2005 - 09-15-05

In Those Dangerous Waters

To My Father!

What if you knew of a copywriter who almost
always wrote hugely successful direct mail pieces, space ads
and/or websites for his clients? Would you care if that
copywriter was Black or White, Catholic or Protestant, a
midget or 7 feet tall, Republican or Democrat? Or what his
or her religious beliefs were?

I think you wouldn't care about any of that.
I think you would hire the person who was most likely to
write a piece of copy for you which would make you the most money.

I think the same thing is true with about anything else of
importance which needs to get done. If you were suffering
from a potentially deadly disease, would you care about the
skin color or religious beliefs of the doctor who was
treating you? I think not. I think if you are sane, you
would want the doctor who is most likely to make you well
again.

I could go on and on with illustrations such as
these but, if you haven't gotten the point already, you are
brain dead.

As far as Jehovah's Witnesses are concerned,
they have an impeccable record for helping people who've
been affected by man made and/or natural disasters superior to any other organization of which I have
knowledge. Personally, I think they are obsessed,
theologically-misguided individuals who unnecessarily complicate their
lives and journey out into the world on Saturday mornings
and irritate people who are trying to recover from
hangovers.

But, by God, when it comes to stabilizing
and repairing after a disaster, THEY are the
people who get the job done without stealing any of the
money contributed for that purpose.

I think what I'm going to write now will
probably surprise you. I think nobody in this country should
donate another dime to help the victims of Hurricane
Katrina. Not even to the Jehovah's Witnesses. I'll tell you
why.

As of now, the total amount of money
already been donated or pledged to help those victims is
in the untold billions of dollars. Let me tell
you something about hundreds of billions of dollars. That amount of
money, at least in my opinion, does not exist anywhere on
earth in the control of people who are not outright stealing
a lot of it... or... who are spending it stupidly. At the very
least, if they are not stealing it or spending it stupidly...
if there is a gazillion dollars available... the kindest thing
you can say (again this is my opinion) is, much of that
money will be spent in a very ineffective manner.