Seen this earlier, seems to be doing the rounds on fb. ------------------------ Bill Cosby "I'm 83 and Tired" I'm 83. Except for brief period in the 50's when I was doing my National Service, I've worked hard since I was 17. Except for some 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 "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 out of "tolerance for other cultures" we must let Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries use our oil money to fund mosques and Madrasa 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 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 be-deck them selves in tattoos and face studs, thereby making themselves unemployable and claiming money from the Government. Yes, I'm damn tired. But I'm also glad to be 83.. Because, mostly, I'm not going to have to see the world these people are making. I'm just sorry for my granddaughter 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! This is your chance to make a difference. " I'm 83 and I'm tired. If you don't agree you are part of the problem! ----- Seems more and more moving along to the same line of thought. Does anyone think we are going to see an extremist government in place any time soon? Thinking Euro/Western democracies. Raz
i used to love the cosby show. then realized that he's just an another idiot, troll, or whatever name you want to call him.
Awe that's too bad, I guess he must be just another left wing celebrity idiot, who thinks the government should put everything on our door step so we don't have to get our hands dirty.
straw man much? yeah, us liberals are out there not working, leaching off all those "makers" in society. i don't work, i hang out on the corner hoping some hard-working conservative goes to work every day, pays taxes which go directly into my pocket, so i can mooch of his/her hard work. AND, gives me some spare change so i can buy drugs and condoms so i can have high sex with my liberal boyfriend. straw manning is fun! i can get used to this.
That line imo prevents any debate, and instead turns the entire message explicitly into propaganda which you either agree with 100%, or not, in which case you are automatically 'the enemy'. I am tired... of extremists, be they left or right.
Sometimes...just to make a point. I'll make a deal with ya, I'll stop posting crap like that if others will stop posting this crap "typical right wing tosh".
i can't vouch for others. but i will (continue to) try to have a sensible conversations with you. dude, we've already had many sensible conversations about politics and news of the day. even though we disagree, there's a lot we agree on. isn't that nice, right and left together on map. <obewan and giovanni holding hands>
Hey man, if you're going to spread the hate it's best done equally to everybody. If you didn't then people make the mistake that you're on their side since you didn't blast them as well as their rival! Be it black, white, asian, male, female, straight or gay, logically or emotionally driven, violent or passive, bike, car or pedestrian . . you name it, I have hate to go around for everyone : D. My resting heart rate is 180bpm at all times.
Anyone posting stuff like this without checking snopes first fails the intrawebs: http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/imtired.asp Seriously, took me about 2 seconds: Repeat after me, 'Control-C, Control-V, s-n-o-p-e-s, Enter.'
You need to join Bill Hick's People who Hate People party...... Heard they were having a convention but nobody came LFD
If you're talking to me, I have only one question: 'How do we know each other? Because we've clearly met....'