Figmentations

As was pointed out in last night’s PrimeTime Live with Diane Sawyer “Brad Pitt, The Interview”, it’s great when there is a cause that both liberals and conservatives as well as people of all faiths can agreee on. One.org is a just that, a “coalition of faith-based and anti-poverty organizers” which is working to rally Americans to contribute (in this case not necessarily money, but a signature) in order to help end Aids, Starvation, and Poverty in Africa and the poorest countries in the world. According to the one.org website, “1% more of the US federal budget would help save millions of lives and be a major commitment towards achieving the internationally agreed upon United Nations Millennium Development Goals.”

It’s amazing that so many people with so much money as well as all the coalitions that are working together, and for how long this has been an issue that people have been working towards, that a satisfactory resolution is still highly at risk.