A Great Quote

Courtesy of the arfcom forums.

The topic of this forum thread is about how Madonna invests in companies that people like Al Gore want punished for polluting and not being "green" enough (She holds $4.2 million worth corporate stock from 7 of the top 100 "most toxic" companies). The irony is that Madonna is part of Gore's "Live Earth" event tomorrow.

The 8th comment (by a poster named "Thuban") reads as follows (bold emphasis is mine)...

"What’s interesting to me about that article isn’t Madonna. It’s the attitude of the guy who wrote it. I’ve seen that attitude before…

Several years ago a friends kids (I was something of a foster uncle to them) asked me how much I made. So, I told them. I don’t remember how much it was, but it wasn’t a lot. Just for the story lets say it was $400 a week. Well, those kids were shocked. Imagine how many toys I could buy with that, imagine how much candy. If I was getting $400 a week it wouldn’t be any problem for me to buy them all kinds of stuff.

I was talking to a friend the other day about some serious problems he’s having with his wife. No matter what he said she would still waste money left and right. It doesn’t matter if the power’s going to be cut off she will go to Wal-Mart and spend $30.00 on a couch pillow and a couple stuffed animals for their two little girls. Then she will still run to the convenience store (could have bought cheaper at Wal Mart) and spend $20 on cokes and candy for her and the girls. Or, it might be a couple movies at the rental store, after paying the late fees because she didn’t return the previous movies for a week that costs them $20.00 or so. Point is she spends money left and right on crap she doesn’t need even when the money is critically needed to pay things like the mortgage.

(What does this have to do with this thread? Hold on, I’m getting there.)

Both are examples of a childish attitude towards money. Children just assume that the place they live, their cars, their food, their medical care, their electricity, and their clothes are free. They never consider that all the necessities in life take money to buy.

(And, how does that apply to this thread?)

The idiot who wrote that article has exactly the same attitude towards the economy. Aluminum won’t smelt itself. Someone’s got to do it and that process probably does pollute some. But, if people want things made from aluminum then it’s got to be done. Most liberals have this same childish attitude towards the economy. They think all the stuff we use every day somehow magically appears on the store shelves and that companies just pollute because they like the smell.

Liberals have the minds of children, stupid, narcissistic, spoiled, children."

There is more truth to that quote than some people would like to admit. Nonetheless, that last line is incredibly amusing, in my opinion :)