[Centaur]

Apparently Republicans never heard or retained the fable of the fox and the scorpion:

There was this fox and a scorpion and they were standing at the bank of a large river. The scorpion told the fox that he couldn't swim and could he have a ride on the fox's back. The fox eyed the scorpion warily, having heard of the scorpion's prickly disposition and asked, "what assurance do I have that you won't just sting me to death?" The scorpion laughed and said that that would be silly, because the scorpion couldn't swim and then they would both die. That made sense to the fox and he agreed to carry the scorpion to the other side. Half way across the river, the scorpion stung the fox and just before they disappeared beneath the water, the fox asked him why he had done it. He replied, "you knew I was a scorpion when I hopped on your back".

or the song about the snake and the gentle woman that concludes "You knew I was a snake before you took me in".

[combat_boots]

Good one.

Recently, I have started wondering what my country will be like in 30 years. I look back to the 70s, and then look ahead. As it stands, I watch old movies, and become agitated at survey people who call me about American values now.

Who would have thought polio, Dengue fever, tropical diseases, weird parasites from the other Americas that can kill you if you kiss someone, or TB acquired in a chicken cleaning place would start to march through the US?