I'm Tired
Mar 12, 2009 11:34:44 GMT -5
Post by Richard on Mar 12, 2009 11:34:44 GMT -5
Got this e-mail today and though I would share it. This man is right on the money!!
This is definitely worth reading!!!!!!! Richard
Mr. Hall express some of the same sentiment that a lot of us do.
I hope some take heed, If not? Well the back lash is going to be a B*&%.
This says a lot about what I feel a lot of Americans are thinking.
Please read it. It is worthwhile.
From
I'm Tired by
Robert A. Hall, Marine Vet who served in Mass state Senate.
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,
I worked to get where I am. Given the economy, there is 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 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 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
Quran and Sharia 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 fund-raising 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 car pool 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. He blogs at
www.tartanmarine.blogspot.com
<http://www.tartanmarine.blogspot.com/ (
www.tartanmarine.blogspot.com/ )
Bring back Jobs and Investment
www.FairTax.org
This is definitely worth reading!!!!!!! Richard
Mr. Hall express some of the same sentiment that a lot of us do.
I hope some take heed, If not? Well the back lash is going to be a B*&%.
This says a lot about what I feel a lot of Americans are thinking.
Please read it. It is worthwhile.
From
I'm Tired by
Robert A. Hall, Marine Vet who served in Mass state Senate.
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,
I worked to get where I am. Given the economy, there is 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 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 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
Quran and Sharia 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 fund-raising 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 car pool 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. He blogs at
www.tartanmarine.blogspot.com
<http://www.tartanmarine.blogspot.com/ (
www.tartanmarine.blogspot.com/ )
Bring back Jobs and Investment
www.FairTax.org