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That's a wrap! Thanks for a great season. See you all next year!
We should be shooting 2nd Saturday and 4th Sunday again next year.
Final schedule to be finalized in February.
We should be shooting 2nd Saturday and 4th Sunday again next year.
Final schedule to be finalized in February.
good reading
<div class="IPBDescription">interesting reading</div>I'm Tired and worried as well. Aren't YOU? <br />
<br />
This is so well written. Once again we see a man who<br />
stands by his principals and knows how to put them into<br />
words. Bravo! Read this and send it on. If you agree, you<br />
should visit his blog as well.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
"I'm Tired"<br />
<br />
Robert A. Hall<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
I'll be 63 soon. Except for one semester in college when<br />
jobs were scarce, and a six-month period when I was<br />
between jobs, but job-hunting every day, I've worked,<br />
hard, since I was 18. Despite some health challenges, I<br />
still put in 50-hour weeks, and haven't called in sick in<br />
seven or eight years. I make a good salary, but I didn't<br />
inherit my job or my income, and I worked to get where I<br />
am. Given the economy, there's no retirement in sight, and<br />
I'm tired. Very tired.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
I'm tired of being told that I have to "spread the<br />
wealth around" to people who don't have my work ethic. I'm<br />
tired of being told the government will take the money I<br />
earned, by force if necessary, and give it to people too<br />
lazy or stupid to earn it.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
I'm tired of being told that I have to pay more taxes to<br />
"keep people in their homes." Sure, if they lost their<br />
jobs or got sick, I'm willing to help. But if they bought<br />
McMansions at three times the price of our paid-off,<br />
$250,000 condo, on one-third of my salary, then let the<br />
leftwing Congnbsp; leftwing Congresscritters who passed Fannie and Freddie<br />
and the Community Reinvestment Act that created the bubble<br />
help them-with their own money.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
I'm tired of being told how bad America is by leftwing<br />
millionaires like Michael Moore, George Soros and<br />
Hollywood entertainers who live in luxury because of the<br />
opportunities America offers. In thirty years, if they get<br />
their way, the United States will have the religious<br />
freedom and women's rights of Saudi Arabia, the economy of<br />
Zimbabwe, the freedom of the press of China, the crime and<br />
violence of Mexico, the tolerance for Gay people of Iran,<br />
and the freedom of speech of Venezuela. Won't<br />
multiculturalism be beautiful?<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
I'm tired of being told that Islam is a "Religion of<br />
Peace," when every day I can read dozens of stories of<br />
Muslim men killing their sisters, wives and daughters for<br />
their family "honor;" of Muslims rioting over some slight<br />
offense; of Muslims murdering Christian and Jews because<br />
they aren't "believers;" of Muslims burning schools for<br />
girls; of Muslims stoning teenage rape victims to death<br />
for "adultery;" of Muslims mutilating the genitals of<br />
little girls; all in the name of Allah, because the Qur'an<br />
and Shari'a law tells them to.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
I believe "a man should be judged by the content of his<br />
character, not by the color of his skin." I'm tired of<br />
being told that "race doesn't matter" in the post-racial<br />
world of President Obama, when it's all that matters in<br />
affirmative action jobs, lower college admission and<br />
graduation standards for minorities (harming them the<br />
most), government contract set-asides, tolerance for the<br />
ghetto culture of violence and fatherless children that<br />
hurts minorities more than anyone, and in the appointment<br />
of US Senators from Illinois. I think it's very cool that<br />
we have a black president and that a black child is doing<br />
her homework at the desk where Lincoln wrote the<br />
emancipation proclamation. I just wish the black president<br />
was Condi Rice, or someone who believes more in freedom<br />
and the individual and less in an all-knowing government.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
I'm tired of a news media that thinks Bush's fundraising<br />
and inaugural expenses were obscene, but that think<br />
Obama's, at triple the cost, were wonderful.. That thinks<br />
Bush exercising daily was a waste of presidential time,<br />
but Obama exercising is a great example for the public to<br />
control weight and stress, that picked over every line of<br />
Bush's military records, but never demanded that Kerry<br />
release his, that slammed Palin with two years as governor<br />
for being too inexperienced for VP, but touted Obama with<br />
three years as senator as potentially the best president<br />
ever.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Wonder why people are dropping their subscriptions or<br />
switching to Fox News? Get a clue. I didn't vote for Bush<br />
in 2000, but the media and Kerry drove me to his camp in<br />
2004.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
I'm tired of being told that out of "tolerance for other<br />
cultures" we must let Saudi Arabia use our oil money to<br />
fund mosques and madrassa Islamic schools to preach hate<br />
in America , while no American group is allowed to fund a<br />
church, synagogue or religious school in Saudi Arabia to<br />
teach love and tolerance.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
I'm tired of being told I must lower my living standard<br />
to fight global warming, which no one is allowed to<br />
debate. My wife and I live in a two-bedroom apartment and<br />
carpool together five miles to our jobs. We also own a<br />
three-bedroom condo where our daughter and granddaughter<br />
live. Our carbon footprint is about 5% of Al Gore's, and<br />
if you're greener than Gore, you're green enough.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
I'm tired of being told that drug addicts have a<br />
disease, and I must help support and treat them, and pay<br />
for the damage they do. Did a giant germ rush out of a<br />
dark alley, grab them, and stuff white powder up their<br />
noses while they tried to fight it off? I don't think Gay<br />
people choose to be Gay, but I damn sure think druggies<br />
chose to take drugs. And I'm tired of harassment from cool<br />
people treating me like a freak when I tell them I never<br />
tried marijuana.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
I'm tired of illegal aliens being called "undocumented<br />
workers," especially the ones who aren't working, but are<br />
living on welfare or crime. What's next? Calling drug<br />
dealers, "Undocumented Pharmacists"? And, no, I'm not<br />
against Hispanics. Most of them are Catholic and it's been<br />
a few hundred years since Catholics wanted to kill me for<br />
my religion.. I'm willing to fast track for citizenship any<br />
Hispanic person who can speak English, doesn't have a<br />
criminal record and who is self-supporting without family<br />
on welfare, or who serves honorably for three years in our<br />
military. Those are the citizens we need.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
I'm tired of latte liberals and journalists, who would<br />
never wear the uniform of the Republic themselves, or let<br />
their entitlement-handicapped kids near a recruiting<br />
station, trashing our military. They and their kids can<br />
sit at home, never having to make split-second decisions<br />
under life and death circumstances, and bad mouth better<br />
people then themselves. Do bad things happen in war? You<br />
bet. Do our troops sometimes misbehave? Sure. Does this<br />
compare with the atrocities that were the policy of our<br />
enemies for the last fifty years-and still are? Not even<br />
close. So here's the deal. I'll let myself be sub je cted<br />
to all the humiliation and abuse that was heaped on<br />
terrorists at Abu Ghraib or Gitmo, and the critics can let<br />
themselves be sub je ct to captivity by the Muslims who<br />
tortured and beheaded Daniel Pearl in Pakistan, or the<br />
Muslims who tortured and murdered Marine Lt. Col. William<br />
Higgins in Lebanon, or the Muslims who ran the<br />
blood-spattered Al Qaeda torture rooms our troops found in<br />
Iraq, or the Muslims who cut off the heads of schoolgirls<br />
in Indonesia, because the girls were Christian. Then we'll<br />
compare notes. British and American soldiers are the only<br />
troops in history that civilians came to for help and<br />
handouts, instead of hiding from in fear.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
I'm tired of people telling me that their party has a<br />
corner on virtue and the other party has a corner on<br />
corruption. Read the papers-bums are bi-partisan. And I'm<br />
tired of people telling me we need bi-partisanship. I live<br />
in Illinois , where the " Illinois Combine" of Democrats<br />
and Republicans has worked together harmoniously to loot<br />
the public for years. And I notice that the tax cheats in<br />
Obama's cabinet are bi-partisan as well.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
I'm tired of hearing wealthy athletes, entertainers and<br />
politicians of both parties talking about innocent<br />
mistakes, stupid mistakes or youthful mistakes, when we<br />
all know they think their only mistake was getting caught.<br />
I'm tired of people with a sense of entitlement, rich or<br />
poor.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Speaking of poor, I'm tired of hearing people with<br />
air-conditioned homes, color TVs and two cars called poor.<br />
The majority of Americans didn't have that in 1970, but we<br />
didn't know we were "poor." The poverty pimps have to keep<br />
changing the definition of poor to keep the dollars flowing.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
I'm real tired of people who don't take responsibility<br />
for their lives and actions. I'm tired of hearing them<br />
blame the government, or discrimination, or big-whatever<br />
for their problems.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Yes, I'm damn tired. But I'm also glad to be 63.<br />
Because, mostly, I'm not going to get to see the world<br />
these people are making. I'm just sorry for my<br />
granddaughter.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Robert A. Hall is a Marine Vietnam veteran who served<br />
five terms in the Massachusetts state senate. He blogs<br />
atwww.tartanmarine.blogspot.com<br />
<http://www.tartanmarine.blogspot.com//
<br />
This is so well written. Once again we see a man who<br />
stands by his principals and knows how to put them into<br />
words. Bravo! Read this and send it on. If you agree, you<br />
should visit his blog as well.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
"I'm Tired"<br />
<br />
Robert A. Hall<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
I'll be 63 soon. Except for one semester in college when<br />
jobs were scarce, and a six-month period when I was<br />
between jobs, but job-hunting every day, I've worked,<br />
hard, since I was 18. Despite some health challenges, I<br />
still put in 50-hour weeks, and haven't called in sick in<br />
seven or eight years. I make a good salary, but I didn't<br />
inherit my job or my income, and I worked to get where I<br />
am. Given the economy, there's no retirement in sight, and<br />
I'm tired. Very tired.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
I'm tired of being told that I have to "spread the<br />
wealth around" to people who don't have my work ethic. I'm<br />
tired of being told the government will take the money I<br />
earned, by force if necessary, and give it to people too<br />
lazy or stupid to earn it.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
I'm tired of being told that I have to pay more taxes to<br />
"keep people in their homes." Sure, if they lost their<br />
jobs or got sick, I'm willing to help. But if they bought<br />
McMansions at three times the price of our paid-off,<br />
$250,000 condo, on one-third of my salary, then let the<br />
leftwing Congnbsp; leftwing Congresscritters who passed Fannie and Freddie<br />
and the Community Reinvestment Act that created the bubble<br />
help them-with their own money.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
I'm tired of being told how bad America is by leftwing<br />
millionaires like Michael Moore, George Soros and<br />
Hollywood entertainers who live in luxury because of the<br />
opportunities America offers. In thirty years, if they get<br />
their way, the United States will have the religious<br />
freedom and women's rights of Saudi Arabia, the economy of<br />
Zimbabwe, the freedom of the press of China, the crime and<br />
violence of Mexico, the tolerance for Gay people of Iran,<br />
and the freedom of speech of Venezuela. Won't<br />
multiculturalism be beautiful?<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
I'm tired of being told that Islam is a "Religion of<br />
Peace," when every day I can read dozens of stories of<br />
Muslim men killing their sisters, wives and daughters for<br />
their family "honor;" of Muslims rioting over some slight<br />
offense; of Muslims murdering Christian and Jews because<br />
they aren't "believers;" of Muslims burning schools for<br />
girls; of Muslims stoning teenage rape victims to death<br />
for "adultery;" of Muslims mutilating the genitals of<br />
little girls; all in the name of Allah, because the Qur'an<br />
and Shari'a law tells them to.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
I believe "a man should be judged by the content of his<br />
character, not by the color of his skin." I'm tired of<br />
being told that "race doesn't matter" in the post-racial<br />
world of President Obama, when it's all that matters in<br />
affirmative action jobs, lower college admission and<br />
graduation standards for minorities (harming them the<br />
most), government contract set-asides, tolerance for the<br />
ghetto culture of violence and fatherless children that<br />
hurts minorities more than anyone, and in the appointment<br />
of US Senators from Illinois. I think it's very cool that<br />
we have a black president and that a black child is doing<br />
her homework at the desk where Lincoln wrote the<br />
emancipation proclamation. I just wish the black president<br />
was Condi Rice, or someone who believes more in freedom<br />
and the individual and less in an all-knowing government.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
I'm tired of a news media that thinks Bush's fundraising<br />
and inaugural expenses were obscene, but that think<br />
Obama's, at triple the cost, were wonderful.. That thinks<br />
Bush exercising daily was a waste of presidential time,<br />
but Obama exercising is a great example for the public to<br />
control weight and stress, that picked over every line of<br />
Bush's military records, but never demanded that Kerry<br />
release his, that slammed Palin with two years as governor<br />
for being too inexperienced for VP, but touted Obama with<br />
three years as senator as potentially the best president<br />
ever.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Wonder why people are dropping their subscriptions or<br />
switching to Fox News? Get a clue. I didn't vote for Bush<br />
in 2000, but the media and Kerry drove me to his camp in<br />
2004.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
I'm tired of being told that out of "tolerance for other<br />
cultures" we must let Saudi Arabia use our oil money to<br />
fund mosques and madrassa Islamic schools to preach hate<br />
in America , while no American group is allowed to fund a<br />
church, synagogue or religious school in Saudi Arabia to<br />
teach love and tolerance.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
I'm tired of being told I must lower my living standard<br />
to fight global warming, which no one is allowed to<br />
debate. My wife and I live in a two-bedroom apartment and<br />
carpool together five miles to our jobs. We also own a<br />
three-bedroom condo where our daughter and granddaughter<br />
live. Our carbon footprint is about 5% of Al Gore's, and<br />
if you're greener than Gore, you're green enough.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
I'm tired of being told that drug addicts have a<br />
disease, and I must help support and treat them, and pay<br />
for the damage they do. Did a giant germ rush out of a<br />
dark alley, grab them, and stuff white powder up their<br />
noses while they tried to fight it off? I don't think Gay<br />
people choose to be Gay, but I damn sure think druggies<br />
chose to take drugs. And I'm tired of harassment from cool<br />
people treating me like a freak when I tell them I never<br />
tried marijuana.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
I'm tired of illegal aliens being called "undocumented<br />
workers," especially the ones who aren't working, but are<br />
living on welfare or crime. What's next? Calling drug<br />
dealers, "Undocumented Pharmacists"? And, no, I'm not<br />
against Hispanics. Most of them are Catholic and it's been<br />
a few hundred years since Catholics wanted to kill me for<br />
my religion.. I'm willing to fast track for citizenship any<br />
Hispanic person who can speak English, doesn't have a<br />
criminal record and who is self-supporting without family<br />
on welfare, or who serves honorably for three years in our<br />
military. Those are the citizens we need.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
I'm tired of latte liberals and journalists, who would<br />
never wear the uniform of the Republic themselves, or let<br />
their entitlement-handicapped kids near a recruiting<br />
station, trashing our military. They and their kids can<br />
sit at home, never having to make split-second decisions<br />
under life and death circumstances, and bad mouth better<br />
people then themselves. Do bad things happen in war? You<br />
bet. Do our troops sometimes misbehave? Sure. Does this<br />
compare with the atrocities that were the policy of our<br />
enemies for the last fifty years-and still are? Not even<br />
close. So here's the deal. I'll let myself be sub je cted<br />
to all the humiliation and abuse that was heaped on<br />
terrorists at Abu Ghraib or Gitmo, and the critics can let<br />
themselves be sub je ct to captivity by the Muslims who<br />
tortured and beheaded Daniel Pearl in Pakistan, or the<br />
Muslims who tortured and murdered Marine Lt. Col. William<br />
Higgins in Lebanon, or the Muslims who ran the<br />
blood-spattered Al Qaeda torture rooms our troops found in<br />
Iraq, or the Muslims who cut off the heads of schoolgirls<br />
in Indonesia, because the girls were Christian. Then we'll<br />
compare notes. British and American soldiers are the only<br />
troops in history that civilians came to for help and<br />
handouts, instead of hiding from in fear.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
I'm tired of people telling me that their party has a<br />
corner on virtue and the other party has a corner on<br />
corruption. Read the papers-bums are bi-partisan. And I'm<br />
tired of people telling me we need bi-partisanship. I live<br />
in Illinois , where the " Illinois Combine" of Democrats<br />
and Republicans has worked together harmoniously to loot<br />
the public for years. And I notice that the tax cheats in<br />
Obama's cabinet are bi-partisan as well.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
I'm tired of hearing wealthy athletes, entertainers and<br />
politicians of both parties talking about innocent<br />
mistakes, stupid mistakes or youthful mistakes, when we<br />
all know they think their only mistake was getting caught.<br />
I'm tired of people with a sense of entitlement, rich or<br />
poor.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Speaking of poor, I'm tired of hearing people with<br />
air-conditioned homes, color TVs and two cars called poor.<br />
The majority of Americans didn't have that in 1970, but we<br />
didn't know we were "poor." The poverty pimps have to keep<br />
changing the definition of poor to keep the dollars flowing.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
I'm real tired of people who don't take responsibility<br />
for their lives and actions. I'm tired of hearing them<br />
blame the government, or discrimination, or big-whatever<br />
for their problems.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Yes, I'm damn tired. But I'm also glad to be 63.<br />
Because, mostly, I'm not going to get to see the world<br />
these people are making. I'm just sorry for my<br />
granddaughter.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Robert A. Hall is a Marine Vietnam veteran who served<br />
five terms in the Massachusetts state senate. He blogs<br />
atwww.tartanmarine.blogspot.com<br />
<http://www.tartanmarine.blogspot.com//
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