I know I've been away for a little while; it's been a hectic few weeks.  And I know most of you who read this site do so because it's fun to laugh at me being an idiot.  I do it rather well.  But I have to go serious on you for a few minutes.

I feel a serious pain in my heart every day for this country.  We're headed down such a horrid path, and no one is doing a thing about it besides talking.  People condemn the actions of others, only to perpetrate their own crimes against themselves and their peers; political campaigns are filled to the brim with a bunch of wonderful rhetoric, but no real substance or activity.  Now we face a weak dollar, a housing market that would be a buyer's boone if the buyers out there hadn't already mortgaged their families' futures on false hopes of a dream loan, crime and violence are increasing nationwide, and the government that thinks it knows what's best for us is so divided on every issue that they've stalemated themselves.  And now, thanks to an overtly liberal media that pushes the me-first attitude, everyone thinks they are entitled to a hand-out to fix their problems.

Here are the facts, people: you have a responsibility to yourself, your family and your nation.  Yes, there are times when the government needs to give assistance to people; I've benefited from government help, and people to whom I am very close have benefited from it.  It's often very important, and just as often necessary.

However, you live in the Land of the Free; your decisions are yours to make.  And if you choose to sit on your lazy arse and try to collect money from the government without putting any effort forth, you are a leech and a major threat to this nation.  If you are informed that a category-four hurricane is going to hit your city that lies below sea level, you are able-bodied, and you choose not to leave, that's your problem, not mine.  If you failed to research the sub-prime lending vultures out there, and you failed to read the terms of the contract you signed, why should my tax dollars pay for your mistake?

My point is this: man up, people.  Take some responsibility for your own actions.  If you are unable to decide anything for yourself, do the world two favors: stop procreating, and go live in a communist country where the government will make sure you have no decisions of your own to make.  Your lack of personal responsibility is rapidly degrading this nation into a cesspool of the worst kinds of human dredge — blue-collar and white-collar included, there's no distinction in my mind between class when it comes to the scum of the earth. 

And, no, I'm not saying that everyone (or anyone in particular, for that matter) who defaulted on a sub-prime loan is the "scum of the earth."  That's not the implication; what is implied here is that you are responsible for your own decisions and the consequences that come from them.  If you choose to feel the government is obliged to bail you out, that the other 300 million people in this country should be forced to bear the burden of your failure to take responsibility for your actions, you are sadly mistaken.  I am happy to help out those who make an effort to help themselves, but I will not sit idly by and watch my hard-earned dollars continue to support and bail out those who just don't want to get a clue.

With that, I'd like to put something on the table for you: if I ran for President, would you vote for me?  Talk back!