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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

What is new is the current notion of indulging people who refused to save for a rainy day or to live within their means. “”

Don’t look now- but people in New Orleans affected by Katrina are still getting FREE housing on the taxpayer nickle. The National Guard troops were finally pulled out on March 1, 2009.


19 posted on 03/10/2009 10:09:11 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: ridesthemiles
Here's an oldie but a goody....slightly modified for modern audiences.

Freepers over the age of 40 will (should) remember Mom or Dad telling you the original version of this little bedtime story;

The Little Red Hen.

The little red hen called all of her Democrat neighbors together and said,
If we plant this wheat, we shall have bread to eat.  Who will help me plant
it?"
                 "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.


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 they couldn't remember anything.

IS THIS A GREAT BARNYARD OR WHAT?

24 posted on 03/10/2009 10:41:12 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Despite all my rage, I am still just a rat in a cage...)
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To: ridesthemiles
Don’t look now- but people in New Orleans affected by Katrina are still getting FREE housing on the taxpayer nickle. The National Guard troops were finally pulled out on March 1, 2009.

I was against the big government payout to the 9/11 victims, especially in view that there were so many private donations. We're just down the tubes.

31 posted on 03/10/2009 12:40:26 PM PDT by Albion Wilde ("Praise and worship" is my alternate lifestyle.)
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