Don't I Feel Like the Bleeping Bleephole?

This classic, though obviously censored, Jack Nicholson line has always been a favorite of mine. It so eloquently and simply responds to so many different things, it's a wonder you don't hear it 100 times a day. Of course, the F-word (or fuck) and A-hole (see also, asshole) can be frowned upon in the workplace and in certain circles, particularly those filled with the Bible crowd (for my thoughts on that crowd, just read more of the blog).

Anyway, I digress, and in this instance I am going to answer my own question and the answer is an unequivocal no! I don't at all. Society wants me to feel like one. Celebrities do too. Hell, 85% of people on Facebook are apparently less a-hole than I am.

So what's the question and what do I not feel like a bleeping bleephole about? I'll make it simple: I don't get to give two bleeping bleeps about Haiti. It's not that I don't feel bad for people, all the Five Guys know I have a heart and it often bleeds. But, Haiti was barely third world before the earthquake and guess what it is after? The same. Guess what it will be after we all rush to show our goodwill...yep, the same!

Here's the thing. We could raise $1 billion and ship every penny to that hell-hole. You know what will happen? One dude will keep $999,000,000 and his brother will get the remaining $1 million in a contract to repave his driveway. When will we learn we have no ability to help a country that cannot even help itself?

The other thing I'm burning on about this: I thought we were freaking broke? I mean our country and all the people in it? If a bunch of people can sing some songs, post a text number, and run some commercials and all of you get off your asses and suddenly can un-ass $10 or more...here's a concept, spend it on our economy. Here's an idea celebrities, why don't you raise that money anyway and turn it over to something local. Why? Because I could show you video of starving black kids, living in deplorable conditions and collapsed buildings. They have no running water and their families are nowhere to be found. There's barely a functioning economy there. Only it's called Detroit (school pictured above), not Haiti. I know where I'd rather spend my money and where I'd rather my government spend it too.

So I'm with you on this one Bubba. Fuck Haiti. We got poor people here. And no, I don't feel at all like a bleeping bleephole for saying it.