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Old 02-19-2008, 10:58 PM   #11 (permalink)
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This is just the tip of the iceberg of what typifies American thinking today. Especially those on the left. No sense of history. Nothing really relevant to them that goes back any farther than the 60s. They are angry at a country that hasn’t given them enough.

The generation that expected of themselves (“The Greatest Generation”) is slowly dwindling away. They realize this country is what THEY made it and not what some government gave them. And they realize the cost. And they are PROUD of their sacrifice and hard work.

This next generation (that is aiming to take charge) has grown to believe they are owed everything. It makes me think back to my parents making statements like “I dread the day these people are running our country”. Well, here they are folks. The entitlement crowd. The crowd that demands of others and not of themselves. They’re not proud because they didn’t take their history (OUR HISTORY) to heart. They’re not proud because they have no reference for why we are free. They’re not proud because they have no sense self-responsibility and in that they lost their sense of self-worth. Blame someone else, and when that fails, blame the government.

Maybe I think this way because I got to watch my parents work their butts off, struggling to make ends meet, never asking anyone else for help, never demanding from others or (especially) our government. They knew that once you expected someone else to fix it for you, you became dependent; and there is nothing to be proud of in dependency.

This country is not going to be great because we had a government that fixed our problems. It’s going to be great because WE made it that way. Obama (et al) doesn’t get that. They look to the government as their guide, compass and what gives them their sense of worth and pride. What a shame all those years lost waiting for this moment to be proud of this country. It’s always been right in front of her.

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What is interesting is that in examination of papers left behind by the Columbine killers, there was reference to these reprobates as being angry because they had been given everything and hence had nothing to strive for...
They were driving Porsches and BMWs and their parents worked their fingers off giving them the best of everything, except what seems to be a sense that there is a price paid sooner or later and maybe sometimes saying NO wasn't such a bad thing at all.
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Old 02-19-2008, 10:59 PM   #12 (permalink)
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One thing is pretty clear; Obama better do a damn good job once he is in office or it is going to be a black mark on black Americans for decades.
Havn't Jesse Jackass, Al Sharpton, Louis Farrakahn and the rest of the gangstas locked up that accomplishment?
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