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Bill Cosby "I'm 83 and Tired"......and very opinionated....

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    Bill Cosby "I'm 83 and Tired"......and very opinionated....

    I saw this on Facebook, have not verified that he said this.

    I think it's full of generalisations to me and either watches too much FOX News or just a old man rant.

    What say you?

    Bill Cosby "I'm 83 and Tired"

    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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    Bill Crosby is 75, if it is the American comedian (The Crosby show and others).


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    So Bill is not so tired......someone else is....Robert A. Hall a former US Senator.....


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    For the sake of clarity, this piece was not written by Bill Cosby, copied from snopes:

    Origins: The above-referenced opinion piece detailing political and social
    issues the author is "tired of" hearing about was penned by Robert A. Hall, a former Massachusetts state senator and U.S. Marine Corps veteran who is also the author of the 2005 book The Good Bits (The Marines, the Massachusetts Senate and Managing Associations). Robert Hall blogs as The Old Jarhead at tartanmarine.blogspot.com, and the piece quoted here, titled "I'm Tired," was his blog entry for 19 February 2009.
    Read more at http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapb...El5Uoeyi8Wt.99


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    Quote Originally Posted by drumbrake:
    Bill Crosby is 75, if it is the American comedian (The Crosby show and others).
    Cosby not Crosby

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    I checked the Facebook page where it came from and some religious nut. The Post does not allow comments, only Likes and Shares.

    Interesting there is nearly a million likes...........

    I marked it as spam.


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    Most of what it says is fair though.

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    I agree with the stuff he writes about Islam. But I guess writing this will make people who disagree with me call me a troll (because they are incapable of debate), so I won't say anything.

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    I'm tired of simplistic viewpoints that don't appear to capture the range of nuances in humanity.