My parents told me about Mr. Common Sense early in my life and told me I would do well to call on him when making decisions. It seems he was always around in my early years but less and less as time passed by until today I read his obituary. Please join me in a moment of silence in remembrance. For Common Sense had served us all so well for so many generations.
Obituary
Common Sense
Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape.
He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as knowing when to come in out of the rain, why the early bird gets the worm, life isn't always fair, and maybe it was my fault.
Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don't spend more than you earn) and reliable parenting strategies (adults, not children are in charge).
His health began to deteriorate rapidly when well intentions but
overbearing regulations were set in place. Reports of a six-year-old boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing a class mate; teens suspended from school for using mouthwash
after lunch; and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student, only worsened his condition.
Common Sense lost ground when parents attacked teachers for doing the job they themselves failed to do in disciplining their unruly children.
It declined even further when schools were required to get parental consent to administer Aspirin, sun lotion or a sticky plaster to a student; but could not inform the parents when a student became pregnant and wanted to have an abortion.
Common Sense lost the will to live as the Ten Commandments became contraband; churches became businesses; and criminals received better treatment than their victims.
Common Sense took a beating when you couldn't defend yourself from a burglar in your own home and the burglar can sue you for assault.
Common Sense finally gave up the will to live, after a woman failed to realize that a steaming cup of coffee was hot. She spilled a little in her lap, and was promptly awarded a huge settlement.
Common Sense was preceded in death by his parents, Truth an d Trust; his wife, Discretion; his daughter, Responsibility; and his son, Reason.
He is survived by three stepbrothers; I Know My Rights, Someone Else is to Blame, and I'm a Victim.
Not many attended his funeral because so few realized he was gone. If you still remember him, pass this on. If not, join the majority and do nothing.
In Australia, voting is compulsory and if you don't vote you get fined.
Now I'm not saying this is any better than having the freedom to choose to vote, which means the people interested enough in politics will vote and those you don't care, won't, so, supposedly, you should get a better government????? But at least (Here in Aus) the majority rules.
And we can claim that here in Aus WE aren't apathetic when it comes to voting.
We may whinge about being forced to vote, but come polling day we all go out and do our duty and then if we don't like the government that gets into power we can't blame it on anyone but ourselvses.
It is such a shame that so much of the "Obituary" is oh so sadly true, as I keep telling my sons, I am so disgusted with the way I see the values (of a lot of people) in today's world are changing, for the worse.
Especially now that everyone in the world is paying for those greedy, selfish people who spent money they didn't have, on luxuries they couldn't afford, then refused to pay the price of their greed and now all of us have to suffer by bailing them out.
Yes even us Aussies are paying for the greed of those who just caused the problems in the States.
At the moment, it's costing us an extra 30c in every US dollar for every thing we buy from Overseas and most of us have lost a third, or more, off our retirement investment savings (Superannuation), which means we cannot retire at retirement age but will have to work until we no longer physically able to and even our homes have been devalued.
"Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don't spend more than you earn) "
Excuse the whinge but this one is really eating at me right now, because our retirement plans have just gone out the window. Ray will have to keep working until he's 70 because we won't be able to live on his reduced retirement pension, and we can't move back to my home because I no longer have enough money in my superannuation fund to pay out my mortgage, so i'll have to keep renting my home out to stangers.
And I know, you could say, I should feel lucky, or be happy, to have a home of my own! But believe me, I damn well worked for it, 14 hours a day, six days a week for 15 years and I still have a mortgage mostly thanks to my third husband who tried to take it all from me and ended up costing me $50,000 of MY original Superannuation, when he came into my life with only a car full of clothes and the car wasn't even his but belonged to the company he worked for.
Sorry, but knowing Ray won't be able to retire next year so we can move back to my home and an easier lifestyle, is only adding to my current distress. I don't want him to have to keep working, he already has heart problems.
Again, sorry for the whinge, it probably sounds really selfish.
God bless you dear friend, and thank you for your thoughts. hugs always, Meganne