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What does an East Indian muslim born in Africa, married to a Canadian, living in Texas, stay at home dad, think of what is happening in the world?

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Poor People's Pledge

Have you been reading about all these rich Billionaire's pledging to give half their fortune away. Half, why do they need the other half to pay the devil after death to get out of hell?
What a bunch of huey? Its like they want us to give them a Nobel peace prize for giving away half of what they stole. And the way the Nobel committee has been acting, they will probably get it. They made money on the backs of the poor and the earth. Its a given they should give it back. They shouldn't have to pledge to give it back. We shouldn't have to applaud them.

I pledge to take half and more if they so desire of their money and to pledge to live as they do. In big houses; fly private planes; buy expensive food; use up all the resources and then do a little charity work to feel less guilty. I pledge to create companies who will make more money for the executives and management while taxing all the resources of the world.

Please you want to help the world, live less. How simple can it be? Ask yourself how big your house is? How many cars and toys do you have? How your work actually perpetuates the cycle of consumerism and how you are not really setting any examples.
I applaud their endeavors of philanthropy but am not ready to give them a standing ovation because they now want to pledge to give some back.

So join in by signing a pledge to spend all their money for them with the example they have set for us. Get my limo, and the bottled water, I am off on a private plane to save the environment and lunch with Al Gore.

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