08/21/2008
Matt Damon Possessed to Fight Poverty
Matt Damon's body is taken over by the voices of Michelle Obama, Cindy McCain, and Michael Bloomberg among others in this new campaign from anti-poverty group ONE.
Says Damon (and others): "Thanks to everyday Americans who chose to make a difference, millions of lives have been saved in the world's poorest countries. 41 million more children have been able to go to school. 3 million more people living with AIDS have access to lifesaving medication. 3 million fewer children die each year from preventable diseases. But there's still more to do. In this election year, please join the millions of Americans from every party, Democrats, Republicans, Independents, who are coming together as ONE. We welcome your voice."
Watch it, AFTER THE JUMP...
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I LOL'd at the Spanish accent.
Posted by: Sami | Aug 21, 2008 1:41:12 PM
At first I wondered "Why Matt"?
I wish everyone involved on this new project the best of luck in their endeavors.
Hopefully it won't turn out like most other organizations riddled with scandal.
Posted by: Maverick69 | Aug 21, 2008 1:45:04 PM
Efforts such as this are doomed to fail, even though they're certainly well-intentioned.
Poverty has to be addressed through the development of an political and economic system that doesn't exploit and discard people in such an extreme way as ours does. A few of life's victims may be lifted up with charitable donations, but as long as it's business as usual new victims will constantly be created.
Posted by: Sportin' Life | Aug 21, 2008 2:51:18 PM
Sportn' life
The main things that connected to poverty are connected
world wide = education level and number of offspring
The higher the number of children a family has the poorer they end up with the majority of those in poverty having the highest average number of offspring
The higher the education level of an individual then generally the lower the number of offspring they eventually pop out.
specifically in america, years of racism and disparity between races has also contributed to poverty
Posted by: Jimymboyo | Aug 21, 2008 5:53:42 PM
Marx wasn't this good looking.
Posted by: SJ | Aug 22, 2008 1:56:34 PM