Adopting Children Overseas

There must be a homeless child shortage in the United States because all I hear about is celebrities going to Asian and African countries to adopt kids. I've even heard of some regular folks who spend the extra dollars to adopt from abroad. Guess it's not trendy enough to help starving kids in your own country. I know some of these people have their heart in the right place but I believe others enjoy the publicity that comes with the high profile adoption, and the media eats it up. Here's another one of my crazy ideas. Don't allow anyone to bring in a child from another country until they have adopted at least one American child.

Profit Reports

Nothing brightens my day more than hearing about large corporations making million dollar profits. Especially when it's an oil company, which I take pride in being a part of by spending 80 dollars a week on gas. Conversely, it brings me down when I hear the reports of profits being down from the previous quarter. Not that they didn't still make millions in profits, just that they did make as many millions as the previous quarter. In all seriousness, I don't have a problem with a company making a profit, that's what they're in business for. But when companies that practically steal the earnings of the everyday worker, then rub their profits in your face, then I get high blood pressure.