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Bill Cosby on "I'm 83 and Tired" - 4/20/2013 7:38:15 PM   
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I've worked hard since I was 17. Except for when I was doing my National Service, I put in 50-hour weeks, and didn't call in sick in nearly 40 years. I made a reasonable salary, but I didn't inherit my job or my income, and I worked to get where I am. Given the economy, it looks as though retirement was a bad idea, and I'm tired. Very tired.

I'm tired of being told that I have to "spread the wealth" to people who don't have my work ethic. I'm tired of being told the government will take the money I earned, by force if necessary, and give it to people too lazy to earn it.

I'm tired of being told that Islam is a "Religion of Peace," when every day I can read dozens of stories of Muslim men killing their sisters, wives and daughters for their family "honor"; of Muslims rioting over some slight offense; Muslims murdering Christian and Jews because they aren't "believers"; Muslims burning schools for girls; Muslims stoning teenage rape victims to death for "adultery"; Muslims mutilating the genitals of little girls; all in the name of Allah, because the Qur'an and Shari'a law tells them to.

I'm tired of being told that out of "tolerance for other cultures" we must let Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries use our oil money to fund mosques and Madrasa Islamic schools to preach hate in Australia , New Zealand , UK, America and Canada , while no one from these countries are allowed to fund a church, synagogue or religious school in Saudi Arabia or any other Arab country to teach love and tolerance.

I'm tired of being told I must lower my living standard to fight global warming, which no one is allowed to debate.

I'm tired of being told that drug addicts have a disease, and I must help support and treat them, and pay for the damage they do. Did a giant germ rush out of a dark alley, grab them, and stuff white powder up their noses or stick a needle in their arm while they tried to fight it off?

I'm tired of hearing wealthy athletes, entertainers and politicians of all parties talking about innocent mistakes, stupid mistakes or youthful mistakes, when we all know they think their only mistake was getting caught. I'm tired of people with a sense of entitlement, rich or poor.

I'm really tired of people who don't take responsibility for their lives and actions. I'm tired of hearing them blame the government, or discrimination or big-whatever for their problems.

I'm also tired and fed up with seeing young men and women in their teens and early 20's be-deck themselves in tattoos and face studs, thereby making themselves unemployable and claiming money from the Government.

Yes, I'm damn tired. But I'm also glad to be 83.. Because, mostly, I'm not going to have to see the world these people are making. I'm just sorry for my granddaughter and their children. Thank God I'm on the way out and not on the way in. There is no way this will be widely publicized, unless each of us sends it on! This is your chance to make a difference.

"I'm 83 and I'm tired. If you don't agree you are part of the problem!
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RE: Bill Cosby on "I'm 83 and Tired" - 4/20/2013 8:26:26 PM   
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Cosby never wrote that.

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RE: Bill Cosby on "I'm 83 and Tired" - 4/20/2013 8:33:30 PM   
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Oh dear, me oh my oh....

Well, it's good anyway!

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RE: Bill Cosby on "I'm 83 and Tired" - 4/20/2013 9:17:06 PM   
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Who ever wrote it is RIGHT 100% Right!

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RE: Bill Cosby on "I'm 83 and Tired" - 4/20/2013 9:36:33 PM   
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Not only did Bill not write that, it doesn't sound like him at all.

This Is What Bill Cosby Sounds Like

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RE: Bill Cosby on "I'm 83 and Tired" - 4/21/2013 4:54:25 AM   
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Cosby dislikes it, saying it has "ugly views". He HAS told blacks to stop with the drugs and use of the N word, to pull their pants up, and to stop choosing willful ignorance over education (major paraphrasing).

I tend to agree with both, and we ALL need to heed it, no matter the skin color.

Lastly, this is from Cosby:

http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/cosby.asp


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RE: Bill Cosby on "I'm 83 and Tired" - 4/21/2013 9:21:22 AM   
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Cosby's was a brilliant and insightful speech, directed at a particular target audience. It gives valid examples, provides historical background, and indicates personal responsibility. The first speech, which was mistakenly attributed to Cosby is hate driven, meant to incite anger and make the reader feel as if they are superior. Bigotry has gained ground.

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RE: Bill Cosby on "I'm 83 and Tired" - 4/21/2013 10:44:38 AM   
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One thing I don't like is his last sentence; good people can disagree on things, but (keeping in mind I don't know him or his heart) overall, I agree with gist of it.

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RE: Bill Cosby on "I'm 83 and Tired" - 4/21/2013 7:18:45 PM   
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It looks like an ignorant rant IMO, and I'm glad Bill Cosby didn't do it.
This isn't to say I haven't heard him have inapropriate rants before. Case in point: The one Level linked us to. It's so convenient to kick those still down, when you've reached the top, discounting their circumstances, and presuming to speak for a whole ethnicity. M

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RE: Bill Cosby on "I'm 83 and Tired" - 4/23/2013 2:48:12 AM   
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This goes far but not far enough . In Texas I am tired of hearing how illegals need to given a chance at a better life by breaking the law .
But cross another countries border and the will send you to jail . If you can't fix your problems in your own country don't come to mine
and try to make me fix mine to fit your needs . Before anyone calls me racist my daughter is half African-American . I myself am a mutt
from at least 6 nations and 2 of those Native American . The government will kiss the ass of someone coming here and still treat those
born here like dirt . That is my rant and I thank God for being able to do it .

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