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!

I love this man from my childhood

wow!!!!!!!!!!
very true.
totally made sense.

i hope the likes of mac-la-tunji will not remove this thread for saying the obvious and hard truth about islam. a religion that does not in anyway depict peace

Funny but true.

A chip of the old block.
We the people you are talking to are tired. We are also tired of the world we are building. We know that we are ruining the world, but, it is like a huge monster has seized most people into inaction. StewpIdity and ignorance pervades and is honoured above wisdom. Wise counsels are termed so "1688" and soddomy is glorified. We are labouring so hard to ensure that by the time we leave this earth, the earth might have sunk lower into abyss. No one is responsible for his actions these days; it is either the govt or the system that has conspired to rob us of our deserved rest and life of luxury, devoid of toil and labour. We are hedonists. We pamper flesh over sense , ideas and honest labour.
Dear Bill, you forgot to mention the men of the cloth in christendom, who have misinterpreted Christ's injunction of "looking the other way" to mean condoning all immorality within the house of God. Young ladies and men are allowed to present themselves in se..xy and stunning outfits before their creator. We love God so much we are making a return to the pre-sin garden of Eden- we want to effect nudity!- we are already at the final stages of this great task. Afterall, we are fiercely made, all thanks to cosmetic surgeons. This is why molestation and divorce is on the increase today; everything is left bare for the taking, and no longer for the asking!
Dear Bill, we the fathers of today are failing because the fathers of yesterday failed. The children of tommorrow might fail if we do not arrest this development.

straight from the heart, our world today is in a chaotic mess which we pamper with a million excuses

you are a hero
i love you