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...

I'm Tired   

By Robert A. Hall       I'm 73    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 w ill 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 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, 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 and Canada , while no American  nor Canadian 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.   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'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.       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 damn tired. But I'm also glad to  be 73.. Because, mostly, I'm not going to have  to see the world these people are making. I'm  just sorry for my granddaughters and grandson.      Robert A. Hall is a Marine Vietnam veteran who served  five terms in the Massachusetts State Senate.  There is no way this will be widely publicized, unless  each of us sends it on! This is your chance to make a difference.   "I'm 73 and I'm tired." If you don't forward this you  are part of the problem