Choke on that Big Mac.

I am rapidly realizing that my spot in this human race will more than likely soon be up for grabs.

I am having a hard time coming to terms with the many aspects of reality. While we Americans spend countless hours in front of the TV, Big Mac in hand, contributing to the outrageous ratings of reality TV shows and celebrity exploitation, somewhere else in the world, if you can ever imagine another place other than the good ol' USA, there are millions of homeless and starving people.

And while we spend our hard earned money from that job we all hate, to buy ungodly expensive luxury vehicles, mansions and flat screen TVs to watch overpaid athletes run around with a ball and stick, those people are still starving.

And while we sit here, in front of our internet, pouting over dial-up, there's a child pouting to his or her mother about being hungry.

Whats all the stuff around you really mean? And how much happiness do you really put into all of those material possessions? Do you know what the $40,000 car you drive around could do for 10,000 people? Stop being an American. The outside world's impression of us is not far off. We are money-grubbing, selfish, fat and over-materialistic people. We have demonstrated that we ALL support our President by reelecting him. We have demonstrated that we ALL don't want a change to come. We have demonstrated that the idea of happiness can be bought and sold.

And why doesn't anybody else see that as wrong and inhumane?

There are people, just like us, who can't afford a place to live or food to eat. You know the old saying, "you don't know a person until you've walked a mile in their shoes" ? Howabout you take off your shoes, walk a mile in search of food, and when you've found none, give up hope that you'll ever eat again. And why? Because everyone is too selfish and greedy to feed you. They are too stuck on watching the hour special on why Brad and Jennifer broke up. You know, that whole priorities thing.

And as I sit here, hypocritical and enjoying my Big Mac, I think to myself that there is no price that could ever be paid worth living in a world like this.