Posted on 04/20/2010 4:57:23 AM PDT by Mier
*Worth the read*
*"I'm 63 and I'm Tired" * *by Robert A. Hall** *
*I'm 63*. 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" 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 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 left-wing 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 left-wing 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 economy of Zimbabwe , the freedom of the press of China , the crime and violence of Mexico , the tolerance for Christian people of Iran , and the freedom of speech of Venezuela .
*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'm tired* of being told that "race doesn't matter" in the post-racial world of 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 U.S. 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 arrogantly of 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 damn 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 than 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 bipartisan. And I'm tired of people telling me we need bipartisanship. I live in Illinois , where the "Illinois Combine" of Democrats has worked to loot the public for years. Not to mention the tax cheats in Obama's cabinet.
*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 damn tired*. But I'm also glad to be 63. Because, mostly, I'm not going to have 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. *
*There is no way this will be widely publicized, unless each of us sends it on! *
*This is your chance to make a difference.*
Thank you, Mier. It was worth reading and...I’m tired too.
I’m not just tired, I’m exhausted!
I ain’t got time to be tired. I am too busy supporting people I don’t know.
Good one. I’m sick of this unemployment too. 99 weeks, come on. Go shovel some snow or dig a ditch or mow a lawn or something. I could see an extension in really depressed areas(Detroit), but, this is just going to make people lazy and waste more money.
I am more pissed than tired.Have happy thoughts,fire all your liberal employees.See,you’re smiling already.
You know, some folks would say that's heartless, but this morning on my way to work I passed at least half a dozen mexicans headed off to work. Maybe you have some crazy web-design skills, but until you find a job like that, maybe washing dishes or digging ditches isn't such a bad idea.
Not heartless at all. I’m tired of hearing how the illegal immigrants are only doing the jobs Americans won’t do. If we weren’t paying people to do nothing more than apply for jobs they might just consider some employment better than none at all.
I’m too pissed off and angry to be tired.
I am tired of the whining about imaginary people "too lazy to earn it".
I am tired of hearing complaints from people who are too lazy to recall that it was the sainted George W. Bush who called Islam a "Religion of Peace".
And I am damned tired of the self-righteous ignorance of people who only know how to wail about how wrong everybody else is.
LOL, funny!!!!
I’m tired too (and kinda depressed).
Hey, that would make a great bumper sticker — I’M TIRED, TOO. Maybe a rallying cry for the Tea Party.
excellent.. I’m tired too
My feeling is, what are they going to do when the money is gone? Will they know how to survive. I don’t have a problem extending in hard hit areas. Or extending some past the 6 months, maybe even a year. But 99 weeks is a longtime. If you really want to work, you can find something.
“Given the economy, there’s no retirement in sight,”
Something is amiss. He and his wife both have well paying jobs and a paid off $250k condo. Doesn’t look like the economy is impacting him.
Yep they say they are taking jobs nobody else will take. That’s not true. Remember a few years back when they raided that meat packing plant. Think it was in Wisconsin. They needed to rehire right away. Think there were 150 or so job openings. I can’t remember the number of people who applied for those jobs but, it was huge.
I know how he feels. I am 57. I have worked every day since I was 15. Most times when I changed jobs I worked my new job while I used my vacation from the old one which I had always “saved up” like a emergency account “in case” something happened. Now I discover I am a “winner of life’s lottery.” Curious, I don’t remember ever “buying a ticket.”
You think Robert A. Hall is self-absorbed?
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