Who will help me plant my wheat?" asked the little red
hen.
"Not I,"
said the cow.
"Not I," said the
duck.
"Not I," said the
pig.
"Not I," said the
goose.
"Then I will do it by myself,"
said the little red hen, and so she did. She planted her crop, and
the wheat grew very tall and ripened into golden
grain.
"Who will help me reap my
wheat?" asked the little red hen.
"Not
I," said the duck..
"Out of my
classification," said the pig.
"I'd
lose my seniority," said the cow.
"I'd
lose my unemployment compensation," said the
goose.
"Then I will do it by myself,"
said the little red hen, and so she
did.
At last it came time to bake the
bread. "Who will help me bake the bread?" asked the little red
hen.
"That would be overtime for me,"
said the cow.
"I'd lose my welfare
benefits," said the duck.
"I'm a
dropout and never learned how," said the
pig.
"If I'm to be the only helper,
that's discrimination," said the
goose.
"Then I will do it by myself,"
said the little red hen.
She baked five
loaves and held them up for all of her neighbors to see. They wanted
some and, in fact, demanded a share. But the little red hen said,
"No, I shall eat all five
loaves."
"Excess profits!" cried the
cow. (Nancy Pelosi)
"Capitalist leech!"
screamed the duck. (Barbara Boxer)
"I
demand equal rights!" yelled the goose. (Jesse
Jackson)
The pig just grunted in
disdain. (Ted Kennedy)
And they all
painted 'Unfair!' picket signs and marched around and around the
little red hen, shouting
obscenities.
Then the farmer (Obama)
came. He said to the little red hen, "You must not be so
greedy."
"But I earned the bread," said
the little red hen.
"Exactly," said Barack the
farmer. "That is what makes our free enterprise system so wonderful.
Anyone in the barnyard can earn as much as he wants. But under our
modern government regulations, the productive workers must divide
the fruits of their labor with those who are lazy and
idle.."
And they all lived happily ever
after, including the little red hen, who smiled and clucked, "I am
grateful, for now I truly
understand."
But her neighbors became
quite disappointed in her. She never again baked bread because she
joined the 'party' and got her bread free. And all the Democrats
smiled. 'Fairness' had been
established.
Individual initiative had
died, but nobody noticed; perhaps no one cared...so long as there
was free bread that 'the rich' were paying
for.
EPILOGUE
Bill
Clinton is getting $12 million for his
memoirs.
Hillary got $8 million for
hers.
That's $20 million for the
memories from two people, who for eight years repeatedly testified,
under oath, that t hey couldn't remember
anything.
IS THIS A GREAT BARNYARD OR
WHAT
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May 10, 2009 at 09:33
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May 11, 2009 at 17:49
Nice post, Pat. I like how ‘nuanced’ the arguments get when they take your stuff.
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May 11, 2009 at 19:33
psst! It’s 22 LR Tony, not the other way around…
chuckles* The hell being raised about that post are something else!
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May 12, 2009 at 18:11
Thanks for straightening me out about the Colt, Pat, I’ll make the change. It’s funny, I thought I was vulnerable about the gun on capitalizing the ‘LR.’ But I notice that you capitalized the LR, so that means it’s okay. (So I got nailed in a way I didn’t foresee.) Well, our friend Joe now has to switch to his Sig Sauer, since the Colt is…..who knows where the hell it is?! And what about Johansen, what gun will Joe lend him? Thanks for reading, I really appreciate it, and thank you again for the fact-checking — somebody has to bring me back down to Earth! Icarus could tell us a story about that one!
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May 12, 2009 at 18:14
BTW, I’m gonna leave out any period form the citation, since you left it out, so it will be thus: 22 LR
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May 13, 2009 at 05:35
22 LR is the most common abbreviation used Tony. In proper English it probably should be 22 L.R. because it is an abbreviation for Twenty-Two Rimfire Long Rifle. That distinguishes it from the Short, Long, and Twenty-Two Winchester Rimfire Magnum.
A Sig? he’s walking in some lofty circles! Those are some pretty expensive toys! Make it a 357 Sig! (wink)
Keep the series alive Tony you are developing a fan base!
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May 13, 2009 at 11:38
Thanks for the info, Pat. I need feedback from people to make it all sound more authentic. The thrill for me in writing the stories is the challenge of trying to induce the “willing suspension of disbelief” in the reader.
Okay, sounds good: 357 Sig. (I’m gonna go with the common abbreviations, for the most part, since Joe speaks more like that than not.)
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