America in Crisis...America's Youth Part I

6/21/2010

Good evening folks and welcome to a new week of The Bandit Speaks.  I'm going to breifly cover some of today's pressing issues and then I'm going to begin my series on America's youth.  In reality I'm going to be targeting everyone because the problem that we are facing today is everyones problem.  I do want to focus on the youth though because they will have to rebuild this country after all of the fires have been put out.

First, lets focus on todays top stories...


Oil Continues To Flow

It is day 63 on the Gulf of Mexico coast and the oil continues to spew from the Deepwater Horizon leaking oil rig 5000 feet below the surface of the Gulf.  New estimates are now saying that up to 100,000 barrels a day may be leaking into the Gulf.  Meanwhile the BP CEO was photographed over the weekend attending a yatch race in England.  He caught a lot of flack for that.  Strangley enough our President went to a ball game over the weekend and played a round of golf but not much was made of that by the mainstream media.  I wonder why that is?  I thought the annointed one was going to work day and night until this situation was resolved.  Meanwhile when questioned about the outings today Deputy Press Secretary defended Obama's round of golf by saying that the President needs leisure time to "clear his head".  Isn't that special???

In more oil leak news it should be noted that there is a strong tropical wave in the Caribbean that the National Hurricane Center is watching very closely.  Currently they are giving it a 50% chance of development and some forecast models take it into the Gulf of Mexico and make it a sizeable hurricane.  Talk about a worse case scenario.


Border Security...Who's Telling The Truth?

Today the Junior Senator from Arizona, Jon Kyl, stated that during a one on one meeting with President Obama that the President stated to him that the reason the border isn't being secured is because comprehensive immigration reform has not occurred yet.  Obama stated that if the border was secured then the GOP would have no reason to go along with his immigration reform plan.  This basically holds our border security hostage in order to further Obama's agenda.  Check out the video below...



Folks, if what Senator Kyl is saying is indeed true than this President needs to be impeached and tried for high treason for failing to perform his duty.  If Senator Kyl is telling the truth than this President has traded national security for a political agenda.  This is outrageous and it makes me sick.  Let's remember folks that it isn't just innocent Mexican workers coming across this border.  We've got hardened criminals, drug wars, and terrorists spilling across the border.  How long will it be before a WMD gets brought across the border and set off in an American city.  This President swore an oath to defend America from ALL enemies foreign and domestic.  If what Senator Kyl has said is true then this President is derelict in his duty and should be relieved of command. 


America in Crisis...America's Youth Part I

Where did we go wrong?  What happened to American pride and doing what is right?  Where are the morals and values that once governed our lives?  I have been racking my brain asking myself these questions over the past weeks, months, and years.  I still don't have a good answer for it.  I'm going to attempt to try to address this over the next few nights.

There used to be a time when people walked tall in America and were proud to be an American.  There used to be a time when people were proud to perform a good days work.  There used to be a time when people had a conscience and did what was right.  All of these things have gone the way of the dinosaur.  But why?  I would be more than happy to listen to suggestions from my readers as to why this has happened.  I believe that it is important that we find out how and why this has happened in order for us to fix the problem and avoid it in the future.  I don't know the exact answer for when, where, why, or how it happened but I do have a theory.

Laziness, greed, no responsibilities, and a lack of pride and respect is becoming the downfall of this country.  More and more people feel that they are entitled to something that they didn't work for.  More and more people want a free handout from the government and it only continues to get worse.  There is no longer a necessity to work anymore.  Why work?  I'll sit at home and become fat and lazy while someone else picks up the tab.  On top of this the greed comes in to play.  I have to have the latest and greatest toys and to get them I will go out and sell my kids future to have them.  Furthermore when I can't pay for them someone else will pick up the tab.  THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE.  The problem that we face is that the people who were brought up with this mentality are now passing it on to their kids and grandkids.  Progressives such as Woodrow Wilson and Franklin D. Roosevelt instituted many of the policies that have led us down this path of destruction that we are faced with today. 

Furthermore no one has a sense of responsibility today.  Parents used to be responsible for their children.  In todays society children take a backseat to whatever agenda the parents have.  Kids are being brought up in todays world with either the government raising them or the television.  A large portion of parents no longer take any interest in their children anymore.  A child left to his own devices is trouble. 

I grew up having to say yes sir and no sir.  Yes maam and no maam.  Holding the door open for other people and respecting my elders.  Today I go to the mall or a movie theater and I have to deal with disrespectful teenagers acting like thugs.  That's what you get when Jay Z raises your kids and you don't.  I don't know about you but I'm tired of seeing thugs walking through the mall with their pants hanging half off of them and watching these thugs bully other people. 

So with that in mind here's lesson #1 for the youth of America...Take a little pride in yourself.  Respect yourself and then others will respect you.  Don't feel like you have to be like every pop star in Hollywood.  If that is your goal in life then you are destined to be a follower.  Be a leader and get involved in the future of this great country. 

Tomorrow I will continue this series and I will also address the big topics of the day.  Stay tuned...

Until tomorrow night,

Stay Informed, Stay Educated, Stay Alert, Stay Safe

Sonny "Bandit" Darlington