Yep, Were Lazy All Right...

Yep, Were Lazy All Right...

Much has been made lately about President Obama's taken-out-of-context statement about us, as Americans, becoming “lazy”. Although it would appear to me, after reading the statements made, that he was referring more to the business sector than he was to our citizens, I say that he should have been referring to us!

It would not be a distortion of the truth for him to say such.

For it seems to me, that that is exactly what has happened in this country today; we are just flat-ass lazy, and it's getting worse. It matters not what the latest bickering in congress is about, because we have the power to change all that, if we just would.

Please don't tell me about how hard you work at your job, or how innovative you have been. That's not what the problem is, and it's not what we are talking about here.

Here's an innovation for you: how about showing up to vote? According to the US Census Bureau, in the presidential election of 2008, only 64% of eligible voters cast their ballot. Some of you may look at that number and say, “Hmmm, well...that's not so bad”. You are right. That is not “so bad”, it is absolutely TERRIBLE!

It is not that far removed from being a government by minority, instead of majority, vote. In my opinion, there is no reason why that statistic should not say 90% instead of 64%.

Hang your excuses, you have avenues available to you to cast your ballot, even if you are going to be out of the country on election day. The only valid excuse I can even think of is to be so ill that you can't go out, but it is my belief that on any given day at least 90% of us are healthy enough to exercise our rights.

It is my fervent hope that someday voting will be so easy and the public so well informed of the options available, that voting will soar close to 100% participation. I have high hopes for the internet in that regard, the day is coming when nearly everyone, rich or poor, will have online access. May that day arrive quickly.

Until then, take my word for it, you are just plain lazy; and everyone else that neglects their right to vote, is just like you.

Thoughts About Penn State

Thoughts About Penn State...

We dream, and we dream about myriad things, both good and bad.

We dream in colors, we dream in shadows, we dream of persons and places we both know and don't know, simultaneously.

Sometimes, we dream of places we've been in other dreams, multiple times. Usually, this makes us happy; sometimes, not.

Occasionally, when we dream, we have power and are in control; submissive people walk around us, aware and afraid, but yet – not fleeing.

We dream we take advantage of these situations, and force our wills upon them. We feel no remorse; they are ours, and we can do with them what we will.

Some of us remember our dreams, some of us don't; it doesn't matter. They are stuck with us forever, either subconsciously or consciously, or both. They never leave, they are always there; in many ways like the person that loses a foot, but still feels it there constantly.

Often, we are haunted by our dreams; they carry over into our waking hours, a constant little itch under our skin. They are things we wish to carry out in our real lives, like breaking par at the golf course or getting a date with that “really hot” new person at work. Perhaps we will hit the lottery and retire to the Islands. Not often, but sometimes, these dreams come true, most likely aided by the fact that we desire them so much.

But...sometimes we dream of evil things, gross things, things that people in a normal society just don't do. Unfortunately...sometimes those dreams come true too!

When they do, we most likely didn't want them to come true, but still, we reap the “rewards” from them unashamedly. We do that, even though we know that someday there will be hell to pay.

Just ask Jerry Sandusky and his enablers at Penn State, they know...now.