Mail Me A Dollar - I'm a minority

I am an old man. I am a Baby Boomer. I am part of the largest segment of the population the world has ever produced, or will ever again - the post World War Two U.S. birth boom. My generation invented and/or implemented pre school, kindergarden, community colleges, personal computers, smart phones, the internet, the mass marketing of worthless crap, disposable incomes and throw away products. Don't forget how we coined the term “pollution” in order to soften the sounds we made while raping the Earth's resources. 

Mail Me A Dollar because we endured the space program invented by OUR parents as they looked for a way to escape from our Hippie, free love lazier fare, peace nicking Vietnam war hating draft dodging life style that killed and maimed over a million boomers while doing the same to several million of the citizens of Asia - oh and they hated that we "lost". 

Mail Me A Dollar because I am a minority despite my introduction. I am part of a small group of people that still works every day, am reliable and for the most part do this for whatever the pay grade imparts. I pay my mortgage payments on time, have low credit card debt and don't own a new (or even a newish) car. I am a vegetarian who does not cheat on my income taxes and I want to hug the oil companies (read on). 

Mail Me A Dollar for my kind is about to join the ranks of the dinosaur and before we disappear I want the tax breaks eliminated for all the  companies who shipped our support and manufacturing jobs "off shore". I want us all to pay a flat TEN PERCENT TAX on the gross amount we earn - NO EXCEPTIONS - every individual, all businesses get a free ride. You know this will eliminate cheating and conniving and increase the total take of the government's income - you make a buck, you owe a dime, you make a million you owe a million dimes.

Mail Me A Dollar because I want the energy companies to sell me ENERGY not gas or oil - electric cars are here and who better to sell us the charges they require than the Oil Companies - there are countless ways to generate electricity without burning stuff or killing birds or grinding up whales. I want the oil saved for the kinds of plastics that are compatible with human implants, like my plastic thumb joint made of carbon 14, not carbon 12 or 10 which my body would have rejected. I want ordinary citizens to be taught what these basic differences mean to their everyday lives. I want every public school graduate to have passed the citizenship test, not some cockamamy invented thing that pits teacher against teacher in a race to mediocrity. For cripe sake, teachers not only shape our future but for the most part they are the only ones keeping the majority of kids from becoming outright criminals (be smart here and figure out this statement for yourself). 

Mail Me A Dollar for having made it this far in the amazing labyrinth called life without killing, maiming and displacing even more of my fellow humans than I had to just to get here (I served in Vietnam and the American Public mandated my works be done). 

Mail Me A Dollar because there are so few of me still around - and THAT'S A MINORITY. Just do it, Mail Me A Dollar. 

Mail Me A Dollar - Not Them

I get solicitations several times a week - "...give money because our cause / politician / party is in trouble." Or "We are being attacked / out maneuvered / overwhelmed by the other side. Your money will help". Then there is the plea to "save the endangered specie / homeless lice / wondering wilder beasts from extinction / over growth / annihilation before it's too late". 

So much to do. So little time or money to spend. And where do your contributions go? How much of your donated dollars end up with a direct effect on the cause? How much goes to the administration of the issue or continuation of the fund raising? What percent of each dollar you spend or send does what it is intended to do?

Mail Me A Dollar and I will certify, under oath, that One Hundred Percent of your hard earned cash buck, sent to me, will be used by ME! Can any of those other telephone, internet or mail soliciting beggars offer you the same assurance? ONE HUNDRED PERCENT of your contribution applied directly to their cause? I doubt it. Yet every day millions of Americans, well intended citizens, offer near countless dollars to perfect strangers in exchange for a false promise of hope. 

Mail Me A Dollar and help break this cycle of needless spending on causes that may or may not have any chance of completion or effectiveness. 

Mail Me A Dollar and know that all of the money will be used by the person who is asking for it - ME. 

Mail Me A Dollar and I will offer no false promises or failing hope. Do yourself a favor (and me a bigger one) TODAY. 

Don't delay - Mail Me A Dollar. 

Mail Me A Dollar - No Cardboard Used

We have all seen them, at freeway ramps, busy intersections and whenever a traffic jamb occurs that slows traffic - POOF - there they are, with cardboard signs in hand. Some clever, some demanding, some rude, some look as though they have not had a meal or place to stay in decades, while others give us the sense that they are there during TV Sports commercial breaks for beer money because their spouse has cut off their allowance.

I am DIFFERENT. I am a DIGITAL Pan Handler - a Cyber Beggar, an Internet Interloper better known as a blogger with big ones who just wants your money. Mail Me A Dollar.

But I offer more than the fouled pathways and disruptive thoroughfares that my analog counterparts usually impart. I am, with your mailings, supporting the U.S. Postal Service. I am also helping this blog company stay afloat. Then there are the ads that are posted on the sight which allow tax paying businesses to stay in business. Think of the people who receive your dollar contributions, store and distribute them to me , they have jobs thanks in part to your efforts. And less we forget, for each $600.00 cumulative contributed sum, I owe the I.R.S. tax money from my lazy gotten gains.

Now who do you want to give your dollar to? Me or someone who shirks the societal obligations for their gifted existence in this glorious nation of ours (picture a flag waving in the wind and then fill your head with a patriotic orchestral tune while you address, stamp and stuff your envelope for me - just Mail Me A Dollar).

Mail Me A Dollar - What’ll I Do With It?

At first I‘ll buy candy bars. 

As more dollars roll in, they'll be put towards fixing my van. 

The next big project is to build the Human Hybrid Car I’ve designed - lots of dollars needed for this. 

As momentum builds I’ll pay off the house (loooong way to go there - but I have faith in you all). 

There are more plans - I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one.
Mail Me A Dollar soon.

Mail Me A Dollar - One Reason Why

Many have wondered -“Why are you asking for a dollar? Why not fifty, a thousand or a million?” Others aren't sure why I’m asking strangers for ANY amount of money.

To displace the obvious punchlines with candor (not like me at all), it has become apparent that hardly anyone sends letters through the mail anymore. Sure there’s email, but there is something very connective about getting an envelope with something personal inside. Not like “junk mail” or magazines. No, a real letter, hand addressed to YOU, is pretty cool. And to SEND someone a hand written message is just as fulfilling - even wondrous, especially if it contains CASH.

Mail Me A Dollar and we will continue this one sided dialog (oxymoronic, I know - but that IS like me). Until next time, I’ll be spending your money on me. Mail Me A Dollar

Mail Me A Dollar - PLEASE

I will try all sorts of ways to get you to Mail Me A Dollar. This is just the first.

Put a U.S. Dollar Bill - the one with George Washington on the cover - in an envelope, write my address on the outside, put a stamp on it and send it to me.

What will you get in return? Well, keep an eye on this site and you may learn something. But for now you will accomplish this - you'll get rid of a dollar bill, a stamp, an envelope and some ink.

Mail Me A Dollar.