Blame Brown

I’m not very good with politics and all, so I’ve probably screwed this one up. I’m sure it’s not very politically correct.

England to me is good on scapegoats, especially in sport. It doesn’t take long for the media, and country, to blame one single person for losing the football world cup. It’s good because we can hide behind it.

I think we also like to hide behind our spokes people, our politicians. They make excellent scapegoats. If the NHS has problems, then it’s the prime ministers fault. If the economy is collapsing then they aren’t doing their Job properly. Ok, granted they have some power, but at the end of the day it’s easy to point the finger.

I’ve never been that good on voting, in fact I’ve never really voted, saying that if I did vote I’d probably register a no vote – partly perhaps from a lack of political knowledge (both my own fault and perhaps deceptive parties), and the fact it’s hard to ‘judge’ a man who you have never really met (it’s all games) but also from the fact that of the three, arguable two, parties which could have power you could pick any random subjects and I’d agree with each party on one subject. Isn’t it the job of the opposing party to oppose, what does that mean?

Never the less I don’t really need to justify my own decision to you, in fact why should you care. The thing is I’m not really into voting, ballot boxes and politics and all but I am into voting a different way. Not voting once in a blue moon when a party can cease the right moment but voting everyday, by how I live, what I buy and who/which companies I pledge allegiance too.

Leonardo DiCaprio in a recent interview in the London metro said this on environmentalism:

‘Not only do we have to vote at the booth, but we have to be very conscious about what we buy. We’re voting every time we pay for something because we’re supporting the way that company does business and whether they’re good to the environment. It would be wonderful to live in a world where we wouldn’t have to think about these things, but it’s a market-driven society and it all boils down to economics. If people want to buy green and be environmentally conscious, our corporations will supply us with those products and eventually there’ll be a transformation.’

( for the full interview see the following link, you may be pleasantly surprised: http://www.metro.co.uk/fame/interviews/article.html?in_article_id=99155&in_page_id=11 )

I think there is a lot of truth in that, DiCaprio is talking sense and it doesn’t just apply to the environment, or finance for that matter. I could learn so much from that. He may have been way of the mark with the Titanic, but might have actually hit a cord with Blood Diamond, if you catch my drift.

All in all I think we need to be careful about what we do, where we shop, who we vote for, what we invest in, who we support and how we live.

Just as J.F. Kennedy says, I think more and more we should ‘ask not what our country can do for us, but ask what you can do for your country’

Would Jesus give to charity?

Why ramble on for hours, when you can ask a question?

If Jesus were walking about today would he give money to charity?

I’d appreciate any thoughts or ideas…