I often sit back and wonder, "How can I make a difference?" How and where will I have the platform to address issues that are more important than CD Sales and who's made the cover of what magazine.

Will I have the opportunity to be a Bono or Sting or Nelson Mandela to stand up and make a significant difference? Having traveled abroad I have realized that South Africa and Africa in general is a big topic of discussion. How can the world solve our dept, how will they feed the hungry, house the homeless, clothe the poor? Then I read an article reporting the profits of Oil Companies around the world.

STOP LOOKING POLITICAL LEADERS! GET THE SMELL OF $$$'s out of your nose and while you're at it get your finger out your behind and DO SOMETHING!

Why is our economy being crippled by high oil prices, which directly influence transport cost and indirectly the cost of daily living? Food, electricity...basic needs! When will we EVER have the chance to rectify the blatant rip-off of Joe Soap on the street?

Who will be the next Che? Who would stand up and fight? Who will lead the revolution of giving back to the poor?

Article taken from www.grandprix.com.

"High oil prices have caused spectacular results for the major oil companies in the last quarter with ExxonMobil reporting an astonishing profit of $10.48bn in the last three months, a figure which equates to $114m a day. It is the second highest highest profit recorded in a quarter, the record still being ExxonMobil's last quarter last year when the company made $10.71bn. Rival company Royal Dutch Shell posted a profit of $6.9bn. The results mean that Shell has now overtaken BP as Europe's largest energy company with a market valuation of $226bn, compared to BP's $224bn.

BP's third quarter profit was $6.9bn."

Where does all this money go? Developing Africa? Re-building Iraq? Visit  http://www.stopglobalwarming.org and start making a small difference. Then think what can you do to help the needy, not the greedy.

Only when the last tree has been cut down,

 Only when the last fish has been caught,

Only when the last river has been poisoned,

Only then will you find that money cannot be eaten.

~ Cree Indian Prophecy