DE-NOT RE-THE JUVENILES

SO-NAMED REJUVENILES REJECT THE DEFINITION OF GROWN-UP. THEY PUT MORE VALUE IN WHAT THEY WERE BORN WITH THAN WHAT IS TAUGHT. THEY PURSUE THE INSTINCTUAL LIFE. ONE REJUVENILE DISCIPLE ADMITTED, " I BELIEVE IN PLAY, MAKE-BELIEVE, LEARNING AND NAPS." WHOA! I SMELL A LIBERAL HERE BY THE STENCH OF CONTRADICTION. BABIES WHO NEVER GROW UP TO BE ADULTS PERPETUATE THEIR YOUTHS, BUT THEY DO SO AT THE EXPENSE OF LEARNING, NOT AS A MANIFESTATION OF IT. REJUVENILES IMITATE THEIR LESSERS RATHER THAN BETTERS - AN UNENVIABLE GOAL! THOUGH THEY LIVE BETTER THAN THEIR PARENTS, THEY TYPICALLY LIVE BEYOND THEIR MEANS. UNFORTUNATELY, NOT ONLY LIBERALS, BUT ALSO CONSERVATIVES ARE GUILTY OF THIS ORIGINAL SIN OF CONSUMPTION. INNATE SELF-INTEREST HAS MORPHED INTO SELFISHNESS. IT IS NOT A GOOD TREND IN AMERICA.

THE PERCENT OF INCOME SPENT ON FOOD, APPAREL AND ENTERTAINMENT HAS DECLINED OVER THE LAST CENTURY, WHILE THE AMOUNT ALLOTTED TO HOUSING AND VEHICLES HAS DISPROPORTIONATELY AND SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASED. A COMMON PHENOMENA IS THE EXTRAVAGANCE OF MULTIPLE CARS AND HOMES THAT TYPICALLY ARE 'MORE' CAR OR 'MORE' HOUSE THAN ONE NEEDS. THE INCONVENIENT TRUTH ABOUT MATURITY REFLECTING COMMON SENSE MIGHT BE THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM, BUT THE PACHYDERM CONTINUES TO BE IGNORED. SYMBOLICALLY, DUMBO IS RE-INCARNATED IN HOMES AND CARS OF GREAT SIZE, REQUIRING LARGE DEBT. AN AFRICAN ELEPHANT SPORTING LARGE EARS, A LONG TRUNK AND SHARP TUSKS APTLY REFLECTS IMMATURE AMERICANS, CONSPICUOUSLY FLAUNTING OVERSIZED APPENDAGES OF THEIR SPOILED, LIFESTYLES.

TO REJUVENILES AND AMERICANS WHO BELIEVE THEY CAN AFFORD TO FLAUNT IT, I SAY, YOU HAVE ABANDONED RESPONSIBILITY, SAVING FOR A RAINY DAY, THE INSTINCT TO GROW IN KNOWLEDGE AND - YES - ADULTHOOD.