Oct. 7, 2011 - PPM - Get a Job

This week's Pet Peeve Monday (PPM) is about the level of mob mentality growing in our country. It started in New York City on Wall Street and is now spreading to other cities.

“Occupy Cincinnati” will hold its first “occupation” starting at 11 a.m. on Saturday, October 8. Really? You can’t get up and organized earlier than 11 a.m.? From their web site, it says that the local group isn’t offering demands or solutions.

So everyone is supposed to show up for no real reason. At least “Flash Mobs” have music and they provide the entertainment.

The mentality that the 1% of the wealthiest Americans is to blame for our current economic mess is absurd. The “Class Warfare” rhetoric that is emanating from Washington and some elected leaders(?) is shameful. Since when is success a crime?

There was great irony this week at the Occupy Wall Street event. They decided to pay tribute and acknowledge Steve Jobs’ death. But wasn’t Jobs the poster child FOR capitalism, materialism, and corporate wealth. Apple is currently number 2 in market capitalization behind Exxon Mobil. Jobs had a personal net worth of over $8 Billion. Let’s never let facts get in the way of a large, unorganized movement, especially if TV cameras are around.

The Tea Party is vilified for wanting to KEEP what they earn, while the Occupiers are praised for wanting to TAKE what others earn.

The amusing fact is that with these “Entitlement Generation” protestors, no one has missed a day of work.
Get a job, pay some taxes, and then MAYBE you are "entitled" to have a rally and be upset.

Steve Jobs said, "Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life."

Jobs was born out of wedlock, put up for adoption, dropped out of college, and THEN changed the world. What's your excuse?



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