I received this forward from my aunt - if I ever have a kid, this is how they are going to be raised.
To Those of You Born 1930 - 1979
(Original Author Unknown)
TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED THE 1930's, 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's!!
F irst, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they were pregnant. They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can and didn't get tested for diabetes. Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-base paints.
We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, locks on doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had baseball caps not helmets on our heads. As infants & children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, no booster seats, no seat belts, no air bags, bald tires and sometimes no brakes Riding in the back of a pick- up truck on a warm day was always a special treat.
We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle. We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and no one actually died from this. We ate cupcakes, white bread, real butter and bacon. We drank Kool-Aid made with real white sugar. And, we weren't overweight. WHY?
Because we were always outside playing...that's why!
We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on. No one was able to reach us all day. And, we were O.K..
We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride them down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times,we learned to solve the problem.
We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's and X-boxes. There were no video games, no 150 channels on cable, no video movies or DVD's, no surround-sound or CD's, no cell phones, no person al computers, no Internet and no chat rooms
WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!
We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were NO lawsuits from these ACCIDENTS. YES real ACCIDENTS.
We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever. We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays, made up games with sticks and tennis balls and, although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes.
We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just walked in and talked to them.
Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!!
The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law!
These generations have produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever. The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas. We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to deal with it all.If YOU are one of them? CONGRATULATIONS!
You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated so much of our lives for our own good. While you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave and lucky their parents were.
Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it ? ~
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Who's is responsible?
So who is going to protect you, ultimately who's responsibility is it to ensure and enforce your right to "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?" Are you going to leave the resonsibility for your life up to someone else?
I may not want a gun, but by all means, if my neighbor does to protect his or her family from the crime and violence that is a reality in this world, I think they have that right. Who am I to dictate their rights and privleges. In fact, I should respect them more for it, because they are willing to protect their families just like the men and women who pick up guns everyday to go to work to protect their family of Americans (police, federal agents, and our military). The armed citizen is doing his or her part to help.
I may not want a gun, but by all means, if my neighbor does to protect his or her family from the crime and violence that is a reality in this world, I think they have that right. Who am I to dictate their rights and privleges. In fact, I should respect them more for it, because they are willing to protect their families just like the men and women who pick up guns everyday to go to work to protect their family of Americans (police, federal agents, and our military). The armed citizen is doing his or her part to help.
Arizona, Guns, and the National News
The local news reported that Arizona had made national headline news because of some protesters. These protesters were protesting President Obama as he was speaking to Veterans. What is sad, is I am not quite sure exactly what these protesters were concerned about. Was it Health care? Was it Gun Control?
Whatever it was got lost because of the 12 people who decided to demonstrate their constitutional right to bear arms. 12 individuals took their guns to the protest as a display of their civil rights. Arizona is an open-carry state. These individuals exercised their rights in a safe and responsible manner and they are receiving backlash for it.
They were not anywhere near the president, nor were their any reported incidents. Who is to say that the presence of these people didn't actually aid in a peaceful protest.
These demonstrators are not my concern. They are showing their guns and I can make a cognizant choice to avoid them or be wary of engaging them. The people who actually scare me are the individuals with illegally concealed weapons. The ones who break in to houses, or rob people at gun point. The individuals who do not follow the law. The real criminals who bear arms not to protect their homes or themselves but to harm others.
The large portion of the public feels the need to protect themselves. http://www.newsvine.com/_question/2009/05/19/2838754-should-loaded-concealed-guns-be-allowed-in-national-parks
As we continue to reduce police, fire, and other protective services budgets the responsibility falls on individuals to protect themselves and their families. As I have gained friends in law enforcement, and even reported on the news, at least locally.
http://www.kpho.com/news/19791931/detail.html
It seems that in violent home invasions, chances of surviving are increased if people fight back as evidenced by this woman.
http://www.abc15.com/content/news/centralsouthernarizona/other/story/Survivor-of-S-Arizona-home-invasion-shot-back-at/yEGMMHP470Sxf_xAkqNyrA.cspx
Don't you at least want the option to be able to protect yourself if your life ever feels absolutely threatened? Whether at home or on public lands? How dangerous is it to go to a grocery store nowadays? I know that I do everything I can to avoid putting myself in bad situations. Avoid parking by over sized vehicles, always scan the area around me, am suspicious of everyone.
However, all of that is only preventative, if in a real dangerous situation in my home or my car what true "defense" do I have? I am going to fight to the end, I do know that but many times fighting does no good when the criminal has a gun, knife, weapon of any kind because they KNOW as a law abiding citizen you have nothing to protect you and can take advantage of the situation.
Even with my alarm, the alarm company will call first to make sure you are okay, then after they try the three numbers on the account they call and dispatch the police. It takes police 3-5 minutes to get to a location (minimum!) when they know it is an active emergency. When it is an alarm being "tripped" they can't go gun blazing because they have no proof there is a problem so it typically takes more time for someone to get there and help. Even then, Police can't just come in guns blazing to save you, they have to assess a threat and then proceed. A lot can happen in 3-5 minutes.
Try it, sit there and literally count every single second... pause after each number to magnify the effect... because when you are pumped full of adrenaline and scared to death... those seconds seem like hours. Everything slows down... and those 3-5 minutes feel like hours especially if you are being hit, raped, or violated in anyway. In 3-5 minutes you could be dead!
Are you sure you don't want the option to have something to protect you? What would you chose to protect you? A tazer? Good luck with your aim you get one shot! A stun gun, good luck getting close enough if they have a gun or knife! Mace? If it gets on you first you are as disabled as the criminal, so what happens when there is more than one person? A baseball bat, you can do some damage, but again... if you don't take them out in one hit... now all you have did was piss them off. What is the solution? You shouldn't protect yourself? Just wait for the police?
How frustrated do you get when you have had to wait for the police when you get in a car accident? How are you going to feel when it is your life in the balance?
Sorry everyone, this is the real world. Everyone has the potential for good, but not everyone is good!
Whatever it was got lost because of the 12 people who decided to demonstrate their constitutional right to bear arms. 12 individuals took their guns to the protest as a display of their civil rights. Arizona is an open-carry state. These individuals exercised their rights in a safe and responsible manner and they are receiving backlash for it.
They were not anywhere near the president, nor were their any reported incidents. Who is to say that the presence of these people didn't actually aid in a peaceful protest.
These demonstrators are not my concern. They are showing their guns and I can make a cognizant choice to avoid them or be wary of engaging them. The people who actually scare me are the individuals with illegally concealed weapons. The ones who break in to houses, or rob people at gun point. The individuals who do not follow the law. The real criminals who bear arms not to protect their homes or themselves but to harm others.
The large portion of the public feels the need to protect themselves. http://www.newsvine.com/_question/2009/05/19/2838754-should-loaded-concealed-guns-be-allowed-in-national-parks
As we continue to reduce police, fire, and other protective services budgets the responsibility falls on individuals to protect themselves and their families. As I have gained friends in law enforcement, and even reported on the news, at least locally.
http://www.kpho.com/news/19791931/detail.html
It seems that in violent home invasions, chances of surviving are increased if people fight back as evidenced by this woman.
http://www.abc15.com/content/news/centralsouthernarizona/other/story/Survivor-of-S-Arizona-home-invasion-shot-back-at/yEGMMHP470Sxf_xAkqNyrA.cspx
Don't you at least want the option to be able to protect yourself if your life ever feels absolutely threatened? Whether at home or on public lands? How dangerous is it to go to a grocery store nowadays? I know that I do everything I can to avoid putting myself in bad situations. Avoid parking by over sized vehicles, always scan the area around me, am suspicious of everyone.
However, all of that is only preventative, if in a real dangerous situation in my home or my car what true "defense" do I have? I am going to fight to the end, I do know that but many times fighting does no good when the criminal has a gun, knife, weapon of any kind because they KNOW as a law abiding citizen you have nothing to protect you and can take advantage of the situation.
Even with my alarm, the alarm company will call first to make sure you are okay, then after they try the three numbers on the account they call and dispatch the police. It takes police 3-5 minutes to get to a location (minimum!) when they know it is an active emergency. When it is an alarm being "tripped" they can't go gun blazing because they have no proof there is a problem so it typically takes more time for someone to get there and help. Even then, Police can't just come in guns blazing to save you, they have to assess a threat and then proceed. A lot can happen in 3-5 minutes.
Try it, sit there and literally count every single second... pause after each number to magnify the effect... because when you are pumped full of adrenaline and scared to death... those seconds seem like hours. Everything slows down... and those 3-5 minutes feel like hours especially if you are being hit, raped, or violated in anyway. In 3-5 minutes you could be dead!
Are you sure you don't want the option to have something to protect you? What would you chose to protect you? A tazer? Good luck with your aim you get one shot! A stun gun, good luck getting close enough if they have a gun or knife! Mace? If it gets on you first you are as disabled as the criminal, so what happens when there is more than one person? A baseball bat, you can do some damage, but again... if you don't take them out in one hit... now all you have did was piss them off. What is the solution? You shouldn't protect yourself? Just wait for the police?
How frustrated do you get when you have had to wait for the police when you get in a car accident? How are you going to feel when it is your life in the balance?
Sorry everyone, this is the real world. Everyone has the potential for good, but not everyone is good!
Ugh Boys!
Have you ever noticed how an idea isn't a good idea until the guy thinks of it? No matter how many times you mention something or indicate you want to do something and try to put out feelers to see if others are interested, boys seem to go deaf. But when they come up with the same idea a short while later, it is a great idea and they are super excited and energetic and ready to plan the whole thing out. When you are ready to plan, they are ho-hum, yeah whatever. I am sick of it. That is why I have taken to doing things by myself. It just sucks that there is no one there to share the memories with to relive later. Grr... fine, you want me to plan. I am going to plan.
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