John Copeland

Follower of Christ, Digital Media Producer, Aerial Drone Pilotographer, Motorcycles, Macs, Cigars, Wine

[GRANDPA’s FREE ADVICE @GOP_is_Gutless]

HOUSTON WE HAVE A PROBLEM:

This is a well written and thought out article written by a 26 yr old college student by the name of Alyssa Ahlgren, who's in grad school for her MBA.

What a GREAT perspecitve...

My Generation Is Blind to the Prosperity Around Us!

I'm sitting in a small coffee shop near Nokomis (Florida) trying to think of what to write about. I scroll through my newsfeed on my phone looking at the latest headlines of presidential candidates calling for policies to "fix" the so-called injustices of capitalism. I put my phone down and continue to look around.

I see people talking freely, working on their MacBook's, ordering food they get in an instant, seeing cars go by outside, and it dawned on me. We live in the most privileged time in the most prosperous nation and we've become completely blind to it.

Vehicles, food, technology, freedom to associate with whom we choose.These things are so ingrained in our American way of life we don't give them a second thought.
We are so well off here in the United States that our poverty line begins 31 times above the global average. Thirty One Times!!!

Virtually no one in the United States is considered poor by global standards. Yet, in a time where we can order a product off Amazon with one click and have it at our doorstep the next day, we are unappreciative, unsatisfied, and ungrateful. ??

Our unappreciation is evident as the popularity of socialist policies among my generation continues to grow.

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently said to Newsweek talking about the millennial generation, "An entire generation, which is now becoming one of the largest electorates in America, came of age and never saw American prosperity."

Never saw American prosperity! Let that sink in.

When I first read that statement, I thought to myself, that was quite literally the most entitled and factually illiterate thing I've ever heard in my 26 years on this earth.

Many young people agree with her, which is entirely misguided.

My generation is being indoctrinated by a mainstream narrative to actually believe we have never seen prosperity. I know this first hand, I went to college, let's just say I didn't have the popular opinion, but I digress.

Why then, with all of the overwhelming evidence around us, evidence that I can even see sitting at a coffee shop, do we not view this as prosperity? We have people who are dying to get into our country.

People around the world destitute and truly impoverished. Yet, we have a young generation convinced they've never seen prosperity, and as a result, we elect some politicians who are dead set on taking steps towards abolishing capitalism.

Why? The answer is this,?? my generation has only seen prosperity. We have no contrast. We didn't live in the great depression, or live through two world wars, the Korean War, The Vietnam War or we didn't see the rise and fall of socialism and communism.

We don't know what it's like to live without the internet, without cars, without smartphones. We don't have a lack of prosperity problem. We have an entitlement problem, an ungratefulness problem, and it's spreading like a plague."

[John Copeland @studio804]

@OldRowSwig 1996 defensive back Lawrence Wright famously yelled, “If you ain’t a Gator, you must be Gator bait!” He’s black 😳

He DISAGREED with the chant ban by UF President, Fuchs. Thank you, UF President Bell for exercising common sense.

It’s NOT a racist chant, it’s a TRADITION 🐊

[Paul David Tripp @PaulTripp]

God may bless us with drought - yes, I said bless.
He may withhold success from us, so that we find identity in him alone. He may allow our dream to die, to help us discover a vision for his kingdom instead. He may allow us to experience spiritual dehydration, only to produce a deeper thirst for relationship with him.

[Shawn Farash @Shawn_Farash]

TRUMP CONGRATULATES TEAM USA HOCKEY!

[John Copeland @studio804]

@ESPNFANSUPPORT I canceled my ESPN Unlimited subscription because there’s no DVR option. This feature feels like a reasonable assumption and should have been clearly disclosed in the plan details. Please connect me with billing regarding a refund, as I can’t find direct support.

[John Copeland @studio804]

@FindawayVoices @ACX_com We submitted Drugged by Patricia Hartman on April 11. It’s now been over 60 days with no Audible listing and zero response to 2 support requests. Please escalate—this is beyond the expected window. #audiobook #indieauthors #publishing

[Florida Gators @FloridaGators]

NATTY CHAMPS 😤😤😤🤯

[John Copeland @studio804]

@ClarkHoward I took it as soon as I turned 62. After running the numbers, I discovered that I would be 111 years old before the full retirement filing would equal the early filing. We are not guaranteed another day on this earth, so take it now.

[John Copeland @studio804]

@jamiedupree Here’s a quick reminder of how police murdered Ashli Babbitt on J6-21: https://t.co/vyDUP6OKTF

[John Copeland @studio804]

@realTrumpNewsX Yes

[Clay Travis @ClayTravis]

This audio accompaniment of the loser protesters in bike helmets and with garbage can shields getting wrecked is amazing.

[Charlie Kirk @charliekirk11]

David Hogg torched by a Chinese immigrant warning against gun control.

This is what happens when liberals do an open mic. They get wrecked. They can’t defend their positions.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Speech with full context

[Paul David Tripp @PaulTripp]

The Word in the flesh, enters our world as a wordless infant. God doesn’t always work like we would expect.

[John Copeland @studio804]

THIS! Yes!

[Rick Warren @RickWarren]

My biggest regret in 53 years of ministry is that I didn’t do my own personal exegesis sooner on the 4 passages used to restrict women. Shame on me.
I wasted those 4 yrs of Greek in college & seminary. When I finally did my proper “due diligence”, laying aside 50 years of

[Paul David Tripp @PaulTripp]

Jesus lived a perfectly righteous life for us, precisely because he knew for sure we wouldn’t.

[John Copeland @studio804]

#DirectedEvolution #Pfizer #BigPharma #profitsoverpeople This is really disturbing

[ZUBY: @ZubyMusic]

I'm 36. This is my honest advice for people in their 20s:

1. Make decisions your future self will thank you for, not resent you for.

2. Somebody you know and love is going to die within the next 10 years. It could even be you. So live accordingly.

[Tulsi Gabbard 🌺 @TulsiGabbard]

As Washington elite push authoritarian policies and weaponize law enforcement agencies to go after political opponents, we realize our right to bear arms is the deterrent our founders intended to push back against this threat of government tyranny.

[Katie Pavlich @KatiePavlich]

Most enraging thing I’ve read in a long time. You ppl destroyed lives, had people fired, set back kids for a generation, promoted an anti-American vilification/social passport system for “the unvaccinated,” censored, etc.

We had the data in May 2020. These ppl ignored.

No.