ever thought about not thinking

what's this about making poverty history? G8, Live Aid, Edinburgh demostration/rally.. i did some poking around and discovered most of it relates to Africa and how thousands are dying everyday from poverty and famine. the reason why they're in so much shit is because they're sprouting kids everywhere. the land isn't productive enough to be farmed, so what do they do? make further demands upon it by having producing more children. then whine about their high mortality rate and asking for handouts. only good thing is the decomposing bodies of their dead are working to make the land fertile again. my point here? stop fucking like rabbits. oh that'll solve another problem as well - the rising percentage of the population testing postive for HIV.

on other news, this is regarding the a particular non-profit charity organisation (NPCO) in singapore. i just read something really ridiculous. for someone in the employ of a NPCO, getting a $25,000 a month paycheck and 10-12 months of annual bonus is insane. that works out to about $600,000 a YEAR. remember, most of the money going into this NPCO comes from public funds. so the case is all about the CEO of this NPCO taking a bunch of reporters to court for allergedly defaming him. blahblah blah.. at the end of it, he was caught with his pants down. He maintains that he did nothing wrong, yet he said "Our track record speaks for itself. We have struggled to be perfect. It is inevitable that mistakes do occur. I have tried for 37 years to do my best for the people of singapore."

oops. if you didn't do anything wrong, what's that about mistakes occuring?

how about others, like flying first/business class (he repeatedly claims it is his entitlement, well if you REALLY want to be philanthropic, and show that you have noble aspirations, try taking Economy class. it saves a whole ton of money which could be used for better purposes than making sure you have more legroom), having gold plated taps installed (a decision made by a former employee, he claims. no surprise that this "former employee" is no longer contactable. snigger. do you think we're stupid?), and a fleet of 8 coporate cars - not including a mercedes that was paid for AND maintained (fuel, taxes et. al.) by the NPCO (meaning? this is partly where your donations are going to ladies and gentlemen.)

this is disgusting. when asked what she thought of the entire lawsuit, their patron replied

"All the (NPCO) had wanted from the (reporting agency) was a retraction. But the case had been extended to question (NPCO)'s transparency and 'expensive things'."

and she added, "why make a big fuss out of it?"

sheesh! first, the reporting agency (RA) wouldn't have made a big fuss of things if the CEO hadn't tried to fuck around and be on a moral high horse. but he did, and got a big portion of his ass served back to him. ha-ha.

secondly,

"for a person who runs a million-dollar charitable organisation, $600,000 is peanuts as it has a few hundred millions in reserves", quoted the same patron.

$600,000 is peanuts? tell that to the needy patients that this non-profit charitable organisation is.. erm, helping.

'nuff said.

Update!: i've just been to the said organisation's website. under their Help Us page, they've got 2 options.

1) yes i want to donate now.
2) i can't donate now, but i do want to help.

let's see what they suggest that i can do to help, besides further enriching their coffers. so i clicked on the 2nd option.

ha. in the whole 8 paragraphs of the resulting pop-up page, not a SINGLE sentence was devoted to suggesting alternative ways of supporting their cause. instead they chose to tell me

1) "You might wonder how a regular donation can help save young lives."
2) "By giving a small amount regularly – perhaps as little as $5 a month – you will allow us to plan ahead and..."


donate donate donate. money money money. snigger.

posted by stark @ 5:25 PM