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Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Bill Cosby -- I'm 83 And I'm Tired

"I'm 83 and I'm Tired"

I'm 83. Except for brief period in the 50's when I was doing my National Service, I've worked hard since I was 17. Except for some serious health challenges, I put in 50-hour weeks, and didn't call in sick in nearly 40 years. I made a reasonable salary, but I didn't inherit my job or my income, and I worked to get where I am. Given the economy, it looks as though retirement was a bad idea, 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 Sharia law tells them to.

I'm tired of being told that out of "tolerance for other cultures" we must let Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries use our oil money to fund mosques and madrassa Islamic schools to preach hate in Australia , New Zealand ,
UK , America and Canada , while no one from these countries is allowed to fund a church, synagogue or religious school in Saudi Arabia or any other Arab country 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 or stick needles in their arms while they tried to fight it off?

I'm tired of hearing wealthy athletes, entertainers and politicians of all 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 really 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.

I'm also tired and fed up with seeing young men and women in their teens and early 20's be-deck themselves in tattoos and face studs, thereby making themselves un-employable and claiming money from the Government.

Yes, I'm damn tired. But I'm also glad to be 83.. Because, mostly, I'm not going to have to see the world these people are making. I'm just sorry for my granddaughter and their children. Thank God I'm on the way out and not on the way in.

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

AAAMEN....AAAAAAMEN....AMEN....AMEN..

Anonymous said...

Well said, Bill! You speak the sentiments of many of us who have seen self-accountability be trampled in the rush to entitlements and self before others. Their time will come and they will have to live with their actions.

Anonymous said...

I agree totally 10:00 AM...can not STAND that man!!!!

Anonymous said...

AMEN Bill.
A man once told me that you can't choose how you are born but you can choose how you act.
Strange, but his name was also Bill.

Jack K Richards said...

Has some good points but there is cause to believe that he did not actully write that.

Anonymous said...

Bill Cosby has always stood for a good work ethic. He raised his children in that way. He is a man of high morals, high ethics, and a love for his fellow man. He has always been an advocate for education for EVERYONE. He has made some enemies in the black communities when he implied parents needed to held accountable. I agree with him on all of this. I will go one step further -- ALL PARENTS, regardless of color, should be held accountable for their children. Parents should love their children enough to make sure they eat, sleep, get to school, get homework completed, and RESPECT those older then them. Parents should make sure their childre aren't acting, or dressing, like hoodlums. If only people would listen and comprehend.

Anonymous said...

I love Bill Cosby.

Anonymous said...

Yes! Yes!! YES!!! Everything I would have loved to have said... Amen, brother! That's good preaching!

Bob Moss said...

Cosby hits it right on the head. It's too bad that our House and Senate don't take it to heart. However, we can replace them. As for Frank K. Richards implication that Cosby didn't write this speech, we'd all like to know what fact that inference might be based on.