76 and TIRED
"I'm 76 and I'm Tired" is an email still doing the circuits forwarded to Jack. It has been originally falsely attributed to Bill Cosby. It has been later claimed that it was written by a retired politician in the USA. The inclusion is to show there are people who feel there are issues still to be addressed.
I'm 76. Except for brief period in the 50's when I was doing my
National Service, I've worked hardsince 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
"honour"; of Muslims rioting over some slight offense; of
Muslims murdering Christians 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 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 hate 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 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 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 some 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 bedeck themselves in tattoos and face studs, thereby
making themselves un-employable and then claiming money from the
Government.
Yes, I'm damn tired. But I'm also glad to be
76... Because, mostly, I'm not going to have to see the world these
people are making. I'm just sorry for my granddaughter and her
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!