Rich snobs like Paris Hilton make other rich people bothered, and most likely entire societies bothered. Well, hopefully a trend of people who worked hard to earn their fortune not passing their wealth to their children will continue.
Being born into wealth helps people advance in life, and for people who have indeed worked for [...]
Category Archives: Equality
The Rich Stop Sending Money Down the Line
January 21, 2008 – 10:23 am
Music Industry Broken, Musicians Not
December 19, 2007 – 4:20 pm
MTV has declared the music industry broken and that is actually a good thing (unless you’re a recored executive). It is a hard time for musicians though as the industry catches up to this whole “interbookwebspacenetjournal.com” thing.
David Byrne, of Talking Heads fame, has some advice for musicians so they can succeed in this new age:
I [...]
Mark Your Calendars to Stand Up
September 6, 2007 – 11:59 am
Next month, October (ROCKtober) 16 and 17, to be precise, people will stand up to draw attention to international poverty. You can join millions of people from around the world to send a message to politicians that you Stand Up and Speak Out against poverty and inequality.
In 2000, world leaders from 189 countries signed up [...]
Greenpeace Reveals Harsh Truths About the Boreal Rainforest
August 24, 2007 – 7:35 am
Now, you may think that ‘harsh truths’ doesn’t sound a lot like good news. But I beg to differ. I recently joined the Greenpeace e-mailing list, and by doing so I have been updated with some ‘harsh truths’ about our planet, but whats more this information is educating me on how to diminish my [...]
Lawsuits Champion the Environment
August 15, 2007 – 4:07 pm
In the coming months many companies could face large fines from the damage that they have done to the environment. There is a growing trend in the USA and Europe to sue those responsible for environmental damage that as resulted in damage that went beyond just the environment. Confused? This example from the linked article [...]
Generic HIV Drugs to Start Production
August 10, 2007 – 11:00 am
After much bureaucratic silliness, a generic pharmaceutical company can now begin production of a drug that helps people suffering from HIV/AIDs. Rwanda had to notify of their intention of importing the drug then get approval for the drug to even be manufactured (that’s the simple version). The point is that soon in Rwanda people will [...]