Sunday, February 21, 2010

HAVE YOU FALLEN INTO THE "I'M ENTITLED" TRAP?!!

    GLEN BECK SAID IT BEST. REGARDING TIGER WOODS AND HIS NOW FAMOUS, I'M SO SORRY SPEECH. "THAT'S ONE SPEECH THAT WILL BE REPEATED OVER AND OVER AGAIN BY MANY DIFFERENT POLITICIANS!! " I CAN DEFINITELY SEE THEM COMING SOON TO A TOWN HALL MEETING NEAR YOU!!
    FOR YEARS NOW MANY AMERICANS HAVE BEEN LIVING WITH THE SAME MIND-SET AS TIGER WOODS. THEY FEEL A SENSE OF ENTITLEMENT. THAT SOMEHOW JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE AMERICANS THEY ARE ENTITLED TO THEIR EVERY DESIRE. SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY THE HISTORY OF THIS GREAT NATION HAS CEASED TO BE TAUGHT TO OUR STUDENTS. THIS HAS CAUSED THIS GENERATION TO BE COMPLETELY IGNORANT TO THE SACRIFICES THEIR ANCESTORS MADE. THEY ARE NOT EVEN AWARE THAT THOSE VERY SACRIFICES  ALLOW THEM THE FREEDOMS THEY HAVE COME TO EXPECT AND ENJOY TODAY. THE IDEA OF HARD WORK AND USING ONES OWN CREATIVITY TO START A NEW BUSINESS HAS BEEN LOST ON TODAY'S GRADUATING CLASS. (THAT'S IF THEY EVEN GRADUATE!!) THE ME GENERATION HAS BECOME JUST THAT. EVERYTHING IS ME OR MINE. I DESERVE WHATEVER MY LITTLE OLD HEART DESIRES! SELFISHNESS IS NO LONGER SOMETHING SEEN OCCASIONALLY, IT IS NOW THE NORM! "I WORKED HARD AT BEING A KID SO NOW I AM AUTOMATICALLY ENTITLED TO THE GOVERNMENT HAND OUTS!" OR, "I HAD BETTER GET ALL OF MY BENEFITS NOW BECAUSE THERE WILL BE NOTHING LEFT FOR ME WHEN I AM ACTUALLY ELIGIBLE TO REAP THE REWARDS OF MY MANY YEARS OF HARD WORK!" (I MAY HAVE ONLY WORKED FOR TEN YEARS, AND I HAVE NOW HIT THAT VERY RIPE, OLD AGE OF 50, BUT I DESERVE MY BREAK NOW!)  OF COURSE IF WASHINGTON CONTINUES ON WITH IT'S OVER-INDULGENT, RECKLESS SPENDING THIS MAY ACTUALLY COME TRUE! THERE WILL BE NOTHING LEFT! 
     THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT SOCIAL SECURITY, MEDICARE, AND EVEN MANY OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR PENSION PLANS HAVE REACHED A POINT OF UNSUSTAINABILITY AND ARE NOW ON A COLLISION COURSE WITH BANKRUPTCY!! THESE PROGRAMS WILL BE IN GOOD COMPANY WITH STATES LIKE CALIFORNIA AND AT THE RATE CONGRESS AND THE SENATE ARE GOING, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL NOT BE FAR BEHIND!! 
     WE HAVE GOT TO STOP THE MADNESS AND WE NEED TO START TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR OWN PERSONAL OVER-INDULGING, ALSO!  FOR YEARS NOW WE  HAVE PUSHED TO HAVE THE BIGGER AND THE BEST~~TO KEEP UP WITH THE JONES'S, AS MY FATHER USED TO SAY!! THE PROGRESSIVES WOULD LOVE FOR US TO ALL FALL INTO PERSONAL BANKRUPTCY!  THAT WOULD ONLY HELP TO SPEED UP THEIR AGENDA AND MAKE US ALL COMPLETELY DEPENDENT UPON GOVERNMENT! THEY WOULD BE HAPPY SEEING US WORK OUR FINGERS TO THE BONE, JUST SO THEY CAN RE-DISTRIBUTE OUR WEALTH! THE WORSE PART ABOUT IT IS THAT THERE ARE PLENTY OF LIBERAL, PROGRESSIVE, MOOCHERS ALREADY WAITING WITH THEIR GRUBBY HANDS OUT TO LATCH ON TO WHAT THEY CONSIDER FREE MONEY!! THEY HAVE ALREADY BECOME COMFORTABLE WITH SUCKING ON THE TEATS OF "MOTHER" GOVERNMENT!! 
     CPAC HAS BEEN MEETING FOR THE LAST THREE DAYS WORKING TO FIND WAYS TO BRING WASHINGTON BACK TO THE CORE PRINCIPLES  OF THE CONSTITUTION. WE ALL MUST WORK TOWARDS THIS. RE-READ THE CONSTITUTION AND REFRESH YOUR BRAIN WITH A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION YOU MAY HAVE FORGOTTEN SINCE YOU WERE IN THE THIRD GRADE! YOU CAN EVEN GO ON LINE AND FIND ALL FOUR PAGES AVAILABLE. (AMAZING HOW OUR FOUNDING FATHERS DIDN'T NEED AN ENTIRE REEM OF PAPER TO PUT THOSE IMPORTANT WORDS INTO SUCH AN AMAZING DOCUMENT!)
       I WAS TOLD OF A WEBSITE WHERE YOU CAN GET A PERSONAL POCKET-SIZE COPY OF THE ENTIRE CONSTITUTION, INCLUDING THE BILL OF RIGHTS FOR JUST THE COST OF A SELF-STAMPED, ADDRESSED ENVELOPE. WHEN I WENT TO THE SITE I ALSO FOUND THAT I COULD ORDER ONE HUNDRED COPIES FOR ONLY 30 CENTS A PIECE AND YOU GET THE COST OF SHIPPING FREE. I HAVE BEEN HANDING THEM OUT TO EVERYONE I SEE. IT MAY SOUND LIKE A TRIVIAL IDEA BUT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN GRATEFUL FOR THE SMALL GESTURE. IF WE ALL DID THIS MAYBE WE REALLY WOULD AWAKEN ALL OF THOSE SLEEPING GIANTS AMONG US! IT WOULD DEFINITELY HELP OUR CAUSE IF WE WERE EDUCATED ABOUT THE CONSTITUTION SINCE OUR REPRESENTATIVES IN WASHINGTON DON'T SEEM TO BE EDUCATED ON THE SUBJECT THEMSELVES!!
       GO TO WWW.CONSTITUTION-WEEK.NCCS.NET AND CHECK IT OUT FOR YOURSELF!

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