Weekend Ruminations: Arctic Temps and OWS

It's -11 this morning (that's -24 C for both of my UK readers ... heh) and it looks like it will be another clear & sunny day. Eventually. Sunrise isn't until 9:15, and it'll be 10 am or so before Mr. Sun rises high enough to peek over the Chugach Mountains and illuminate the Anchorage bowl. But one advantage to the sun's long, low and lazy arc is that there will be usable light for nearly an hour before sunrise, too, so it's not as bad as it sounds.

That slowly-fading twilight lasts for another 45 minutes after the official sunset of 4:13 as well, which means it won't be "dark" until a bit past 5.

Enough about the weather.

The shameful "Occupy Wall Street" rebels-without-a-clue are truly a sad commentary on their generation. These poor kids were never allowed to fail (as Brigid pointed out in comments on the previous post), and just like all toddlers who've never been disciplined, they're throwing a tantrum because they don't get their way.

Tough. I've been in the workforce for 40 years, and while I make no pretense of being as clever as some, neither am I stupid enough to feel any desire whatsoever to give anything that I've worked for to someone who refuses to work ... or to honor any loan contract they may have signed to get an over-priced education.

They say life isn't fair? What a surprise. Anyone who's spent more than a minute away from their keyboard/iPhone/iPad/Android could tell them that.

The Progressive concept that "children mustn't fail" is so patently false, such an artificial construct, that it can only survive in the likewise-artificial construct that constitutes public education. In the real world, some win ... and some fail. The difference between winners and losers is often that the winners simply got back up after their most recent failure and tried again.

Some people have greater advantages from the outset?  Sure. That's true. But no one says you must remain locked in to poor circumstances. If you want out, you will find a way. Try whining your "life isn't fair" mantra around George Washington Carver, or Helen Keller, or any of the thousands of those who've risen above their circumstances and made a success of themselves.

Not one of them ... NOT ONE ... had anything "given" to them, except the opportunity to try.

Have a great weekend, folks. Thanks for stopping by.