Rose Colored Glasses

Hello My Dear Friends! It always warms my heart to see people putting their faith in the innate goodness of man. Then, it always makes me chuckle when reality slaps those rose colored glasses right off their face! Take, for instance, those fine marketing folks at "Esurance". After the Super Bowl they ran an add encouraging the fine people who were watching to Tweet anything they like with the hash tag "esurance saves 30" for a chance to win $1.5 million bucks. Imagine their surprise when tens of thousands of those viewers Tweeted some of the most vulgar, racist and pornographic things, with the Esurance tag! My personal favorite was one Tweet that claimed Esurance was run by Nazi war criminals.They must have loved having their company associated with that! Who could have foreseen thousands of drunken football fans would do such a thing? Oh, that's right, everyone.  How about the New Jersey woman who was taken hostage at a mall by a knife wielding parolee. The woman, Ellen Shane, was grabbed by the hair with a knife held to her throat and dragged into a department store. Her terrified husband was unable to help. Luckily, a nearby police officer sprang into action. When he was unable to free the woman he was forced to shoot and kill the crazed criminal, saving the woman's life. Mrs. Shane was so grateful for the brave officer's actions that she filed a $5 million dollar lawsuit against the officer and the police department. Shane claims the police department failed to "protect public safety" and that she was injured by the officer's actions. LOL! What a woman! Finally, after the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary school, Nashville charity 26.4.26 Foundation began raising funds for the community. According to records they collected over $103,000. $30,000 of that was given to a non-profit youth sports center in Newtown, Conn. Nothing can undo the events of that day but it makes us feel better if we can do something to help. Unfortunately, it looks like the co-founder of 26.4.26 decided to help himself. After presenting the $30,000 check to the non-profit organization, Robbie Bruce allegedly took off with the remaining money and hasn't been heard from since. Ahh, charity.
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