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Its always been in my nature to just figure things out.  I suppose it came from my childhood where I grew up almost free from parental opression.  I see the young ones in my family now completely helpless when asked to handle the most obvious of tasks. 

Today I decided to give the back yard a good cleaning before the fall weather really sets in strong.  When I bought my home the previous owner had used railroad ties as a garden decoration.  While rustic and attractive in some ways, the garden decoration aspect of railroad ties is rather poor.  They become infested with earwigs and snails quite easily which turns the actual garden into a half dead unappetizing mess.  This time around the railroad ties had to go.

With the truck parked on the side of the house loaded down with branches and beams I was ready for the trip to the landfill.  The youngest person living in my house is a few months away from turning sixteen and she’s excited about getting her drivers license.  Normally I’m very stingy about letting anyone drive my car because I can’t afford to have it wrecked, but I thought today I’d have her pull it out of the driveway so I could get on my way to the dump.  She’s more than ready to go get the learning permit so I thought its time she started getting used to driving a car. 

When I held up my keys and asked her to pull the car in front of the house I expected a gleefull expression and some riddled excitement.  What I got was a look of stupidity crossed with a hint of terror.  She’s grown up so coddled by her mother that even handling simple tasks whether she wants to or not requires someone standing behind her telling her what to do.  It makes me sick to think what would happen if she somehow found herself alone in the world. 

I see it more and more in the workplace and sadly even at home.  People are becoming incapable of doing even the most basic of tasks.  In conversation I hear complaints about how the mexican people are coming across the border causing an immigration problem.  I hear how the american people are losing business and money to china because everthing is bieng manufactured overseas where its cheaper.  All of these things scare the american people.  Beneath it I see the truth. 

These poor people in third world countries have nothing compared to what we do so they work damn hard to get it.  They learn at a young age that to survive they have to get their own food clothing and shelter.  With nobody capable of protecting their total innocence they become strong or they become dead.  Its the natural order of things.  Citizens of the united states are on a quick road to their downfall and I’m sad to see it happening. 

Concider social security.  This is a mutibillion dollar government fund designed to make the weakest people in our society have better fuller lives.  That doesn’t sound like a bad thing right?  Now thing just how much stronger we as a people would be if maybe some of those people weren’t around.  If a potato has a cavity or cheeze has taken to mold, you cut away the bad part.  Cutting away the bad makes the rest of it better.  If you don’t cut out the bad spot all you’ve got is a rotten potato. 

I’m not saying we should cut off social security.  I know enough to know I probably don’t know what is best.  I’m just saying we as a people need to think more about the way we treat our children, disabled people, stupid people, ect.  Nobody ever learns a lesson from pampering.  Time-outs are not effective unless the child knows there is a consequence worse than making them sit in a corner.  You have to beat that kids ass at least once so they know you are serious! Once you’ve put the fear of god into them next time around a timeout will suffice.