What I Watched Last Night

I was having an enjoyable Sunday evening watching television until I saw the preview for World Trade Center. Now I am not going to go into some "terrorists winning" babble like our beloved president does so much. Nor am I to go into some America-support-our troops-in-the-War-on-Terror nonsense. am going to speak the truth. The truth is something we rarely hear any more so this should be refreshing.

Ludicrous.

The gracious people at Paramount have decided to give 10 percent of all profits made in the first five days to four September eleventh charities. Those charities are: The World Trade Center Memorial Foundation; Tuesday's Children; The Tribute World Trade Center Visitor Center; and The New York Police and Fire Widows' and Children's Benefit Fund.

Embarrassing.

Paramount should be ashamed of what they are doing out of the goodness of their wallet, er, heart. This movie will probably make $50 million in those five days; apparently $5 million makes up for the greedy exploitation of 2,976 deaths.

Greed.

How about World Trade Center covers their production costs and the rest goes to 9/11 charities? That would seem fair. That day hurt everyone, but some more than others. To relive that day, no matter how savvy and artistic, I am not ready for.

I will not be seeing this movie until all profits go to charity. I am sorry for starting a Monday with such a downer dose of television viewing. I did get to watch Caddyshack on ESPN Classic and Dirty Jobs on the Discovery Channel. So at least the whole night was not a wash.