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by clc29 on 24 September 2013 - 13:09
A Country Founded by Geniuses but Run by Idiots
by Jeff Foxworthy:
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 is 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 is 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 is 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 is 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 is 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 is 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 is 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 is 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 is 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 is 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 is 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 is run by idiots.
What a country!
How about we give God a reason to continue blessing America!
by Jeff Foxworthy:
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 is 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 is 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 is 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 is 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 is 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 is 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 is 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 is 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 is 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 is 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 is 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 is run by idiots.
What a country!
How about we give God a reason to continue blessing America!
by vk4gsd on 24 September 2013 - 21:09
not a fan of this type of overly simplified popularist hate vibing - it is too easy, solves nothing, and only appeals to the shallowest of disenfranchised thinkers, or more accurately it appeals to those too lazy to think.
by Carlin on 24 September 2013 - 22:09
I get what you're saying VK4 as far as simplicity, but it does highlight a certain lack of rational thought, awareness, and sense of identity. Not familiar enough with your neck of the woods, but over here, I can promise you that the current state of the union is not consistent with the vision or ideal.
by vk4gsd on 24 September 2013 - 22:09
carlin i think there is both a real crisis and a perceived crisis in the whole western world.
the real crisis involves financial uncertainty and war/terror/environment.
the perceived crisis involves no matter what shit/toys people have, and we all have many, so many people increasingly think they are so worse off and generally feeling unfulfilled/bored/unhappy....
don't know if the two crises are linked but the above article taps into the discontent in the perceived one and as such i find it low class and unproductive.
the real crisis involves financial uncertainty and war/terror/environment.
the perceived crisis involves no matter what shit/toys people have, and we all have many, so many people increasingly think they are so worse off and generally feeling unfulfilled/bored/unhappy....
don't know if the two crises are linked but the above article taps into the discontent in the perceived one and as such i find it low class and unproductive.
by Carlin on 25 September 2013 - 00:09
There is a lot of that to be certain, and I am one who doesn't shy away from pointing to such things, unpopular a theme as it is among "traditional" "christian" conservatives for instance. However, underneath the surface rests some relavant issues beyond the perversion of the American Dream, ideals worth defending.
by Two Moons on 25 September 2013 - 00:09
I think Foxworthy made a couple of funny tapes, until it got old.
by vk4gsd on 25 September 2013 - 00:09
ideals worth defending are also worth exploiting those that would defend them, at least to some.
ok that did not translate into text like i wanted it to but i know what i mean?
ok that did not translate into text like i wanted it to but i know what i mean?
by Carlin on 25 September 2013 - 00:09
Very true VK, which is why I am not affiliated with a party, any party.
by vk4gsd on 25 September 2013 - 00:09
lol, we get fined for not voting, so we are basically forced to have a party cos we are forced by law to vote for someone. what you think re compulsory voting, good/bad...?
by Carlin on 25 September 2013 - 01:09
Here, you can vote as an independent.
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