Here's a guy that gets it.

http://www.mrctv.org/videos/zo-trayvons-left-forgot

I like this guy. He makes excuses for nothing and I wish there were a whole lot more people around like him. I wish he would move in to my neighborhood. He would be a welcome asset and pretty good company because at least he thinks.

In fact, I wish this guy would marry my sister, not that she needs anyone to take care of her because she knows how but just because if he did I'd have an excuse to drop in on him.

One of the things I have finally figured out after all these years is that the overwhelming majority of our problems in this country is that people make bad excuses for appalling behavior. We permit bad behavior.

If we didn't permit it there would not be a whole lot of it. I get pretty tired of everybody whining about how so and so had a mother that didn't buy him an iPod of some other foolishness. We enter this world with a life and the right to use it as we see fit and if you want to throw it away and get wrapped up in stupid you have only yourself to blame. The world is full of people that have decided to be successful and have done so.

We can gripe about the expense of college and things like that but the truth is that the opportunity is still there. The GI bill is still there and so are college loans for those that want them. There are still apprenticeship programs for those that want to learn a trade although they are not as plentiful as they used to be. I suppose they will return in time, though. We sure need competent people that know how to use their hands.

Ever try and find a halfway decent handyman? They cost a fortune and they are booked up for months. I suppose that maybe I could have done that for a living and I very well might as done better than I am doing now and I'm doing pretty well now.

There's pretty good money to be made in fixing things for people and I'd just bet that after a couple of months a handyman service business would take right off here becaause there are an awful lot of people out there that either do not know how or are too busy to fix basic things like a leaky faucet or a busted electrical outlet. The word of mouth advertising would travel at the speed of light if you were any good at that sort of thing.

The other thing we do is help a whole lot of people that do not need to be helped.

It seemms the government in it's infinite wisdom has stopped doing the things that people can't do for themselves and started doing what people ought to be doing for themselves. Of course an awful lot of people have started griping about this because the government hasn't done enough for them.

A person should be rightfully expected to take care of themselves. They should be able to feed, clothe and shelter themselves and generally take care of them and their family. If you can't support children, do not have them.

The government shoud take care of the things the individual can't. Things like securing the borders and general infastructure, the latter of which is rapidly going to hell because of basic maintenance. The money that should go there is being diverted to various social programs that shouldn't even exist. Meanwhile the borders are being over run and people like Jan Brewer in Arizona are being forced to do what the federal government should be doing in the first place. Arizona is trying to guard the border.

Of course, the feds claim that guarding the border is their job and not the job of Arizona but they are not doing it. They might have something legitimate to say if the were doing it and the Arizona people were getting underfoot.

A lot of this is like having an unattended kid running through your garden and you go out and give him a boot in the ass. You can bet the boot you kicked the little whelp with that you're going to hear from the parents. While hammering a kid with your fists or clubbing him would be just plain wrong a good soaking with a garden hose or a swift lick in the pants certainly fits the bill. It gets the point across in a fairly harmless way.

For the 'you can't do that to my kid' set I do not have a problem whatsoever. Bring your check book and write me a check for what the landscaper is going to charge me for repairs. Chances are after you see what the landscaper has charged you're going to go home and do a whole lot worse to the kid than soak him with a hose or chew him out of give him a boot in the ass.

The feds are acting like the parents of a kid that has just been booted in the ass. The only thing hurt is their ego but they do not like having to face up and admit they are not doing their job.

If we would stop wasting time and money making bad excuses for lousy behavior and start making the individual responsible for himself we'd all be a whole lot better off. There would be a whole lot less violence because a lot more people would be doing things they should to take care of themselves instead of doing things they shouldn't.

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