What I like about this recipe is all the different steps and layers of ingredients. The omelette is a metaphor for life, real life. There is no magic formula for success, no one right path that everyone should take in their journey for a successful and satisfying existence. The decision belongs to us and us alone.
In his commencement speech at Arizona State University, President Obama urged the graduates to resist the temptations of materialism and status. Instead, he suggested that they choose a life of service and commitment to help rebuild America.
Apparently, the First Lady didn't get the message when she purchased that pair of five-hundred dollar sneakers. How about that really expensive home they own in Chicago. The President went on to urge the graduates to steer clear of a life of mere financial gain. Personally, his message irked me and if I were a new graduate I would find his advice disingenuous. His wife was earning over 300,000 dollars a year, before his election, not working in a soup kitchen full-time. Being a first term Senator wasn't enough for Obama, it was the presidency that fueled his fire.
With all due respect Mr. President, if your message resonates with these graduates you won't have a tax base for your grand agenda. Instead, you will have fostered a nation of selfless mediocrity.
You should have told these graduates to follow their own personal dream, whether it be to Wall Street or Main Street. There is nothing shameful or wrong with wanting to succeed. There is no need ever to apologize for attaining wealth and a comfortable lifestyle. Turning on the rich smacks of socialism, envy and ultimately of failure.
The American Dream is all about working hard to attain a goal, whatever it may be. President Obama was very lucky to have a high-earning spouse, so he could enjoy "a life of service and committment to America" while he traveled the road to his own goal of the white house. His is the true American dream - having it both ways.
ReplyDeleteEverything I have I earned though hard work, and I am not ashamed of it.
POP, Great Assessment of the issue.
Now, for my breakfast!!!
POP - where is taxlarry? I never get to post a comment before him!
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ReplyDeleteGreat comment! I have no idea where taxlarry is, in fact, I thought your comment was his because he always beats you to it!
taxlarry is working. Trying to keep a few dollars coming until until the Obamunists take more and more of it. Mr. & Mrs. Obummer are the biggest phonies on the planet. I bet when she takes her $500 sneakers off, they smEll just as bad as a $25 pair. I did get a kick out of Oprah saying that there is nothing wrong with being wealthy. I trust she knew she was sticking it to her Chicago pal Obummer. The issue that bothErs me is that when Obummer says there is nothing worng with not being wealthy, the morons in the audiEnce, including the graduates, were applauding. Ticks me off!! I truly believe these morons keep applauding him because he smiles at them. They don't hear a word he says. Or, they can't process what he says. If that is the case, they will all be poor. I am still shaking in my boots about what's to come with this guy. BARTENDER!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI don't think they make a connection between self-sacrifice, shunning money, and poverty. They can't connect the dots. Maybe they should return their degrees!
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