Quote from iceman1:
You sound like a pompous, arrogant UN-appreciative bloke who has little HUMILITY for others at this point in your life! Meaning, unless their story is like yours you don't respect them as worthy or as a human being of your status or of any entitlement in this world! Think about THAT concept Mr. Self-Righteous... and know thyself for what thy has become!
I'm not going to waste bytes regurgitating your diatribe.
I have no need to print this out. Unlike you I do not wish misgivings upon anyone. I hope that every person is able to get out of life what they want. It would be great if there were no setbacks and challenges along the way but that is not being realistic. Everyone does reach the level they choose, not everyone reaches the level they want.
It is interesting how many misconceptions you have about people in general. You label me as a hard core Republican, imply that money is my God, say I have no humility and look down on others who have not achieved as I have, state that I have no problems with government bailouts for banks and business, tell me I hate my next door neighbor, talk about the bible and being directly tied to God, insist that I discriminate against others for not looking and being like me, tell me I succeeded due to LUCK, refer to my hatred toward all others, and call me brother.
Just to correct your misguided perceptions on people lets take a look at your labels compared to reality.
Hardcore Republican: Not even close. More like a hardcore independent who is fiscally conservative and a socially liberal.
Money as my God: Do I place value on Money, most definitely. Money is only a tool to achieve an objective. I place my family and experiencing life ahead of money. Without either of those money is meaningless. However without money neither of those is possible.
Humility: If you knew me you would know that yes I am a confident person. Why should I be ashamed of that. I do not look down on others and have spent a reasonable amount of time and resources helping out various charitable organizations and individuals. However, I will not help someone who does not first want to help themselves. To do so is futile. If a person is happy where they are at then that is great. If they are not then it their responsibility to pull themselves up, not mine. I will help if they need and want it. I am not my brothers keeper. I do have a brother and a sister and I am not their keeper and they are not mine. My brother is a man who takes care if his business and my sister is a woman who takes care of hers. The moment you are dependent on another person or your government for your daily bread, you are no longer a free man.
Government bailouts: Fuck em. They are total bullshit and I would never vote for one. All these bailouts do is allow the cess pool to continue growing.
My neighbors: Most of them are good friends. There are of course those who have your mentality who annoy the hell out of me but I tolerate them, not hate them.
God and the bible: Not so much. I have no love for organized religion or their interpretation of Gods word. More misery has been brought to this world by political leaders selling mass religion to the public than anything else. I do believe in a God who is the creator but despise how man has used God to cause such conflict and misery throughout the world. Just a side note, our founding fathers specifically called for separation of Church and state to keep religion out of politics and in the home, where it belongs.
Discrimination: Yeah whatever. I have close friends of all types. Diversity is the spice of life and without it this world would be a boring place.
I succeeded due to luck: For you to say that you must not have sacrificed and worked for anything. By that token, others have failed because of luck. If that's the case I might as well quite right now because I have such good luck I can sit on my ass and still be called a winner. Are you going to contribute to the general fund so that me and my family can maintain the lifestyle we have lucked into?
My hatred toward all others: the only contempt I have for my fellow man is when they do not do for themselves and feel entitled to take from me what I have earned (I'm sorry, lucked) into so they can get what they want without earning/lucking into it.
Calling me brother: You are not my brother. My brother is a real man who takes care of his business and has laid his life on the line so you can have the freedoms you enjoy. You should be thankful that men such as he live and have values similar to mine for he is the reason you have the right to spew your garbage.
Perhaps you should get out occasionally and experience life some. Your views remind me of the folks I know who have never lived beyond the reach of their parents pocketbook. Or maybe you just had a run of bad luck and feel the need to make sure everyone else experiences your bad luck. Either way, I am sure you can get beyond whatever is plaguing you by dropping the entitlement mentality and start providing for yourself.