I always love to discuss when entertainers have a cause and follow that without benefit to themselves. In the past I have commented on various actions by Mr. George Clooney, Mr. Denzel Washington, and others. To that list I now add Mr. Danny Glover.
Mr. Glover has long been known of his activism for various causes. Even his co-starring role in Lethal Weapon 2 highlighted his belief in the fight against Apartheid. [For those too young to know or recall, Apartheid was the legal segregation and oppression advocated by the South African government. In this system, which was in existence for as long as South Africa existed, the minority ruled the majority. In other words a small group of white South Africans ruled over the larger, poorer and restricted black South African people.] Mr. Glover recently was in Puerto Rico helping to provide hotel workers a chance to improve their pay and work conditions. This is only a small part of his work with UNITE HERE. Still his actions can directly help 2,000 people and potentially 8,000 that have no union looking out for them. I’m happy that there are those out there that realize Puerto Rico is not a state and improvements should be made in the quality of life.
Puerto Rico is a commonwealth of the U.S. and not a state. While this provides a higher standard of living than any other Caribbean nation it is not the standard enjoyed here. Many loopholes in corporate law allow for things that never could happen here. I recall many conversations with family have discussed how hormones used on cattle affected the milk and thus the children, causing abnormal growth spurts. So anyone that focuses attention on these discrepancies is looked upon favorably by me.
In far lighter news is Europe’s Masterbate-a-thon. What is it with the Europeans? I mentioned in a previous post the first ever world strip poker tournament and now this. Of course I should mention that this isn’t an original idea, as similar events have been going on for 6 years in San Francisco. The goal of this self-pleasure marathon is to raise funds for research on HIV/AIDS and women’s health.
Funds will be donated for time at it and number of O’s. Who might be judging this and how I can’t imagine. It does rank in the unique events I’ve heard about. And I can only imagine that anyone attending isn’t bashful. I just find it funny that the event will be in London, the home of the historically ‘stiff-upper-lipped’ British. Unlike the more free and liberal San Franciscans, Britons are not known for their care-free actions. Then again they are the ones who gave us Benny Hill and similar programs. If anyone attends, do post and give the voyeurs in us the chance to know if it went well.
On a side note, Happy Birthday to my sister :)
This is what I think, What do you think?
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