Opinion

     I start this posting asking myself "Why do people in this country feel so entitled?"


     I can look in some of my own dealings with people around me and the ones in the past. When I grew up my father made me understand the work ethic that all Americans shared in the 70's and beyond. I guess I could not quite understand why that was so important to him. But now more than ever I do. As a the generations progress so did this grand experiment I like to call Socialist agenda, and or Multiculturalism,  It kind of starts at home, we have seen in the data over the past 40 years that more and more families have parents that both have to work. But now more than ever. But not for the reasons that you think. Not all "and I underlie that" but a very good portion of the families work to just afford the toys that in-turn give them status in their circle of life. Not for food or clothing, but for high priced cars, $100 dollar pairs of jeans and $300 pairs of shoes, and so on. Now most of the lower income families these days fall so low into the lower income status they have the advantage to use a system that was set up to get them back on their feet. But this system has failed the country with 47% receiving government assistance and growing. Now going back to what my father told me when I was growing up was "if you want to make something out of yourself get off your butt and do it". Perfect words for a teenage boy during that time. I started picking up Aluminum cans when I was in 8th grade, because I was to young to get a job, so I created one. "How about that , no government help". With that money I bought my own cloths and stuff for school so it would take some pressure off my family who by the was were raising 5 boys at the time. Even when we moved over seas to Turkey I got jobs to help pay for school and sports. The overall lesson my father taught me was learn to support yourself and you will take pride in what you do and will do. And he was right.

     Taking a look at the world around me I see nothing but greed. "it's all about me" things like buy me a new phone or a new car, because my friend got one, and if you do not you do not love me. That statement gets me the most, love being defined by what you buy someone. But if you look at the later half of the 80's and then into the 90's, where behavior was given every excuse in the world so much that the president in the 90's got away with lying to every person in this country, and that oral sex was not really sex. The culture of greed and excesses for everything came to pass. Even to this day we have done nothing to better ourselves in building knowledge but when it come to credit we broke the bank to show all of our family and friends how successful we thought we had become. When the bridge come falling down everyone seemed shocked and felt helpless, but hold on,and here comes the government "that's OK we will bail out the big companies and banks and hell why not 20% more of the population. Oh do not forget Free medical care. Things have changed dramatically when we explain to our kids " you need to take some initiative and help your family and yourself". To that's OK baby I will buy it for you, you do not worry we will buy the same thing that your friends have. That last sentence says it all and this is how the culture got this way. "Someone doing it for you".

     We have come to a point in our culture that Racism , Gay marriage, Killing infants, Religion, and all of the things that befell Rome have come to past. Now when it comes to any of the above issues I could careless, they are superficial and not important enough in themselves to do any damage, but put together they are a lethal blow to a culture. Racism "used as and excuses"  "Gay Marriage, just to piss of Religion" "Killing infants for of birth control" and last but not least "Religion, the dictation of your personal views on God". What ever happen to thinking for yourself. That in-turn got thrown out with taking responsibility for your life.

     I see no easy way out of this but hard work. We have to bring back the values that made this country great, hard work, family and your own belief in Religion. Not someone else's idea of it. But most of all GREED is the culprit, we do not know how to help our fellow man without expecting some large benefit from it. Not because it is the right thing to do, because we are humans and that is what separates us from animals. But if you look closely our society has become more animal than man, "beating for shoes, cars ,money,homes,food,and sometimes just for the hell of it".

     If we do not fix this, the country it will cease to exists. PERIOD We need to rededicate ourselves to teaching our children the path to success and what happens to failure. We need to stop beating up peoples Religious beliefs. That being said, letting one religion pray five times in the street (France) and not letting the other pray at a ball games. If free thinkers believe they are right whats the harm?  (Nothing).