MNF UPDATE: We're up 40 for the week, having lost 110 on the Fins and won 100 on the Chargers and 50 on the Eagles-49'ers/over bet. The Browns are without TE Kellen Winslow and we have no faith in the Cleveland offense, so we are taking down our over bet and replacing it with a Giants (-7) +60. In fact, if things go poorly for the Brownies in the first half, we might just see the first Brady Quinn MNF pass.
UPDATE BELOW. Re-posted from Saturday because this is a crisis.
And then I saw this:
The title of the post links to the NY Times article.
Children are dying in Somalia. Wasting away because of a war they were born into and have nothing to do with. Innocent children who will never have a chance at life are starving to death on Earth in the year 2008.
Many of us have lost a lot of our retirement savings. Our 401Ks are down. Our stock portfolios destroyed. We as a county are spending a trillion dollars to rescue companies whose CEOS bankrupted them because of greed. And in the shadow of bankruptcy and tax payer bailouts, AIG executives partied at the Four Seasons in California.
Trillions for banks and companies who caused their own problems, and as far as I know not one dammed dime for innocent children who are starving to death.
I got up from my comfortable seat in Starbucks and threw the sandwich in the garbage, unable to eat with the image of that child in my mind. I got in my car and I just sat there pondering the unthinkable; wanting to forget what I saw and what I know is happening, and refusing to give myself that luxury.
Someone, anyone, tell me where to send my money so that those children can be fed. I can't sleep and I can't eat knowing those children are starving to death in their parents arms.
From the NY Times Article:
Dozens of women sit with listless babies in their laps, snapping their fingers, trying to get a flicker of life out of their dying children.
Little eyes close. Wizened 1-year-olds struggle to breathe. This is the place where help is supposed to be on its way. But the nurses in the filthy smocks are besieged. From the doorway, you can see the future of Somalia fading away.
I'm going to post football picks tomorrow and then re-post this on Monday because I want every lawyer in Florida to see this child dying and I want someone to tell me how I can help stop this tragedy.
UPDATE: A READER RECOMMENDED SAVE THE CHILDREN. WE ARE CHECKING INTO IT TO MAKE SURE IT IS A WORTHY CHARITY. ANYONE HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE WITH THIS CHARITY?
HR.