Does anybody do anything nice anymore simply to be nice???

Tom, the omnipresent figurehead of myspace had this little blurb for all members to read:

"Join me in becoming a part of Generation Forward, a conscious community that believes in the power of doing good deeds. Check out all the cool, progressive things you can get involved with now at: http://www.myspace.com/citiforward including a resolution program with socially and fiscally responsible acts like mentoring, food donations, paying your bills on time, and reducing your carbon footprint. You’ll also find information about MySpace’s first co-branded credit card. MySpace is teaming up with Citi to offer Citi Forward by MySpace, which rewards cardmembers for good credit behavior. As a cardmember, you also get exclusive benefits like VIP access to Secret Shows and movie premieres."

ok, let's have a good look at what is wrong about this:

1) You are redirected to a site SPONSORED BY CITI. Good deeds and large companies very rarely go hand in hand. Even if the deed is good, it is only done to bolster the bank roll by baiting people with "the chance to do something good".

2) Oh yeah, tell me what doesn't belong here:

"Mentoring"

"Food Donations"

"Paying your bills on time"

"Reducing your carbon foot print"

ok, I get it, now that the economy is collapsing and you may be forced to cut your completely bloated salary by a couple thousand a year, you want us to hurry up and get that money to you. You see, I'm having a hard time following all this, because for a while, it was "yeah, run that card up and up so we can make you pay bloated interest until you pay it all back many years later." They never really "said" that, but most people seem to know.

3) a myspace credit card....what could possibly go wrong? the place where pedophiles go to pick up 15 year old girls that say they are 19, where college guys go to post pictures of them at their "FUCKINWIKKEDPARTYDOODGUYHEYOHMANIWASSOOOFUCKINDRUNK!" and where stupid girls post pictures of themselves that and damn near pornographic...yeah, don't you want a credit card from them? It's like agreeing to be "the night's entertainment" at a party for Caligula.

What can I say? Just go do nice things because you want to do nice things and make the world a better place. Not because you want "AWESOME VIP DEALS!" You see something going wrong? Can you fix it? Fix the situation! It doesn't need to be any more complicated than that.

Oh, so by the way....My show is tommorow night at THE RABBIT HOLE!

7pm...it's free...go go go!