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but maybe not. I am tired so I don't remember

"I'm 63 and I'm Tired"
> by Robert A. Hall
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> 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.
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>
>
> 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.

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