2011-06-16, 11:36 AM
I used this catchy title because I know there's a lot of disprovers ready to pounce, though it isn't exactly misleading. But this isn't about the rapture, it's about (mainly) american culture.
I was in a military family so I have been exposed to culture outside of the united states, meh about half my life roughly. I am by no endorsing america as the best country in the world, but throughout my life I have experienced essentially the freedo--, wait, more like, free oppurtunities that we have been able to abuse in order to survive.
I'll admit, I'm pretty angry, frustrated, even disgusted about this, fitting for an angrydome thread, but I want to hear your input, and perhaps educate to me something I'm not aware of, as my faith/confidence, to any organization that is supposed to lead, shatters like peanut brittle. But it isn't about government conspiracies, or irrational standards some individuals hold to them, but mainly the people who seem to..feel entitled to have everything given to them.
I work in a job where we serve the people, but everyday I question if I even want to serve the people. I was going to join the military, for this purpose, but I was franly to scared to just flat out go to war. I could handle the treatment, but killing a man, I honestly don't believe I could conciously do. But these people, even military members, proving to me that the, at least Americans, have lost this sense of work.
I don't know if you all can see this happening, as in the American public, but I feel like this crisis climax's are actually intentional. Obama can't really do anything clean cut to fix them that won't take time, and it feels like he's trying to take advantage of these "crisis'" to essentially distract the public from civil rights being violated, or flat out being con'd. A scary though that lies in the back of my head is that, if the economy crashes, and believe you me, it will be in our lifetime if it so happens, the government has the right to steal our 401k investments to restimulate it.
Things like this, clearly sets up for a government revamp, sanctioned by the very leaders, or..by civil war. The civil war will be between the "Have's", who earned their place, to the have not's, which generally speaking, the liberals constantly feed. These people irk the pineapple out of me. It's the lower 20% of the population who believe that government stimulate packages should be obligated, that the rich should give to the poor, but not just the poor, just the flat out lazy. For example, there's a county in maryland called montgomery county, it receives a yearly bonus check if your income is under a certain bracket. We match about 70% of your earned income credit, which is called the MG county credit. The county wasn't sure if they were able to afford to do this year, and we let out letters stating so, and it hasnt been determined yet. We had people walk into the local county office, litterally screaming how they need that money, and it isnt fair. Keep in mind, the only county that gets this is montgomery, out of the dozen available. In fact it got so bad, that there was an email sent out they had to shut off the phones because it was just irrational taxpayers harrassing the employees, who don't even determine this. It's the circuit court, who doesn't give out their number for this reason.
Am I the only one annoyed about this? I mean, sure I work in an enviroment where it's more common, but let me give you another example, that is more daily, and what YOU have had experienced. I went to the movies and there was this african american, mid 20's basically, stereoytypical ignorant, screaming at the manager of the move theater, I'm talking inch away from his face. The man has like a 4 year old in his arms, while 3 other of his kids are running around, to the point where the kid ran into this girl, knocking her down. The man screaming, didn't even acknowledge this, in fact screamed "YOU DUMB NGR STOP HORSIN AROUND", to maybe an 8 year old. The whole ordeal? He had to purchase something in order to benefit off some offer the movie theater gives. His problem? He believes he was scammed because no one reads the back of the tickets, therefore he possibly couldn't be informed of the circumstances, thus making him pay the full price, or leave, which is a waste of a trip.
I saw an interview the other day about college students, endorsing socialism, that everyone deserves a fair share, and that the amount of money someone accumulates, such as the 100k range, can afford to give some away. After, with no hesistation, agreed that it's fair, were then questioned "Well what if you got an A, and your friend gets an F, we don't want anyone to fail, so we turn your A to a C to pull him up to a D, is that fair". At this point the college student is completely against such principles, also explaining it's different circumstances because they worked for the A, money being different as it's nothing more than a reflection of your paycheck, not effort.
Things like this, they get to me, and I wonder if the true end of the world is when the populace goes so bipolar on these values, that we will kill eachother to keep those principles. The government to support us via feeding tube, or success for those who earn it. Or maybe the great change in the world is when one of these principles finally falls on it's ass so we don't have two far wing nutjobs trying to pull the boat in opposite direction. Or maybe there won't be a leader at all.
What do you think of the future of our world? Maybe your country? Is it bright, or is it bloody.
I was in a military family so I have been exposed to culture outside of the united states, meh about half my life roughly. I am by no endorsing america as the best country in the world, but throughout my life I have experienced essentially the freedo--, wait, more like, free oppurtunities that we have been able to abuse in order to survive.
I'll admit, I'm pretty angry, frustrated, even disgusted about this, fitting for an angrydome thread, but I want to hear your input, and perhaps educate to me something I'm not aware of, as my faith/confidence, to any organization that is supposed to lead, shatters like peanut brittle. But it isn't about government conspiracies, or irrational standards some individuals hold to them, but mainly the people who seem to..feel entitled to have everything given to them.
I work in a job where we serve the people, but everyday I question if I even want to serve the people. I was going to join the military, for this purpose, but I was franly to scared to just flat out go to war. I could handle the treatment, but killing a man, I honestly don't believe I could conciously do. But these people, even military members, proving to me that the, at least Americans, have lost this sense of work.
I don't know if you all can see this happening, as in the American public, but I feel like this crisis climax's are actually intentional. Obama can't really do anything clean cut to fix them that won't take time, and it feels like he's trying to take advantage of these "crisis'" to essentially distract the public from civil rights being violated, or flat out being con'd. A scary though that lies in the back of my head is that, if the economy crashes, and believe you me, it will be in our lifetime if it so happens, the government has the right to steal our 401k investments to restimulate it.
Things like this, clearly sets up for a government revamp, sanctioned by the very leaders, or..by civil war. The civil war will be between the "Have's", who earned their place, to the have not's, which generally speaking, the liberals constantly feed. These people irk the pineapple out of me. It's the lower 20% of the population who believe that government stimulate packages should be obligated, that the rich should give to the poor, but not just the poor, just the flat out lazy. For example, there's a county in maryland called montgomery county, it receives a yearly bonus check if your income is under a certain bracket. We match about 70% of your earned income credit, which is called the MG county credit. The county wasn't sure if they were able to afford to do this year, and we let out letters stating so, and it hasnt been determined yet. We had people walk into the local county office, litterally screaming how they need that money, and it isnt fair. Keep in mind, the only county that gets this is montgomery, out of the dozen available. In fact it got so bad, that there was an email sent out they had to shut off the phones because it was just irrational taxpayers harrassing the employees, who don't even determine this. It's the circuit court, who doesn't give out their number for this reason.
Am I the only one annoyed about this? I mean, sure I work in an enviroment where it's more common, but let me give you another example, that is more daily, and what YOU have had experienced. I went to the movies and there was this african american, mid 20's basically, stereoytypical ignorant, screaming at the manager of the move theater, I'm talking inch away from his face. The man has like a 4 year old in his arms, while 3 other of his kids are running around, to the point where the kid ran into this girl, knocking her down. The man screaming, didn't even acknowledge this, in fact screamed "YOU DUMB NGR STOP HORSIN AROUND", to maybe an 8 year old. The whole ordeal? He had to purchase something in order to benefit off some offer the movie theater gives. His problem? He believes he was scammed because no one reads the back of the tickets, therefore he possibly couldn't be informed of the circumstances, thus making him pay the full price, or leave, which is a waste of a trip.
I saw an interview the other day about college students, endorsing socialism, that everyone deserves a fair share, and that the amount of money someone accumulates, such as the 100k range, can afford to give some away. After, with no hesistation, agreed that it's fair, were then questioned "Well what if you got an A, and your friend gets an F, we don't want anyone to fail, so we turn your A to a C to pull him up to a D, is that fair". At this point the college student is completely against such principles, also explaining it's different circumstances because they worked for the A, money being different as it's nothing more than a reflection of your paycheck, not effort.
Things like this, they get to me, and I wonder if the true end of the world is when the populace goes so bipolar on these values, that we will kill eachother to keep those principles. The government to support us via feeding tube, or success for those who earn it. Or maybe the great change in the world is when one of these principles finally falls on it's ass so we don't have two far wing nutjobs trying to pull the boat in opposite direction. Or maybe there won't be a leader at all.
What do you think of the future of our world? Maybe your country? Is it bright, or is it bloody.
