jwt Loc: Texas Hill Country

I received this via an email from a high school friend; high school was a very long time ago. This seems very apropos right about now.



The typical U.S. household headed by a person age 65 or older has a net worth 47 times greater than a household headed by someone under 35, according to an analysis of census data released Monday.

They like to refer to us as senior citizens, old fogies, geezers, and in some cases dinosaurs. Some of us are "Baby Boomers" getting ready to retire. Others have been retired for some time. We walk a little slower these days and our eyes and hearing are not what they once were. We have worked hard, raised our children, worshiped our God and grown old together. Yes, we are the ones some refer to as being over the hill, and that is probably true. But before writing us off completely, there are a few things that need to be taken into consideration.

In school we studied English, history, math, and science which enabled us to lead America into the technological age. Most of us remember what outhouses were, many of us with firsthand experience. We remember the days of telephone party-lines, 25 cent gasoline, and milk and ice being delivered to our homes. For those of you who don't know what an icebox is, today they are electric and referred to as refrigerators. A few even remember when cars were started with a crank. Yes, we lived those days.

We are probably considered old fashioned and out-dated by many. But there are a few things you need to remember before completely writing us off. We won World War II, fought in Korea and Viet Nam. We can quote The Pledge of Allegiance, and know where to place our hand while doing so. We wore the uniform of our country with pride and lost many friends on the battlefield. We didn't fight for the Socialist States of America ; we fought for the "Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave." We wore different uniforms but carried the same flag. We know the words to the Star Spangled Banner, America , and America the Beautiful by heart, and you may even see some tears running down our cheeks as we sing. We have lived what many of you have only read in history books and we feel no obligation to apologize to anyone for America.

Yes, we are old and slow these days but rest assured, we have at least one good fight left in us. We have loved this country, fought for it, and died for it, and now we are going to save it. It is our country and nobody is going to take it away from us. We took oaths to defend America against all enemies, foreign and domestic, and that is an oath we plan to keep. There are those who want to destroy this land

we love but, like our founders, there is no way we are going to remain silent.

It was mostly the young people of this nation who elected Obama and the Democratic Congress. You fell for the "Hope and Change" which in reality was nothing but "Hype and Lies."

You have tasted socialism and seen evil face to face, and have found you don't like it after all. You make a lot of noise, but most are all too interested in their careers or "Climbing the Social Ladder" to be involved in such mundane things as patriotism and voting. Many of those who fell for the "Great Lie" in 2008 are now having buyer's remorse. With all the education we gave you, you didn't have sense enough to see through the lies and instead drank the 'Kool-Aid.' Now you're paying the price and complaining about it. No jobs, lost mortgages, higher taxes, and less freedom.

This is what you voted for and this is what you got. We entrusted you with the Torch of Liberty and you traded it for a paycheck and a fancy house.

Well, don't worry youngsters, the Grey-Haired Brigade is here, and in 2014 we are going to take back our nation. We may drive a little slower than you would like but we get where we're going, and in 2014 we're going to the polls by the millions.

This land does not belong to the man in the White House nor to the likes of Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid. It belongs to "We the People" and "We the People" plan to reclaim our land and our freedom. We hope this time you will do a better job of preserving it and passing it along to our grandchildren. So the next time you have the chance to say the Pledge of Allegiance, Stand up, put your hand over your heart, honor our country, and thank God for the old geezers of the "Grey-Haired Brigade."

Footnote: This is spot on. I am another Gray-Haired Geezer signing on. I will circulate this to other Gray-Haired Geezers all over this once great country.
Can you feel the ground shaking??? It's not an earthquake, it is a STAMPEDE.
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Dogman Loc: Michigan

So true! Thanks for posting this. Yes, school and Vietnam seem so far in the past, but forever in our minds as we remember what The United States of America used to be.

Dogman

Shakey Loc: Traveling again to Norway and other places.

There is an old saying 'Times Change' whoever said it first got it right. Now watch the old grey folks make a few changes of their own. Thanks for posting, jwt.

jwt Loc: Texas Hill Country

You are welcome Dogman, and thanks for viewing.

Blenheim Orange Loc: Michigan

Obama is not a Socialist, and patriotism is non-partisan.

This is pure poison, in my opinion.

Mike

jwt Loc: Texas Hill Country

You are welcome Shakey and we better get it done as there are so many around who don't want anything to do with taking care of ourselves.

jwt Loc: Texas Hill Country

Well Mike you are welcome to your opinion and I served this country for over twenty years so you can express it freely. I only hope we will be allowed to continue to express our opinions freely, God bless you and your opinions.

Dogman Loc: Michigan

You are entitled to your opinion, albeit misguided, in my opinion.

Dogman

Blenheim Orange Loc: Michigan

So, you agree that Obama is a Socialist, and that patriotism is a partisan affair?

I am not trying to suppress your opinion, I am disagreeing with it.

I don't know how you want to measure patriotism, but by nay measure there are just as many patriots who have voted Democratic over the years as those who have voted Republican. Virtually no one from the Bush administration served in the armed forces. There are many, many Democrats in Congress who served in the military, more so than Republicans if I recall. So how can patriotism be a partisan issue?

Socialism is public control over the means of production. That certainly is not happening, as things are being increasingly privatized under leadership from both parties. What kind of Socialist would bail out Wall Street the way Obama has, or hand over the ACA to the private health care industry?

Turning this into a partisan feud, and implying that those who disagree with you are unpatriotic is a threat to the country, a dire threat. How can you do that and then claim to be patriotic at the same time?

Mike

Blenheim Orange Loc: Michigan

You claim that Obama is a Socialist then, and that patriotism is partisan?

Mike

Dogman Loc: Michigan

Give it up Mike. BTW, nice avatar.

Dogman

Blenheim Orange Loc: Michigan

Thanks, Dogman.

I do not think that patriotism belongs exclusively to either Republicans or Democrats, and I think it is dangerous to claim that it does - not to mention inaccurate. I think that is worth speaking out against, so I am.

There are many serious things wrong with the Obama administration, and opposing it effectively requires us to be accurate. Calling him a "Socialist"is about as effective and intelligent as calling him a "poopy head." Calling him any names is counter-productive. It is the policies and actions that are the problem, and that problem is not the fault exclusively of either Republicans or Democrats.

The super-heated and manic partisan feuding is being stirred up by those in power to get us at each other's throats and distract us from the fleecing they are giving all of us.

Mike

Dogman Loc: Michigan

Partisan feuding is better than sitting on the couch with beer in each hand and doing nothing but hollern' at the TV. Too much couch time has been going on for decades.

Dogman

Blenheim Orange Loc: Michigan

Those two are one and the same, in my experience, or at least the one leads to the other. All of the outrage people are expressing has been fed to them by the mass media. Once you get off the couch and mingle with real people you should be able to quickly realize that half of the people in the country are not traitors. It is poisonous and unpatriotic to spread that idea. Nothing good can come from it.

I resent people trying to claim patriotism as their personal property, or trying to claim that their political view is more patriotic than someone else's. While I am at it, as an old geezer I resent anyone claiming to speak for all of us.

Mike

Hope

well said... right there with you... jwt