is definitely not a group you should be sponsoring – not unless you think the wealthy Palin family needs more wealth, at your expense. The bottom line is that if you donate money to The Candies Foundation, the majority of that money is going to end up in the pocket of an Ambassador such as Bristol Palin or some other overpaid employee.

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Is April Fools' Day a Bad Joke?

April Fools' Day and other forms of "Prank Days" are celebrated annually around the world. But what I'd like to know is if you believe these types of pranks are a good thing or a bad thing?

I personally believe that there's nothing wrong with having a minor joke on April Fools' Day. But I also believe that the potential exists for danger and injury to occur on days like this. Immature children and immature adults push things too far, which results in pain, injury, and sometimes worse.

What are your thoughts on this subject?

Japanese Pride

Do you believe that the pride of the Japanese government has hurt the Japanese people in the nuclear crisis?

I'm specifically referring to the way the Japanese government initially made it clear that they did not want any foreign help in dealing with the problems being experienced at their nuclear reactors.

Now the Japanese government is willing to accept foreign help, but only because it is 100% clear the help is needed. In fact, it appears very obvious that Japan doesn't have anything close to the resources needed to deal with this problem.

Do you believe this pride and arrogance has hurt the Japanese people? Would this situation be better right now if Japan would have accepted help initially offered by foreign countries?