Some things are worth exchanging for American lives. It's acceptable that many of our beloved countrypersons have nobly paid the ultimate price in exchange for us retaining the ability to live in homes that are not searched daily by uniformed members of the military.
Despite the feelings of liberals, American lives are not worth sacrificing in exchange for Arab men retaining their ability to quickly pass through airport security without irrationally feeling violated by having to spend five extra minutes with members of the TSA.
Rational Arab men understand that because the overwhelming majority of terrorist attacks have been carried out by those with similar vibes, extra scrutiny at security checkpoints is a good thing, for they too want to make it home to see their families.
Liberals have decided American lives are worth sacrificing in exchange for illegal immigrants retaining the peace of mind that comes with police officers being powerless to expel them from the land in which they have no right to be.
Most legal immigrants understand that because illegal immigration is a tremendous burden on our resources, and has led to the violent deaths of many honorable citizens, it desperately needs to be stopped.
Liberals who oppose Arizona's new immigration law are pretending that Hispanic looking individuals will be harassed by police at random when the law clearly states the preceding action is illegal and immigration status will only come into play if another crime is being investigated. In other words, liberals can't even be truthful when the lives of innocent Arizonans are in constant jeopardy.
There are countless examples of liberals putting the lives of their countrymen at risk in exchange for the rights of criminals; regardless of whether the criminal has illegally crossed the border seeking a better life, or is plotting to murder thousands of innocent children.
"Because the policies of America led to the oppression of the undocumented criminal or Al-Qaeda member, we should make great sacrifices so that they can achieve their goals," the liberal proudly states knowing that the odds of anyone in their family being killed are astronomically small.
Regarding the lawsuit brought by the Obama Administration seeking to stop Arizona's new immigration law; a law implemented by the Grand Canyon State in an attempt to simply enforce what's already on the Federal books, let's look at best case scenarios...
If Arizona Governor Jan Brewer is victorious and her new immigration law is enforced, fewer illegal aliens will cross our border and, because immigration status will be questioned during the investigation of crimes, more illegal aliens who commit crimes other than crossing the border illegally will be deported. Therefore the chances of innocent Arizonans being killed decrease.
If President Obama wins the lawsuit and Arizona's new immigration law is struck down, criminal illegal aliens will have a much greater chance of remaining in the country. Therefore the odds of innocent Arizonans being killed increase - such as the rancher recently gunned down on his own property by an illegal alien.
To liberals, innocent Americans are like insects in the homes of vile criminals. We must be squashed so they can exist in comfort.
We're Proud Weaklings
It doesn't amaze me that most Europeans are weak.
It doesn't amaze me that most Europeans curtsy to radical Muslims in hopes said show of respect will allow them to survive another day.
What amazes me is that most Europeans take great pride in their cowardice.
Many Europeans insist that Muslims, who have taken up residence in their land, be allowed to ignore the laws of their specific countries in favor of the strict Muslim law of Sharia.
I bet most Europeans favor Muslim immigrants having the right to abide by Sharia wherever their travel takes them; regardless the religion of the person with whom they're dealing.
I wouldn't be surprised to hear a European male say to his Muslim peer, "If you abide by Sharia and my wife has the audacity to look you in the eye with her face uncovered, you have the right to beat her like the dog that she is."
Of course America has her share of individuals who desire a fundamental transformation of their country in hopes of appeasing radical Muslims who behave in ways that would otherwise disgust them to their very core.
"They treat women as second class citizens and execute homosexuals; how repulsive... Oh, they're members of an underdog religion hailing from lands with a standard of living well below ours, why let's assist them in spreading their lifestyle across the entire world," the American liberal says.
Who knows whether their weakness stems from a desire to stay alive, or from a desire to break down anyone who has achieved success through merit...
I can't imagine being proud of my willingness to bow down to those who live lives of disgrace. Radical Islamists have only one desire, and that is to convert every human being in the world to their religion. Christian conservative Americans joke about converting all Muslims to Christianity in order to further world peace and are therefore labeled hate mongers, yet we're supposed to actively work to understand why Muslim extremists have the desire to spread their religion throughout humanity and even help them achieve their wicked goals.
U.S. President Barack Obama built his administration around weakness. Europeans respect his frailty as evidenced by his high approval rating across the pond. They respect a world leader who bows at the feet of his peers because they too look for ways to publicly display their spinelessness. They respect a world leader who shows admiration for a fellow president that calls for the annihilation of Israel because they too believe in the destruction of countries that promote liberty and defend their own borders from harmful intruders.
Europeans respect anyone lacking self-respect.
Going to bed at night with a feeling of pride due to the tasks I've accomplished is one of the greatest joys I regularly experience in life. I can't understand how satisfaction arises from thoughts of how you've allowed people, whose behavior you deem inappropriate, to dictate your agenda.
I suppose when you have no desire to achieve success, you are prone to allowing others to run your world. "As long as you keep the funds coming, I'll do anything you ask," is the stance taken by most Europeans. Now that the money has dried up, and the amount of funds has been reduced, and the amount of work required to receive said funds has been increased, those same Europeans are showing their displeasure by smashing bricks through storefront windows.
Most Europeans are children. "We'll do our chores for an allowance. If the allowance is reduced or you add washing windows to our itinerary we will embarrass you horrifically next time we visit the supermarket."
Most Europeans are cowards. "Because I allow people, who make it their mission in life to kill the children of folks who follow a different religion, to be my moral compass, I proudly declared that wrong is right."
It doesn't amaze me that most Europeans curtsy to radical Muslims in hopes said show of respect will allow them to survive another day.
What amazes me is that most Europeans take great pride in their cowardice.
Many Europeans insist that Muslims, who have taken up residence in their land, be allowed to ignore the laws of their specific countries in favor of the strict Muslim law of Sharia.
I bet most Europeans favor Muslim immigrants having the right to abide by Sharia wherever their travel takes them; regardless the religion of the person with whom they're dealing.
I wouldn't be surprised to hear a European male say to his Muslim peer, "If you abide by Sharia and my wife has the audacity to look you in the eye with her face uncovered, you have the right to beat her like the dog that she is."
Of course America has her share of individuals who desire a fundamental transformation of their country in hopes of appeasing radical Muslims who behave in ways that would otherwise disgust them to their very core.
"They treat women as second class citizens and execute homosexuals; how repulsive... Oh, they're members of an underdog religion hailing from lands with a standard of living well below ours, why let's assist them in spreading their lifestyle across the entire world," the American liberal says.
Who knows whether their weakness stems from a desire to stay alive, or from a desire to break down anyone who has achieved success through merit...
I can't imagine being proud of my willingness to bow down to those who live lives of disgrace. Radical Islamists have only one desire, and that is to convert every human being in the world to their religion. Christian conservative Americans joke about converting all Muslims to Christianity in order to further world peace and are therefore labeled hate mongers, yet we're supposed to actively work to understand why Muslim extremists have the desire to spread their religion throughout humanity and even help them achieve their wicked goals.
U.S. President Barack Obama built his administration around weakness. Europeans respect his frailty as evidenced by his high approval rating across the pond. They respect a world leader who bows at the feet of his peers because they too look for ways to publicly display their spinelessness. They respect a world leader who shows admiration for a fellow president that calls for the annihilation of Israel because they too believe in the destruction of countries that promote liberty and defend their own borders from harmful intruders.
Europeans respect anyone lacking self-respect.
Going to bed at night with a feeling of pride due to the tasks I've accomplished is one of the greatest joys I regularly experience in life. I can't understand how satisfaction arises from thoughts of how you've allowed people, whose behavior you deem inappropriate, to dictate your agenda.
I suppose when you have no desire to achieve success, you are prone to allowing others to run your world. "As long as you keep the funds coming, I'll do anything you ask," is the stance taken by most Europeans. Now that the money has dried up, and the amount of funds has been reduced, and the amount of work required to receive said funds has been increased, those same Europeans are showing their displeasure by smashing bricks through storefront windows.
Most Europeans are children. "We'll do our chores for an allowance. If the allowance is reduced or you add washing windows to our itinerary we will embarrass you horrifically next time we visit the supermarket."
Most Europeans are cowards. "Because I allow people, who make it their mission in life to kill the children of folks who follow a different religion, to be my moral compass, I proudly declared that wrong is right."
1930's German Version of Bill O'Reilly: Jews in Ovens, You're Crazy Beck!
If you're a conservative who watches Fox News, you've probably grown frustrated with Mr. Bill O'Reilly and his habit of always giving Barack Obama the benefit of the doubt.
During his regular appearances on The Factor, poor Glenn Beck attempts to inform Mr. O'Reilly of the devious plan President Obama has for the United States of America. Despite Mr. Obama saying, before he took office, "We are a few days away from radically transforming this country," Mr. O'Reilly doesn't believe the president has any desire to make significant changes to the structure of America.
The fact that a known communist was appointed to a prestigious White House position has no impact on the longtime Factor host. Mr. O'Reilly still believes our president is an average Joe who leans slightly to the left.
If Glenn Beck appeared on a late 1930's German version of The O'Reilly Factor, I can hear him warn, "Bill, you don't understand what Hitler has planned for the Jews. He erroneously blames them for all the problems of Europe and will wipe them out by the thousands!"
"I don't see it, Beck," Mr. O'Reilly would respond.
"But Bill, in a speech they won't show on (the late 1930's German version of) MSNBC, Hitler said, 'Today I will once more be a prophet: If the international Jewish financiers in and outside Europe should succeed in plunging the nations once more into a world war, then the result will not be the Bolshevization of the earth, and thus the victory of Jewry, but the annihilation of the Jewish race in Europe!' Bill, he's telling you that he is going to kill Jews by the millions!"
"You're crazy, Beck. How would Hitler kill that many Jews? There are no mechanisms with which to carry out such an elaborate plan. And come on Beck, do you really think our fellow Germans will just sit back and watch their Jewish neighbors get carted off to the killing fields. And once the Jews are gone, are you under the impression that the non-Jew Germans will steal the businesses that were established by said Jews! I suppose you're next going to tell me that the few Jews lucky enough to survive Hitler's master plan will come back and attempt to reclaim their livelihood, but will instead be murdered by the looters who'd taken everything for which the returning Jews had spent their lives working? Is that the crazy scenario you're proposing?"
"Yes; that's certainly a possibility, Bill!"
"Get real, Beck! Hitler was just trying to rally his base. I tell you what, if he kills even one Jew, I'll owe you a dinner."
"A dinner!? Bill, we're talking about the mass murder of..."
"Sorry, Beck, but regardless of how much irrefutable evidence you present, I refuse to label Hitler a pinhead just yet. As always, I'll let the viewers decide. We're out of time, but please stay tuned for viewer telegrams."
I'm not insinuating Barack Obama is planning genocide, but retaining the belief that everything will basically remain the same, no matter how radical the person is who occupies the Oval Office, is the exact reason those with radical agendas succeed.
Many of our fellow countrymen are either ignorant to the goals of the Obama Administration, or believe that somehow, someway, the current trends will be reversed. Our massive debt will be reduced, the wasteful spending will stop, and the White House will all of a sudden refrain from assaulting entrepreneurial spirit on a daily basis. Because we've never lived through a depression or genocide, and because we've never been led by a ruler who retains power by brutally murdering dissidents; why it must mean that we will never see a massive reduction in freedom and our friends will never mysteriously disappear after speaking ill of the government.
A positive outcome never awaits a nation full of apathetic and ignorant citizens.
During his regular appearances on The Factor, poor Glenn Beck attempts to inform Mr. O'Reilly of the devious plan President Obama has for the United States of America. Despite Mr. Obama saying, before he took office, "We are a few days away from radically transforming this country," Mr. O'Reilly doesn't believe the president has any desire to make significant changes to the structure of America.
The fact that a known communist was appointed to a prestigious White House position has no impact on the longtime Factor host. Mr. O'Reilly still believes our president is an average Joe who leans slightly to the left.
If Glenn Beck appeared on a late 1930's German version of The O'Reilly Factor, I can hear him warn, "Bill, you don't understand what Hitler has planned for the Jews. He erroneously blames them for all the problems of Europe and will wipe them out by the thousands!"
"I don't see it, Beck," Mr. O'Reilly would respond.
"But Bill, in a speech they won't show on (the late 1930's German version of) MSNBC, Hitler said, 'Today I will once more be a prophet: If the international Jewish financiers in and outside Europe should succeed in plunging the nations once more into a world war, then the result will not be the Bolshevization of the earth, and thus the victory of Jewry, but the annihilation of the Jewish race in Europe!' Bill, he's telling you that he is going to kill Jews by the millions!"
"You're crazy, Beck. How would Hitler kill that many Jews? There are no mechanisms with which to carry out such an elaborate plan. And come on Beck, do you really think our fellow Germans will just sit back and watch their Jewish neighbors get carted off to the killing fields. And once the Jews are gone, are you under the impression that the non-Jew Germans will steal the businesses that were established by said Jews! I suppose you're next going to tell me that the few Jews lucky enough to survive Hitler's master plan will come back and attempt to reclaim their livelihood, but will instead be murdered by the looters who'd taken everything for which the returning Jews had spent their lives working? Is that the crazy scenario you're proposing?"
"Yes; that's certainly a possibility, Bill!"
"Get real, Beck! Hitler was just trying to rally his base. I tell you what, if he kills even one Jew, I'll owe you a dinner."
"A dinner!? Bill, we're talking about the mass murder of..."
"Sorry, Beck, but regardless of how much irrefutable evidence you present, I refuse to label Hitler a pinhead just yet. As always, I'll let the viewers decide. We're out of time, but please stay tuned for viewer telegrams."
I'm not insinuating Barack Obama is planning genocide, but retaining the belief that everything will basically remain the same, no matter how radical the person is who occupies the Oval Office, is the exact reason those with radical agendas succeed.
Many of our fellow countrymen are either ignorant to the goals of the Obama Administration, or believe that somehow, someway, the current trends will be reversed. Our massive debt will be reduced, the wasteful spending will stop, and the White House will all of a sudden refrain from assaulting entrepreneurial spirit on a daily basis. Because we've never lived through a depression or genocide, and because we've never been led by a ruler who retains power by brutally murdering dissidents; why it must mean that we will never see a massive reduction in freedom and our friends will never mysteriously disappear after speaking ill of the government.
A positive outcome never awaits a nation full of apathetic and ignorant citizens.
The Justice Brothers and Their Unlikely Association with the KKK
When I was a younger man, I remember watching all kinds of normally light-hearted programs that took the time to alert viewers to the evils of racism.
I vividly recall seeing a man rebuke George Jefferson on the sitcom The Jefferson's simply because Mr. Jefferson was African-American. The racist character on the show was a straight-up bigot. He wasn't made out to be a bigot because he disagreed with George on matters pertaining to politics; rather he was a bigot because he was disgusted by Mr. Jefferson solely due to the color of Mr. Jefferson's skin. Mr. Jefferson saved the life of the bigot by administering CPR. Upon hearing the news that he was resuscitated by an African-American, the bigot said, "You should have let me die."
Nowadays, those who disagree with President Obama are associated with the fictional character that was so repulsed by the proprietor of Jefferson Cleaners that he would have sacrificed his life in order to avoid physical contact.
Those who pretend their enemies are racist when their enemies haven't a single bigoted bone in their bodies are akin to members of the Ku Klux Klan. The Reverends Jessie Jackson and Al Sharpton use race to incite hate. They make claims without the backing of facts in order to pit one race against another.
What; you think it nobler to falsely claim conservative Caucasians are racists than to openly declare your hatred of individuals whose skin pigmentation vastly differs from your own?
Used to be; people, like the producers of The Jefferson's, nobly attempted to display true racism. As hard as it was for those of us born into decent families to believe, they told us there were still people in existence who judged others solely based on skin color.
The Justice Brothers, Rush Limbaugh's nickname for the Reverends Jackson and Sharpton, aren't interested in exposing true racism. Their only concern is making it appear as if fair-minded individuals who disagree with their point-of-view are hateful bigots.
Despising a person solely based on the color of his or her skin is indescribably despicable. But can we really elevate The Justice Brothers, or any of the many Democrats who have accused Obama opponents of racism, above those who refuse to look into the eyes of minorities just as fundamental Islamists refuse to look into the eyes of uncovered women?
Conservative opponents of President Obama have the ability to prattle on for hours, as the aforementioned Rush Limbaugh does on a daily basis, regarding the reasons they deduce Mr. Obama's policies will eventually run the United States of America into the ground.
No matter, say The Justice Brothers; if said conservatives disagree with the anointed one, they are racist.
In other words, the only way The Justice Brothers would have refrained from calling Mr. Limbaugh and his ilk bigots would be if conservatives from coast to coast had declared every word spoken throughout their entire careers to be completely misguided.
Because, by preaching their mantra of small government and individual responsibility, they were accused of racism by people who posses the ability to secure airtime on MSNBC with the snap of their fingers, the only words conservatives could have uttered in order to stave off the racist label are, "Despite what I've been saying for 20+ years, I all of a sudden declare my ardent support for social justice, spreading the wealth, and large government. Now to what address do I send this sizable donation to the DNC?"
If you're a baseball fan who opposes the regular use of instant replay, as does Caucasian commissioner Bud Selig, would it make you racist if you continued your opposition to the practice when an African-American successor to Mr. Selig implemented large scale instant replay upon taking office?
Just as members of the KKK hate all minorities, the Justice Brothers aren't concerned with learning whether the conservative they label racist has character. They say, "I don't care what's in the heart of that conservative, I despise him because he disagrees with me politically and I will therefore portray him as a racist despite facts which reveal the exact opposite."
Justice Brother Al Sharpton will likely be burning a metaphorical cross on the Fox News Channel during his next appearance on the O'Reilly Factor; because, by giving the Reverend Sharpton a forum to spew his vile hate, Mr. O'Reilly is looking out for you.
Or you could turn your television to a normally light-hearted situation comedy that alerts children to the evils of racism via a character that shows his wicked side by disagreeing with the fiduciary stance of the African-American man elected to govern the land in which he lives.
I vividly recall seeing a man rebuke George Jefferson on the sitcom The Jefferson's simply because Mr. Jefferson was African-American. The racist character on the show was a straight-up bigot. He wasn't made out to be a bigot because he disagreed with George on matters pertaining to politics; rather he was a bigot because he was disgusted by Mr. Jefferson solely due to the color of Mr. Jefferson's skin. Mr. Jefferson saved the life of the bigot by administering CPR. Upon hearing the news that he was resuscitated by an African-American, the bigot said, "You should have let me die."
Nowadays, those who disagree with President Obama are associated with the fictional character that was so repulsed by the proprietor of Jefferson Cleaners that he would have sacrificed his life in order to avoid physical contact.
Those who pretend their enemies are racist when their enemies haven't a single bigoted bone in their bodies are akin to members of the Ku Klux Klan. The Reverends Jessie Jackson and Al Sharpton use race to incite hate. They make claims without the backing of facts in order to pit one race against another.
What; you think it nobler to falsely claim conservative Caucasians are racists than to openly declare your hatred of individuals whose skin pigmentation vastly differs from your own?
Used to be; people, like the producers of The Jefferson's, nobly attempted to display true racism. As hard as it was for those of us born into decent families to believe, they told us there were still people in existence who judged others solely based on skin color.
The Justice Brothers, Rush Limbaugh's nickname for the Reverends Jackson and Sharpton, aren't interested in exposing true racism. Their only concern is making it appear as if fair-minded individuals who disagree with their point-of-view are hateful bigots.
Despising a person solely based on the color of his or her skin is indescribably despicable. But can we really elevate The Justice Brothers, or any of the many Democrats who have accused Obama opponents of racism, above those who refuse to look into the eyes of minorities just as fundamental Islamists refuse to look into the eyes of uncovered women?
Conservative opponents of President Obama have the ability to prattle on for hours, as the aforementioned Rush Limbaugh does on a daily basis, regarding the reasons they deduce Mr. Obama's policies will eventually run the United States of America into the ground.
No matter, say The Justice Brothers; if said conservatives disagree with the anointed one, they are racist.
In other words, the only way The Justice Brothers would have refrained from calling Mr. Limbaugh and his ilk bigots would be if conservatives from coast to coast had declared every word spoken throughout their entire careers to be completely misguided.
Because, by preaching their mantra of small government and individual responsibility, they were accused of racism by people who posses the ability to secure airtime on MSNBC with the snap of their fingers, the only words conservatives could have uttered in order to stave off the racist label are, "Despite what I've been saying for 20+ years, I all of a sudden declare my ardent support for social justice, spreading the wealth, and large government. Now to what address do I send this sizable donation to the DNC?"
If you're a baseball fan who opposes the regular use of instant replay, as does Caucasian commissioner Bud Selig, would it make you racist if you continued your opposition to the practice when an African-American successor to Mr. Selig implemented large scale instant replay upon taking office?
Just as members of the KKK hate all minorities, the Justice Brothers aren't concerned with learning whether the conservative they label racist has character. They say, "I don't care what's in the heart of that conservative, I despise him because he disagrees with me politically and I will therefore portray him as a racist despite facts which reveal the exact opposite."
Justice Brother Al Sharpton will likely be burning a metaphorical cross on the Fox News Channel during his next appearance on the O'Reilly Factor; because, by giving the Reverend Sharpton a forum to spew his vile hate, Mr. O'Reilly is looking out for you.
Or you could turn your television to a normally light-hearted situation comedy that alerts children to the evils of racism via a character that shows his wicked side by disagreeing with the fiduciary stance of the African-American man elected to govern the land in which he lives.
I Can't Wait to Never Grow Up
Maybe I shouldn't be such a stickler when it comes to freedom.
Maybe it's good the government blesses me with the ability to perennially live as I did for the first seventeen-plus years of my life.
Sure, being a child had what we thought of as negatives. When we got in the car, we were forced to buckle up. We couldn't smoke or drink. We couldn't eat the foods we craved. Once we were of age to be granted a drivers license; it was out of our control as to which steering wheel we got behind.
But, when we needed some spending money, by turning on the charm, we could usually convince mommy and daddy we were deserving of a hand out.
Are you recalling your pre-teen years in order to relate to the above; or a week ago last Thursday?
You remember a week ago last Thursday... the evening on which you got into your environmentally friendly car and then started down the highway littered with billboards reminding you to, "Click it or ticket."
After you made it safely to your favorite restaurant, you requested a nice juicy steak - just the way you like it.
"The government deemed the way you like it detrimental to your health," the waiter responded to what was once considered an, "order," but, due to governmental intervention, is now merely considered a "suggestion."
"We can prepare it close to the exact way you'd like it," the waiter continued. "Of course we'd like to cook it just the way you like it, and obviously you'd like to eat it just the way you like it, but the law states that our likes and dislikes are irrelevant when it comes to the illegality of food preparation."
While waiting for the meal you'd somewhat enjoy, you noticed a couple of non-smoking signs that reminded you how much you were going to miss your usual post-meal cigar.
Used to be, when we left the nest at 18, we'd have to make it on our own. We had the freedom to sink or swim.
Now we can only float.
Looking back though, weren't those the wonder years? Among our only concerns were which pair of jeans we'd wear to school on Friday and at which hang-out we'd spend Saturday night.
Nowadays I'm too busy to put much thought into my wardrobe, and am always so tired from working all week that I'm asleep three hours before the time at which I used to depart the house on a typical Saturday night.
Wouldn't it be great to only worry about such trivial matters throughout our entire adulthood?
Not to mention retirement. The government takes our hard earned money when we're young and gives it back when we're old. The time spent deciding the best investment opportunities to meet our long term financial goals can instead be allocated to reading movie reviews so we're sure to escort our sweethearts to the moving pictures that most put them in the mood.
"As kids, we never had to make an appointment with the doctor, and now we do," you cynically remind me.
Not to fear; because as soon as Obama's healthcare plan is implemented, the government will tell us where and when to go for all our medical related needs. No more pressing 2 for the scheduling desk, making copies of our insurance card, etc.
Soon they'll be just like the days in which our mom said, "Be outside the school directly after the bell rings so I can pick you up and drive you to your appointment with Dr. Frasier at 4:00."
I'm not sure the healthcare bill mentions this specifically, but maybe one or two pages detail the number of ice cream scoops we'll receive after exhibiting the minimum amount of bravery required to visit terrifying doctors who, before Mr. Obama took office, needlessly amputated limbs and removed vital organs.
You can't really blame our Founding Fathers for irresponsibly granting us so much freedom; for they had the misfortune of living prior to the birth of the Great and Honorable Barack H. Obama. Had they access to his staggering intellect, the U.S. Constitution would have undoubtedly been peppered with catch phrases like, "social justice," and "spread the wealth."
Thankfully their short-sidedness has now been corrected and we will forever live without that pesky freedom which led to the United States of America being the only stain on an otherwise immaculate globe.
Maybe it's good the government blesses me with the ability to perennially live as I did for the first seventeen-plus years of my life.
Sure, being a child had what we thought of as negatives. When we got in the car, we were forced to buckle up. We couldn't smoke or drink. We couldn't eat the foods we craved. Once we were of age to be granted a drivers license; it was out of our control as to which steering wheel we got behind.
But, when we needed some spending money, by turning on the charm, we could usually convince mommy and daddy we were deserving of a hand out.
Are you recalling your pre-teen years in order to relate to the above; or a week ago last Thursday?
You remember a week ago last Thursday... the evening on which you got into your environmentally friendly car and then started down the highway littered with billboards reminding you to, "Click it or ticket."
After you made it safely to your favorite restaurant, you requested a nice juicy steak - just the way you like it.
"The government deemed the way you like it detrimental to your health," the waiter responded to what was once considered an, "order," but, due to governmental intervention, is now merely considered a "suggestion."
"We can prepare it close to the exact way you'd like it," the waiter continued. "Of course we'd like to cook it just the way you like it, and obviously you'd like to eat it just the way you like it, but the law states that our likes and dislikes are irrelevant when it comes to the illegality of food preparation."
While waiting for the meal you'd somewhat enjoy, you noticed a couple of non-smoking signs that reminded you how much you were going to miss your usual post-meal cigar.
Used to be, when we left the nest at 18, we'd have to make it on our own. We had the freedom to sink or swim.
Now we can only float.
Looking back though, weren't those the wonder years? Among our only concerns were which pair of jeans we'd wear to school on Friday and at which hang-out we'd spend Saturday night.
Nowadays I'm too busy to put much thought into my wardrobe, and am always so tired from working all week that I'm asleep three hours before the time at which I used to depart the house on a typical Saturday night.
Wouldn't it be great to only worry about such trivial matters throughout our entire adulthood?
Not to mention retirement. The government takes our hard earned money when we're young and gives it back when we're old. The time spent deciding the best investment opportunities to meet our long term financial goals can instead be allocated to reading movie reviews so we're sure to escort our sweethearts to the moving pictures that most put them in the mood.
"As kids, we never had to make an appointment with the doctor, and now we do," you cynically remind me.
Not to fear; because as soon as Obama's healthcare plan is implemented, the government will tell us where and when to go for all our medical related needs. No more pressing 2 for the scheduling desk, making copies of our insurance card, etc.
Soon they'll be just like the days in which our mom said, "Be outside the school directly after the bell rings so I can pick you up and drive you to your appointment with Dr. Frasier at 4:00."
I'm not sure the healthcare bill mentions this specifically, but maybe one or two pages detail the number of ice cream scoops we'll receive after exhibiting the minimum amount of bravery required to visit terrifying doctors who, before Mr. Obama took office, needlessly amputated limbs and removed vital organs.
You can't really blame our Founding Fathers for irresponsibly granting us so much freedom; for they had the misfortune of living prior to the birth of the Great and Honorable Barack H. Obama. Had they access to his staggering intellect, the U.S. Constitution would have undoubtedly been peppered with catch phrases like, "social justice," and "spread the wealth."
Thankfully their short-sidedness has now been corrected and we will forever live without that pesky freedom which led to the United States of America being the only stain on an otherwise immaculate globe.
Don't Do what I'm Doing or You'll Destroy the Planet
What if Al Gore declared eating ice cream to be extremely harmful to our precious environment? (Due to the unrefined behavior of cows, he may already have made such a declaration. Who can keep track of the plethora of activities he claims are bad for the planet?)
Mr. Gore would stand next to you, eating a huge bowl of fresh-from-the-freezer Cookies 'n Cream, and say that it's imperative you refrain from opening your tub. "For the love of god, don't do it," he'd scream in opposition of you eating ice cream. "If you dig your spoon into that huge chunk of cookie atop the creamy vanilla we'll all die."
"Sure, Mr. Gore," would be the response. "You were Vice President of the United States, so even though common sense tells me your claim has no merit, you must be trustworthy. But I feel it my duty to respectfully alert you to the fact that, as we speak, you're eating ice cream."
"I know," Mr. Gore would respond. "I like ice cream."
"Well, sir, by looking at you it's pretty obvious that you have a massive sweet tooth. But if eating ice cream will kill us all relatively soon, why are you still doing it?"
"I already told you," Mr. Gore would retort. "I like ice cream. So I'd rather convince everyone else to stop eating ice cream. That way I get my fix and humanity will continue existing."
"But, sir, it's difficult to cease a desired action, based on your warning, when you're doing the exact thing you claim will have disastrous consequences. If you said a meteor was heading our way and told me to run, then hastily scampered off, I would probably follow. If you told me about the meteor, and then stood perfectly still, chances are I would doubt the existence of an impeding meteor strike. Does that make sense?"
"Don't eat that ice cream," Mr. Gore would then repeat.
"You didn't answer my question. Doesn't my meteor analogy make perfect sense?"
"That's a good question."
"And..."
"I don't answer good questions. If you ask me about the things you can do to stop the planet from being destroyed, I will oblige you with an extended answer I'll claim has the backing of science."
"But you can't only answer questions formulated by yourself!"
"Sure I can; how do you think I've managed to stay married for so many years!?"
"But, like how you're ice cream eating while claiming that ice cream eating will destroy the planet; your refusal to answer difficult questions does not give me confidence in your assertion. Anyone who makes a claim, then says, 'The only other words I'll utter regarding the matter are words which basically mean the same thing as the words I just uttered,' should not be taken seriously."
"Don't eat that ice cream!" Mr. Gore would once again repeat.
Mr. Gore says high levels of electricity consumption and the flying of airplanes will destroy the environment. But he doesn't give up rides on private jets and recently purchased a gigantic home which runs on, you guessed it, electricity.
Mr. Gore won't debate anyone with a differing opinion regarding global warming.
Per the usual; a Democrat is advancing his or her agenda by lying to the world. If he was telling the truth, he would welcome questions from all dissenters. If he was telling the truth, he'd say, "Bring on the doubters; I'll convince them with facts and logic until none remain standing."
And this particular Democrat is making a fortune off his fellow partisans who happily purchase the manure he proudly slings.
"Thank you sir, may I have another," should be the perennial slogan of the Democrat Party.
Mr. Gore would stand next to you, eating a huge bowl of fresh-from-the-freezer Cookies 'n Cream, and say that it's imperative you refrain from opening your tub. "For the love of god, don't do it," he'd scream in opposition of you eating ice cream. "If you dig your spoon into that huge chunk of cookie atop the creamy vanilla we'll all die."
"Sure, Mr. Gore," would be the response. "You were Vice President of the United States, so even though common sense tells me your claim has no merit, you must be trustworthy. But I feel it my duty to respectfully alert you to the fact that, as we speak, you're eating ice cream."
"I know," Mr. Gore would respond. "I like ice cream."
"Well, sir, by looking at you it's pretty obvious that you have a massive sweet tooth. But if eating ice cream will kill us all relatively soon, why are you still doing it?"
"I already told you," Mr. Gore would retort. "I like ice cream. So I'd rather convince everyone else to stop eating ice cream. That way I get my fix and humanity will continue existing."
"But, sir, it's difficult to cease a desired action, based on your warning, when you're doing the exact thing you claim will have disastrous consequences. If you said a meteor was heading our way and told me to run, then hastily scampered off, I would probably follow. If you told me about the meteor, and then stood perfectly still, chances are I would doubt the existence of an impeding meteor strike. Does that make sense?"
"Don't eat that ice cream," Mr. Gore would then repeat.
"You didn't answer my question. Doesn't my meteor analogy make perfect sense?"
"That's a good question."
"And..."
"I don't answer good questions. If you ask me about the things you can do to stop the planet from being destroyed, I will oblige you with an extended answer I'll claim has the backing of science."
"But you can't only answer questions formulated by yourself!"
"Sure I can; how do you think I've managed to stay married for so many years!?"
"But, like how you're ice cream eating while claiming that ice cream eating will destroy the planet; your refusal to answer difficult questions does not give me confidence in your assertion. Anyone who makes a claim, then says, 'The only other words I'll utter regarding the matter are words which basically mean the same thing as the words I just uttered,' should not be taken seriously."
"Don't eat that ice cream!" Mr. Gore would once again repeat.
Mr. Gore says high levels of electricity consumption and the flying of airplanes will destroy the environment. But he doesn't give up rides on private jets and recently purchased a gigantic home which runs on, you guessed it, electricity.
Mr. Gore won't debate anyone with a differing opinion regarding global warming.
Per the usual; a Democrat is advancing his or her agenda by lying to the world. If he was telling the truth, he would welcome questions from all dissenters. If he was telling the truth, he'd say, "Bring on the doubters; I'll convince them with facts and logic until none remain standing."
And this particular Democrat is making a fortune off his fellow partisans who happily purchase the manure he proudly slings.
"Thank you sir, may I have another," should be the perennial slogan of the Democrat Party.
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