Dixie - In Memoriam
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When I was a wee tot, my brothers and sisters were often sent to the back yard to play, while my mother took a little "me" time, to get away from us kids, so as to not go completely bat shit crazy. See, we would have driven the woman over the edge, if it weren't for her daily sabbatical, where we discovered 'prison life' inside the impenetrable fence surrounding our back yard. The final instructions she gave, before retiring to her room to a world of One Life To Live and General Hospital.... "Don't disturb me unless you are bleeding or dying!"
It was in these days, I discovered much about self-preservation, being reliant upon my own street sense, to cope with whatever challenges were presented. There was no "Mama" to bail me out if I got in trouble, or if trouble somehow found me, which it always seemed to do. My brothers and sisters were not reliable to fend for me, most of the time, the trouble was directly instigated by one of them, so this became hopeless. Basically, I had to figure it out. What this taught me was, there is always something you can do to get through anything, without relying on a higher authority to provide help.
My mother was very smart, she knew this self-reliance lesson would mold us into self-reliant individuals, and it did. As we grew older, this lesson would present itself over and over, and both me and my siblings, met the challenges and dealt with the crisis, without depending on some outside providing source of aid and assistance. And we've all raised our children pretty much the same way, to be self-reliant and responsible for themselves.
This is a lesson I wish our Congress and Electorate could learn. 80% of these people in line to get 'emergency relief' to pay their high power bills, could probably figure it out on their own, if there were no relief program. Those who are receiving food stamps, could probably figure out how to survive, and wouldn't starve to death, for lack of them. The list goes on and on, Head Start, Free School Breakfast, Lunch, (and soon, Dinner)... Health care! Education! Stimulus! All of these stupid boneheaded things we are paying for and doing, and for the most part, they are not needed, people could figure this shit out on their own, if they had to.
I hope this is the message the new Congress sends to liberals... Unless you're bleeding or dying, we don't want to hear about spending more money.
It was in these days, I discovered much about self-preservation, being reliant upon my own street sense, to cope with whatever challenges were presented. There was no "Mama" to bail me out if I got in trouble, or if trouble somehow found me, which it always seemed to do. My brothers and sisters were not reliable to fend for me, most of the time, the trouble was directly instigated by one of them, so this became hopeless. Basically, I had to figure it out. What this taught me was, there is always something you can do to get through anything, without relying on a higher authority to provide help.
My mother was very smart, she knew this self-reliance lesson would mold us into self-reliant individuals, and it did. As we grew older, this lesson would present itself over and over, and both me and my siblings, met the challenges and dealt with the crisis, without depending on some outside providing source of aid and assistance. And we've all raised our children pretty much the same way, to be self-reliant and responsible for themselves.
This is a lesson I wish our Congress and Electorate could learn. 80% of these people in line to get 'emergency relief' to pay their high power bills, could probably figure it out on their own, if there were no relief program. Those who are receiving food stamps, could probably figure out how to survive, and wouldn't starve to death, for lack of them. The list goes on and on, Head Start, Free School Breakfast, Lunch, (and soon, Dinner)... Health care! Education! Stimulus! All of these stupid boneheaded things we are paying for and doing, and for the most part, they are not needed, people could figure this shit out on their own, if they had to.
I hope this is the message the new Congress sends to liberals... Unless you're bleeding or dying, we don't want to hear about spending more money.
