make poverty history?

do you know one thing that really annoys me? it's those labels on the upper right corner of many websites and blogs saying "makepovertyhistory.org" (gladly they are not as fashionable as they were around some months ago). i can't help but wonder at what crosses a blogger's mind to put that bloody banner on his website. do they believe that, by doing so, they will make poverty a past history? do they believe they can put a righteous end to poverty and misery by spreading a ridiculous banner on the screen? and how would that work? every banner would mean some money that would be shipped straight to some african pervert dictator (forgive me being redundant), so he could burn it all for the sake of his personal glory while his people die by starvation or kill each other mercilessly?

kindness, generosity and concern about the world's problems are indeed great assets, especially if, in truth, we really don't give a fuck about them. it makes us look great in the picture. hypocritical bullshit, i tell ya.