10-27-2004, 01:38 PM
Oohh... good one... I donate blood every six months. There is a serious need for that worldwide and it doesn't cost anything except for some time.
Coming soon... the Import-Anime blood drive! I wonder if we could talk JJ into donating discounted shipping or something for people who can prove they gave blood (selling plasma doesn't count).
There are so many good charities to donate to.
Personally I'm fond of my local SPCA, the Red Cross, and the Salvation Army (they get my small clothes). About the only charity I can think of that I refuse to give money to is United Way. Over 80% of the money they raise goes back into operating costs and not the charities they say they are working for. There are other charities out there with similar cost vs. charity ratios and I don't like that at all. I understand the need to spend some money to cover operating expenses but when you have that much money coming in and 80% of it gets spent on administrators, accountants, TV commercials, special pins, posters and other nonsense then I believe the money has been wasted.
I'll have to see if I can find the web site that lists what charities receive vs. what they donate. I remember seeing it once and some of them just scared me. United Way stands out as a worst offender though.
Then there's PETA... never ever ever give them money. Pay close attention to what they want and you'll see that they have some fairy tale mentality with cats, dogs, and other animals having free run of our streets without any worries about dogcatchers. Penn and Teller did a great special about them on their show Bullshit. I highly recommend watching this show because these guys are straight shooters. They attack everybody they feel is feeding people a line of bullshit. They attack conservatives as well as liberals on that show with equal relish. Most episodes are available for download from http://www.suprnova.org if you can't find it where you live.
Coming soon... the Import-Anime blood drive! I wonder if we could talk JJ into donating discounted shipping or something for people who can prove they gave blood (selling plasma doesn't count).
There are so many good charities to donate to.
Personally I'm fond of my local SPCA, the Red Cross, and the Salvation Army (they get my small clothes). About the only charity I can think of that I refuse to give money to is United Way. Over 80% of the money they raise goes back into operating costs and not the charities they say they are working for. There are other charities out there with similar cost vs. charity ratios and I don't like that at all. I understand the need to spend some money to cover operating expenses but when you have that much money coming in and 80% of it gets spent on administrators, accountants, TV commercials, special pins, posters and other nonsense then I believe the money has been wasted.
I'll have to see if I can find the web site that lists what charities receive vs. what they donate. I remember seeing it once and some of them just scared me. United Way stands out as a worst offender though.
Then there's PETA... never ever ever give them money. Pay close attention to what they want and you'll see that they have some fairy tale mentality with cats, dogs, and other animals having free run of our streets without any worries about dogcatchers. Penn and Teller did a great special about them on their show Bullshit. I highly recommend watching this show because these guys are straight shooters. They attack everybody they feel is feeding people a line of bullshit. They attack conservatives as well as liberals on that show with equal relish. Most episodes are available for download from http://www.suprnova.org if you can't find it where you live.
Gullible isn't in the dictionary.