The Peregrin Falcon

I recently had a birthday and wanted to share some numbers that make me think.

Right now with the world population at approximately 6 billion you share the same
birthday with 16,438,356 other people. In America that is about 890,410 based on a population of 325 million.
However, if you Google the term “How many people share my birthday”, you will get 505,000,000 results or about 567
results for each person who actually shared your birthday in the U.S.

And just to make you feel that much older….

The Beloit College Mindset List for the Class of 2010

1.The Soviet Union has never existed and therefore is about as scary as the student union.
2.They have known only two presidents.
3.For most of their lives, major U.S. airlines have been bankrupt.
4.Manuel Noriega has always been in jail in the U.S.
5.They have grown up getting lost in “big boxes.”
6.There has always been only one Germany.
7.They have never heard anyone actually “ring it up” on a cash register.
8.They are wireless, yet always connected.
9.A stained blue dress is as famous to their generation as a third-rate burglary was to their parents’.
10.Thanks to pervasive headphones in the back seat, parents have always been able to speak freely in the front.
11.A coffee has always taken longer to make than a milkshake.
12.Smoking has never been permitted on U.S. airlines.
13.Faux fur has always been a necessary element of style.
14.The Moral Majority has never needed an organization.
15.They have never had to distinguish between the St. Louis Cardinals baseball and football teams.
16.DNA fingerprinting has always been admissible evidence in court.
17.They grew up pushing their own miniature shopping carts in the supermarket.
18.They grew up with and have outgrown faxing as a means of communication.
19.”Google” has always been a verb.
20.Text messaging is their email.
21.Milli Vanilli has never had anything to say.
22.Mr. Rogers, not Walter Cronkite, has always been the most trusted man in America.
23.Bar codes have always been on everything, from library cards and snail mail to retail items.
24.Madden has always been a game, not a Superbowl-winning coach.
25.Phantom of the Opera has always been on Broadway.
26.”Boogers” candy has always been a favorite for grossing out parents.
27.There has never been a “skyhook” in the NBA.
28.Carbon copies are oddities found in their grandparents’ attics.
29.Computerized player pianos have always been tinkling in the lobby.
30.Non-denominational mega-churches have always been the fastest growing religious organizations in the U.S.
31.They grew up in mini-vans.
32.Reality shows have always been on television.
33.They have no idea why we needed to ask “…can we all get along?”
34.They have always known that “In the criminal justice system the people have been represented by two separate yet equally important groups.”
35.Young women’s fashions have never been concerned with where the waist is.
36.They have rarely mailed anything using a stamp.
37.Brides have always worn white for a first, second, or third wedding.
38.Being techno-savvy has always been inversely proportional to age.
39.”So” as in “Sooooo New York,” has always been a drawn-out adjective modifying a proper noun, which in turn modifies something else
40.Affluent troubled teens in Southern California have always been the subjects of television series.
41.They have always been able to watch wars and revolutions live on television.
42.Ken Burns has always been producing very long documentaries on PBS.
43.They are not aware that “flock of seagulls hair” has nothing to do with birds flying into it.
44.Retin-A has always made America look less wrinkled.
45.Green tea has always been marketed for health purposes.
46.Public school officials have always had the right to censor school newspapers.
47.Small white holiday lights have always been in style.
48.Most of them never had the chance to eat bad airline food.
49.They have always been searching for “Waldo.”
50.The really rich have regularly expressed exuberance with outlandish birthday parties.
51.Michael Moore has always been showing up uninvited.
52.They never played the game of state license plates in the car.
53.They have always preferred going out in groups as opposed to dating.
54.There have always been live organ donors.
55.They have always had access to their own credit cards.
56.They have never put their money in a “Savings & Loan.”
57.Sara Lee has always made underwear.
58.Bad behavior has always been getting captured on amateur videos.
59.Disneyland has always been in Europe and Asia.
60.They never saw Bernard Shaw on CNN.
61.Beach volleyball has always been a recognized sport.
62.Acura, Lexus, and Infiniti have always been luxury cars of choice.
63.Television stations have never concluded the broadcast day with the national anthem.
64.LoJack transmitters have always been finding lost cars.
65.Diane Sawyer has always been live in Prime Time.
66.Dolphin-free canned tuna has always been on sale.
67.Disposable contact lenses have always been available.
68.”Outing” has always been a threat.
69.Oh, The Places You’ll Go by Dr. Seuss has always been the perfect graduation gift.
70.They have always “dissed” what they don’t like.
71.The U.S. has always been studying global warming to confirm its existence.
72.Richard M. Daley has always been the Mayor of Chicago.
73.They grew up with virtual pets to feed, water, and play games with, lest they die.
74.Ringo Starr has always been clean and sober.
75.Professional athletes have always competed in the Olympics.

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I have decided to add a few of my own.

1.There has never been Coke Classic and New Coke; it’s always been just Coke.
2.They (thankfully) have no idea what Zima is.
3.Star Trek The Next Generation is that old show Dad likes.
4.Cable TV has never had a separate receiver in their house or needed a corded channel changing box.
5.The fact that a personal computer can be on their lap at all times is nothing new or exiting.
6.They have never had to use microfiche as a current research tool.
7.Bosnia has always been a republic.
8.John Gotti has always been a convicted felon.
9.They were born when Microsoft released 3.1.
10.Depo-Provera has always been legal.
11.The Church of England has always had female priests.
12.The breakup of Prince Charles and Princess Diana has always been history.
13.Sam Kinison,Sam Walton,Isaac Asimov,Dick York,Benny Hill,Lawrence Welk,and Anthony Perkins have always been dead.
14.They have no idea where the beef is or why one would want to know.
15.Columbine happened when they were seven.
16.September 11th happened when they were nine.
17.Jim Carrey has always been a movie star.

I hate to generalize, but in this case, I do believe it fits. Our current situation is a direct child of the “make love, not war” hippie generation and their uninformed offspring. I know not all ex-hippies agree with the liberals, but many do. We have come full circle from the selfish, self-centered, Berklyites who thought it was cool to destroy everything their parents and grandparents fought (literally) and died for. The masses adopted “if it feels good, do it” and our country has gone down the path of social relativism which is just evolution applied to the wrong extreme. Yes, Virginia there is a devil, and yes there is evil and yes people will always want to and enjoy killing other people. No, human nature is not kindness, and no being nice to the bully doesn’t always stop them. I wonder how high a price we will pay before we re-learn these basic facts? We must listen to our founder’s voices we must remember that they tried diplomacy we must remember that a soft tyranny is still a tyranny and we must remember that America was intended for a community of people who were able to see clearly right and wrong exist.

If you are reading this, you already have a leg up on your fellow citizen because you care. Do not let lies be the standard of the day. Do not let coy sarcasms drown you out. Do not let anyone tell you that your a fascist, or racist, or hate monger for quoting the founders. Do not let those who look down their noses see you as whipped. Read history, from books. Look up authors to make sure they are not some plant spewing propaganda. Ask why. Finally, how would you feel if your loved ones died in an airplane and the man responsible was let go because he wasn’t recognized as an illegal enemy combatant?

If you agree with me, tell others about this blog. If you do not, then say so. Whatever you do, don’t sit on the fence and moan and complain. Make no mistake, each person in this nation will have to choose whether they want to keep the status quo and go along to get along, or rise above the disingenuous arguments and get to a point where we return to our roots. Stop sitting on the sidelines. Write articles, speak out, go to meetings, and get involved and support those who do. Otherwise we will become the oligarchy that the British that we rejected once were. A few will control the many and the governed will become the enslaved.