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> THE NEW ANT and the Grasshopper, Two Versions:
> The ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER
>
>
> This one is a little different....
> Two Different Versions ...
> Two Different Morals
>
> OLD VERSION
>
> The ant works hard in
> the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies
> for the winter.
>
> The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool and laughs and dances and plays the
> summer away.
>
> Come winter, the ant is warm and
> well fed.
>
> The grasshopper has no food or shelter, so he dies out in the cold.
>
> MORAL OF THE OLD STORY:
>
> Be responsible for yourself!
>
>
>
>
>
> MODERN VERSION
>
> The ant works hard in the withering heat and the rain all summer long,
> building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper
> thinks the ant is a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away.
>
> Come winter, the shivering grasshopper calls a press conference and demands
> to know why the ant should be allowed to be warm and well fed while he is cold
> and starving..
>
> CBS, NBC, PBS, CNN, and ABC
> show up to provide pictures of the shivering grasshopper next to a video of
> the ant in his comfortable home with a table filled with food.
> America is stunned by the sharp contrast.
>
> How can this be, that in a country of such wealth, this poor grasshopper
> is allowed to suffer so?
>
> Kermit the Frog appears on Oprah with the grasshopper and everybody cries when
> they sing, 'It's Not Easy Being Green...'
>
> Occupy the Anthill stages a demonstration in front of the ant's house where
> the news stations film the SEIUgroup singing,
> We shall overcome.
>
> Then Rev. Jeremiah Wright
> has the group kneel down to pray for the grasshopper's sake,
> while he damns the ants.
>
> President Obama condems the ant and blames
> President Bush 43,
> President Bush 41, President Reagan, Christopher Columbus, and the Pope for
> the grasshopper's plight...
>
> Nancy Pelosi & Harry Reid
> exclaim in an interview with Larry
> King that the ant has gotten rich off the back of the grasshopper,
> and both call for an immediate tax hike on the ant to make him pay his fair
> share.
>
> Finally, the EEOC drafts the Economic Equity &
> Anti-Grasshopper Act
> retroactive to the beginning of
> the summer.
>
> The ant is fined for failing to hire a proportionate number of green bugs and,
> having nothing left to pay his retroactive taxes, his home is confiscated by
> the Government Green Czar and given to thegrasshopper.
>
> The story ends as we see the grasshopper and his free-loading friends
> finishing up the last bits of the ant'sfood while the government house he is
> in, which, as you recall, just happens to be the ant's old house, crumbles
> around them because the grasshopper doesn't maintain it.
>
> The ant has disappeared in the snow, never to be seen again.
>
> The grasshopper is found dead in a drug related incident, and the house, now
> abandoned, is taken over by a gang of spiders who terrorize the ramshackle,
> once prosperous and peaceful, neighborhood.
>
> The entire Nation collapses bringing the rest of the free world with it.
>
> MORAL OF THE STORY:
>
> Be careful how you vote in 2012.
>
>

Originally Posted by cffisher

I'm going out on a limb here guys,and say that unless somthing major happens this idiot will be here another 4 years. He dosen't have a strong opponent. He lies cheats and gets away with it. The unions back him. Wallstreet backs him, and the people he will tax will back him. Personaly I'm going to go clean my weapons.

Sorry guys, I think Charlie is right here.... Obama has the union vote, minorities vote, women's vote, and a lot of other segments. The Republican candidate is a flake, he might carry most of the die hard Republicans but I doubt many independents will go with him....

All the stories, parables, and anti-Obama rhetoric means little when the majority of the people who even bother to vote anymore are recipients in one way or another of programs that Obama and his administration supports.

However!!!! If he has no support or majority in the House or the Senate his programs will not come to be, the present state of affairs in Congress will continue, and we're just that much closer to a total collapse of our economic system and our form of government!!!! It's going to take one heck of a campaign to get rid of all the losers and get some folks voted in that can and will actually make a difference! Ron Paul's plans may be a bit on the radical side, but it's going to take radical action to get things back on track.

it will take congress to change anything. presidents are kaka. they just divert your attention away from the real problems . as long as we have a do nothing congress we might just survive another 4 years of this moron . until we put heat on congress and the senate nothing will change. it is happening slowly. the good ole boys are being replaced.

i live in texas and can tell you ron paul is batshit crazy . 20 years ago before dementia he may have been a good choice but he has been in government 30 years and done nothing. if he had a keeper to tell him to stfu at times he would do better. i like him but he is a nut job .

I hear you, Shine.

Agreed. Ron Paul is goofy.

I'll say that I'm in favor of term limits to clean house in Washington and that ain't gonna happen.

Actually, I'm pretty well satisfied with my congressman. He votes the way I want him to and I would prefer not to lose him, but ..........

I'm in favor of term limits for Chucky Schumer and Barbara Boxer and Dick Durbin and our own "pride and joy" (the lovely Sheila Jackson-Lee from Houston) but not for Michael Burgess.

And I guess that ain't gonna happen either.

Jim

give them one term . if they dont produce results boot them and get a new one. and no more retirement of the gods .

Colin Powell was on Leno tonight.Said something that makes sense.Both sides can have strong views and be adversaries,but you don't want to attack each other and create a enemy.That TV and especially cable TV feeds the fire for these attacks.That we need to have both sides find a way back for compromising to be able to get things done.I know it's basic,but a start.........

The challenge of course is to know when compromise is appropriate. Often it's used as a high sounding "idea" when in reality it's self serving hogwash (though MAYBE well intentioned). Let's do a thought exercise.........

You desire to be a free human being. The other guy wants to make you his slave. What's the compromise?

A thief is holding a gun on you and demands you hand over all your money. You, who earned the money honestly, don't want to give it to him. What's the compromise?

Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter

The challenge of course is to know when compromise is appropriate. Often it's used as a high sounding "idea" when in reality it's self serving hogwash (though MAYBE well intentioned). Let's do a thought exercise.........
A thief is holding a gun on you and demands you hand over all your money. You, who earned the money honestly, don't want to give it to him. What's the compromise?

You acquiesce and while reaching in your back pocket for your wallet you instead pull out your 45 automatic and waste the sob.

Originally Posted by NTFDAY

You acquiesce and while reaching in your back pocket for your wallet you instead pull out your 45 automatic and waste the sob.

Ah..........but would Gen. Powel approve?

Shine:

You and I (along with other Texans who make their presence known here) are in a distressing situation.

We have to elect a new senator for the Spanish Colony of Texas.

Four guys have indicated that they want the job:

One is a former football star at SMU (played in the same backfield as Eric Dickerson).
One is the present Lieutenant Governor of the State of Texas.
One is an ex-mayor of Dallas,
The fourth is the former Solicitor General (whatever the hell that is) of Texas.

Until recently I had heard nothing about any of these four dudes to indicate that they were anything but fine Christian gentlemen and upstanding members of society.

And that, in turn, led me to conclude that regardless of who wins, we're in fine shape as far as the Senate goes.

Then the campaigning started.

From what I now hear and read, every last one of these miserable slobs is a lyin', cheatin', thievin', communist, racist, perverted, Clinton-supportin', bigoted, cross-dressing, wife beating, cowardly, tax evading, snake.

Not to mention the time-honored "S.O.B.".

Every day my mailbox is crammed with campaign stuff that I would ordinarily call hate mail, and radio and TV do their part in helping to disillusion a poor iggernant country kid like me.

So, brother, what should I do?


Jim

Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter

Ah..........but would Gen. Powel approve?

I could care less, he was in Calley's chain of command and I lost all respect for him over that.

all i can say is i dont trust any democrat any more. they have turned their back on the working man in favor of the majority..... you know the ones who sit on their ass and draw from the tit. given what we have to choose from " none of the above " would be best but i have to say gov good hair and his bunch have done somewhat ok by me. we have the strongest economy in the country in my book. if we could just stop oflopa and pelterdy from shoving their socialist bullshit down our throats it would be better. at least perry told them to shove it on several occasions . if the messiah is re-elected i'm for the " united state of texas " .

i dont trust the democratic party as a whole. there are also a lot of republicans i wouldn't trust as far as i could drop kick them.
i dont claim to be a republican or any other party. it is and has been the lesser of two evils for many years. until something better comes along i will stick with it.

i love ole ron paul but the old fart scares me. not sure if he could get anything done with the current congress. could end up locked up again .

Department of Homeland Security forced to release list following freedom of information request

Hundreds of words to avoid using online if you don't want the government spying on you

Just throwing it out there everyone has heard of this .

A friend sent this to me, seems to fit in well with this thread theme. Sigh..

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