re: #170 albusteve

Gates jumped the shark…he lives in a world of his own, but he is very generous, that is undeniable…if I had 40b I might seem a bit eccentric myself

Speaking of philanthropy, I have a bit of a pet-peeve rant. Two of my neighbors are involved in their churches and they do “missionary” work. One of the daughters is off to Kenya to work with some orphans for a couple of weeks, the other neighbor just got back from Cuba doing whatever good works at some remote village.

My beef? These folks are doing this with starry eyes and feeling oh so good about themselves. Meanwhile, here in the USA, families are being foreclosed on, losing homes, jobs, insurance, retirement savings and any peace of mind they thought they had.

Just pisses me off that these do-gooders feel they need to globe trot to feel altruistic.

/Rant off.