Yes, I'm d--- 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.. 
by Robert A. Hall
Robert A. Hall is the actor who plays the coroner on CSI if you watch that show.He is also a Marine Vietnam veteran who served five terms in the Massachusetts State Senate.
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 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 "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'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 honourably for three years in our military.... Those are the citizens we need.
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, colour 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--- 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..
Stand With God, Stand For Liberty, And Prepare To Fight For Both!
This is a great post! I'm 67 and glad I probably won't be around at the demise of our great country, but my kids and grandkids will be. I hope we can turn it around before it is too late.
ReplyDeleteLinda, I'll be 73 in 20 years. I don't want to be facing my grandson who is currently 3, at that time and have to look into his eyes and tell him I didn't do EVERYTHING I could to save liberty. I will do whatever I can, and anything that is needed, to ensure the liberty our founders entrusted us with is restored before my life is over. And I pray that whatever is called for is enough to turn the tide. I'll let the history books judge the actions patriots will be required to take over the next 20 or 30 years. I expect in the coming years there will be great resistance from the left, and great personal hardship in terms of lost friendships and severed family relationships in many cases, and perhaps even the need to defend our Constitution and our freedom as our founders had to - with arms. I hope it never gets to that point. But it is obvious that we represent about 50% of the country, and the progressive ideology represents about 50% of the country. The two can not co-exist. So sooner or later, it isn't impractical to believe there will be violence. I hope ALL elderly people, those who can REMEMBER what real liberty was like when they were young adults, will not lay down because they "won't be around when this is finally settled". We need those people, much like native Americans needed the elders, to teach the truth of history, and to serve the country once again by leading by example! God bless everyone who does so! The demise of our once great country is not etched in stone. Keep sounding the alarm! And thanks for visiting!
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