Contributing Author: Caroline Picard
I’m once again watching The President of the United States speak; this time it’s an online town hall meeting. Once again he is explaining what he plans to do. Why? Why does he continually have to explain what he is planning to do. We are not that stupid, we understand, we understand the word Trillion, it means we are screwed as a nation, that’s what we understand. It’s like my Dad always said “Tis better to remain silent and to be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt”. Mr. President you may want to pay attention to that.
I am all in favor of fixing our educational system, go for it. Better pay for teachers, great, I come from a family of educators, my cousin Cecil Picard was head of the education department of the state of Louisiana. He was a great teacher, and I learned a lot from him. But it wasn’t just him or the great teachers that I had, it was me, I wanted to learn. My Mom read to us early, my brother, sister and I could read before we started school. That’s early education. But then she had our attention, we didn’t have anything to distract us back then i.e. a cell phone or the TV, gameboy, playstation, etc. We had something called “imagination”. She taught us to be curious and question what you didn’t understand. She taught us not to just accept something because it seemed to be the norm. Our Dad taught us how to survive, change a tire, grow some food, and to stand up for ourselves. They both taught us to fight for our rights and not to except handouts, work for your money and learn your trade.
You could have the world top scholars teaching some of these kids today and it would matter one bit. They do not want to learn, they don’t care, why, because the parents don’t care. It starts at home, early education comes from the parents, and grandparents. But that is very hard to do when Mom and Dad don’t exist in most cases, it’s just Mom. Dad is no where to be found. There are times that I speak with this generation and see nothing. If the eyes are the windows to the soul, then we are in end times. It scares me to think of what this wonderful country will be in 10 years. They have no survival instincts, none.
President Obama wants to give all of us Medical insurance, really, and just how do you plan to do that sir? Again, you cannot control human nature, only One can do that and He allows us free will. Preventive medicine to me means that you will stop us from what the government feels is bad for us. Oh stupid me, I’m so ignorant that the government has to tell me what I am doing wrong. Cut costs in Medicare and Medicad, hey Mr. President that’s for the children and seniors, and oh, oh, the illegals that are draining our economy. Don’t think Caroline, you will hurt yourself.
Of all I have been hearing in the last 60 something days of this administration, this has to irk me the most. It’s when I hear these economists, these experts in finance say; “the younger generation will recoup, but the seniors will probably not be able to retire”. Really, Mr. Expert? Okay junior, sit down and listen to this. We sat back way too long and let you geniuses run this country. We watched and listened while you talked down to us like we are six year olds, but no more. Times are a changing all right and the revolution is coming, but it’s the one we started 40 years ago and damn we dropped the ball on that. For some stupid reason we felt the need to “not” raise you children like our parents did. Boy, was that a mistake. We gave you everything and you did nothing, my Dad gave me nothing and I have been to do everything I set out to do.
We need to go back to this system. Right and wrong, no more of this gray area BS, it’s either right or wrong. You put your hand in the fire, IT’S GOING TO BURN YOU.
Watching this town hall meeting, one woman wanted to know how we are going to bring back the jobs that went overseas. Madam I can answer this for you, we aren’t, because the generations today have no skills to do these jobs and they don’t want to. All of sudden, people who didn’t want to wash dishes, now seem to think that okay. Sorry my friend, it’s too late, you don’t know the first thing about washing dishes and working 12 hours a day. Some want to bring the unions back, not me baby, leave my WalMart alone. I really don’t want to pay $5.00 for a peach. For those that have come to this country “illegally”, but have worked hard and pay taxes, then they should be able to get their green cards and work on their citizenship. I know how to plant and pick fruit, do I want to do it, no, so let those that can do.
And you know what Mr. Obama and to every President that sits in “Our House”. We are paying your rent, technically it’s our house, not yours. Same with all our “hired help politicans”, you work for us, Nancy, Barney, Chris, Harry, you got that, you work for us. And if I own part of AIG, then I want to be able to go to the offices and pick out something pretty for my house, and I’m looking forward to that dividend check. If the White House is “our house”, the “house of the people”, then it’s on, Saturday night I’m at “the house” and there’s a BBQ going on. Come on Michelle, let’s pick some of those veggies and throw them on the grill.
Let me and some of my friends question the politicians in the house and senate, let us ask the hard questions. Frankly I’m tired of them talking to us like we are six year olds, we know what you are saying and it’s “nothing”, absolutely, nothing.
We are changing the way we look at the “War on Terror”, no that’s a bad name, we could offend the “terror type people”, we need to “talk nice to them”. Contingency Overseas, really, well when I get to Iraq on April 8th and while I’m there for 10 days I will be sure to ask our men and women there that are fighting the “contingency” what they think. Ummmm, sounds like Police Action doesn’t it for those who read a “real” history book, or maybe lived it.
This is all I have to say now, but please understand I will be back and I will have more to say. Oops, one more thing on the “bailouts”, please, why does this surprise anyone? Of course we “bailout” people, it’s all we’ve been doing for the last 30 something years. You’ve done it with your kids people. Heaven forbid that they learn responsibility. “Oh no, not my child.” “He/she would never do that” so, don’t worry we will “bail you out”, “we’ll protect you”again, and again and again.
“Don’t Poke the Bear, She Bites”
