Wussification of America

[benos]

This came in an email, I'll stick it on the main site as well.

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The Wusification of America

The World War II Memorial is long overdue.  We owe our rich life in America today to the victory achieved by the men and women of that generation.  My parents came from the World War I generation.  They lived through the depression, and were the hardest working people I’ve ever met.  There were no jobs during the depression years.  25% of the male population was unemployed.  Remember this was an era when women, by and large, didn’t work.  

The life that we have today is a product of the sacrifices made by the many previous generations of Americans, our ancestors.  I am deeply disappointed by some of the trends that I see in today’s society.  I will enemuerate them below:  

1) The Lottery and Lawsuit Mentality:   Spill a cup of coffee in your lap, and

you have a lawsuit.  Bet a buck and win $80 million.  The Losers want to get rich quick.  Why not get rich the old fashioned way through your own efforts and hard work?  That’s how Grandpa and Grandma did it.  They worked their asses off for many years, and saved the money.

2) The Victim Mentality:  I live in California, near San Francisco, the city of one million victims.  I occasionally listen to San Francisco based talk radio.  I’ve never heard so much whining in my life.  The problems in my life are everybody’s fault but mine.  Basically, everyone who’s rich should share their money with me.  Attention liberals:  It didn’t work in Russia, and it won’t work here.  Need more money?  Get a second job.

The people of earlier generations would be shocked to see how soft and government dependent our current generation has become.  Compared to previous generations, we are a nation of wusses.

3) The Anti-Gun Thing:  In 1900 people were not afraid of guns.   They were not that far removed from the days when it was a necessity to hunt for your food.  In World War II people were not afraid of guns.  It was with the help of guns that we won the war.  People today are afraid guns.  They think that the world would be a better place without them.  That may or may not be true.  But, get a clue folks, the cat’s long out of the bag.  Once you discover nuclear weapons, you can’t somehow undiscover them.  If the Crips want to get guns, they’ll get them.  If Saddam wants the bomb, he’ll do his darndest to get the bomb.  It’s the nature of bad guys.

4) The Execution of Timothy McVeigh:  I was deeply disturbed the day that they executed Tomothy McVeigh.  Here’s why:  The suffering that McVeigh caused was horrible.  The effect of killing 168 innocent people and injuring and maiming many others is almost beyond description.  Yet, McVeigh showed no remorse.  A true psychopath.  And yet, 300 people marched outside his prison to protest the death penalty.  Death penalty protesters, wake up, look at the TV, see the suffering of the victims of McVeigh’s horrid act, and show some compassion.  Do not chose this man as the object of your protest.   Chose another day for your protest out of respect  for the suffering of the victims.

Further, when Bush arrived in Europe, they gave him shit about the execution.  Once again, European protestors:   turn on your TV, see the suffering, and show some compasssion to the victims, not to the perpetrator.  You are basically insensitive idiots.  It’s obvious to me, that although we’ve become a nation of wusses, the Euro’s are worse.  And that surprises me, because WW II was fought on their soil, and you’d think that the memories would be more profound.

The Saving Grace:  

Freedom and Entrepreneurship are still valued in America by some, at least.  The hard workers will continue to be the winners, as they have since Thor started trading with Ivan.  The strong will dominate.  The wusses will rollover and play dead, watch their own demise on the TV,  wonder what happened, and complain about being victimized.  

Choose to be a Winner, not a Loser.

[bird]

very nice,

sounds like the lecture i give my kids on an almost daily basis..

My wife always prefaces my rants/diatribes with ,"dont get your dad started"....

It is good to know that there is still some "common sense" left in the world, even though "common sense"

is not that common anymore...

very nice post

[John Thompson]

Brain, you just scratched the surface.   Wusses are people who nothing they ever do wrong is their fault, they are not responsible for their their actions, they believe there is no right or wrong, they're entitled..., they think the government is here to help, they legitimize self-serving and shameless self-promoters, they believe everything CNN tells them, and they think that the criminal always have more rights than the victim.  Don't forget, wussies don't believe that children need to be taught to work to achieve and develop self reliance.  ex.  Just showing up to little league games doesn't earn a kid a trophy.  The strong shall survive. It pays to be a winner.

[bonedaddy]

Great Post!!!  Personally i've often tried to work out how the socialists are planning to get our guns.  We have guns, they don't.  We are willing to defend against aggressors, they are not.   We believe in "natural law" they believe in twisting the law.  These sheep only exist because we maintain order and provide a measure of safety so they can survive.  

[Scooter]

They banned dodge ball from PE in elementary schools.  How much worse can it get?

[Ross Chevalier]

I know that many folks have listed Atlas Shrugged on the fave books list.  If the message that started this thread resonated with you, read the book if you have not.  It's long, sometimes wordy, but the point is pretty clear.

You may leave the book feeling pissed off and alone.  You aren't.  There are a whole whack of us on this forum.

Who is John Galt?

Ross

[Ross Chevalier]

Attached is a quote from a fine observer of American culture, Mr. George Carlin.  It is unedited, so if you are sensitive to creative use of English be forewarned....

I Am Your Worst Nightmare. I am a BAD American. I am George Carlin.

I believe the money I make belongs to me and my family, not some midlevel

governmental functionary with a bad comb-over who wants to give it away to

crack addicts squirting out babies. I'm not in touch with my feelings and

I like it that way, damn it! I believe no one ever died because of something

Ozzy Osbourne, Ice-T or Marilyn Manson sang.

I think owning a gun shouldn't make you the criminal. I believe it's

called the Boy Scouts for a reason.

I don't think being a minority makes you noble or victimized. I believe

that if you are selling me a Big Mac, you'd better do it in English. I don't

use the excuse "it's for the children" as a shield for unpopular opinions or

actions. I think fireworks should be legal on the 4th of July.

I think that being a student doesn't give you any more enlightenment than

working at Blockbuster. In fact, if your parents are footing the bill to

put your pansy ass through 4-7 years of college, you haven't begun to be

enlightened.

I believe everyone has a right to pray to his or her God. My heroes are

John Wayne, the Simpsons, and whoever canceled Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman. I

don't hate the rich. I don't pity the poor. I know wrestling is fake and

I don't waste my time arguing about it.

I think global warming is a big lie. Where are all those experts now,

when I am freezing my ass through a long winter? I've never owned a slave,

or was a slave, I didn't wander forty years in the desert after getting

chased out of Egypt, I haven't burned any witches or been persecuted by

the Turks and neither have you, so shut-the-#$%!-up already.

I want to know which church is it exactly where the Reverend Jesse

Jackson preaches? And where does he get his money? And why is he always

part of the problem and not the solution? I think the cops have every right

to shoot your sorry ass if you're running from them. I also think they have

the right to pull your ass over if you are breaking the law, regardless of

what color you are. I think if you are too stupid to know how a ballot works,

I don't want you deciding who should be running the most powerful nation in

the world for the next four years.

I hate those bastards standing in the intersections trying to sell me

crap or trying to guilt me into making 'donations' to their cause. These

people should be targets.

I think if you are in the passing lane, and not passing, your license

should be revoked, and you should be forced to ride the bus until you

promise to never delay the rest of us again.

I believe that it doesn't take a village to raise a child, it takes two

parents. I think tattoos and piercing are fine if you want them, but

please don't pretend they are a political statement.

I think Dr. Seuss was a genius.

I'm neither angry nor disenfranchised, no matter how desperately the

mainstream media would like the world to believe otherwise. I believe if

she has her lips on your willie, it is sex, and it is sex for both of you.

This even applies when you are President of the United States.

If that makes me a BAD American, then yes, I'm a BAD American. If you,

too, are a BAD American, please forward this to everyone you know.

We need to take our country back!