Why go right?

Robert A. Hall is the actor who plays the
coroner on CSI if you watch that show.


“I'm 63 and I’m Tired"
by Robert A. Hall


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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'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 don't think Gay people choose to be Gay, but I damn 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 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 d--- 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