Tired...

[JensenPark]

this is one of those e-mail chain letters...purportedly by some TV star...I know it is not 'real' but it sure sums up how I feel.

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 /Canada 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 and Canada 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 being told that out of "tolerance for other cultures" we must

let Saudi Arabia use our oil money to fund mosques and mandrassa Islamic

schools to preach hate in America and Canada , while no American nor

Canadian 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 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, Canadian 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

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.

[Crash]

Have you forward it to AndyJWest? I am sure he might disagree with a few points

[JensenPark]

lol...you know Crash...I was actually going to put the title as "Ode to Andy J"

[BadAim]

I'm sure it would cause Andy's head to explode......which would absolutely ruin his cardigan sweater.

[Jediteo]

Andy wouldn't agree with anyone on the colour of an orange.

[FoolTrottel]

I am too tired to read all that...

[Kimosabi]

An orange is yellow. Everyone knows that.

[Friar]

An excellent post JP. I agree with a lot of what is in that post.

We are forever being encouraged to understand the Muslim way. My kids have had to do projects on it at school. I would like to know if kids sorry, boys (arnt girls restricted on what they can lean?) in muslim schools ever do projects on understanding Christian ways? I doubt it.

[fruitbat]

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great post

[Snacko]

I Totally Agree....

with FT.

I am too tired to read all of that.

But after reading the first two and the last one, I am sure I totally agree with all the rest in the middle.

[Crash]

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great post

If you do Kev, it will confirm that we are ALL fascists

[fruitbat]

i just like the idea of the picture in my head of AndyJWest reading this, and choking on his herbal tea and rice cakes.

[Crash]

Maybe BG could post it

[Streak]

an orange is reddish-yellow<_<

[FoolTrottel]

an orange is reddish-yellow<_<

You surely meant yellowish-red didn't you?

[Tribunus]

~S~ JP

Mate, I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again.

You need to move to Texas.