"I'm 75 and Tired" Worth reading...

I'm 75, Except for brief period in the 60's when I was in the Navy, I've worked hard since I was 14. Except for some serious health challenges, I put in 50-hour weeks, and didn't call in sick in nearly 40 years (Hungover Several Times However!). 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 k*****g their sisters, wives and daughters for their family "honour"; of Muslims r**ting 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 g*****ls 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 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 h**e in Australia , New Zealand , UK, America and Canada , while no one from these countries are 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 g****l w*****g, 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 a needle in their arm 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-wh**ever 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 them selves 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 75. Because, mostly, I'm not going to have to see the world these people are making. I'm just sorry for my granddaughters and their children. Thank God I'm on the way out and not on the way in.

There is no way this will be widely publicized, unless each of us sends it on!

Gman Terry, I, also, grew up then in a small rural southern community and I agree it was a better time than today. One thing I miss so much is knowing my fellow Americans are loyal to our nation and fellow citizens first, foremost, always. Today, it seems clear that our leaders (congress) and millions of our citizens value only foreigners, even at the expense of Americans. I simply cannot understand the reason behind this terrible let-the-world-in view except to see it as a push to totally change America into a third world, poverty stricken, violence ridden subsidiary of corrupt, cartel controlled Mexico. What is most puzzling to me, is why so many Americans would actively push for such a horrible future for their descendants. Do they not think? Do they not care?

You just not only expressed my frustrations but the same as others here from our generation. I Sir refuse to just ride of into the sunset like SHANE or Randolph Scott. For your girls and my great-grand kids we have to fight so they can have the Freedom to grow up the we did. I believe that when we reach this age, we have the duty to speak our mind, proclaim what is right and wrong. I don't think that God brought me through two wars just to sit on my ass and do nothing. STAY THE COURSE, we need all the troops we can muster.