What a way to grow old...

[Bailey Guns]

I always knew growing older would involve physical decline. Not being able to do things I could as a younger person. More aches and pains, more meds, more time just taking it easy.

I never, in my worst nightmare, imagined I'd have to grow old while watching the total decline of the country I grew up loving, serving and admiring.

I really pity the very young children of today. They won't know the wonderful things that were this country only a generation or two past.

[StagLefty]

I keep telling my son "I'm glad I'm on my way out" I still don't think he understands why I feel that way. I'm sad to say I feel that way even more this morning.

[splogan]

they will if we teach them. We only lose freedom when we stop trying. If things go to far there are mechanisms to fix them if Americans still have the heart and guts.

[Whistler]

Completely agree on the folly of youth and the pains of aging, funny how I see the correlation now.

It's been a long time since I recognized the America I grew up in, of all the dreams and challenges of my youth none were half so as disheartening as the reality.

Redoubling my efforts to ensure my grandchildren have at least my stories and recollections to fuel their passions, perhaps they will have the courage to recapture that ideal where we failed.

[Aloha_Shooter]

Redoubling my efforts to ensure my grandchildren have at least my stories and recollections to fuel their passions, perhaps they will have the courage to recapture that ideal where we failed.

Those stories will be important if future generations are ever to restore the republic left to us. History shows us there are cycles -- the Roman Republic decayed into the Roman Empire and then into nothing but still managed to inspire bursts of true progress and growth. We may be seeing the start of a new Dark Age but there WAS a Renaissance after the Dark Ages.

[DSull]

You echoed my thoughts in a very articulate manner!

[Zundfolge]

Never in my life have I been more happy that my wife and I are unable to have children. I guess in that one little way God has been looking out for us because I can't imagine how those of you with young children or grandchildren can wake up this morning and look at them knowing how diminished their lives are going to be now.

[Sawin]

I'm still very young... just starting a life with my newly wedded wife, but I clearly see how much of the "American Identity" has been lost in the last 20 years. Most of it in the last 3.
What ever happened to this country valuing initiative and real American innovation, individual responsibility, and liberty? The majority of our country now wants "theirs" without true and earnest effort, and it's ruining everyone's chances for success, even those who still wish to work hard to improve their families lives.
All I can do now is continue to pray for our country and it's leaders, daily...and ride the waves as they come. God Bless America. Please.

[Ronin13]

I'm still very young... just starting a life with my newly wedded wife, but I clearly see how much of the "American Identity" has been lost in the last 20 years. Most of it in the last 3.
What ever happened to this country valuing initiative and real American innovation, individual responsibility, and liberty? The majority of our country now wants "theirs" without true and earnest effort, and it's ruining everyone's chances for success, even those who still wish to work hard to improve their families lives.
All I can do now is continue to pray for our country and it's leaders, daily...and ride the waves as they come. God Bless America. Please.

Yep... we've gone from the Greatest Generation to the "Gimme" Generation in about 50 years... But let's not give up, let's keep fighting, and if necessary start using (it pains me to say this) Jihad tactics- act like all is well, work with the libtards, and then, when we have the strength, we come back and take our country back and right the ship- if it hasn't sank. Either that or we just pressure the GOP in the house to make the next 4 years a stalemate.

[JohnTRourke]

Those stories will be important if future generations are ever to restore the republic left to us. History shows us there are cycles -- the Roman Republic decayed into the Roman Empire and then into nothing but still managed to inspire bursts of true progress and growth. We may be seeing the start of a new Dark Age but there WAS a Renaissance after the Dark Ages.

yeah, a 1000 years later

This one will be much worse. People don't know how ANYTHING works anymore.