Post by scorpion42 on Mar 19, 2009 19:11:02 GMT -7
THIS IS LONG BUT WELL WORTH THE READ!!!!! THIS GUY SAYS IT ALL AND I TOTALLY AGREE. DON'T KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO BUT FORWARD THIS AND HOPE WE REACH A LOT OF PEOPLE. THINGS ARE GOING TO GET UGLY IN THE END BUT I HOPE THIS GUY HAS MY BACK. MARILYN
“I’m Tired”
Robert A. Hall
I’ll be 63 soon. Except for one semester in college when jobs were
scarce, and a six-month period when I was between jobs, but job-hunting
every day, I’ve worked, hard, since I was 18. Despite some health
challenges, I still put in 50-hour weeks, and haven’t called in sick in
seven or eight years. I make a good salary, but I didn’t inherit my
job or my income, and I worked to get where I am. Given the economy,
there’s no retirement in sight, and I’m tired, very tired.
I’m tired of being told that I have to “spread the wealth around” to
people who don’t have my work ethic. I’m tired of being told the
government will take the money I earned, by force if necessary, and
give it to people too lazy or stupid to earn it.
I’m tired of being told that I have to pay more taxes to “keep people
in their homes.” Sure, if they lost their jobs or got sick, I’m willing
to help. But if they bought McMansions at three times the price of our
paid-off, $250,000 condo, on one-third of my salary, then let the
leftwing Congress critters who passed Fannie and Freddie and the
Community Reinvestment Act that created the bubble help them—with their
own money.
I’m tired of being told how bad America is by leftwing millionaires
like Michael Moore, George Soros and Hollywood entertainers who live in
luxury because of the opportunities America offers. In thirty years, if
they get their way, the United States will have the religious freedom
and women’s rights of Saudi Arabia, the economy of Zimbabwe, the
freedom of the press of China, the crime and violence of Mexico, the
tolerance for Gay people of Iran, and the freedom of speech of
Venezuela. Won’t multiculturalism be beautiful?
I’m tired of being told that Islam is a “Religion of Peace,” when every
day I can read dozens of stories of Muslim men killing their sisters,
wives and daughters for their family “honor;” of Muslims rioting over
some slight offense; of Muslims murdering Christian and Jews because
they aren’t “believers;” of Muslims burning schools for girls; of
Muslims stoning teenage rape victims to death for “adultery;” of
Muslims mutilating the
genitals of little girls; all in the name of
Allah, because the Qur’an and Shari ‘a law tells them to.
I believe “a man should be judged by the content of his character, not
by the color of his skin.” I’m tired of being told that “race doesn’t
matter” in the post-racial world of President Obama, when it’s all that
matters in affirmative action jobs, lower college admission and
graduation standards for minorities (harming them the most), government
contract set-asides, tolerance for the ghetto culture of violence and
fatherless children that hurts minorities more than anyone, and in the
appointment of US Senators from Illinois.
I think it’s very cool that we have a black president and that a black
child is doing her homework at the desk where Lincoln wrote the
emancipation proclamation. I just wish the black president was Condi
Rice, or someone who believes more in freedom and the individual and
less in an all-knowing government.
I’m tired of a news media that thinks Bush’s fundraising and inaugural
expenses were obscene, but that think Obama’s, at triple the cost, were
wonderful. That thinks Bush exercising daily was a waste of
presidential time, but Obama exercising is a great example for the
public to control weight and stress. That picked over every line of
Bush’s military records, but never demanded that Kerry release his.
That slammed Palin with two years as governor for being too
inexperienced for VP, but touted Obama with three years as senator as
potentially the best president ever.
Wonder why people are dropping their subscriptions or switching to Fox
News? Get a clue. I didn’t vote for Bush in 2000, but the media and
Kerry drove me to his camp in 2004.
I’m tired of being told that out of “tolerance for other cultures” we
must let Saudi Arabia use our oil money to fund mosques and madrassa
Islamic schools to preach hate in America, while no American group is
allowed to fund a church, synagogue or religious school in Saudi Arabia
to teach love and tolerance.
I’m tired of being told I must lower my living standard to fight global
warming, which no one is allowed to debate. My wife and I live in a
two-bedroom apartment and carpool together five miles to our jobs. We
also own a three-bedroom condo where our daughter and granddaughter
live. Our carbon footprint is about 5% of Al Gore’s, and if you’re
greener than Gore, you’re green enough.
I’m tired of being told that drug addicts have a disease, and I must
help support and treat them, and pay for the damage they do. Did a
giant germ rush out of a dark alley, grab them, and stuff white powder
up their noses while they tried to fight it off? I don’t think Gay
people choose to be Gay, but I d**n sure think druggies chose to take
drugs. And I’m tired of harassment from cool people treating me like a
freak when I tell them I never tried marijuana.
I’m tired of illegal aliens being called “undocumented workers,”
especially the ones who aren’t working, but are living on welfare or
crime. What’s next? Calling drug dealers, “Undocumented Pharmacists”?
And, no, I’m not against Hispanics. Most of them are Catholic and it’s
been a few hundred years since Catholics wanted to kill me for my
religion. I’m willing to fast track for citizenship any Hispanic
person, who can speak English, doesn’t have a criminal record and who
is self-supporting without family on welfare, or who serves honorably
for three years in our military. Those are the citizens we need.
I’m tired of latte liberals and journalists, who would never wear the
uniform of the Republic themselves, or let their
entitlement-handicapped kids near a recruiting station, trashing our
military. They and their kids can sit at home, never having to make
split-second decisions under life and death circumstances, and bad
mouth better people then themselves. Do bad things happen in war? You
bet. Do our troops sometimes misbehave? Sure. Does this compare with
the atrocities that were the policy of our enemies for the last fifty
years—and still are? Not even close. So here’s the deal. I’ll let
myself be subjected to all the humiliation and abuse that was heaped on
terrorists at Abu Ghraib or Gitmo, and the critics can let themselves
be subject to captivity by the Muslims who tortured and beheaded Daniel
Pearl in Pakistan, or the Muslims who tortured and murdered Marine Lt.
Col. William Higgins in Lebanon, or the Muslims who ran the
blood-spattered Al Qaeda torture rooms our troops found in Iraq, or the
Muslims who cut off the heads of schoolgirls in Indonesia, because the
girls were Christian. Then we’ll compare notes. British and American
soldiers are the only troops in history that civilians came to for help
and handouts, instead of hiding from in fear.
I’m tired of people telling me that their party has a corner on virtue
and the other party has a corner on corruption. Read the papers—bums
are bi-partisan. And I’m tired of people telling me we need
bi-partisanship. I live in Illinois, where the “Illinois Combine” of
Democrats and Republicans has worked together harmoniously to loot the
public for years. And I notice that the tax cheats in Obama’s cabinet
are bi-partisan as well.
I’m tired of hearing wealthy athletes, entertainers and politicians of
both parties talking about innocent mistakes, stupid mistakes or
youthful mistakes, when we all know they think their only mistake was
getting caught. I’m tired of people with a sense of entitlement, rich
or poor.
Speaking of poor, I’m tired of hearing people with air-conditioned
homes, color TVs and two cars called poor. The majority of Americans
didn’t have that in 1970, but we didn’t know we were “poor.” The
poverty pimps have to keep changing the definition of poor to keep the
dollars flowing.
I’m real tired of people who don’t take responsibility for their lives
and actions. I’m tired of hearing them blame the government, or
discrimination, or big-whatever for their problems..
Yes, I’m d**n tired. But I’m also glad to be 63. Because, mostly, I’m
not going to get to see the world these people are making. I’m just
sorry for my granddaughter.
Robert A. Hall is a Marine Vietnam veteran who served five terms in the
Massachusetts state senate.
“I’m Tired”
Robert A. Hall
I’ll be 63 soon. Except for one semester in college when jobs were
scarce, and a six-month period when I was between jobs, but job-hunting
every day, I’ve worked, hard, since I was 18. Despite some health
challenges, I still put in 50-hour weeks, and haven’t called in sick in
seven or eight years. I make a good salary, but I didn’t inherit my
job or my income, and I worked to get where I am. Given the economy,
there’s no retirement in sight, and I’m tired, very tired.
I’m tired of being told that I have to “spread the wealth around” to
people who don’t have my work ethic. I’m tired of being told the
government will take the money I earned, by force if necessary, and
give it to people too lazy or stupid to earn it.
I’m tired of being told that I have to pay more taxes to “keep people
in their homes.” Sure, if they lost their jobs or got sick, I’m willing
to help. But if they bought McMansions at three times the price of our
paid-off, $250,000 condo, on one-third of my salary, then let the
leftwing Congress critters who passed Fannie and Freddie and the
Community Reinvestment Act that created the bubble help them—with their
own money.
I’m tired of being told how bad America is by leftwing millionaires
like Michael Moore, George Soros and Hollywood entertainers who live in
luxury because of the opportunities America offers. In thirty years, if
they get their way, the United States will have the religious freedom
and women’s rights of Saudi Arabia, the economy of Zimbabwe, the
freedom of the press of China, the crime and violence of Mexico, the
tolerance for Gay people of Iran, and the freedom of speech of
Venezuela. Won’t multiculturalism be beautiful?
I’m tired of being told that Islam is a “Religion of Peace,” when every
day I can read dozens of stories of Muslim men killing their sisters,
wives and daughters for their family “honor;” of Muslims rioting over
some slight offense; of Muslims murdering Christian and Jews because
they aren’t “believers;” of Muslims burning schools for girls; of
Muslims stoning teenage rape victims to death for “adultery;” of
Muslims mutilating the
genitals of little girls; all in the name of
Allah, because the Qur’an and Shari ‘a law tells them to.
I believe “a man should be judged by the content of his character, not
by the color of his skin.” I’m tired of being told that “race doesn’t
matter” in the post-racial world of President Obama, when it’s all that
matters in affirmative action jobs, lower college admission and
graduation standards for minorities (harming them the most), government
contract set-asides, tolerance for the ghetto culture of violence and
fatherless children that hurts minorities more than anyone, and in the
appointment of US Senators from Illinois.
I think it’s very cool that we have a black president and that a black
child is doing her homework at the desk where Lincoln wrote the
emancipation proclamation. I just wish the black president was Condi
Rice, or someone who believes more in freedom and the individual and
less in an all-knowing government.
I’m tired of a news media that thinks Bush’s fundraising and inaugural
expenses were obscene, but that think Obama’s, at triple the cost, were
wonderful. That thinks Bush exercising daily was a waste of
presidential time, but Obama exercising is a great example for the
public to control weight and stress. That picked over every line of
Bush’s military records, but never demanded that Kerry release his.
That slammed Palin with two years as governor for being too
inexperienced for VP, but touted Obama with three years as senator as
potentially the best president ever.
Wonder why people are dropping their subscriptions or switching to Fox
News? Get a clue. I didn’t vote for Bush in 2000, but the media and
Kerry drove me to his camp in 2004.
I’m tired of being told that out of “tolerance for other cultures” we
must let Saudi Arabia use our oil money to fund mosques and madrassa
Islamic schools to preach hate in America, while no American group is
allowed to fund a church, synagogue or religious school in Saudi Arabia
to teach love and tolerance.
I’m tired of being told I must lower my living standard to fight global
warming, which no one is allowed to debate. My wife and I live in a
two-bedroom apartment and carpool together five miles to our jobs. We
also own a three-bedroom condo where our daughter and granddaughter
live. Our carbon footprint is about 5% of Al Gore’s, and if you’re
greener than Gore, you’re green enough.
I’m tired of being told that drug addicts have a disease, and I must
help support and treat them, and pay for the damage they do. Did a
giant germ rush out of a dark alley, grab them, and stuff white powder
up their noses while they tried to fight it off? I don’t think Gay
people choose to be Gay, but I d**n sure think druggies chose to take
drugs. And I’m tired of harassment from cool people treating me like a
freak when I tell them I never tried marijuana.
I’m tired of illegal aliens being called “undocumented workers,”
especially the ones who aren’t working, but are living on welfare or
crime. What’s next? Calling drug dealers, “Undocumented Pharmacists”?
And, no, I’m not against Hispanics. Most of them are Catholic and it’s
been a few hundred years since Catholics wanted to kill me for my
religion. I’m willing to fast track for citizenship any Hispanic
person, who can speak English, doesn’t have a criminal record and who
is self-supporting without family on welfare, or who serves honorably
for three years in our military. Those are the citizens we need.
I’m tired of latte liberals and journalists, who would never wear the
uniform of the Republic themselves, or let their
entitlement-handicapped kids near a recruiting station, trashing our
military. They and their kids can sit at home, never having to make
split-second decisions under life and death circumstances, and bad
mouth better people then themselves. Do bad things happen in war? You
bet. Do our troops sometimes misbehave? Sure. Does this compare with
the atrocities that were the policy of our enemies for the last fifty
years—and still are? Not even close. So here’s the deal. I’ll let
myself be subjected to all the humiliation and abuse that was heaped on
terrorists at Abu Ghraib or Gitmo, and the critics can let themselves
be subject to captivity by the Muslims who tortured and beheaded Daniel
Pearl in Pakistan, or the Muslims who tortured and murdered Marine Lt.
Col. William Higgins in Lebanon, or the Muslims who ran the
blood-spattered Al Qaeda torture rooms our troops found in Iraq, or the
Muslims who cut off the heads of schoolgirls in Indonesia, because the
girls were Christian. Then we’ll compare notes. British and American
soldiers are the only troops in history that civilians came to for help
and handouts, instead of hiding from in fear.
I’m tired of people telling me that their party has a corner on virtue
and the other party has a corner on corruption. Read the papers—bums
are bi-partisan. And I’m tired of people telling me we need
bi-partisanship. I live in Illinois, where the “Illinois Combine” of
Democrats and Republicans has worked together harmoniously to loot the
public for years. And I notice that the tax cheats in Obama’s cabinet
are bi-partisan as well.
I’m tired of hearing wealthy athletes, entertainers and politicians of
both parties talking about innocent mistakes, stupid mistakes or
youthful mistakes, when we all know they think their only mistake was
getting caught. I’m tired of people with a sense of entitlement, rich
or poor.
Speaking of poor, I’m tired of hearing people with air-conditioned
homes, color TVs and two cars called poor. The majority of Americans
didn’t have that in 1970, but we didn’t know we were “poor.” The
poverty pimps have to keep changing the definition of poor to keep the
dollars flowing.
I’m real tired of people who don’t take responsibility for their lives
and actions. I’m tired of hearing them blame the government, or
discrimination, or big-whatever for their problems..
Yes, I’m d**n tired. But I’m also glad to be 63. Because, mostly, I’m
not going to get to see the world these people are making. I’m just
sorry for my granddaughter.
Robert A. Hall is a Marine Vietnam veteran who served five terms in the
Massachusetts state senate.