Posted by
The New THOMA$ REPORT on Tuesday, May 06, 2008 2:46:54 PM
Liberals rely on people telling one another,
"life's not fair!" But life should NOT be fair. If life were fair,
we'd all be broke, including those who are now rich or just
"well-to-do." Then from where would come the money to invest in
profit-making, jobs-creating projects? You know, the kind of projects that
provide jobs and money for ALL of us? Yes, it's "not fair" that some
should be rich and others poor. I'd love to be "rich" and be able to
enjoy the fruits of riches. But not as an "inheritee." I want to EARN
my own "riches." I don't want to be a Teddy Kennedy, to whom money
means NOTHING because he's never had to earn a penny. He inherited
$750 million from his father, who got it from bootlegging. He's "gone
through" half of it with nothing to show for it and has never had a moment
when he has had to wonder where his next meal is coming from, or his next
dollar. He just "reaches out" and it's there (one of his
"flunkies" puts it in his hand). His only decision at dinner time is
if he wants to spend $500 or $5,000 for his next meal. Yes, that's "not
fair," and whose fault is it? Not mine, and certainly not yours.The
liberal view of "fair" is for there to be NO "rich." For
ALL to be "poor." And if you don't believe it, look at all their
"safety net" programs. None will ever make ANYONE rich (except maybe
some of the liberals). They make everybody uniformly poor. Bill Gates is one of
the riches people in the nation, and has CREATED more millionaires that you can
count. Not to mention all those who are now "near-rich" because of
him and Microsoft. If he had not created Microsoft, there would be a lot more
"poor people" in the world. Believe it.
P. J. O'Rourke recently made
an "imaginary" commencement speech that was a lot different from
usual. His first recommendation was for them to "go out and make a lot of
money," which is just the opposite of what they've been conditioned to
do by the liberals in education. Read his speech. It will be "an epiphany"
for most. Here's part of it: "We were the moron generation. We were the
generation that believed we could stop the Vietnam War by growing our hair long
and dressing like circus clowns. We believed drugs would change everything --
which they did, for John Belushi. We believed in free love. Yes, the love was
free, but we paid a high price for the sex. My generation spoiled everything
for you. It has always been the special prerogative of young people to look and
act weird and shock grown-ups. But my generation exhausted the Earth's
resources of the weird. Weird clothes -- we wore them. Weird beards -- we grew
them. Weird words and phrases -- we said them. So, when it came your turn to be
original and look and act weird, all you had left was to tattoo your faces and
pierce your tongues. Ouch. That must have hurt. I apologize. (P. J. O'Rourke)