The ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER

This one is a little different ....
Two Different Versions ...
Two Different Morals


OL D 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 EasyBeing Green...'

ACORN stages
a demonstration in front of the ant's
house where the news stations film the SEIU group 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 condemns 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 the grasshopper.

The story ends as we see the grasshopper
and his free-loading friends finishing up the last bits of the ant's food 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.

  Wal-Mart vs. The Morons 


This was amply stated and I thought you should see this.
Edie

1. Americans spend $36,000,000 at Wal-Mart every hour of every day.
 
2. This works out to $20,928 profit every minute!
 
3. Wal-Mart will sell more from January 1 to St. Patrick's Day (March 17th) than Target sells all year.
 
4. Wal-Mart is bigger than Home Depot + Kroger + Target +Sears + Costco + K-Mart combined.
 
5. Wal-Mart employs 1.6 million people, is the world's largest private employer, and most speak English.
 
6. Wal-Mart is the largest company in the history of the world.
 
7. Wal-Mart now sells more food than Kroger and Safeway combined, and keep in mind they did this in only fifteen years.
 
8. During this same period, 31 big supermarket chains sought bankruptcy.
 
9. Wal-Mart now sells more food than any other store in the world.
 
10. Wal-Mart has approx 3,900 stores in the USA of which 1,906 are Super Centers; this is 1,000 more than it had five years ago.
 
11. This year 7.2 billion different purchasing experiences will occur at Wal-Mart stores. (Earth's population is approximately 6.5 Billion.)
 
12. 90% of all Americans live within fifteen miles of a Wal-Mart.
 
You may think that I am complaining, but I am really laying the ground work for suggesting that MAYBE we should hire the guys who run Wal-Mart to fix the economy.
 
This should be read and understood by all Americans Democrats, Republicans, EVERYONE!!
 
To the President and all 535 voting members of the Legislature, both parties. It is now official. . . you are ALL corrupt morons.
 
a. The U.S. Postal Service was established in 1775. You have had 234 years to get it right and it is broke. 
 
b. Social Security was established in 1935. You have had 74 years to get it right and it is broke.
 
c. Fannie Mae was established in 1938. You have had 71 years to get it right and it is broke.
 
d. War on Poverty started in 1964. You have had 45 years to get it right. $1 trillion of our money is confiscated each year and transferred to "the poor" and they only want more.
 
e. Medicare and Medicaid were established in 1965. You have had 44 years to get it right and they are broke.
 
f. Freddie Mac was established in 1970. You have had 39 years to get it right and it is broke.
 
g. The Department of Energy was created in 1977 to lessen our dependence on foreign oil. It has ballooned to 16,000 employees with a budget of $24 billion a year and we import more oil than ever before. You had 32 years to get it right and it is an abysmal failure.
 
You have FAILED in every "government service" you have shoved down our throats while overspending our tax dollars.
 
 
AND YOU WANT AMERICANS TO BELIEVE YOU CAN BE TRUSTED WITH A GOVERNMENT-RUN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM ?? YOU THINK YOU CAN RUN THE AUTO INDUSTRY.... THE BANKING SYSTEM?????
 
MAYBE WE OUGHT TO KICK YOUR EGG-HEAD BUDDY BUMS OUT OF OFFICE AND HIRE WAL MART TO RUN THE GOVERNMENT ???
 
WAL MART SEEMS TO KNOW HOW TO RUN A BUSINESS.......WHY DON'T YOU GUYS JUST ADMIT IT'S WAY BEYOND YOUR PAY GRADE AND QUIT?
 
"You can't fix stupid, but you can vote it out." 

With God ALL things are possible..

The Truth and To The Point!

  545 vs. 300,000,000 People

      -By Charlie Reese


      Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems andthen campaign against them.

        Have you ever wondered, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, WHY do we have    deficits?  

      Have you ever wondered, if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, WHY do we have inflation and high taxes?  

• You and I don't propose a federal budget. The President does.
  
• You and I don't have the Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations. The House of Representatives does. 
• You and I don't write the tax code, Congress does.
• You and I don't set fiscal policy, Congress does.
• You and I don't control monetary policy, the Federal Reserve Bank does.

      One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one President, and nine Supreme Court justices equates to 545 human beings out of the

      300 million Are directly, legally, morally, and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country.

      I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Board because that problem was created by the Congress. In 1913, Congress delegated its  Constitutional duty to provide a sound currency to a federally chartered, but private, central bank.

      I excluded all the special interests and lobbyists for a sound reason. They have no legal authority. They have no ability to coerce a senator, a congressman, or a President to do one cotton-picking thing. I don't care if they offer a politician $1 million  dollars in cash.

      The politician has the power to accept or reject it. No matter what the lobbyist promises, it is the legislator's responsibility to determine how he votes.

     

      Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you That what they did is not their fault. They cooperate in this common con regardless of party.

     

      What separates a politician from a normal human being is an excessive amount of gall. No normal human being would have the gall of a Speaker, who stood up and criticized the President for creating deficits. The President can only propose a budget. He cannot force the Congress to accept it.

     

      The Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land, gives sole responsibility to the House of Representatives for originating and approving appropriations and taxes. Who is the speaker of the House? John Boehner. He is the leader of the majority party. He and fellow House members, not the President, can approve any budget they want. If the President vetoes it, they can pass it over his veto if they agree to.

      It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 300 million cannot replace 545 people who stand convicted -- by present facts – of incompetence and irresponsibility. I can't think of a single domestic problem that is not traceable directly to those 545  people. When you fully grasp the plain truth that 545 people exercise the power of the federal government, then it must follow that what exists is what they want to exist.

      If the tax code is unfair, it's because they want it unfair.

      If the budget is in the red, it's because they want it in the red.

      If the Army & Marines are in Iraq and Afghanistan it's because they want them in Iraq and Afghanistan ...

      If they do not receive social security but are on an elite retirement plan not available to the people, it's because they want it that way
      There are no insoluble government problems.

      Do not let these 545 people shift the blame to bureaucrats, whom they hire and whose jobs they can abolish; to lobbyists, whose gifts and advice they can reject; to regulators, to whom  they give the power to regulate and from whom they can take this power. Above all, do not let  them con you into the belief that there exists disembodied mystical forces like "the economy," "inflation," or "politics" that prevent  them from doing what they take an oath to do.

      Those 545 people, and they alone, are responsible. They, and they alone, have the power.

      They, and they alone, should be held accountable by the people who Are their bosses.

     

      Provided the voters have the gumption to manage their own employees...

      We should vote all of them out of office and clean up their mess!

      What you do with this article now that you have read it... is up toyou.

      This might be funny if it weren't so true. Be sure to read all the way to the end:

     

      Tax his land,

      Tax his bed,

      Tax the table,

      At which he's fed.

      Tax his tractor,

      Tax his mule,

      Teach him taxes

      Are the rule.

     

      Tax his work,

      Tax his pay,

      He works for

      peanuts anyway!

     

      Tax his cow,

      Tax his goat,

      Tax his pants,

      Tax his coat.

     

      Tax his ties,

      Tax his shirt,

      Tax his work,

      Tax his dirt.

     

      Tax his tobacco,

      Tax his drink,

      Tax him if he

      Tries to think.

     

      Tax his cigars,

      Tax his beers,

      If he cries

      Tax his tears.

     

      Tax his car,

      Tax his gas,

      Find other ways

      To tax his ass.

     

      Tax all he has

      Then let him know

      That you won't be done

      Till he has no dough.

     

      When he screams and hollers;

      Then tax him some more,

      Tax him till

      He's good and sore.

     

      Then tax his coffin,

      Tax his grave,

      Tax the sod in

      Which he's laid...

     

      Put these words

      Upon his tomb,

      'Taxes drove me

      to my doom...'

     

      When he's gone,

      Do not relax,

      Its time to apply

      The inheritance tax.

     

      Accounts Receivable Tax

      Building Permit Tax

      CDL license Tax

      Cigarette Tax

      Corporate Income Tax

      Dog License Tax

      Excise Taxes

      Federal Income Tax

      Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)

      Fishing License Tax

      Food License Tax

      Fuel Permit Tax

      Gasoline Tax (currently 44.75 cents per gallon)

      Gross Receipts Tax

      Hunting License Tax

      Inheritance Tax

      Inventory Tax

      IRS Interest Charges IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)

      Liquor Tax

      Luxury Taxes

      Marriage License Tax

      Medicare Tax

      Personal Property Tax

      Property Tax

      Real Estate Tax

      Service Charge Tax

      Social Security Tax

      Road Usage Tax

      Recreational Vehicle Tax

      Sales Tax

      School Tax

      State Income Tax

      State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)

      Telephone Federal Excise Tax

      Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax

      Telephone Federal, State and Local

      Surcharge Taxes

      Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax

      Telephone Recurring and Nonrecurring Charges Tax

      Telephone State and Local Tax

      Telephone Usage Charge Tax

      Utility Taxes

      Vehicle License Registration Tax

      Vehicle Sales Tax

      Watercraft Registration Tax

      Well Permit Tax

      Workers Compensation Tax

     

      STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?

      Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago, & our nation was themost prosperous in the world.

      We had absolutely no national debt, had the largest middle class in the world, and Mom stayed home to raise the kids!

     

      What in the heck happened? Can you spell 'politicians?'

I don't know whether you have seen this or not but everyone needs to be aware of the specifics of the excesses of our President.  This is a disgrace in my opinion. 

Last year Obama flew in Air Force One 172 times, almost every other day.
White House officials have been telling reporters in recent days that the Democrat doesn't intend to hang around the White House quite so much in 2011.  They explain he wants to get out more around the country because, as everyone knows, that midterm election shellacking on Nov. 2 had nothing to do with his health care bill, over-spending or other policies, and everything to do with Obama's not adequately explaining himself to his countrymen and women.
 
And with only 673 days remaining in Obama's never ending presidential campaign, the incumbent's travel pace will not likely slacken.
 
At an Air Force-estimated cost of $181,757 per flight HOUR (not to mention the additional travel costs of Marine One, Secret Service, logistics and local police overtime), that's a lot of frequent flier dollars going into Obama's carbon footprint.
 
We are privy to some of these numbers thanks to CBS' Mark Knoller, a bearded national treasure trove of presidential stats.  According to Knoller's copious notes, during the last year, Obama made 65 domestic trips over 104 days, and six trips to eight countries over 22 days.  Not counting six vacation trips over 32 days.
 
He took 196 helicopter trips, signed 203 pieces of legislation and squeezed in 29 rounds of left-handed golf.
 
Obama last year gave 491 speeches, remarks or statements.  That's more talking than goes on in some entire families, at least from fatherly mouths.
 
In fact, even including the 24 days of 2010 that we never saw Obama in public, his speaking works out to about one official utterance every 11 waking hours.  Aides indicate the "Real Good Talker" believes we need more.
 
Related:  Obama spends nearly half his presidency outside Washington, plans to travel more
 
Related:  Vacationer-in-Chief Spends $1.75 Million to Visit Hawaiian Chums
 
Obama has spent over $100 million taxpayer dollars flying around in Air Force One, and probably another $100 million on his entourage.  Obama is just another tin-pot dictator living lavishly at the expense of his subjects.

And we seniors have to "tighten our belts" because we aren't getting a COLA again this year... and none last year!

THANKS TO ALL WHO HELPED PUT THIS GREEDY WINDBAG IN OFFICE!! 

BE MORE CAREFUL NEXT TIME!!