Our New World of Whining Crybabies

It seems our entire world is "going to the babies" these days. We've all watched as the pirates of Wall Street came crying and got $750 billion dollars and now the automakers and their unions are now crying for $50 billion minimum. What a pathetic state of affairs...

It also seems that this whole mindset permeates every area of our lives. Here are a few examples:

** Parents whose children aren't selected as cheerleaders sue the school district.

** Dallas Independent School District leadership (from the superintendent on down) whine that they "didn't know" where $84 million went--and still haven't been able to fix the problem.

** Politicians lose an election so they whine and cry about "voter fraund" and demand recounts.

** Tennis officials whine about not getting certain matches so they file grievances.

** Tennis officials in leadership positions whine about "not having enough time" or "I have a job" so they hope that justifies their lack of production and leadership.

Its time for us as a nation and as tennis officials to quit whining and crying about everything that happens and learn to do the following:

1. Take accountability for your own lack of motivation, skills, leadership, and personal skills--and then learn to fix it. If you suck as a leader--then resign and spare us all the suffering.

2. Quit whining to anyone and everyone who will listen. They eventually get tired of hearing it--and tired of being around you.

3. Quit blaming President Bush for everything that happens in your life. He actually had nothing to do with your not getting assigned to the #1 singles match and probably doesn't care whether you got it or not.

4. Don't whine about Hussein Obama being elected as our next President. You'll have plenty of time to perfect those skills in the next four years. There's nothing worse than someone crying tears before they have a valid reason to cry.