Is this the all time greatest post in the history of Man?

[SBR_John]

"I love my family. I love America. I love all that America has given to us. I appreciate the opportunity to work hard everyday and provide a nice life for my children. I believe that ones drive, intelligence, and work ethic should allow them the chance to rise above the norm, and achieve success only limited by their own abilities. I don't believe I should have to share the rewards of my efforts with those who choose not to make the same sacrifices that I do....."

Could it be?

[secretstash]

did mark cuban say something like this before?

sounds like a good honest answer.. get respect when respect is earned type feeling

-stash

[milwaukee mike]

i agree with that entire post except "i love all that america has GIVEN to us"

america doesn't give us anything (unless we're broke and/or lazy), america "aka the federal government" TAKES

[will2survive]

great post....hmmmm...was it Brock Landers "the King of Champaign"?

[BIGDAY]

OPIE Rules

[Brock Landers]

great post....hmmmm...was it Brock Landers "the King of Champaign"?

sounds like me, but i didn't say it

[BroDog73]

To MM:

Yeah, I guess the freedom you wake up to daily was provided by the arabs! And your safety that let's you walk about freely anywhere in this great land was provided to you by the communist, right? You moron!

[rsnnh12]

i agree with that entire post except "i love all that america has GIVEN to us"

america doesn't give us anything (unless we're broke and/or lazy), america "aka the federal government" TAKES

I think that was more referring to the opportunities being in America provides, compared to other countries. A good work ethic and some risk taking can get you far in America... not so much in many, many other countries.

[milwaukee mike]

To MM:

Yeah, I guess the freedom you wake up to daily was provided by the arabs! And your safety that let's you walk about freely anywhere in this great land was provided to you by the communist, right? You moron!

chill out brodog
the federal government doesn't provide me safety to walk around

you have been brainwashed so badly that you think people in the rest of the world all cower in fear under their kitchen tables because they don't have a bloated government/military

[oiler]

everyone has there own opinion but sure a few people dont like it

[onacloud]

i agree with that entire post except "i love all that america has GIVEN to us"

america doesn't give us anything (unless we're broke and/or lazy), america "aka the federal government" TAKES

our federal government only "TAKES" ???????

so when another army evades us our government and military isn't there to protect us? you want to cut military funding i suppose too

[djefferis]

So, basically saying because the poster feels their "rewards" are a result of their hard work/talent/luck, they don't need to share with anyone they deem unworthy.

Sorry. The Guy who mows my grass is hardworking, smart and as a result of govt imposed quotas, here illegally. Does that mean I, as an American taxpayer, have the right to deny him a chance to learn our language, provide basic medical care for his family or ass
istance with getting citizenship so he can begin go pay taxes himself.

Not in my opinion. I am far from a liberal socialist, but at the core, all of us got where we are with help. Not all of us experienced a direct helping hand, but somewhere along the line someone gave something.

You simply cannot opt-out of society without damage.

[konck]

Interesting John....where do you live now?

[milwaukee mike]

our federal government only "TAKES" ???????

so when another army evades us our government and military isn't there to protect us? you want to cut military funding i suppose too

the u.s. government and military provides you no protection and isn't intended to provide you with protection. the sooner you realize this the better.
if someone was robbing your house would you call the army or the police?

no other army has ever or will ever "invade us" (you said evade but i think you meant invade). last time i checked we were surrounded by thousands of miles of oceans. these countries we are supposed to cower in fear from don't even have an air force or navy, are they all going to swim here?

[The Bet Master]

It's one of the most uninformed posts in the history of man I'll give you that. Some of the poorest people in America have probably given 10 times the amount of effort as some of the richest.

[jjgold]

Solid Post

Sounds like Opie although I though he walked into family money??????????????????????

[RyanLeafOfBets]

I bet Walker said it!

[PhillyFlyers]

Sounds like a phony bullshit politician speech.

[King Mayan]

Silver spoon= hardworking???

[boeing power]

Fukin rich guys

[jjgold]

OPie is a sliver spoon boy

When the going gets tough he is first guy out the fukkin door

Age 18...my name is Opie

new corvette
new jet skis for summer home
new watch
brand new clothes/sneaker
Apple Computer
Class Pres
Prom King
Goes to Ivy League College

[SBR_John]

Basically its the American Dream.

Work hard and good things will happen. If our economy is strangled through high taxes the opportunities to realize the American Dream becomes much more difficult. Strangling the economy hurts all Americans but ironically it hurts the poor and lower middle class the worse.

[milwaukee mike]

Basically its the American Dream.

Work hard and good things will happen. If our economy is strangled through high taxes the opportunities to realize the American Dream becomes much more difficult. Strangling the economy hurts all Americans but ironically it hurts the poor and lower middle class the worse.

people don't step back and think about why they are running in the rat race and who designed the race. inflation is a tax on the poor and middle class.
go back one or two generations and dad could actually work in a factory while mom stayed home and raised the kids. what kind of blue collar job now pays enough for just one spouse to work?

so the average family is now working at least twice as many hours as they were 30 years ago (hard to find someone with a good paying job only working 30-40 hours/week). yes we have better toys but i would argue the standard of living in this country is well below what it used to be while people are working much more. all this and 100 trillion in underfunded social security and medicare too!

[d2bets]

"I love my family. I love America. I love all that America has given to us. I appreciate the opportunity to work hard everyday and provide a nice life for my children. I believe that ones drive, intelligence, and work ethic should allow them the chance to rise above the norm, and achieve success only limited by their own abilities. I don't believe I should have to share the rewards of my efforts with those who choose not to make the same sacrifices that I do....."

Could it be?

In order that you don't have to "share" your rewards, should society execute the sick, infirm, elderly and disabled, or just let them wander the streets and die in some manner or another?

[milwaukee mike]

d2bets that would depend on how contagious they are

[SBR Lou]

Not sure who authored the post but I found it to be eloquent. Never was a fan of the bleeding heart mentality.

[Emily_Haines]

Typical quote from some GOP supporter who thinks he should not have to pay any taxes.

[King Mayan]

In order that you don't have to "share" your rewards, should society execute the sick, infirm, elderly and disabled, or just let them wander the streets and die in some manner or another?

I guarantee you, most of these repubs have their parents in a nursery home collecting entitlement checks...

More selfish hypocrisy...

[Sunde91]

the u.s. government and military provides you no protection and isn't intended to provide you with protection. the sooner you realize this the better.
if someone was robbing your house would you call the army or the police?

no other army has ever or will ever "invade us" (you said evade but i think you meant invade). last time i checked we were surrounded by thousands of miles of oceans. these countries we are supposed to cower in fear from don't even have an air force or navy, are they all going to swim here?

How sad it is that this view point is in such a minority. Anyone with half a brain who isn't a dupe, who doesn't fall for crude propaganda, knows the military doesn't "protect your freedom" or "fight for you".

Tell me about Saddam's plan to invade America and take our freedom. Thought so. Iraq had nothing to do with America's protection.

Tell me the purpose of having 800 military bases around the world from Germany to an island in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Cold War ended 20 years ago. No threats in Germany. No purpose. Only use is logistical in the case of war. So America just has bases everywhere watching the globe as world police ready to pounce at any moment. A true beacon of freedom

But forget all that and just listen to the NBA players on those military support commercials and all the politicians

[ACoochy]

Whoever wrote that missed the bus by a few decades Walker.

They need to get their head out of their arse and realise its called the amerivcan dream cos u gotta be alseep to believe in it...

Some ppl r so gullible...

[Easy-Rider 66]

"I love my family. I love America. I love all that America has given to us. I appreciate the opportunity to work hard everyday and provide a nice life for my children. I believe that ones drive, intelligence, and work ethic should allow them the chance to rise above the norm, and achieve success only limited by their own abilities. I don't believe I should have to share the rewards of my efforts with those who choose not to make the same sacrifices that I do....."

Could it be?

Should the USA do away with the socialist system of educating our children through the collection of property taxes?

[Kindred]

our federal government only "TAKES" ???????

so when another army evades us our government and military isn't there to protect us? you want to cut military funding i suppose too

Our military isn't designed to only protect us from invasion. We could do that with a fraction of what we spend..hell we just need a couple of nukes to prevent invasion. We spend more than the rest of the world combined..we are a super power and we don't spend all that money to just prevent invasion.

I'm all for strong military, but I can understand the libertarian stance that we don't need such a large global military super power.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_military_expenditures

I'm pro military, and as a % of GDP or the budget it's not that large of a portion of the federal budget ..we are a super power military and economically so the military isn't what's causing us to drown in debt. But You can't really argue that we need to spend that much to deter an invasion..

[milwaukee mike]

the military isn't what's causing us to drown in debt

not entirely, no

but when the federal government collects $1.0 trillion and spends $2.4 trillion the math doesn't work so we have these huge deficits.
and when almost $1 trillion of that spending is military spending then the math really won't work.

at this point it really doesn't matter because even if the u.s. government never spends another dollar there is no way to pay off the debt, social security, medicare, etc.

3% interest on $100 trillion is still $3 trillion which is way more than revenues.

[RogueScholar]

So, basically saying because the poster feels their "rewards" are a result of their hard work/talent/luck, they don't need to share with anyone they deem unworthy.

Sorry. The Guy who mows my grass is hardworking, smart and as a result of govt imposed quotas, here illegally. Does that mean I, as an American taxpayer, have the right to deny him a chance to learn our language, provide basic medical care for his family or ass
istance with getting citizenship so he can begin go pay taxes himself.

Not in my opinion. I am far from a liberal socialist, but at the core, all of us got where we are with help. Not all of us experienced a direct helping hand, but somewhere along the line someone gave something.

You simply cannot opt-out of society without damage.

Brilliantly said, djefferis. Thank you for saving me the trouble.

I'd have a lot more respect for these sentiments as well if one of John's programmers posted them rather than John himself. Paying people to work hard is not equivalent to working hard yourself.

[ttwarrior1]

some people do this everyday and then have everything taken away just like that

"I love my family. I love America. I love all that America has given to us. I appreciate the opportunity to work hard everyday and provide a nice life for my children. I believe that ones drive, intelligence, and work ethic should allow them the chance to rise above the norm, and achieve success only limited by their own abilities. I don't believe I should have to share the rewards of my efforts with those who choose not to make the same sacrifices that I do....."

Could it be?