We actually turn down the volume when Adam

• Any AI fans here today? - SPOILER - sm - mav
  • This was not Danny's or Kris' musical - SN
  • I think that Chris will be voted off. - --
    • bye bye Chris. Simon was cruel - EmmaT
      • I noticedt his also, Chris' face just 'dropped' after Siomon's remark! Really cruel... - oho!
    • I agree Chris will go - LinK
  • I think - sm
    • Au contraire - LK
      • I feel exactly the opposite of you. - LOL
      • Yes! Yes! Yes!........nm - oho!
    • AMEN! - jcmt
      • Adam might appear to be like your husband says, but - --
        • Not according to the Idol gossip. He's supposed - sm
        • We actually turn down the volume when Adam - sings. -screaming gets old, very annoying.nm
          • Totally agree. - nm
  • I agree with you sm - idol chatter
    • Paula finally came clean - Wanda
      • FYI -- she had an extremely good reason - SN
        • Can u say "enabler"? - NM
        • I like Paula, the media and people make up so much stuff!...nm - --
          • I think just watching her for any length of time, - Sallysue
          • I used to not like Paula, but compared to Cara, - sm
            • Kara is going to be around - Sallysue
            • You do know that this is the last year - sm
              • To me, there IS no show without Simon. The other - sm
                • Exactly, I think Kara should go and Randy, Paula and Simon should stay - oho!

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Our once great country, I afraid, has just turned a corner for the worse. I have watched as the mentality of our country has gone from setting your mind to something, working hard, and you can accomplish it to giving up, sitting back, and letting somebody else take care of them.

I was brought up, as many were, with a good work ethic that was instilled in us by our parents. With the idea that if you want something you had to work for it, and by working for something you learned quickly the difference between wants and needs.

There were always incentives for a person to strive to better themselves. Whether it were financial incentives, or just the pride you gained in knowing that you did something yourself, it didn’t matter.

I wasn’t long ago that people had that “small town” mentality, and everybody knew their neighbors. And those neighbors helped each other out, in any situation, it was just what you did. And people were so proud that some times help would have to be disguised, you remember the lines like..”Mom made more stew than we could eat, could you help us out by taking it so that it doesn’t go to waste?”

But, somewhere along the line those thoughts of some (I guess now the majority) have changed. Some how, if somebody works hard to gain something others feel entitled to have the same things, even if they didn’t have to go through the struggle to earn it. Some how, things like big screen TVs, cell phones, and shiny new cars have wrongly slipped from the “wants” list to the “needs” list.

Somewhere the incentives to strive for betterment have been replaced by incentives to be lazy. The easy way out and hand outs are now the norm. The feeling of pride about being self sufficient is supposed to be replaced by guilt for having more than others.

The “small town” mentality is gone and our neighbors have turned into strangers. People no longer help out their neighbors or even themselves, instead they sit and wait for the government to come solve things for them. And when help does come they complain that the help wasn’t good enough or didn’t come fast enough, the pride is gone.

Well, I refuse to think that way, my small town roots and work ethic runs to deep. I refuse to let somebody take care of me while I am willing and able to take care of myself. I will continue to meet and know my neighbors and help them out when they need it. I will continue to work hard to take care of my needs and by doing so, my wants will take care of themselves. I will continue to volunteer for things and give to charities of my choice regardless of what the government wants to take away from me and give to the undeserving.

My hope is to change the thinking back to the way it was. The sun will rise again tomorrow, I’ll keep doing what I do, and this country can be great again….at least in my little corner of it…