Posted by Opinionated on November 13, 2013, 8:02 pm
I made that drastic mistake again of going to WalMart and seeing what my community has become. Why oh why can't I learn.
I grew up in Granite City. When I was a kid and through my teens we went home from school everyday and hit the ball field, played tag or kick the can. In short, we didn't sit on our asses behind a gameboy or a nintendo and gain weight.
Today I saw a mother with what appeared to be a very severely overweight young male and a chubby two or three year old. My first thought, why isn't the young man in school? As it happened they checked out next to me and of course the cart was loaded with nothing but junk food. This mother did not have her kids in school and was feeding them pure nutritional poison. What chance does the kid have? Then I hear a talk show host talking about child obesity and how schools should do a better job feeding students lunch? A clear Whiskey Tango Foxtrot!
When I was a kid I'd come home from school to an unlocked door. I didn't have to worry about mom being home. My town was safe. My home was safe and people respected each other enough to watch out for one another.
Tonight I read about three Granite City thugs shooting a man they robbed over a few bucks. When did trash take over my town?
When I was a kid my coach told me what to do on the ballfield. If I didn't play, dad made me practice harder. He didn't go to the coach or the school board and whine about little Opie not getting enough playing time.
Now we have people running to board members, park board officials and crying about what the coach did to their poor little superstar. When did we turn my town into a society of pansies?
When I was a kid we would stand and recite the pledge every morning and follow it with the Lord's prayer. I didn't even contemplate the idea of not pledging. One of my best friends in junior high was a Jewish boy.
I got it that he had different views of mine but our religious freedom was never in question because of what prayer we said. When did my community turn away from those beliefs?
When I was a kid I respected adults. I didn't have to like them. I didn't have to think they were "cool" or my friend. I just knew they were the adult and I was the kid and I better keep a civil tongue in my head when speaking to them.
When did our youth turn into a buch of smart asses that think they can do anything or say anything to an adult?
Wal Mart, better than anyplace I know epitiomizes the failure of our country and the fact that we are settling for welfare as a way of life, where slovenly appearance is an accepted public feature and where kids have "rights". I saw examples of all of the above at that place today. Makes me want to puke.
What happened? We stopped making people be responsible for themselves and for their actions. And they call that progress?
on November 13, 2013, 8:02 pm