63 and Tired?

Robert A. Hall is the actor who plays the coroner on CSI if you watch that show. He is also an ex Marine who served his country in Vietnam and an ex-State Senator from Mass.


This should be required reading for every man, woman and child in the United States of America ...

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"I'm 63 and I'm Tired"

by Robert A. Hall



I'm 63. Except for one semester in college when jobs were scarce and a

six-month period when I was between jobs, but job-hunting every day, I've worked, hard, since I was 18. Despite some health challenges, I still put in 50-hour weeks, and haven't called in sick in seven or eight years. I make a good salary, but I didn't inherit my job or my income, and I worked to get where I am. Given the economy, there's no retirement in sight, 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 I have to pay more taxes to "keep people in their homes." Sure, if they lost their jobs or got sick, I'm willing to help. But if they bought McMansions at three times the price of our paid-off, $250,000 condo, on one-third of my salary, then let the left-wing Congress-critters who passed Fannie and Freddie and the Community Reinvestment Act that created the bubble help them with their own money.



I'm tired of being told how bad America is by left-wing millionaires like Michael Moore, George Soros and Hollywood Entertainers who live in luxury because of the opportunities America offers. In thirty years, if they get their way, the United States will have the economy of Zimbabwe, the freedom of the press of China, the crime and violence of Mexico, the tolerance for Christian people of Iran, and the freedom of speech of Venezuela...



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 "honor"; of Muslims rioting 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 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 "race doesn't matter" in the post-racial world of Obama, when it's all that matters in affirmative action jobs, lower college admission and graduation standards for minorities (harming them the most), government contract set-asides, tolerance for the ghetto culture of violence and fatherless children that hurts minorities more than anyone, and in the appointment of U.S. Senators from Illinois.



I think it's very cool that we have a Black President and that a black child is doing her homework at the desk where Lincoln wrote the Emancipation Proclamation. I just wish the Black President was Condi Rice, or someone who believes more in freedom and the individual and less arrogantly of an all-knowing government.



I'm tired of a news media that thinks Bush's fundraising and inaugural expenses were obscene, but that think Obama's, at triple the cost, were wonderful; that thinks Bush exercising daily was a waste of presidential time, but Obama exercising is a great example for the public to control weight and stress; that picked over every line of Bush's military records, but never demanded that Kerry release his; that slammed Palin, with two years as Governor, for being too inexperienced for VP, but touted Obama with three

years as Senator as potentially the best president ever. Wonder why people are dropping their subscriptions or switching to Fox News? Get a clue.



I didn't vote for Bush in 2000, but the media and Kerry drove me to his camp in 2004.



I'm tired of being told that out of "tolerance for other cultures" we must let Saudi Arabia use our oil money to fund mosques and mandrassa Islamic schools to preach hate in America, while no American group is allowed to fund a church, synagogue or religious school in Saudi Arabia 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. My wife and I live in a two-bedroom apartment and carpool together five miles to our jobs. We also own a three-bedroom condo where our daughter and granddaughter live. Our carbon footprint is about 5% of Al Gore's, and if you're greener than Gore, you're green enough.



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 while they tried to fight it off? I sure think druggies chose to take drugs. And I'm tired of harassment from cool people treating me like a freak when I tell them I never tried Marijuana.



I'm tired of Illegal Aliens being called "undocumented workers," especially the ones who aren't working, but are living on welfare or crime. What's next? Calling drug dealers, "Undocumented Pharmacists"? And, no, I'm not against Hispanics. Most of them are Catholic, and it's been a few hundred years since Catholics wanted to kill me for my religion. I'm willing to Fast Track for citizenship any Hispanic person, who can speak English, doesn't have a Criminal Record and who is self-supporting without family on

welfare, or who serves Honorably for three years in our Military....

Those are the citizens we NEED.



I'm tired of latte Liberals and Journalists, who would never wear the uniform of the Republic themselves, or let their entitlement-handicapped

kids near a Recruiting Station, trashing our Military. They and their kids can sit at home, never having to make split-second decisions under life and death circumstances, and bad mouth better people than themselves. Do bad things happen in WAR? You bet. Do our Troops sometimes misbehave? Sure.

Does this compare with the atrocities that were the policy of our enemies for the last fifty years and still are? Not even close. So here's the deal.

I'll let myself be subjected to all the humiliation and abuse that was heaped on terrorists at Abu Ghraib or Gitmo, and the critics can let themselves be subject to captivity by the Muslims, who tortured and beheaded Daniel Pearl in Pakistan, or the Muslims who tortured and murdered Marine Lt. Col. William Higgins in Lebanon, or the Muslims who ran the blood-spattered Al Qaeda torture rooms our troops found in Iraq, or the Muslims who cut off the heads of schoolgirls in Indonesia, because the girls were Christian.

Then we'll compare notes. British and American soldiers are the only troops in history that civilians came to for help and handouts, instead of hiding from in fear.



I'm tired of people telling me that their Party has a corner on virtue and the other party has a corner on Corruption. Read the papers; bums are bipartisan. And I'm tired of people telling me we need Bipartisanship.



I live in Illinois , where the "Illinois Combine" of Democrats has worked to loot the public for years. Not to mention the TAX CHEATS in Obama's cabinet.



I'm tired of hearing wealthy athletes, entertainers and politicians of both 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.



Speaking of poor, I'm tired of hearing people with air-conditioned homes, color TVs and two cars called poor. The majority of Americans didn't have that in 1970, but we didn't know we were "poor." The Poverty Pimps have to keep changing the definition of poor to keep the dollars flowing.



I'm real 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-whatever for their problems.



Yes, I'm tired. But I'm also glad to be 63. Because, mostly, I'm not going to have to see the world these people are making. I'm just sorry for my granddaughter.



Robert A. Hall is a Marine Vietnam Veteran who served FIVE TERMS in the Massachusetts State Senate.



There is no way this will be widely publicized, unless each of us sends it on! This is your chance to make a difference.

HI-JACKED!

No, I have not been mugged in Wales - My Passports have NOT been Stolen - I wasn't robbed & I am not stranded in a foreign country! Please DO NOT send me any money in London to a Western Union Office...
Any of you who have received any of these type of messages from "me", received SCAM e-mail from the person who has hacked my system and hi-jacked my e-mail account. I (the real me) can not access any information on this account, including my contact lists... Microsoft has YET to respond as to how to stop this situation which, as I hear is a pretty typical repsonse for microsoft.

I never thought this could happen to me... Virus Protection, Pop-Up Blockers, Widgets and Whatzits that are supposed to protect your computers from this...Apparently do no good if someone REALLY wants in.
I am not sure how "Deep" this situation goes yet, but if you received this mail from "Me" - Please run your Virus programs right away and often to protect yoruselves from intrusions like this!


While I continue to work with multiple agencies to figure this situation out, please make sure your computers are protected. And I am deeply sorry you have been inconvenienced by this crook, this thief, this criminal...


Please DO NOT Respond to any e-mails received from "Him"...


Again, I am sorry for any disruption or inconvenience this has caused my friends, family, business associates, and fellow humans...

Ron

Take Back Our World!

Take Back Our World:

Every day we wake up and hear the news…


WE are spilling oil into our waters, where chemical reactions turn the water red;


WE are burning off excess oil, which is turning the skies black, we are burning our forests, which is depleting our natural resources and filling our skies with ash;


WE are trying to silence our Generals who are fighting the wars against terrorists who are trying to “Stifle” our country and our world;


WE are killing our sea-life, which depletes our food supply and causes excessive costs;


WE are letting our farm lands be taken over and having farmers paid for NOT growing crops;


WE are watching certain churches claim that we have no ties to Israel and should not support their fight to EXIST;


WE are watching our families deteriorating day by day;


WE are so caught up in survival and work that we pay no attention to our surroundings, our lives, and what others are doing around us;






WE see the struggles of others, yet few of us try to help;


WE see ourselves becoming unhealthier and eating poorly;


WE see our personal debt climbing as it begins to cost more to survive that we can afford;


WE see murder, theft, Wife & Children abuse, rape, & arson occurring daily;





WE watch as our WORLD slowly deteriorates, implodes, explodes, and is taken over by those that care more about themselves then of others!


GOD has given us our WORLD, each other, and the minds to choose to do the RIGHT THINGS or THE WRONG THINGS…


If we continue this path, if we continue to choose the wrong things to do, if we do not WAKE UP and realize what is going on around us, the WORLD around us will SOON be gone… No place for our kids, our grandkids, or any of OUR Future Generations!


Those of you who want to know what failing to take care of what God has given us, the TRUST he placed in us, or the consequences of failing to choose and act in the RIGHT WAY, can read about it in the best History and Prediction Book ever written… Pick up a copy at your library or the local bookstore (while you still can) –


It’s called the Bible…

The Dancing Chicken

There are 2 old stories you have probably heard before...
The Dancing Chicken and the Frog... Both reflect the same thing, but relate to our world and our attitudes...

The Dancing Chicken:
   A chicken farmer needed to make extra money, so her pondered how to do so... He noticed that when it got hot his chickens hopped around alot on the ground... So he built a stage and under it he put a hot plate (a flat surface heating element)
He put the chicken on the heated hotplate and the chicken jumped right off... He tried again and again and no matter what he did the chicken jumped off...
So one day when he was trying again, he forgot to turn the heat on.  When he placed the chicken on the hot plate it just stood there.  When he realized the heat was not on, he turned the switch and the hot plate began to heat.  As it did the chicken began to hop and move a little and then slowly as the plate heated, the chicken began to dance...

The Frog in Water:
     The old lady was preparing to make "Frog Stew" one day and got a huge pot of water boiling.  She had several frogs ready in a regular bucket of water, to make the stew. Once the stew water was boiling, she took the first frog and put him in...IMMEDIATELY the frog squirmed and jumped out of the pot, and hopped away.  She continued to try other frogs, but they all got out of the boiling water, and hopped away to safety.
     There was only one frog left and she was about to give up.  She decided to put the remaining frog, still in the cold water, on the stove.  Well the frog seemed quite content swimming in the water, even though it was getting hotter and hotter.  Soon the water began to boil but the frog never jumped out...  Soon she had her frog stew...

What does all this mean?:
     We humans realize IMMEDIATE danger.  We know accidents, we know fires, we know explosions, etc.  We realize their danger because they are immediate.  What we don't realize is the danger of the slowly heating hotplate or the slowly boiling water...
     The world around us IS that hotplate or bucket of water.  We become immune to the slow heating of the hotplace or the slowly increasing temperature of the water.  Each day, each week, each month and each year - the plate gets hotter, the water temperature get more intense, but we do not pay attention.

     Sooner or later we will end up as the Chicken or the Frog.  We will either be burned or scalded because of our ignorance to our surroundings.

There are signs all around us that we are in danger, however many of us do not pay attention.  We ignore the signs of what is going on. We think because we have been comfortable in our nice homes, with food on our table, and a part of the world where we have had wonderful seasons and "regular" weather, that we have nothing to worry about.

WRONG- Watch the spread of events that is occuring throughout the World and then look at what is happening right here in the United States- We are slowly boiling, yet we continue not to pay attention to our situation.
     God tells us of a time where there are increasing events throughout the world, just as we are experiencing.  Yet we pay no attention.  Over the last several centuries, earthquakes are becoming increasingly strong, killing at first tens, the hundreds, the thousands, then tens of thousands of people... We feel sorry for THOSE people...
     Each year, weather becomes different...  First a couple of weeks of "different" weather, the huges changes in weather - Temperature changes, snow patterns, Tornadoes, Hurricanes, etc. - Yet we do not pay attention...

It's the slowly boiling water- as things heat up little by little we do not pay attention- however, just like the frog... we will eventually reach that boiling point and will not survive...  We are not taking care of our world, our economy, our morals,our spiritual lives.

We all have the ability to do so, if we chose; But we do not pay attention - we continue to go about our lives as if nothing is going on, as if the water is not getting hotter...

We also, all have access to the history lessons and the currents events and the future - all in one place... All we have to do is read it, believe it and react to it...

Pick up a copy of the Book at any BookStore or your closest Church... 

It's Called THE BIBLE...

Pay Attention to our world!

Pay attention to God!