|
|
 Firecracker Dog Lover
Posts: 3175
   
| Found this on Craigslist and while I generally stay out of the political discussions I thought several of you would enjoy this:
Big govt is AWESOME!!!
A Country Founded by Geniuses but Run by Idiots!
If you can get arrested for hunting or fishing without a license, but not for entering and remaining in the country illegally -- you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but run by idiots.
If you have to get your parents' permission to go on a field trip or to take an aspirin in school, but not to get an abortion -- you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but run by idiots.
If you MUST show your identification to board an airplane, cash a check, buy liquor, or check out a library book and rent a video, but not to vote for who runs the government -- you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but run by idiots.
If the government wants to prevent stable, law-abiding citizens from owning gun magazines that hold more than ten rounds, but gives twenty F-16 fighter jets to the crazy new leaders in Egypt -- you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but run by idiots.
If, in the nation's largest city, you can buy two 16-ounce sodas, but not one 24-ounce soda, because 24-ounces of a sugary drink might make you fat -- you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but run by idiots.
If an 80-year-old woman or a three-year-old girl who is confined to a wheelchair can be strip-searched by the TSA at the airport, but a woman in a burka or a hijab is only subject to having her neck and head searched -- you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but run by idiots.
If your government believes that the best way to eradicate trillions of dollars of debt is to spend trillions more -- you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but run by idiots.
If a seven-year-old boy can be thrown out of school for saying his teacher is "cute," but hosting a sexual exploration or diversity class in grade school is perfectly acceptable -- you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but run by idiots.
If hard work and success are met with higher taxes and more government regulation and intrusion, while not working is rewarded with Food Stamps, WIC checks, Medicaid benefits, subsidized housing, and free cell phones -- you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but run by idiots.
If the government's plan for getting people back to work is to provide incentives for not working, by granting 99 weeks of unemployment checks, without any requirement to prove that gainful employment was diligently sought, but couldn't be found -- you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but run by idiots.
If you pay your mortgage faithfully, denying yourself the newest big-screen TV, while your neighbor buys iPhones, time shares, a wall-sized do-it-all plasma screen TV and new cars, and the government forgives his debt when he defaults on his mortgage -- you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but run by idiots.
If being stripped of your Constitutional right to defend yourself makes you more "safe" -- according to the government -- you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but run by idiots.
If the media panders to your openly socialist leader while the IRS targets groups with dissenting views -- you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but run by idiots.
If your government 'cracks down' on legal gun sales to law abiding citizens while secretly supplying illegal guns to Mexican drug cartels -- you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but run by idiots.
If your local government (Chicago) outlawed gun ownership for 'the safety of its citizens' and now boasts the worst murder rate in the country -- you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but run by idiots.
This message was published on another blog, with the request that readers republish it everywhere they can. Add your own ... and feel free to replace the word, 'idiots' with the words, 'mentally ill.'
Edited by brlraceaddict 2014-01-31 12:46 PM
|
|
| |
|
 BHW Resident Surgeon
Posts: 25351
Location: Bastrop, Texas | Every single statement is pretty accurate. I would challenge someone to repudiate a single comment. Nobody will....mark my word.
Great post! Thanks! |
|
| |
|
  More bootie than waist!
Posts: 18425
Location: Riding Crackhead. | I'm printing that off and putting it on my FIL's desk. He's got his head up his butt about politics. |
|
| |
|
 Expert
Posts: 1432
Location: Never in one place long | Pretty much sums it up.... and the most of Americans are apathetic about it.... 
Someday.. American will crumble just like Rome.... |
|
| |
|
 The Non Sky Diver
Posts: 9004
Location: SE Louisiana | Gotta love it!!!  |
|
| |
|
Firecracker Dog Lover
Posts: 3175
| HotbearLVR - 2014-01-31 10:59 AM
Every single statement is pretty accurate. I would challenge someone to repudiate a single comment. Nobody will....mark my word.
Great post! Thanks!
Hotbear I knew you would like this! Sad but true statements unfortunately. |
|
| |
|
BHW Resident Surgeon
Posts: 25351
Location: Bastrop, Texas | This is one of the best threads I've read in a long time. I wish every single citizen in this country read it. |
|
| |
|
 Forever Young
Posts: 6768
Location: relocated to Texas | Stealing this and adding to my FB page. God, we are in a country that is run by idiots! |
|
| |
|
 Elite Veteran
Posts: 1035
Location: TN | Love it! Just e-mailed it to my family and may add it to my FB in a minute. I just hate that it's all true! |
|
| |
|
 Famous for Not Complaining
Posts: 8848
Location: Broxton, Ga | Shared on my Facebook!!! Thanks! Great post..........and sad but true!! |
|
| |
|
 Got to have my Pepsi
Posts: 6252
Location: Baden, PA | Hollywood's Fan - 2014-01-31 5:19 PM Stealing this and adding to my FB page. God, we are in a country that is run by idiots!
You ain't the only one Hollywood, I am so stealing this too LOL.. |
|
| |
Folks on-line