Post by adefonzo on Oct 24, 2008 5:38:39 GMT -5
Got this in an email...another interesting comparison...thought about putting into the "Humor and Wit" threads...but honestly, I don't find too much humor in this...instead I find it to be a very accurate description of where we are and where we could be headed
Wild pigs - a must read
There was a Chemistry professor in a large college that had some
exchange students in the class. One day while the class was in the lab
the Prof noticed one young man (exchange student) who kept rubbing his
back, and stretching as if his back hurt.
The professor asked the young man what was the matter. The student told
him he had a bullet lodged in his back. He had been shot while fighting
communists in his native country who were trying to overthrow his
country's government and install a new communist government.
In the midst of his story he looked at the professor and asked a strange
question. He asked, 'Do you know how to catch wild pigs?'
The professor thought it was a joke and asked for the punch line. The
young man said this was no joke. 'You catch wild pigs by finding a
suitable place in the woods and putting corn on the ground. The pigs
find it and begin to come everyday to eat the free corn. When they are
used to coming every day, you put a fence down one side of the place
where they are used to coming. When they get used to the fence, they
begin to eat the corn again and you put up another side of the fence.
They get used to that and start to eat again. You continue until you
have all four sides of the fence up with a gate in the last side. The
pigs, which are used to the free corn, start to come through the gate to
eat; you slam the gate on them and catch the whole herd.
Suddenly the wild pigs have lost their freedom. They run around and
around inside the fence, but they are caught. Soon they go back to
eating the free corn. They are so used to it that they have forgotten
how to forage in the woods for themselves, so they accept their
captivity.
The young man then told the professor that is exactly what he sees
happening to America. The government keeps pushing us toward socialism
and keeps spreading the free corn out in the form of programs such as
supplemental income, tax credit for unearned income, tobacco subsidies,
dairy subsidies, payments not to plant crops (CRP), welfare, medicine,
drugs, etc. while we continually lose our freedoms - just a little at a
time.
One should always remember: There is no such thing as a free Lunch! A
politician will never provide a service for you cheaper than you can do
yourself.
If you see all of this wonderful government 'help' is a problem
confronting the future of democracy in America , you might want to send
this on to your friends. If you think the free ride is essential to your
way of life then you will probably delete this email, but God help you
when the gate slams shut!
In this 'very important' election year, listen closely to what the
candidates are promising you - just maybe you will be able to tell who
is about to slam the gate on America .
'A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough
to take away everything you have.' - Thomas Jefferson*
Wild pigs - a must read
There was a Chemistry professor in a large college that had some
exchange students in the class. One day while the class was in the lab
the Prof noticed one young man (exchange student) who kept rubbing his
back, and stretching as if his back hurt.
The professor asked the young man what was the matter. The student told
him he had a bullet lodged in his back. He had been shot while fighting
communists in his native country who were trying to overthrow his
country's government and install a new communist government.
In the midst of his story he looked at the professor and asked a strange
question. He asked, 'Do you know how to catch wild pigs?'
The professor thought it was a joke and asked for the punch line. The
young man said this was no joke. 'You catch wild pigs by finding a
suitable place in the woods and putting corn on the ground. The pigs
find it and begin to come everyday to eat the free corn. When they are
used to coming every day, you put a fence down one side of the place
where they are used to coming. When they get used to the fence, they
begin to eat the corn again and you put up another side of the fence.
They get used to that and start to eat again. You continue until you
have all four sides of the fence up with a gate in the last side. The
pigs, which are used to the free corn, start to come through the gate to
eat; you slam the gate on them and catch the whole herd.
Suddenly the wild pigs have lost their freedom. They run around and
around inside the fence, but they are caught. Soon they go back to
eating the free corn. They are so used to it that they have forgotten
how to forage in the woods for themselves, so they accept their
captivity.
The young man then told the professor that is exactly what he sees
happening to America. The government keeps pushing us toward socialism
and keeps spreading the free corn out in the form of programs such as
supplemental income, tax credit for unearned income, tobacco subsidies,
dairy subsidies, payments not to plant crops (CRP), welfare, medicine,
drugs, etc. while we continually lose our freedoms - just a little at a
time.
One should always remember: There is no such thing as a free Lunch! A
politician will never provide a service for you cheaper than you can do
yourself.
If you see all of this wonderful government 'help' is a problem
confronting the future of democracy in America , you might want to send
this on to your friends. If you think the free ride is essential to your
way of life then you will probably delete this email, but God help you
when the gate slams shut!
In this 'very important' election year, listen closely to what the
candidates are promising you - just maybe you will be able to tell who
is about to slam the gate on America .
'A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough
to take away everything you have.' - Thomas Jefferson*
