Thursday, November 18, 2010

I'm 63 and I'm Tired

OK, I'm not 63 but I am just as tired as what Robert A. Hall is, Mr. Hall is the actor who plays the coroner on CSI if you watch that show. He also is a Marine Vietnam War veteran.

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



"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 Mc Mansions 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 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 #@*# 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.



Again I am not 63, but 54 is close enough. We have to help change to get this country back on track.

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Why I should vote for Rob

Hi I am Rob Taylor and I am running for the US Senate seat here in Wisconsin here to answer the question that is on every one’s mind and that is “Why should I vote for you"?

First let me start by saying that the reason I started running in the first place was because I saw no one there to represent and help the middle and working class people. Someone who could help secure our borders to protect the country, lessen the tax situation, help get our jobs back and protect our young neighbors from going off to unconstitutional war and to prevent the takeover by the UN.

I am a middle class working guy that knows what it is like to fear about our jobs, health insurance, mortgage, sending our kids to school and or off to war. In short like most of you. I felt my 36 years in the business world and my three terms as an Alderman gave me the experience needed to help solve our problems.

It is time we had representation in Washington that reflects issues and concerns of the people.

In looking over my opponents I am glad I am in the race.

Second, I developed a plan early on in the campaign that not only spells what the issues are but how they can be solved. This plan covers twelve different calls to action on what I plan to execute when I am elected to the Office of U.S. Senate representing the State of Wisconsin. Some items of this plan will be put into place immediately; some will take time to implement. As bills do not happen overnight (at least if they are read), but at least I see this as a track to what I believe is the right direction for our country.
The plan is detailed as I have but effort, research and though into the solutions. Let me briefly share three points with you.

1. My first and foremost duty as a Senator is to ensure that our country and its citizens are protected. I will introduce a bill for Congress to direct the President of the United States to take 40,000 America troops from overseas stations and put 30,000 of them with full battle armament on the borders with the remaining 10,000 troops assisting ICE in removing illegal’s from this country. I will also work to eliminate the anchor-baby tactic and make English the language of the U.S.

2. My second priority is to secure our financial and economic situation. The three biggest problem areas I see in this picture is our income tax code, our trade agreements and the Federal Reserve. I will introduce bills to replace our tax system with one that closely resembles the Fair Tax plan. By replacing our current tax system our citizens can keep more money in their pockets, thus buying more American products. This will allow businesses to grow and creating more jobs.

I will works on bills to get us out of the unfair free trade agreements like NAFTA and GATT and get us out the WTO.

I will work to introduce bills that get illegal immigrates out of the country and out of our job market.

I will work on bills that will get the government out of the price and salary setting policy.

This is how the Senate can create jobs. No empty rhetoric.

3. I will introduce a bill that will allow for the members in Congress to be more accountable to their people and not the lobbyist in D.C. B
Ring the Politicians Home will relocate Congress to their states, and allow for only 25% of the time to be in Washington. We can do this without a Constitutional Amendment.


I have really enjoyed getting out and meeting the people in Wisconsin. I know that I can represent them with the chains of the Constitution binding me. Whatever the outcome of today I know in my heart I was running for the right reason and that I was out there. Doing something!!

"I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do. What I can do, I should do. And what I should do, by the grace of Yahweh, I will do." - Edward Everett Hale