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    The And and the Grasshopper.

    We've all heard this fable..........but here is a new take on it.

    THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER

    This one is a little different...

    Two Different Versions! ................. Two Different Morals!


    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 supplies for the winter.


    The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away.

    Come winter, the shivering grasshopper calls a press conference and demands to know why the ant should be allowed to be warm 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 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 the ant to make him 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 is confiscated by the Government Green Czar.

    The story ends as we see the grasshopper finishing up the last bits of the ants food 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.

    The grasshopper is found dead in a drug related incident 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.

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    Re: The And and the Grasshopper.

    In my experience in life, it really doesn't matter. No matter WHO you put in office, they are going to do SOMETHING stupid. I will say this though. My experience only goes back to Jimmy Carter. That was the first President to leave an impression on me and politics. Woo Hoo ! Impressive huh?

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    Re: The And and the Grasshopper.

    Hehe I love it! I want real change in politics not less change in my pockets! Vote em all out!!!

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    Re: The And and the Grasshopper.

    Where does a June Bug fit in to this?

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    Re: The And and the Grasshopper.

    Quote Originally Posted by HURRICANEBOB View Post
    Where does a June Bug fit in to this?
    The JuneBug is the Grasshoppers Enforcer and will REIGN EVIL down on anything at the grasshoppers beckon call.

    Junebugs are BAD MOJO..............

    Later,

    geo

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    Re: The And and the Grasshopper.

    Quote Originally Posted by HURRICANEBOB View Post
    Where does a June Bug fit in to this?
    His name is "Junebug Jankins" and he is running for Democratic President. His only work experience is rolling little balls of dung for the Tumblebug Barnyard Corp. They make generic medication for the new healthcare plan.

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    Re: The And and the Grasshopper.

    I thought Junebug worked for the IRS. I liked the version where the ants disbanded and fled to find a place where they could work hard and be left alone. A place where Junebug dosen't exsist. A place where they can work hard, provide for their family and friends without Junebug telling them it isn't fair and they have to redistribute thier hard earned gains to those who could care less. I'm glad this cute story has nothing to do with politics.

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    Re: The And and the Grasshopper.

    Hmmm, I seem to remember this post.
    http://www.fishin.com/forums2/showth...ht=grasshopper

    Posted 3/06/2008

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