reply to post by airspoon
I want to speak today to some people who are making what could be a tragic mistake.A while back some concerned but confused folks started
agitating against the traditional two party system...They felt that it had become a good old boys club,and their concerns weren't being heard...I am
not in dis agreement with that concept...However,they never went beyond vague fuzzy slogans and way too little 'Real' information.Not to mention the
fact that a surprising number of them were admittedly just afraid of having a black president...for a multitude of silly reasons...
This was sad...but harmless...these people were so innocent they actually called themselves Tea Baggers...Yes...I said called themselves
that...Then Republican pedagouge Dick Army hijacked their movement...With money and fast talk and agents provoceteur...Today even one of their main
founders is admitting this...though most of their believers are still under the spell...The goal of Dick was to harness the energy of this fringe
group and use it to revitalize the Rebuplican Party...This has gone very wrong.
Like Dr. Frankenstien before him...Instead of creating his dick army...he created a monster! This group of baggers has turned the tables and is
remodeling the republicans into the Repugnicans...They've run against incumbent Republicans and knocked them out of races in many parts of the
country.Their candidates almost universally have no clue about american history,constitutional law or civil discourse...What's about to happen in this
coming election could truly destroy the very foundation of America!
It brings to mind my favorite parable,one I learned from The great thinker RA.Heinlien....
The Horse,The Wolf and The Man
The Horse having as an enemy the Wolf was in constant danger of being destroyed.It occured to him that with help,he could be freed from the
threat of the Wolf.
Out of all the creatures,the Horse realized that the Man,his neighbor,had Hands and Tools.That possibly the Man could use these to defeat the
Wolf.
The Horse went to the Man."Oh Man',he said,'You and I have a common Enemy."
The Man said," Do we?"
The Horse responded," Yes Man ...The Wolf."
The Man just shrugged.
The Horse said.." Man...you have those marvelous Hands...and your Tools..I you tried,you could destroy the Wolf...Our enemy..."
The Man thought,then smiled..." Well, Friend Horse, I suppose I could try..."
The Horse said.."Yes ,yes Man..."
The Man spoke again..." One thing though...The Wolf is very fast...faster then me. I wonder?"
The Horse.." Yes Man?"
The Man spoke..." If you would let me put my saddle and bridle upon You...together we could go and slay our common Foe...The Wolf."
The Horse ,nearly shouting with Glee at the success of his plan said..."Yes! Yes,Man I will wear your saddle and bridle..."
Together they rode out and tracked and stalked and slayed the Wolf...Their Enemy.The Horse was elated and prancing with joy,he said.." Man,my
friend...We have succeeded.We have destroyed the Wolf.Take your saddle and bridle off of me and we will go our seperate ways....
but the Man said....."The Hell you say....Giddyap Dobbin !" And he applied the whip with relish.
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