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My latest "rant" comes from the hottie Alex, a student at UNT.

"Look, I don't care if youre Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Morman, Agnostic.... research your beliefs! Know what you believe. Find out if your sources can be trusted, trust me you will find books on the topic. Know the arguements that others can have about your faith--This is not so you will convert to the "right" religion, but rather to avoid you from being ignorant and to be strong in your own faith."

The same argument can be made about political and/or social viewpoints, especially with young people.

It's comical to see scores of young people, mostly the college variety, rant and rave against capitalism, when perhaps every purchase they'll ever make in life is capitalistic. For example, the computer being used to rant against corporate-everything; yeah, unless it's free access on a public library or something, the computer had to be bought, had to be shipped from somewhere, and you obviously wouldn't want to pay $3,000 for one. Dell offers the perfect example of capitalism: market products extensively, while forcing competitors to lower their prices (Dell's prices are lower in this regard).

Young people don't have a problem railing against the government staying out of their private lives, or bedrooms to be exact, but they're more than happy to cry out for the government's involvement in every economic aspect. Or even more hypocritical, this "obesity" epidemic the mass media has perpetuated upon us has called for, yes, more government, more government, and more taxes to pay for more government (tax on junk food, for example).

First, let's sum up some things:

The government is not a master of the people, it is the servant. Any study, true independent study, of the history, the founding and the documents that created this country will prove this, and will clarify many things the young people of today are so ignorant about.

Second, the government has only basic functions, and when I mean basic, I mean police/fire/emergency/roads -- that's pretty much it. Throw in the parks and recreational stuff, too, depending on where you live.

Other than that, the government is stealing. Stealing money or resources from hard-working people, the "middle-class" the socialist/communist left claims to represent. My wallet is not your property. What I do, as far as occupational duties are concerned, is my work, not yours and not the government's. I can see the need to help out the poor and hungry with my money, I really can.

But don't put a guilt trip on me or other citizens for it. I'm a poor person, both legally and truthfully (I'm below the federal poverty guidelines if I count my annual take-home pay), but I am an ardent capitalist. I refuse to allow other taxpayers to pay for my schooling. I am a competitive shopper usually, and try to look around and compare and contrast products and prices (that is, in essence, capitalism).

At the same time, I don't look down upon any of the skilled workers, the real hard-workers, like engineers or construction workers. Then again, I would not advocate the theft of more of their money either.

I think, and I've said this before time and time again, that if young people were to really get a glimpse of what it's really like in the real world, where families are struggling to pay three separate property taxes (school, city, county) each year, on the verge of depression after being late on phone bills, water bills, rent, car payments, mortgage payments, etc., then they/you would realize just how bad it is. And that is not a result of capitalism, folks. That is the redistribution of wealth, which is the basis of communism-fascism. It's also the basis of all of our social problems. More money is constantly needed. It's a never-ending cycle. More money for this, more money for that.

It's driving people to the edge of moving, or giving up their homes. When you have to type up reports showing that someone's house is about to be sold at the county courthouse because they were $300 late in paying their anti-capitalist progressive property taxes, then you'll see.

But until you start making $125 per newspaper article, you can shut up, read what you really believe, go over all the facts more than three times at least, research and then come to a decision. My experiences aren't based solely on personal family ones, but rather five years as a newspaper reporter, interviewing and studying various economic issues and how state regulations, or federal ones, or even local ordinances, affect the well-being and financial situation of American taxpayers.

That is experience, something our young people know nothing of or have no concept of, which is why it is important to keep your mouth shut if you don't know what the hell you're talking about.

Thanks, Alex. You gave me my rant for the year.

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