By Robert
A. Hall
I'm
73
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 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, 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.
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'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.
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 73.. Because, mostly, I'm
not going to have
to see the world these
people are making. I'm
just sorry for my
granddaughters and grandson.
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.
"I'm
73 and I'm tired." If
you don't forward this
you
are part of the
problem.
1 comment:
Moral of the story: don't work.
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