"With All Due Respect……."

There is a statement that I really love to use……It follows a line of thinking that you can say almost anything, IF you preface it with these 4 little words.....Of course that statement would be….”With all due respect….”. It seems that once you say those magical words...any words that follow are simply fine. So for what I’m going to say today, let me preface it with “With all due respect…….”


When did the rules of life change? When did the idea of…"If you make a stupid decision, then you will suffer the consequences"…go away? Far too many people in our society have seemingly forgotten the crazy, old-fashioned concept of “personal responsibility". (You know the one where you have to answer for your actions) Instead, what we seem to have been teaching our kids for years now, is that…….

1) Everyone is a winner
2) You get a trophy even if you really suck
3) Keeping score is mean and unfair


The fact is this…..In life…EVERYONE is NOT a winner….you don’t really get a trophy if you really SUCK at what you do…..AND how in the heck else will you know when you win if you don’t keep score? That concept doesn’t work for sports…..and it sure doesn’t work for real life (no matter what “progressives” try to tell you).


If you skipped school….didn’t study….took the very basic classes, in order to JUST get a diploma OR you just got tired of going…so you dropped out…..Do you really think that you are entitled to everything that the person who went to school, studied hard…and then, even though it was difficult, they graduated, maybe went on to college and then busted their butt in order to succeed…is enjoying? If you do….then I would guess that you are in the first group…..and reality is this: It probably sucks to be you, as well it should.


With that said……Are we seriously considering "bailing out" Greece now? Let's see.....they have government entitlement programs out the ying-yang (that’s the medical term…seriously look it up)....and now they are wondering why they are broke...Are we saying that no one saw this one coming? Here is a country where you can retire at 53 years old, and still get 80% of your working income. Can we not see how that MIGHT have turned into a financial train-wreck?


And with THAT said....We cannot afford our own entitlement programs that are already in place HERE….so we certainly cannot afford to "prop up" the failed system of another country. You think that's stupid?....Hold on....because here’s an idea that is even dumber than that of us “bailing out” Greece…..Although we are looking at their example of how to take a country into complete and utter financial failure, we are trying to implement the same type of failed policies under the Obama/Pelosi/Reed regime.....AND even dumber yet (if that is possible) WE expect the outcome to be different. I guess the statement that I heard recently, from an old friend from High School, is true….”There isn’t a pill for stupid”. (Thank you Martha)


It seems that there are actually people who think that the ultimate societal outcome, would be one in which....no one works...everyone is rich....we don’t produce anything, we are only consumers.....and our Republic goes away…and we buy into the ridiculous idea of living under a "benevolent dictatorship". (an oxymoron at best) If you are in the group of people who really believes that crap, then let me say this as kindly as I can...."You Are An Idiot....get off of your (fill in blank), go get a job and stop whining about everyone else....take responsibility for your own actions....I DO NOT owe you anything...AND there will come a time when I will NOT continue to allow you to take what is mine"……Of course remember, I did preface all of the above with the phrase..."With All Due Respect....."....so it's ok...right? Then Again….That’s Just Me