We used to have compulsory military service. Young men learned
not only how to handle a weapon, but also how to make a bed,
take a shower, be at a certain place at a certain time whether it
was fun or not, and also that there WERE some rare times when
their poop DID stink.
We allowed immigrants to come into the country, work at a factory,
see what America meant, move higher or start a business and enjoy
real freedom and independence. We did not start out by giving them
money and helping them learn to cheat the rest of the country.
Now we have no factories and those who are not Internet whizzes,
stock traders, or scions of wealthy families had better learn to flip
a burger or (if they are over 40) stand at the entrance to Wal Mart
and show customers where to find the “Made in China” section.
We used to have cops who used discretion and the billy club and
we could trust them to pretty much keep a neighborhood in line.
Now as soon as they leave the academy, they shave their head,
buy a mustache, and buff their arms to split their sleeves. And
those who DON’T want to be the only ones with guns are more
afraid of Internal Affairs than criminals.
And what do we show our kids about criminals? We show them
8 goddam televised months of a superhero common murderer
buying his way out of the rap with expensive lawyers and a jury
comprised of elements that we have been brainwashed into
believing are in every way equal and responsible citizens.
We used to be able to cash our paychecks and get real silver
Constitutionally guaranteed money in exchange.
Most kids came home to a mom who cooked dinner and made
them wash up and bring friends home to be introduced. Dad
only needed one job to make ends meet, buy a house and a
car and we ALL seemed to keep clothes on our backs even
when stores were closed on Sunday and a few people went to
church or had fun with the family or both.
We didn’t have Johnson lying about a war for democracy for
no reason, Nixon lying up a storm, Ford inept except when
endorsing the idiotic Warren Report, Carter running from wild
rabbits, Reagan idolized while he ran the debt to record breaking
levels, Bush doing his “read my lips” and “winning” a war by
stopping 50 feet from its cause, and Clinton giving all of them
advanced lessons in sleaze that none of them had the guts to
try.
We hunted and the relatives and neighbors asked how we did
instead of looking at us like freaks.
Now we have kids promoted because there is no room. At the
same time, we want taxes reduced and more government aid.
We have prisons where the cons use it as time to buff up and
the guards are disarmed. Our much valued corporations have
closed the local plant and built a new one in Malaysia and we
continue to buy their product. We no longer know the guy
who owns the store we trade at and we bitch because none
of the clerks know how to work a pencil sharpener. Yet we
constantly search for a lower price to drive the incentive to
own a business to near nothing.
We used to laugh at civil service because it was and still is
a home for the risk-averse and inept power seekers but their group
bargaining power has put each of them in the position of retiring
at an early age with the derivative income of a millionaire while
the independent business person or loyal private sector employee
scrambles to try to find some insurance to stay alive after they
can no longer stand the stress of the “free market economy.”
Our kids are deceived. We buy anything the media says.
We allow morons to vote. We want term limits so our
politicians have to learn to steal or sell-out at an accelerated
rate.
And last but not least, those of us who can remember freedom
and responsibility are getting older. We cling to TFL and KNOW
how bad the removal of guns will be, but we lack the numbers
to counteract the placating liars that run for and hold office.
And, truth to tell, if one goes to a grocery store on any given
day, it really looks as if most of the products of our fallen
system really AREN’T fit to have a gun.
To paraphrase Jack Nicholson, “Guns? You can’t HANDLE
a gun.”
Please convince me I am wrong.
not only how to handle a weapon, but also how to make a bed,
take a shower, be at a certain place at a certain time whether it
was fun or not, and also that there WERE some rare times when
their poop DID stink.
We allowed immigrants to come into the country, work at a factory,
see what America meant, move higher or start a business and enjoy
real freedom and independence. We did not start out by giving them
money and helping them learn to cheat the rest of the country.
Now we have no factories and those who are not Internet whizzes,
stock traders, or scions of wealthy families had better learn to flip
a burger or (if they are over 40) stand at the entrance to Wal Mart
and show customers where to find the “Made in China” section.
We used to have cops who used discretion and the billy club and
we could trust them to pretty much keep a neighborhood in line.
Now as soon as they leave the academy, they shave their head,
buy a mustache, and buff their arms to split their sleeves. And
those who DON’T want to be the only ones with guns are more
afraid of Internal Affairs than criminals.
And what do we show our kids about criminals? We show them
8 goddam televised months of a superhero common murderer
buying his way out of the rap with expensive lawyers and a jury
comprised of elements that we have been brainwashed into
believing are in every way equal and responsible citizens.
We used to be able to cash our paychecks and get real silver
Constitutionally guaranteed money in exchange.
Most kids came home to a mom who cooked dinner and made
them wash up and bring friends home to be introduced. Dad
only needed one job to make ends meet, buy a house and a
car and we ALL seemed to keep clothes on our backs even
when stores were closed on Sunday and a few people went to
church or had fun with the family or both.
We didn’t have Johnson lying about a war for democracy for
no reason, Nixon lying up a storm, Ford inept except when
endorsing the idiotic Warren Report, Carter running from wild
rabbits, Reagan idolized while he ran the debt to record breaking
levels, Bush doing his “read my lips” and “winning” a war by
stopping 50 feet from its cause, and Clinton giving all of them
advanced lessons in sleaze that none of them had the guts to
try.
We hunted and the relatives and neighbors asked how we did
instead of looking at us like freaks.
Now we have kids promoted because there is no room. At the
same time, we want taxes reduced and more government aid.
We have prisons where the cons use it as time to buff up and
the guards are disarmed. Our much valued corporations have
closed the local plant and built a new one in Malaysia and we
continue to buy their product. We no longer know the guy
who owns the store we trade at and we bitch because none
of the clerks know how to work a pencil sharpener. Yet we
constantly search for a lower price to drive the incentive to
own a business to near nothing.
We used to laugh at civil service because it was and still is
a home for the risk-averse and inept power seekers but their group
bargaining power has put each of them in the position of retiring
at an early age with the derivative income of a millionaire while
the independent business person or loyal private sector employee
scrambles to try to find some insurance to stay alive after they
can no longer stand the stress of the “free market economy.”
Our kids are deceived. We buy anything the media says.
We allow morons to vote. We want term limits so our
politicians have to learn to steal or sell-out at an accelerated
rate.
And last but not least, those of us who can remember freedom
and responsibility are getting older. We cling to TFL and KNOW
how bad the removal of guns will be, but we lack the numbers
to counteract the placating liars that run for and hold office.
And, truth to tell, if one goes to a grocery store on any given
day, it really looks as if most of the products of our fallen
system really AREN’T fit to have a gun.
To paraphrase Jack Nicholson, “Guns? You can’t HANDLE
a gun.”
Please convince me I am wrong.
