A Message from Bill Cosby - Pass it on

[zorgon]

A Message from Bill Cosby - Pass it on

Bill Cosby "I'm 83 and Tired"

I've worked hard since I was 17. Except for when I was doing my National Service, I put in 50-hour weeks, and didn't call in sick in nearly 40 years. I made a reasonable salary, but I didn't inherit my job or my income, and I worked to get where I am. Given the economy, it looks as though retirement was a bad idea, and I'm tired. Very tired.

I'm tired of being told that I have to "spread the wealth" to people who don't have my work ethic. I'm tired of being told the government will take the money I earned, by force if necessary, and give it to people too lazy to earn it.

I'm tired of being told that Islam is a "Religion of Peace," when every day I can read dozens of stories of Muslim men killing their sisters, wives and daughters for their family "honor"; of Muslims rioting over some slight offense; Muslims murdering Christian and Jews because they aren't "believers"; Muslims burning schools for girls; Muslims stoning teenage rape victims to death for "adultery"; Muslims mutilating the genitals of little girls; all in the name of Allah, because the Qur'an and Shari'a law tells them to.

I'm tired of being told that out of "tolerance for other cultures" we must let Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries use our oil money to fund mosques and Madrasa Islamic schools to preach hate in Australia , New Zealand , UK, America and Canada , while no one from these countries are allowed to fund a church, synagogue or religious school in Saudi Arabia or any other Arab country to teach love and tolerance..

I'm tired of being told I must lower my living standard to fight global warming, which no one is allowed to debate.

I'm tired of being told that drug addicts have a disease, and I must help support and treat them, and pay for the damage they do. Did a giant germ rush out of a dark alley, grab them, and stuff white powder up their noses or stick a needle in their arm while they tried to fight it off?
I'm tired of hearing wealthy athletes, entertainers and politicians of all parties talking about innocent mistakes, stupid mistakes or youthful mistakes, when we all know they think their only mistake was getting caught. I'm tired of people with a sense of entitlement, rich or poor.
I'm really tired of people who don't take responsibility for their lives and actions. I'm tired of hearing them blame the government, or discrimination or big-whatever for their problems.
I'm also tired and fed up with seeing young men and women in their teens and early 20's be-deck themselves in tattoos and face studs, thereby making themselves unemployable and claiming money from the Government.

Yes, I'm damn tired. But I'm also glad to be 83.. Because, mostly, I'm not going to have to see the world these people are making. I'm just sorry for my granddaughter and their children. Thank God I'm on the way out and not on the way in. There is no way this will be widely publicized, unless each of us sends it on! This is your chance to make a difference.

"I'm 83 and I'm tired. If you don't agree you are part of the problem!

[ArMaP]

And apparently, even being 83 years old, he has so much to learn...

[sky otter]

I'm tired of people with a sense of entitlement, rich or poor.

I'm really tired of people who don't take responsibility for their lives and actions.

I'm tired of hearing them blame the government, or discrimination or big-whatever for their problems.

But I'm also glad to be ??..
Because, mostly, I'm not going to have to see the world these people are making.



how sad that i really feel this way huh....?

wondering what i can do to change it....i had a co worker once who told me that if i lowered my standards i would be much happier
i guess that's what it takes


kicking can down the road...sigh

[The Seeker]

I disagree, Armap; I have been working since I was 11 years old, and I agree with Bill Cosby 100%; don't take away from my calloused and sweaty hands to give to someone too lazy or sorry to try to do for themselves...

seeker

[ArMaP]

I disagree, Armap; I have been working since I was 11 years old, and I agree with Bill Cosby 100%; don't take away from my calloused and sweaty hands to give to someone too lazy or sorry to try to do for themselves...

Because that's the only reason why people need money, because they "too lazy or sorry"?

And I was not talking just about that, I was talking about all of the things he says.

[joseph79]

I agree although giving to those less fortunate is its own reward. Welfare is evil not because its free aid but because for every dollar taken from us only 5 cents goes to the welfare recipients.$200 a month in food stamps and 215 a month in cash is not help its an insult and  ploy to become dependent. As for drug addiction maybe we would have less of that if our government wasn't involved in shipping it in.

[Amaterasu]

Because that's the only reason why people need money, because they "too lazy or sorry"?

And I was not talking just about that, I was talking about all of the things he says.

ArMaP, We agree.  I have applied to, now, WELL over 50,000 jobs since I was laid off.  In person, and largely on the web.  I keep plugging, trying to become employed.  I don't need help because I am "lazy."  I don't need help because I am "sorry."  I need help because employers do not hire old ladies when They have fifty 20- and 30-somethings to choose from.

I am so saddened to see Cosby so callous about the vast unemployment, the People who, for the most part, would leap at any job offered.  When We see lines of People, blocks long, camping for days to get a chance to be hired at companies who announce Their intent to begin hiring on some specific day...

We can't just say, "Oh, They're lazy.  Let Them die."

[The Seeker]

Ama, you and armap are missing part of it; people like you and I that want to work and try our best are not what is meant; for each one wanting to work there are several that are milking the system because they can; I see it every day, have for years... and Islam? Those that follow radical paths sow dissent and chaos for all the rest...


seeker

[undo11]

supposedly that is an urban myth and he never wrote it .   article says it was actually written by  former Massachusetts state senator Robert A. Hall
http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/billcosby/a/I-Am-76-And-I-Am-Tired-By-Bill-Cosby.htm

[Littleenki]

Bingo Undo..seen it before...I dont see these statements as anything close to what Cosby would say himself. Hes a pretty liberal guy.

Le

[undo11]

i'm kinda depressed that most of hollywood thinks most of us suck.

[zorgon]

I am so saddened to see Cosby so callous about the vast unemployment, the People who, for the most part, would leap at any job offered. 

You have missed the point entirely. He is not referring to normal unemployed people that have a desire to work.  Just come over to our welfare office and sit outside for a few hours.  See the people driving up in Humvees and Cadilacs that own houses.

It seems the English language isn't enough to convey thoughts these days.  He is referring to those deliberately abusing the system.  And those type brag about it while an honest citizen, one who doesn't lie about their circumstances gets the shaft.

A while back after I stopped working and my wife lost her job, we did try to apply for those food stamps.  It was supposed to be a system that  gave people who needed temporary help a little break.  We own a house  yes... I have enough in the bank to cover bills on a month to month basis  mostly.

Well they told us because we had over 2000.00 in the bank on the day my wife applied we were sh!t out of luck. Never mind the fact that we hadn't paid the bills that month yet

Then you go over to the grocery store and see these people in their fancy cars with piles of groceries from the food stamps.  How do they do it? Simple... they lie... and have people at home that support the lie.

Its easy  all you need is a few people in the same household under different names sharing.

When illegals can get such help and illegals can get free medical, there is a problem in this country

And wait till ya hear what happened to my daughter with schooling

He is not talking about the average joe down on his luck and out of work... he is talking about those that are deliberately using any means possible to milk and defraud the system, at the expense of the rest of us.  I would suggest re reading what he wrote and take the blinders off

The ones that abuse the system are the reason the rest of us are struggling

[zorgon]

Here look at this one...



and this one...

[undo11]

guys, could you work faster on that spaceship ?  and can ya pick up me and the hubby and our 3 kids, too? lol

they plan on killing most of us, particularly if we are white.  after seeing what's been happening to the white farmers in south africa, i do not want to experience or see any one else experience, that kind of inhumanity.

[zorgon]

Hey does hubby have a spaceship pilot license? I mean being space command and all... we might need that