Sunday, May 22, 2016

Absolute MUST read to your graduates (and their parent/s)-----The Neal Boortz Commencement Speech

boortz.com: More Boortz The Neal Boortz Commencement Speech:
"No, this speech has never been delivered at a college or a university.
It was written to protest the fact that such an invitation has never been offered! 
It has only been delivered on my radio show, printed in my book "The Terrible Truth About Liberals" and produced on a limited edition CD.
The irony is that this commencement speech has been more widely distributed, and has been the subject of more comment than any commencement speech that actually has been delivered at any college or university in the past 50 years. ©Copyright 2001, 2002, 2003 by Neal Boortz.
http://www.boortz.com

"I am honored by the invitation to address you on this august occasion.
It's about time.
Be warned, however, that I am not here to impress you; you'll have enough smoke blown your way today.
And you can bet your tassels I'm not here to impress the faculty and administration.
You may not like much of what I have to say, and that's fine. 
You will remember it though.
Especially after about 10 years out there in the real world.
This, it goes without saying, does not apply to those of you who will seek your careers and your fortunes as government employees.
This gowned gaggle behind me is your faculty.
You've heard the old saying that those who can - do.
Those who can't - teach.
That sounds deliciously insensitive.
But there is often raw truth in insensitivity, just as you often find feel-good falsehoods and lies in compassion.
Note from JAMBORK-This is long so I cut much out. All is fabulous and valuable. Please read the entire Speech and pass on.
...Don't bow to the temptation to use the government as an instrument of plunder.
If it is wrong for you to take money from someone else who earned it -- to take their money by force for your own needs -- then it is certainly just as wrong for you to demand that the government step forward and do this dirty work for you.
Don't look in other people's pockets. 
You have no business there.
What they earn is theirs.
What your earn is yours.
Keep it that way.
Nobody owes you anything, except to respect your privacy and your rights, and leave you the hell alone.
Speaking of earning, the revered 40-hour workweek is for losers. 
Forty hours should be considered the minimum, not the maximum.
You don't see highly successful people clocking out of the office every afternoon at five.
The losers are the ones caught up in that afternoon rush hour.
The winners drive home in the dark.
Free speech is meant to protect unpopular speech.
Popular speech, by definition, needs no protection.
...Now, if you have any idea at all what's good for you, you will get the hell out of here and never come back.
Class dismissed."

No comments: