Madonna has adopted an African orphan… says the child’s FATHER.
Go on. Say it. How can he be an orphan if the father is still alive.?
Nope I have no idea either… but it at least bears a little difference to the normal route of “my child is famous and I miss him/her”. How many times have I seen that written in some stinky tabloid on a Sunday morning… “I know I was a bad parent but I want to change all that”. I defy anybody not to read between the lines and pick up on the “my child is horribly rich through the fame they have gained and I am missing out on a shed load of cash”.
Ok so African Joe will pick up a good few quid (well I hope so he does after reading about the poverty in his village) at the cost of a dear son but at least he realises his loss is his son’s gain. He will be taken to another country and “Westernized” but then again, this has to be a good thing. As Ricky Gervais says, the African nations all wanted independence from European imperialists such as England, France and Germany, and then find themselves neck deep in the rising population trap. Then aid is being clamoured for as civil war and famine kicks in, the country drafts men to the army meaning there are not enough heads to work the land and feed the cities… and off we go to Bob Geldoff territory again.
So maybe the answer is easy. I have mentioned it enough before. I am not a rich man. I don’t earn that much in the big scheme of things and I do already give to a charity via my wages each and every week (The Meningitis Trust). The rich sods of the world (be it politicians, businessmen, pop stars or film folk) need to get off their over paid, over waxed bumcakes and start sorting out the massive Rich/Poor divide. It is no way enough that Madonna (personal fortune approximately £300 MILLION and her hubby is worth a pond full as well) looks after ONE child (usual cost from birth to the age of eighteen is about £20,000).
Overly rich people need to start giving more to charities and living in smaller houses (Bono, worth £164m with a house in USA of about £2.5million). It is pathetic. They may have a talent but NO RIGHT to restrict the SURVIVAL of others, literally playing with their lives because they enjoy the “wallowing in all the notes” feeling.
How hypocritical of Bono to stand in front of Live-8 and tell people to give money to Africa when the greedy little Irish bugger is able to swim up to his armpits in caviar and wash his bits in champagne.
I am disgusted. Give me the damn money and I will show you how to help people. I will show you how you pay for hostels for homeless people to get back on their feet and back into society. I will show you how to look after the elderly when some anus in the local council has shut down their care home or withdrawn their district nurse to pay for a new company BMW.
Rich people make me sick. I don’t want to be rich. I want to help people.
A pipe dream.?
Fluffy Bunny, News at Ten Africa.