Post by mccorkle on Aug 23, 2015 11:53:05 GMT -5
Qatar is spending $200 Billion to host the 2020 World Cup. 2000 Migrant Workers have been estimated to die in the process of building this mammoth stage for it. As bad as that is, and those are estimates based on other projects where the Workers endured similar conditions, Qatar managed to make things worse by arresting BBC Reporters there to have a look. National Security was the reason given.
Now FIFA is looking into it. Maybe things will change. But for that to happen, the Organization would have to admit that when you reward a Country that prides itself on having no Freedom of the Press, you end up with Journalists being told they’re not at Disneyland.
But I am not here today to point out either Qatar or FIFA. Because just a few hours down the Interstate in Ft Lauderdale they arrested Ministers and War Vets for feeding the Homeless. The World of heartless s is a highly populated one. And it tends to attract those arrogant enough to make themselves look every bit the scoundrels they are because they simply are unable to find good sense when good hearts don’t exist. It’s Life’s way of giving the rest of us a chance that the World’s selfish assholes will eventually go too far and run out of reasons to justify not only their actions but their very existence.
BRANDI ON STEROIDS
Though unlikely, it is within the realm of possibility Qatar will find itself having lost its grand showcase. What will those in Ft Lauderdale who showed themselves to be worthy only of our disgust find? How do they justify themselves when just down the road Miami faces worse conditions yet maintains its compassion?
I write this today because the World is at the threshold of the biggest period of Global Economic Growth in History. But with this massive new wealth and enormous Global Middle Class, something we see shrinking here, there will be those who will be left out without hands reaching down to lift them. Don’t anyone convince themselves that rising tides bring glad tidings to all. Qatar has the highest standard of living of any Country in the World. Yet they’re arresting Journalists and confiscating their equipment, while paying a snooty London PR Firm to hide their own seedy underbelly, all for a $200 Billion Vanity Project.
Only richness of heart will reach those who will need it most. Especially as everyone else is rushing to gather newly found riches.
brandi.caresports.org/?p=838
Now FIFA is looking into it. Maybe things will change. But for that to happen, the Organization would have to admit that when you reward a Country that prides itself on having no Freedom of the Press, you end up with Journalists being told they’re not at Disneyland.
But I am not here today to point out either Qatar or FIFA. Because just a few hours down the Interstate in Ft Lauderdale they arrested Ministers and War Vets for feeding the Homeless. The World of heartless s is a highly populated one. And it tends to attract those arrogant enough to make themselves look every bit the scoundrels they are because they simply are unable to find good sense when good hearts don’t exist. It’s Life’s way of giving the rest of us a chance that the World’s selfish assholes will eventually go too far and run out of reasons to justify not only their actions but their very existence.
BRANDI ON STEROIDS
Though unlikely, it is within the realm of possibility Qatar will find itself having lost its grand showcase. What will those in Ft Lauderdale who showed themselves to be worthy only of our disgust find? How do they justify themselves when just down the road Miami faces worse conditions yet maintains its compassion?
I write this today because the World is at the threshold of the biggest period of Global Economic Growth in History. But with this massive new wealth and enormous Global Middle Class, something we see shrinking here, there will be those who will be left out without hands reaching down to lift them. Don’t anyone convince themselves that rising tides bring glad tidings to all. Qatar has the highest standard of living of any Country in the World. Yet they’re arresting Journalists and confiscating their equipment, while paying a snooty London PR Firm to hide their own seedy underbelly, all for a $200 Billion Vanity Project.
Only richness of heart will reach those who will need it most. Especially as everyone else is rushing to gather newly found riches.
brandi.caresports.org/?p=838