There’s Something Wrong With College Kids These Days
Here’s some free advice for all the young (and not so young) Bernie Sanders supporters: Grow up!
Their chants of “No more war!” during the 2016 Democratic National Convention were cute, but demonstrated nothing more than how naïve they are. Newsflash – it’s not the Sixties anymore. You’re not at Woodstock. The hippie train left 50 years ago and you missed it.
We live in the age of terrorism where religious extremists are bent on destroying everything in sight, including members of their own religion. They’d like nothing more than to ruin the lives of everyone who believes in freedom and independence.
The U.S. needs to keep pounding on terrorists – in Syria, in Iraq, in Iran and everywhere else that we find them. We need to crush them, and by doing so, we’ll be saving the lives of countless innocent people they are trying to maim, torture and kill. And we need to deal sternly with any American who tries to join up with these crazed zealots.
Now, if you’re an adult who supports the socialist Bernie Sanders, there’s probably no hope for you. You’ve gone off the deep end and there’s no way at this point to reach you with a life raft.
But if you’re an idealistic college student, it’s not too late. College kids are known for getting caught up in causes that have very little to do with reality, but they usually grow out of it when they get off campus and start living in the real world.
In the meantime, despite the fact that they’re supposed to be living in a “free thinking” environment, they will believe anything some liberal professor or whack job left-wing guest speaker tells them.
They’ll take the cause to heart and act like it’s something they’ve thought long and hard about and have decided to devote their life to it. Then they’ll try to use their parents’ credit card to donate money to it.
If they really want to become flower children of the Sixties, maybe these young Bernie Sanders supporters can try to place long-stemmed roses into the barrels of AK-47s being held by ISIS members. Good luck with that, by the way.
Follow the oil and natural gas trails. Beware in the hidden truths you will find. Especially in their plight to fulfill the needs of Europe instead of Russia. Let me guess, I’m just another wack job idealist reading fake news.
I asked my 27 year old niece what a fascist was and also asked her to spell it since she was throwing the word around about Trump so willfully…she replied”oh you are one of those people”….but she still couldn’t answer either of my 2 questions.typical liberal socialist anarchist loser.
As far as the socialism question just look at Venezuela, see how well that is working
WHAT KIND OF BS IS THIS???
There is nothing more I hate than some knucklehead be it a Liberal, Rightwing, Leftwing, Tea Partiest, Elitist, or any other political, religious affiliation or any other group or party seeking their place in our society trying to influence me and others with only hot topic news or button pushing to get my attention or emotions to agree with their rhetoric BS. This includes Prepper SHTF/End of the World crap like the above statement.
Come’on people lets get real for a minute shall we? Living in the late 50’s I was exposed to the “Red Menace”. If you were “Red” or even a little bit “Pink” you were not one of “Us.” You were consider a subversive to the Democratic, Freedom loving people of the United States of America.
We just fought the big fight, WWII, and we just finished fighting with North Korea and now Vietnam started up. America felt that we needed to keep the North from taking over the South because the North was Communist and the South wanted to be Democratic. Even when Cuba was a threat to America by aligning itself with Russia as a satellite Communist country and by building missile platforms and missiles that could launch a nuke into the Eastern seaboard.
The children of the 50’s, the baby boomers, came into their own in the mid and late 60’s. They saw how futile it was to fight a war just to draw a line in the dirt, the US’uns against the You’uns. They saw how the corporations made money off of the bodies of the young soldiers and the war effort. Making money was the Capitalist way of living in a Democratic society. They saw how following a leader without questioning will set the stage for the country to go down the garden path to destruction. We have learn to question authority and ourselves.
So with that said, why would I or should I be influenced by the BS stated above? How about being neutral in your statements above? How about posing your questions without the barbs and baited hooks? Do you really think that I don’t think for myself? A spade is a spade; and a shovel is a shovel. I don’t need someone to colour their words or slight their statements to make me think their way. I am a “Free Thinker!” Most people on Frank’s Blog are “Free Thinkers” too. We think for ourselves. We have to be because we plan for our survival, for our family’s survival. We are not going to be pulled into a fight by an instigator with baited statements. We are not stupid! We know that this isn’t Frank Bates talking. It has to be someone on his staff. Frank needs to take away their computer privileges. This isn’t what Frank Bates had in mind when he started his blog. Frank wanted input from everyone, the Right, the Left and the middle and silent majority.
So people, don’t fall for the BS. Don’t drink the Cool Aid. Don’t be goaded into making a statement for or against what has been said above because in fact it really doesn’t matter, one way or another. If Frank wants to know something; he will ask himself; not one of his employees with a broad paint brush.
Cliff,
I was going to say much the same, being a Vietnam era veteran and all. But then I read your post and realized that anything I wrote would be redundant. So thank you for sharing. For what it’s worth, I agree wholeheartedly.
Ditto Cliff. Thanks for saving me the time. And this wasn’t even a paid sponsor. Come on Frank!
ASk one of these kids what they want and they will say Socialism yet not one knows what Socialism is.
That’s right, Michael. Winston Churchill certainly knew what socialism was. He said, “Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy. Its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.”
I think we should step on ISIS like a bug. No one wants war. There are no winners. These pig islamist are insects that need to be stopped PEROID
I feel that any government, or group of people that demand change by killing should be “step on like a bug” be it us or them.
what is needed is respect for one and all. Everyone must have a voice in saying how they want to live. However, not at the expense or death of another human being. The world over all must defend the weak against the dictators, communist or democratic nations that would oppress the down trodden. Otherwise the world is setting itself up for another world war.
If the USA can kick the Democrats and Republicans to the curb; just think if another “Arab Spring” or Democratic demonstration in China occurs. There are more people than Government officials. The governments of the world should be afraid of their citizens.
flower child. idiot.
In a weird way, I respectfully disagree about that line where you said”we need to be” pounding” on these terrorists. I’m now an isolationist. Terrorists can’t do anything to you if they are not in your country and we wouldn’t be hated so much if we weren’t invading their countries , all to show them who’s boss and teach them a lesson. Secure the damn border, no more cross-ocean flights, no one else gets in the country, there’s no such thing as a job I won’t do, and no nation has an obligation to let anybody in . Sorry. Do the above, problem solved, but… I really don’t think they want the problem solved, do they?
David, you can’t survive as a isolationist because you make yourself a very large target much like an ostrich with its head in the sand. The world will move around you until the world needs to move you out of the way. It is in the removal that we must be prepared for because the best way to remove an ostrich is to shoot it and have a feast on its flesh.
If you don’t want illegals in this country; then give them a Social Security number that will identify them as such. Have a department that keeps tract of these aliens. If they go missing then put them on a hot sheet and tract them down and deport them that will make their heads swim. It doesn’t matter if they are from Canada, England or a communist country. If they fail to follow the rules and law, then out they go.
The laws on the books have employers verifying that they can work in this country. why not allow them to get a driver license. Then at the very least you will have them renewing their license every four years and it has to be mailed to a verified address. A little cross reference and ICE can knock on their doors.
I agree David – terrorists wouldnt be our problem if we hadnt unconstitutionally invaded their countries
certainly agree, from a former Haigt- ashbury resident
Those out there preaching love and open arms will be among the first to get beheaded because” perfect harmony” as Coke once projected just not exist in our world today. They may as well bury their head in the sand with their rose colored glasses and kiss their arse goodbye.