2 NYPD officers shot, killed in ambush on cop car

[decocker 7,198]

Parents should just cut to the chase and tell their kids they probably won't amount to anything more than a welfare recipient that will end up living in the projects, addicted to crystal meth and 4 kids out of wed lock. Sound bout right?

that would be a lie too. i've never been on welfare, no meth addiction and zero kids out of wedlock. i've lived in a trailer more than once in my life, that's the white projects so -

[Teddy B 17,252]

I think being told that is what sets young people up early on for failure, regret, and then a complete collapse of judgment. We tell our kids to have unrealistic expectations nor do we give them the tools to know how to function anymore when faced with reality. The millions of men and women that commit crimes every day had a choice to do whatever it was they wanted in life. For many of them, they may have been born into some really terrible situations and had no tools or support from family to know how to function. Disaffected they turn to criminal behavior because peers and role models around them may also be doing it. BGF is a strong influence on inner city youth today. Guns = power. Money = power and freedom. Gang = acceptance and purpose. They forget they had choices to make. The easy way out is never the path that sets a person up for success. The man who is the topic of this thread had choices to make too. He made pretty much all the wrong ones that most likely exacerbated mental illness. But I don't see that there was anyone in his life that actually tried to help him either. We're spoon-fed many lies in our lives, but it's our choice whether to believe them. Because I'm not sure that there was a point that the 'American dream' was ever true; it's born out of unrealistic expectations. We measure success too much in economics and not in anything else. My dream was to marry a good man and raise a family, that's almost accomplished. My fiancé's was to go to college and get his degree, marry and raise a family. This is not the dreams of many because society tells us the dream almost has to be something involving being a millionare. And I don't think that's how our ancestors thought of the American dream either, no matter what colour they were.

One of the police officers was the only son of Chinese immigrants. I'm sure they did not have the easiest life either. But I'm also pretty sure their son worked hard to get where he was.

It sounds like you and your husband are living the American Dream that you chose for yourselves and that's great.

[Teddy B 17,252]

that would be a lie too. i've never been on welfare, no meth addiction and zero kids out of wedlock. i've lived in a trailer more than once in my life, that's the white projects so -

Sounds like you're not trying hard enough to reach those goals.

I don't think there is a blueprint of the American Dream that works for everyone. There are so many different factors and situations that come across our plates in life, it's not realistic for everyone to think they can achieve the same goals. But it is realistic for everyone to think that with hard work and perseverance they can better themselves and reach realistic goals in life. I think that is the real American Dream, to finish in a better place than where you started.

[decocker 7,198]

Sounds like you're not trying hard enough to reach those goals.

I don't think there is a blueprint of the American Dream that works for everyone. There are so many different factors and situations that come across our plates in life, it's not realistic for everyone to think they can achieve the same goals. But it is realistic for everyone to think that with hard work and perseverance they can better themselves and reach realistic goals in life. I think that is the real American Dream, to finish in a better place than where you started.

that sounds like the feel good movie of the year, teddy. hopefully north korea doesn't thwart it's release.

http://generationxmagazine.com/money_finance/is-the-american-dream-alive-for-generation-x/

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

GenX is the byproduct of a wasted (boomer) generation. So much hate. America is doomed.

[yuna628 9,676]

that sounds like the feel good movie of the year, teddy. hopefully north korea doesn't thwart it's release.

http://generationxmagazine.com/money_finance/is-the-american-dream-alive-for-generation-x/

I think NK might be too busy trying to get their 1989 Apple to reboot at the moment to care.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

http://www.wmfc.org/uploads/GenerationalDifferencesChart.pdf

[decocker 7,198]

GenX is the byproduct of a wasted (boomer) generation. So much hate. America is doomed.

preach.

[decocker 7,198]

http://www.wmfc.org/uploads/GenerationalDifferencesChart.pdf

Generation X

Balance

Diversity

Entrepreneurial

Fun

Highly Educated

High job expectations

Independent

Informality

Lack of organizational loyalty

Pragmatism

Seek life balance

Self-reliance

Skepticism/Cynical

Suspicious of Boomer values

ThinkGlobally

Techno literacy

[Teddy B 17,252]

that sounds like the feel good movie of the year, teddy. hopefully north korea doesn't thwart it's release.

http://generationxmagazine.com/money_finance/is-the-american-dream-alive-for-generation-x/

I'm all about spreading the cheer Val, I can see those pearly whites from here.

[decocker 7,198]

I'm all about spreading the cheer Val, I can see those pearly whites from here.

[LibCampFireClub 635]

[LibCampFireClub 635]

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

The killer of the two NYPD officers was a Muslim. Weird.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Why is it when the shooter is black, there seems to be this level of disdain? When Eric Frein killed a state trooper and wounded another one, no one said a peep. The folks in here talking about police support were absent. Lib even went as far as to side with the killer, saying the cop might have been sleeping with his sister, which justifies his murder.

You called out the hypocrisy when we were making light of a thread started by someone who takes pride in being called a racist. Why does it take a black shooter to get this level of discussion?

The $64,000 question. I think we all know the answer...