Good guys or gals and nobles

A favorite blogger of mine emailed me yesterday asking who I thought were the best people on Earth or in America. Here was my reply-

I've never given this much thought. Probably ordinary people who don't get any or just little publicity. I think the media and even bloggers(Yours truly included) look at the bad examples among us and only highlight those people.

Occasionally I've given a good guy award out. Alonzo Mourning was one. Sam Donaldson and former Senator Connie Mack were others. That fireman a year ago who caught a baby dropped out the window from a burning home There been a few more.

Sometimes I don't blog on the good ones. Two US army soldiers in South Korea saved a woman and her disabled daughter from a burning building. Maybe I'll do that now.

Here's a link to that story out of South Korea. Hat tip- GI in Korea.

I've caught myself in the same trap the MSM and many bloggers have fallen into. We emphasize the negative and bad news that surrounds us, and ignoring good news that happens. I have no one to blame but myself.

Trouble is, I've trapped myself. TFM gets most of its hits from my daily knucklehead awards. People come here on a daily basis to find out who the winner is and why. On some days as much as 1/3 to 1/2 my traffic is just for this. This blog averages about 330 visitors a day at present.

I'm not going to dump the knuckleheads, but strive to point out good news more often. Here is one such example from the Washington Times today.

Generally speaking, all-star games don't generate the same excitement as regular-season games, despite the presence of the best players in baseball, because they don't mean anything — well, other than deciding which league gets home-field advantage in the World Series.

All-Star pitcher Zito wanted to change that: "I don't want this date to pass without recognizing our country's brave soldiers, sailors, airmen, guardsmen and Marines, who are America's true all-stars and who represent our country with honor while fighting for our freedom," he said before the game Tuesday night. So, Zito decided that for every strikeout thrown, he would donate $500 to assist wounded troops at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, the Bethesda Naval Medical Center and other military hospitals in the country.

That was $300 more than Zito and dozens of other players have pledged to donate during regular season games through "Strikeout for Troops." Since the program's inception in April 2005, it has raised more than $190,000, much of which has come from players and fans. After Tuesday's night game, Zito added $5,500 to that total, thanks to the whiffs and curveballs of his fellow players.

Readers can check out the good work players like Zito are doing over at their Web site, www.strikeoutfortroops.com, which explains how they can get involved.

For making a strikeout not such a bad thing (for the batters), Zito and the rest of the players at "Strikeout for Troops" are the Nobles of the week.

Barry Zito and the other players involved in this fundraising are true nobles. God bless them and our troops.

That wasn't hard. I should do it more often.

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