I just want to share this. It's probably not appropriate for this forum but I think we really need to pay attention to what's going on in our country.
THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER
> OLD 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 STORY: Be responsible for yourself
>
>
> MODERN VERSION:
>
>
> The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his
> house and laying up food and pellet supplies for the winter.
>
>
> The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool and laughs and dances and
> plays the summer away, never thinking about how he will keep warm this winter.
>
> Come winter, the shivering grasshopper calls a press conference and
> demands to know why the ant should be allowed to be warm with his new pellet stove and well fed
> while others are 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 next to his pellet stove, 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 Easy Being Green.'
>
>
> Acorn stages a demonstration in front of the ant 's house where the
> news stations film the group singing, 'We shall overcome.' Rev.
> Jeremiah Wright then has the group kneel down to pray to God for the
> grasshopper's sake.
>
>
> 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 pellet purchases and demands the ant to 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 and pellet stash are
> confiscated by the Government Green Czar.
>
>
> The story ends as we see the grasshopper finishing up the last bits of
> the ants food, sitting comfortably in front of the pellet stove, while the government house he is in, which just happens
> to be the ant's old house, crumbles around him because he doesn't
> maintain it.
>
>
> The ant has disappeared in the snow, pelletless.
>
>
> The grasshopper is found dead due to smoke inhalation because he never cleaned his pellet stove, and the
> house, now abandoned, is taken over by a gang of spiders who terrorize
> the once peaceful neighborhood.
>
>
> MORAL OF THE STORY: Be careful how you vote in 2010.
>
THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER
> OLD 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 STORY: Be responsible for yourself
>
>
> MODERN VERSION:
>
>
> The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his
> house and laying up food and pellet supplies for the winter.
>
>
> The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool and laughs and dances and
> plays the summer away, never thinking about how he will keep warm this winter.
>
> Come winter, the shivering grasshopper calls a press conference and
> demands to know why the ant should be allowed to be warm with his new pellet stove and well fed
> while others are 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 next to his pellet stove, 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 Easy Being Green.'
>
>
> Acorn stages a demonstration in front of the ant 's house where the
> news stations film the group singing, 'We shall overcome.' Rev.
> Jeremiah Wright then has the group kneel down to pray to God for the
> grasshopper's sake.
>
>
> 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 pellet purchases and demands the ant to 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 and pellet stash are
> confiscated by the Government Green Czar.
>
>
> The story ends as we see the grasshopper finishing up the last bits of
> the ants food, sitting comfortably in front of the pellet stove, while the government house he is in, which just happens
> to be the ant's old house, crumbles around him because he doesn't
> maintain it.
>
>
> The ant has disappeared in the snow, pelletless.
>
>
> The grasshopper is found dead due to smoke inhalation because he never cleaned his pellet stove, and the
> house, now abandoned, is taken over by a gang of spiders who terrorize
> the once peaceful neighborhood.
>
>
> MORAL OF THE STORY: Be careful how you vote in 2010.
>
