I'VE BEEN THINKING........

HELLO TO ALL,

     I'VE BEEN THINKING LATELY(DO YOU SMELL SOMETHING BURNING?), ABOUT THE WAY PEOPLE BEHAVE. PEOPLE ACT AS IF THEY ARE ENTITLED TO ACT LIKE IDIOTS.

     I THOUGHT MAYBE I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE WORD "ENTITLEMENT", SO I LOOKED IT UP. THE DICTIONARY SAYS,"RIGHTS GRANTED BY LAW OR CONTRACT". HHHMMMM, SO AM I TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY PASSED A LAW THAT SAYS YOU CAN BE A LAZY PIECE OF SHIT AND I AS A WORKING MAN AM SUPPOSED TO PAY YOU TO DO THAT? OR THAT YOU CAN DRIVE DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT BREAK NECK SPEEEDS, TEXTING OR TALKING ON YOUR CELL PHONE, AND THAT YOU ARE ENTITLED TO FLASH YOUR LIGHTS AT ME AND TELL ME TO GET OUT OF YOUR WAY AND THEN GIVE ME THE FINGER JUST BECAUSE I WASN'T FAST ENOUGH? OR HOW ABOUT JUST BEING PLAIN RUDE TO EVERYONE YOU ENCOUNTER ON THIS PLANET, DID I MISS THE LAW THAT SAYS IT'S O K TO ACT LIKE THIS?

     NOW, THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE A RANT ABOUT THE YOUNGER GENERATION,ALTHOUGH THEY DO SEEM TO HAVE MORE THAN THEIR FAIR SHARE, BUT IT IS GOING TO BE ABOUT PEOPLE IN GENERAL.

     I GREW UP IN THE LATE 50'S AND 60'S, AND MY PARENTS TAUGHT ME TO RESPECT NOT ONLY MY ELDERS BUT EVERYONE. MOST PEOPLE I ENCOUNTER ON A DAILY BASIS BELIEVE THEY ARE ENTITLED NOT TO HAVE TO RESPECT ANYONE, OR FOR THAT MATTER, ANYTHING.

     I BELIEVE WE DO HAVE CERTAIN RIGHTS, BUT JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS DOESN'T MEAN WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO KILL EACH OTHER OVER A PARKING SPACE, DOES IT? JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE THE RIGHT OF FREEDOM OF SPEECH DOESN'T MEAN WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO DROP F-BOMBS IN THE CHURCH PARKING LOT, DOES IT? IT ISN'T WRITTEN DOWN AS A LAW OR A CONTRACT THAT WE TRY TO TREAT EACH OTHER DECENTLY, BUT DOES THAT MEAN WE SHOULDN'T?

     THIS WILL PROBABLY PISS OFF THE MOTORCYLE RIDERS, BUT BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE TO WEAR A HELMET WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD YOU NOT WANT TO? HAVE YOU SEEN THESE OTHER PEOPLE DRIVE? THEY WILL RUN OUR DUMB ASSES OVER AND THEN TELL THE POLICEMEN THAT THEY DIDN'T SEE US BECAUSE THEY WERE TEXTING!

     WE ARE IN A VERY TOUCHY PERIOD IN SOCIETY AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WITH THE ECONOMY THE WAY IT IS, THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM THE WAY IT IS, AND WITH PEOPLE THE WAY THEY ARE ACTING, WE SEEMED TO BE QUITE SCREWED. I TRULY FEEL SORRY FOR OUR CHILDREN, I'M TRYING TO RAISE OUR YOUNGEST SON TO HAVE RESPECT FOR EVERYTHING, HE MIGHT NOT BE LISTENING, BUT I AM TRYING.

     I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER IS, BUT I DO KNOW THAT I'M GOING TO KEEP TRYING TO USE MY HEAD FOR SOMETHING OTHER THAN A HAT RACK, AND I'M GOING TO KEEP MY HEART INVOLVED AS WELL. IT'S JUST US, ALL I CAN ASK IS FOR US TO DO OUR BEST. WHEN YOU SEE ONE OF THESE KNUCKLEHEADS ACTING THE ASS, WHEN YOU STEP UP AFTER HIM OR HER, JUST DON'T BE A KNUCLEHEAD TOO. STEPPING IN OR UP TO THE PLATE MIGHT JUST GET YOU SHOT. BUT, AFTER IT'S OVER YOU DON'T HAVE TO ADD TO THE MAYHEM.

                                                       THANKS FOR LISTENING,

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