A little food for thought

My supervisor sent this to me, to I thought I would post it. There is far more truth in this than there is in any of the progressive crap I see posted from time to time.



Here's to those of US who chose to work and achieve instead of mooch off others!!!!



No matter what our kids and the new generation think about us,
WE ARE AWESOME !!!!
OUR LIFE IS LIVING PROOF !!!!




To Those of Us Born
1930 - 1979




At the end of this email is a quote of the month by Jay Leno.. If you don't read anything else, please


read what he said..


Very well stated, Mr. Leno.

And despite doing all of this, we grew to invent childproof lids on medicine bottles, put locks on doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes force our kids to wear helmets when bike riding. We invented car seats, booster seats, seat belts, air bags, and enforcement of vehicle inspections while outlawing riding in the back of open pick-up trucks.

We discovered the disease that comes from garden hoses the germs that are spread by sharing drinking containers. We found out how sugar and carbohydrates when combined with inactivity lead to diseases like diabetes.

We are the generation that started keeping tabs on our kids so that they couldn't roam all day as we did, instituted allowing everyone to make the team for little league and and took the monkey bars and swings out of playgrounds to prevent injuries.

We invented Playstations, X-Boxes and Nintendo's and then kept improving them to the point that even adults get wrapped up in playing these games.

It's not the kids who have changed. Children today would be just as reckless, fearless and indestructible as we were if the kids who survived yesteryear would allow them. But the children you spoke of grew up to become the lawyers and government that regulated so much. We're the ones that started suing because a kid accidently shot a window or our kid, we're the ones that started locking our doors and we're the ones that have attempted to take the disappointment of being a kid away.

What you don't realize is that in your post to praise our childhoods, what you actually do is condemn what WE have become as adults for it is WE who have made all the changes.

Aaron wrote:

What you don't realize is that in your post to praise our childhoods, what you actually do is condemn what WE have become as adults for it is WE who have made all the changes.

That's right We made those changes and they weren't for the better either.

Cato wrote:

Aaron wrote:

What you don't realize is that in your post to praise our childhoods, what you actually do is condemn what WE have become as adults for it is WE who have made all the changes.

That's right We made those changes and they weren't for the better either.

The more I thought about this, the more I realized you certainly like to swing the "We" word around. We aren't a collective, though many act as if we are. Each of us act individually. Each of us choose what what to beleive and what to do.

Yes, Aaron, My wife and I did some of the things you pointed out. The two of us made the choice to do so. Like so many both of us were caught up in the paranoia of the time. That doesn't make it right or a wise thing to do. In fact both of us were stupid in the items each of us chose to believe.

Is my post a condemnation of what "We" have become. Nope it isn't. It is a condemnation of unthinking individuals, who thought some so called "expert" knew more about raising kids, than they actually did. You see, Aaron, each us decide and choose what to do and what to beleive. Each of us are responsible for ourselves and our choices.

Cato wrote:The more I thought about this, the more I realized you certainly like to swing the "We" word around. We aren't a collective, though many act as if we are. Each of us act individually. Each of us choose what what to beleive and what to do.

Yes, Aaron, My wife and I did some of the things you pointed out. The two of us made the choice to do so. Like so many both of us were caught up in the paranoia of the time. That doesn't make it right or a wise thing to do. In fact both of us were stupid in the items each of us chose to believe.

Is my post a condemnation of what "We" have become. Nope it isn't. It is a condemnation of unthinking individuals, who thought some so called "expert" knew more about raising kids, than they actually did. You see, Aaron, each us decide and choose what to do and what to beleive. Each of us are responsible for ourselves and our choices.

Lucky for you Willy, .... because I wasa just about to write that same rebuttal myself.

Aaron's statement of: .... "what you actually do is condemn what WE have become as adults for it is WE who have made all the changes"

is the equivalent of saying ..... "for it is WE who have made all the changes that Obama and the Democrats have been putting into practice".

What I meant and stand by is the "WE" as a collective society which means both of you unless you're not members of our society.

Aaron wrote:What I meant and stand by is the "WE" as a collective society which means both of you unless you're not members of our society.

Speaking for myself, I am not part of the "We" collective. I make my own decisions. I reap the rewards and suffer the consequences of the decisions I make.

You were the one who posted this Cato and claimed the 'awesomeness' of 3 generations.

WE ARE AWESOME !!!!
OUR LIFE IS LIVING PROOF !!!!


To Those of Us Born
1930 - 1979

I merely pointed out that the people you praise for being so 'awesome' are the very same group of people who made the changes to EVERYTHING you praised was the same people you’re claiming are so awesome.

So you have no problem with being associated with the group that played all day without telling their mom’s where they were, rode in the back of pick-up trucks, drank kool aid and built go carts with their friends but when it’s pointed out that it was that group of kids who grew up to become the adults that made the changes to everything you claim so awesome, you bristle at that association.

Interesting.

SamCogar wrote:

Cato wrote:The more I thought about this, the more I realized you certainly like to swing the "We" word around. We aren't a collective, though many act as if we are. Each of us act individually. Each of us choose what what to beleive and what to do.

Yes, Aaron, My wife and I did some of the things you pointed out. The two of us made the choice to do so. Like so many both of us were caught up in the paranoia of the time. That doesn't make it right or a wise thing to do. In fact both of us were stupid in the items each of us chose to believe.

Is my post a condemnation of what "We" have become. Nope it isn't. It is a condemnation of unthinking individuals, who thought some so called "expert" knew more about raising kids, than they actually did. You see, Aaron, each us decide and choose what to do and what to beleive. Each of us are responsible for ourselves and our choices.

Lucky for you Willy, .... because I wasa just about to write that same rebuttal myself.

Aaron's statement of: .... "what you actually do is condemn what WE have become as adults for it is WE who have made all the changes"

is the equivalent of saying ..... "for it is WE who have made all the changes that Obama and the Democrats have been putting into practice".

Then who made the changes that prevent our kids from playing outside from sunrise to sunset, stopped them from riding in the back of trucks, eliminated kool aid and any other thing that might be remotely dangerous, made everyone eleigible for Little League thus eliminating someone getting their feelings hurt and every other change on Cato's list?

Aaron wrote:

Then who made the changes that prevent our kids from playing outside from sunrise to sunset, stopped them from riding in the back of trucks, eliminated kool aid and any other thing that might be remotely dangerous, made everyone eleigible for Little League thus eliminating someone getting their feelings hurt and every other change on Cato's list?

Parents who bought into the tripe by the so called "experts". Laws written by do gooders thinking they were going to prtect children from their "evil and ignorant" parents. Was it a "We", not by a long shot. It was people who had their nose where it didn't belong. No matter how you slice the pie however, it is the individual who was the do gooder, or the parent that decided whether or not all these rules were good or a crock of crap.

It was the same people who said WE ARE AWESOME !!!! OUR LIFE IS LIVING PROOF !!!!

Aaron wrote:It was the same people who said WE ARE AWESOME !!!! OUR LIFE IS LIVING PROOF !!!!

Alot of people like to include, when in fact that isn't the case. For example, Don't include me in the hopey changey thing, in the PC crowd, or in the "I'm entitled crowd". I worked darn hard to prevent the present disaster of a president we have from being elected. To me, Political Correctness means nothing more than unthinking masses following the crowd. Finally, I'm not entitled anything other than what I have EARNED.

The most basic and fragile of minorities is the "individual". It is the "individual" that the looters and parasites seek to destory by shoving him aside for the word "We". I hate the word "we" with a passion. It is like the "They", it identifies nothing. It is a word that is a word the destorys the worth of the individaul. Destory the individaul and you destory the real meaning of liberty.

Aaron wrote:
Then who made the changes that prevent our kids from playing outside from sunrise to sunset, stopped them from riding in the back of trucks, eliminated kool aid and any other thing that might be remotely dangerous, made everyone eleigible for Little League thus eliminating someone getting their feelings hurt and every other change on Cato's list?

Those changes started being introduced fast n' furiously in the late 70's and early 80's.

Count it up Aaron, that's 30 years of "do-gooders" demanding changes for the government to be the "protector" of everyone.

Didn't you know that the first national Great American Smokeout was held in 1977.

Once the employees of LBJ's Great Society Program found out they had the "power of Law" to force the public to comply with their hairbrained ideas things started goiing to hell in a handbasket.


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Speaking for myself, I am not part of the "We" collective. I make my own decisions. I reap the rewards and suffer the consequences of the decisions I make.

You want to be part of the "we" when listing the good things but beg off the "we" when the bad things get listed, you and Sam.

A telling bit, right there.

TerryRC wrote:Speaking for myself, I am not part of the "We" collective. I make my own decisions. I reap the rewards and suffer the consequences of the decisions I make.

You want to be part of the "we" when listing the good things but beg off the "we" when the bad things get listed, you and Sam.

A telling bit, right there.

As I said I'm not a part of the world you avocate, nor do I have any diesire to be a part of it. Moreover, I am working as hard as I can to prevent you and your ilk from ever establishing the world you want to see.

As I said I'm not a part of the world you avocate (ADVOCATE), nor do I have any diesire (DESIRE) to be a part of it. Moreover, I am working as hard as I can to prevent you and your ilk from ever establishing the world you want to see.

You have no idea of the world I'd like to see. For the record, though, it includes people that know how to use a dictionary or a spell-checker.

Like I said, you want to be in the "we" that Leno speaks of when counting the positives yet eschew responsibilities when the negatives come up.

What do we call those types of people? I forget...

I not disagreeing with you TC, I'm merely pointing out the the superior tone you've taken with Cato. It's as if you think you are better then him because you perceive yourself smarter.

You may now continue your bloviating.

TerryRC wrote:As I said I'm not a part of the world you avocate (ADVOCATE), nor do I have any diesire (DESIRE) to be a part of it. Moreover, I am working as hard as I can to prevent you and your ilk from ever establishing the world you want to see.

You have no idea of the world I'd like to see. For the record, though, it includes people that know how to use a dictionary or a spell-checker.

Like I said, you want to be in the "we" that Leno speaks of when counting the positives yet eschew responsibilities when the negatives come up.

What do we call those types of people? I forget...

I may not spell the best at time, but I'll live free. I neither need nor want some government flunkie to tell me how to live, who to do business with, what doctor to see, or when I can scratch my butt. I really don't want some "do gooder" like you, who thinks he's superior to everyone else, using the government to tell me how to live. If you want to live in the "we" collective fine, don't drag me down down to your personal hell.

I not disagreeing with you TC, I'm merely pointing out the the superior tone you've taken with Cato. It's as if you think you are better then him because you perceive yourself smarter.

It is an example of missing the beam in his own eye. Willy comments on education and how the "liberals" have jacked it all up. What does serious and regular misspellings of common words say about his own?

Willy comments on the laziness of others fairly commonly. What does it say about his laziness when most browsers have a built in spell check capability?

I don't do or say things gratuitously.

Even what you say is true, my "superior attitude" is not relevant to my arguments.

I may not spell the best at time, but I'll live free. I neither need nor want some government flunkie to tell me how to live, who to do business with, what doctor to see, or when I can scratch my butt. I really don't want some "do gooder" like you, who thinks he's superior to everyone else, using the government to tell me how to live. If you want to live in the "we" collective fine, don't drag me down down to your personal hell.

So, because you can't counter my point which is also Aaron's point, it is insult, insult, insult. One or more of your family members is a teacher. You live with government flunkies. Talk to them or treat them like that?

My personal hell? It is filled with self-righteous people that can't look at the truth.

You think you are superior because you are born-again. I don't bring that into arguments.

Willy. I feel sorry for you. In only one way do I feel superior. my mind is open and your is not. I will change my mind, given good reason. You NEVER will, about anything.

Anyway, all your insults aside, why did you claim kinship with Leno's "we" when discussing positives, yet disassociate when Aaron brought up the negatives?

Can you not answer that very simple question. Can you not share some responsibility?