Mood:  lazy

despite dora the explorer, it's not a good thing to let all the dogs out of the pound. despite miss spider, spiders don't need to eat their webs so as not to leave behind a mess. despite dora (again) fish may actually eat one another and you don't have to tell them to open their mouths if they go ahead and do so...

but, back to that pound thing, and on to ethiopia, cause you know, if dora did a very special ethiopia episode, they'd find some magic cure to hunger or teach all the ehtiopians to farm or put out a nice advertisement to those just-a-penny-a-week-and-this-child-will-eat campaigns, or something similarly politically-correct and ultimately ridiculous

dogs are put in the pound to improve the lives of people and other dogs. too many stray dogs around and they will all have limited food, not to mention making a hell of a lot of trouble for us humans. and, for that matter, hunting is a good thing, cause it keeps populations down, makes it so the deer (for example) left behind have enough food

on the other hand, sending food to starving kids doesn't really help. sure, it helps that kid that week, but it also just keeps that kid alive to need food next week. starving nations don't need more food. they need less people. if you add food, the population will increase and you will have more starving kids, not less. you want to save the starving kids, kill a few of them, or let a few starve to death already. leave the situation alone for a while, maybe. of course, you'll have to not watch what happens for a bit, lest you be tempted to run back in with bundles of food in hand

yes, let them die. let their numbers decrease

it is not your problem to fix them or save them all (anymore than it's your job to fight off their totalitarian leaders, either). we've got our own starvation problems here. we've got our own poor. save your pennies, spend them on something more worthwhile

watchlist:

• jeopardy
• rebel billionaire
• amazing race 6 (i think i've discovered a way to watch this tonight without involving a new vcr)
• house
• veronica mars