Pat O'Brien Story

I read a story today on Yahoo, its about Pat O'Briens departure from The Insider, but it spoke to me about something that has always "irked" me (thats putting it nicely). Here is a section of the article....

"...O'Brien seemingly took issue with the show's focus on fashion while people all over Iowa are struggling to put food on the table.

"Hi, folks, I just spent a couple of days in Iowa—I'm a little bit of a favorite son there," the South Dakota-born newsman said, per a copy obtained by the New York Post, "and I spoke with maybe a thousand people and was very hands-on. Even Joe Biden said, 'You should be running [for president]!' But what I came away with was, these people can't afford gas, books, food or schools or movies!
"I was approached a hundred times by people asking, 'Can you help us?' I tried to tell them we care, but they didn't buy it. They wanted to, but watching...Lara [Spencer] pick out accessories makes the viewers want to vomit. I'll get killed for this, but I'm actually the one not afraid for my job. I want people to be happy."

I never really could watch those shows about celebrities and how good they have it and see them toil over the decision between Prada or Hilfiger, while there are folks in this country making decisions about whether to buy hamburger or just cook the last can of beans in the pantry.

This entry slightly gets off track of this blogs purpose, but I think it illustrates that its not just us in Arizona, its everywhere. People are struggling, no extra money to do anything. I'm glad Mr. O'Brien recognized it, I'm sorry he lost his job for just stating the obvious - but maybe it is a blessing in disguise.

We all have to get thru this together, it will turn around. But you cant sit around and sulk about it and wait for our leaders to step in. Do something.
The government doesn't help people...PEOPLE HELP PEOPLE.

Remember the movie Pay it Forward?...it has a great message about karma.