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I'm glad the soldier and his wife got a home donated to them...But I'd be willing to bed that for Kid rock donating an average furnished home is like the average Joe donating $20 to charity , maybe even less since the public donation most like likely generates enough positive media attention to generate a return revenue exceeding what he donated.
 
You're an ass.
You got a s***** outlook on a wonderful and very generous act by someone who didn't have to do a damn thing.

Don't bother replying.

X2
 
You're an ass.
You got a s***** outlook on a wonderful and very generous act by someone who didn't have to do a damn thing.

Don't bother replying.

X3. And apparently you didn't catch that it was a non profit org that he teamed up with and the house would be donated by pulte homes. Last time I checked, non profit entails no revenue above operating costs.
 
You're an ass.
You got a s***** outlook on a wonderful and very generous act by someone who didn't have to do a damn thing.

Don't bother replying.

If it was a selfless act of Generosity then it would have just been done anonymously ...just like when you or I make donations to charity ...I think it's great that the soldier and his wife got a home out of the deal ,but i just don't see it as being a completely selfless act , Or any reason to list Kid as one on the years greatest humanitarians or go buy one of his albums ...I'm sorry I just look at it like a Celebrity doing something with public media attention to get press .
 
X3. And apparently you didn't catch that it was a non profit org that he teamed up with and the house would be donated by pulte homes. Last time I checked, non profit entails no revenue above operating costs.



Well , donation usually is non profit...however the media coverage received from the public donation is benefical to the celebrity , and in return benfits that celebrity with media coverage and essentially advertisement for that celebrity ...I'll state it again I think it's sweet the soldier benefits from this , But I just view it no differently than any other celebrity who makes public their great acts of charity , So I'll once again say I'm glad the soldier has the fortune of benefiting from this , but i don't view kid rock any differntly than any celebrity who publicly announces their great acts of charity to the public ...afterall no one has to know Kid rock made the donation , just like the average joe who makes donation to charity ...correct ?
 
Who is kid rock. who is pulte homes? honestly i.don't give a ****. All i saw in the story was that a vet was hooked up with a new home as a thanks for his service. the rest is filler to that story.
 
I guess the point I liked on all of this was that he stepped up to the plate and did something that many of us wish we could do. I give what I can afford when I can, but will never be able to give at this level.

What he did was selfless, no one forced him to help out. He could have just sat on the sidelines like many celebs, or given to some enviro nut job org like the Sierra Club.

The cool thing is he stood up and a veteran and his family will benefit from it. Even better, is that he looked this man in the eye and had the heart to say thank you for your service. Pretty damned cool if you want my opinion.
 
I think the first time 1-ton posted up, I called him an arrogant prick. I felt bad about it, as that really isn't my style. I don't feel so bad anymore. First impressions are usually right. :rolleyes:
 
So if a celeb gives to a charity and he/she is open about it, that makes them suspect in your eyes?

So according to your idiotic way of looking at the world....

Jerry lewis and all of the folks that have appeared on the MDA Telethon's were in it for the fame.

Bob Hope was always looking to cash in by doing USO Tours in war zones.

Gary Sinise is looking for more radio air time for "The Lieutenant Dan Band" by doing concerts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

And that attention whore Harry Connick, Jr.! Like he really gives a shit about his home town and the efforts he made after Hurricane Katrina were simply to get his face on the tube.

And the rest of the Hollywood crowd are just doing USO tours to pump their box-office revenues.

You have a lousy outlook on life. Did it ever cross your little pea sized brain that these folks are in it for all the right reasons? Did it ever occur to you that famous people draw far more attention to a good cause and therefore more people benefit as a result?

No?
 
You have a lousy outlook on life. Did it ever cross your little pea sized brain that these folks are in it for all the right reasons? Did it ever occur to you that famous people draw far more attention to a good cause and therefore more people benefit as a result?

No?

Frank, You should be able to articulate your thoughts without calling names.

You are correct, famous people do draw attention to any cause, good or bad.

Here is a statistic from the article: "50 homes in 11 states".
As feel good as that sounds, it is a statistical blip on the radar.
Yes, Kid Rock is doing a good deed, but look at the larger pix.

According to this website: http://oldtimer.wordpress.com/fact-43-of-homeless-males-over-25-are-veterans/

43 percent of Homeless males over 25 are Vets, and there are 194,000 Homeless Veterans in the US. Have a famous person stand behind the solution to that problem on the same scale as Jerry Lewis and MDA, or Bob Hope and the USO program and you have a winner.
 
in4aride proably said it best to just see that the soldier got hooked up , and not look into the surrounding fluff...But as to you frank I'm sorry my Sun glasses are not Rose in color .
 
So the pessimists here feel it's better to do nothing.

So what if some media exposure is exchanged for a good deed....... it's still a good deed done.

What selfless acts of charity have YOU done 1Ton? Oh wait, to answer that would mean you'd have to put it out there in the public...... you'd be a fame whore. My bad. We'll just assume you're a thoughtful, giving person. :rolleyes:
 
So the pessimists here feel it's better to do nothing.

So what if some media exposure is exchanged for a good deed....... it's still a good deed done.

What selfless acts of charity have YOU done 1Ton? Oh wait, to answer that would mean you'd have to put it out there in the public...... you'd be a fame whore. My bad. We'll just assume you're a thoughtful, giving person. :rolleyes:


If a person does something like donate a house to a veteran for sole reason of doing a good dead they would not require media exposure in exchange for the act ...And donating a house to a veteran or any cause with the ulterior motive of gaining media exposure is not the same as donating for the sole reason of doing the dead b/c you want to help a person out it is the ulterior motive of gaining media exposure , And if none was to be had there would be no good deed being done b/c there would be no pay off with gained media exposure ...

Now I just Donated 12 boxes of crullers to the Colorado Department Of Public safety ...And I'm publicly stating this to you in the form of a fame whoring bumper sticker .
 
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