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Date Posted: 08:14:06 07/28/07 Sat
Author: Martha
Subject:

I still rather live in the USA

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> Subject: Fable Of The Little Red Hen
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> Message
> Once upon a time, on a farm in Texas, there was a little red hen who
> scratched about the barnyard until she uncovered quite a few grains of
> wheat. She called all of her 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 nt 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 Bloaty)
> "Capitalist leech!" screamed the duck. (Baa baa Boxer)
> "I demand equal rights!" yelled the goose. (Jesse J)
> The pig just grunted in disdain. (Jimmeh Cartah)
> And they all painted "Unfair!" picket signs and marched around
> and around the little red hen, shouting obscenities.
> Then a government agent 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 the agent. "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 Liberals 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.
>
> Bill Clinton is getting $12 million for his memoirs.
> Hillary got $8 million for hers.
> That's $20 million for memories from two people, who for eight years,
> repeatedly testified, under oath, that they couldn't remember anything.
>
> IS THIS A GREAT BARNYARD OF A COUNTRY OR WHAT?

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[> Re: I still rather live in the USA -- LUCY (LMBO), 07:43:10 08/01/07 Wed [1]

HAHHAHAAA

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[> Re: I still rather live in the USA -- ~BETTY~, 07:50:26 08/01/07 Wed [1]

SAD, BUT TRUE!!!...BUT THE CLINTON'S AREN'T THE ONLY ONE'S TO GET RICH BY WRITING THEIR MEMOIRS....A LOT OF OTHER'S HAVE TOO!!...WONDER HOW MUCH GOOD OLE G.W. GETS FOR HIS...NOT THAT I WOULD BUY IT!!!!!...CAN'T STAND THE MAN OR WHAT HE STANDS FOR!!!

~BETTY~

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