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To: RipSawyer
I could probably write a book about the experiences young people used to have prior to finishing high school

Before I finished High School, I had a paper route, worked for a lawn maintenance company, worked in the mail room of a tax preparation company, and worked in a gas station. I was a Boy Scout patrol Leader, backpacked the Sierra Madres, played Little League Baseball, Pop Warner Football, high school water polo, and was on a swim team. I went target shooting with my own .22 rifle, shot skeet with a friend, rode dirt bikes in Mexico, SCUBA dived, speared fish, recorded 8mm underwater movies with an underwater camera I built myself, fished fresh water, salt water, and deep sea, trained in Kenpo Karate, learned classical piano, and played keyboard in a local rock band.

18 posted on 10/27/2009 8:40:54 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Hear us, O Bama: Mmm, mmm, mmm.)
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To: Jeff Chandler

Kids learn responsibility by being given real responsibility. Much of what you did as a young man is now illegal or restricted to this generation of young people.

We are raising sissies and it seems intentional. 7/10 black kids will never know a father. PCness drives out any attempt to extend oneself beyond the ruling paradigm.

It is stifling, but I don’t see an easy way out for any American.


54 posted on 10/31/2009 3:55:35 AM PDT by 1010RD (First Do No Harm)
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