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Here I was at the gas pump watching gasoline prices go up, up, and up some more. "Where is all this money going?" I said to myself. Well the answer to my question came when the quarterly profits for the major oil companies were released. Exxon/Mobil alone made profits of 9.2 billion dollars in the third quarter of 2005 and 10.71 billion dollars profit in the fourth quarter of the same year. Not only were these record earnings, but they were the highest quarterly profits of any United States corporation ever recorded! And remember, this was only Exxon/Mobil. Since that time Exxon/Mobil and all of the other oil companies have continued to make huge profits.

Oh sure, the oil companies blamed hurricane Katrina and its devestation for the increased gasoline prices. But wait a minute. The definition of profit means that which is left after all expenses have been paid. That means that any expense caused by Katrina's destruction to oil rigs, refineries, etc. were figured into the equation and yet they still came out with record making profits!

Listen, I am not against anyone making a profit, but it is the way profit is made that bugs me. Exploiting chaos on the backs of the working man's suffering is definitely wrong. Bear with me for a moment while I illustrate a point which I refer to as my "Hula-Hoop Theory". Let's say a company who manufactures and markets Hula-Hoops earns 10 billion dollars in one of their quarters. I would be elated and happy for them because they were able to sell a product that the customer actually wanted to buy and not that they needed to buy. Whatever price they sold the Hula-Hoop for, the customer happily paid it because they wanted to buy it. On the other hand people buy gasoline because they need it to survive. The high price of gasoline affects every segment of the economy and comes directly out of the pocket of the working man. It's the same scam every year. Gasoline prices soar at the beginning of every summer and fuel oil and natural gas prices go through the roof every winter.

Here's an idea that would not solve the problem but might make it a little easier to take. What if companies who make windfall profits donate a small percentage of their massive earnings to feeding the world's hungry? There are people on this earth who are lucky to eat a bowl of rice or a cup of soup for their total daily nourishment. Speaking for myself, I know that I would feel a little better about paying for high gasoline prices if I knew that some of my money was going to help feed starving people.

In order to set a good example and maybe get the ball rolling in a small way, I have decided to donate 20% of all profits after expenses from www.FitnessSource1.com to charities that feed the world's starving and hungry. As of this writing I have picked AmeriCares/Humanitarian Lifeline to the World (worldwide humanitarian assistance) and America's Second Harvest/The Nation's Food Bank Network (feeding the hungry in the United States), because according to www.charitynavigator.org (which is a watchdog for charities) these charities give a high percentage of their money to the actual cause and have low operating expenses.

We bodybuilders like to eat five meals per day in order to keep a steady supply of protein and carbs circulating through our bodies. We should consider ourselves lucky and blessed to live in a society where this is possible. There are people in the world who would do anything to feed their children a single bowl of soup a day. I'm disgusted that the oil moguls and other big money CEOs don't get together and wipe out world starvation.

Remember, when you purchase anything through www.FitnessSource1.com you will be helping in a small way to feed the hungry. We will donate 20% of all profits after expenses to the charities mentioned earlier and hopefully others if this endeavor is successful.