My sleep habits have been really messed up lately so ive been seeing a lot of "help this starving child for less than a dollar a day" commercials and honestly they piss me off.
Now im not against helping others what so ever as ive done volunteer work, donated to charities and bought food for people standing on the side of the road with a sign. Heres the thing. If i donate money i check out the charity first and make sure that a good portion of the money is going for the cause. When ive looked into "adopting a child in poverty" less that $0.40 of each dollar actually goes towards helping the child, the rest goes into administration fees and other things. i find this unacceptable. i realize that they cant ship items, run the charity or do the advertising for free but there needs to be a limit on this. So many are being ripped off thinking they are doing good and thats sad.
Its like the time i went off on my sons school because they did a penny drive to feed the families in Iraq, i was one of the very few parents who refused to let my child participate. Not that i didnt want to help the ones who truly needed it but much of the time at that point any food that was being dropped or distributed was getting into the wrong hands and i refused to feel the terrorists that the food was going to. Had there been a way and proof that it would have ended up in the right hands i wouldnt have been as against it.
i guess when it comes to humans im just less likely to donate, now shoe me a charity for abused animals or someone taking up a collection for a NO KILL shelter im more than willing to give as much as i can, including my time volunteering and working hands on with the animals.
i had a conversation tonight that made me realize why i am how i am, animals give an unconditional love that even humans that you may break your neck to help them out cant provide. Maybe im odd but its just me.
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