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, and a progressive Congress passes the Grasshopper Economic
Equity & Enrichment Act retroactive to the beginning of the
summer.
The ant is fined
for failing to hire a proportionate number of green ladybugs 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 ant's food
while his government-provided house, which just happens to be the
ant's old home, 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.
That ant was likely one of the 50,000 US citizens who
have Swiss bank accounts with UBS and who are cheating our
government out of tax revenue, causing everyone else to pay
proprotionally more.
I would disagree 100%. I AM THAT ANT. And I have neither a Swiss
bank account, nor have I ever cheated on my taxes. I have just
worked my ass off my entire life, only to NOW see the efforts of my
labor and savings and sacrifices being swept away by the government
and entitlements.
OT (sort of) - The Ant and the Grasshopper
Posted by rap555 on 26th of Aug 2009 at 01:31 pm
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, and a progressive Congress passes the Grasshopper Economic Equity & Enrichment Act retroactive to the beginning of the summer.
The ant is fined for failing to hire a proportionate number of green ladybugs 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 ant's food while his government-provided house, which just happens to be the ant's old home, 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.
hmmm.....sounds like GS is the
Posted by jimsava on 26th of Aug 2009 at 02:17 pm
hmmm.....sounds like GS is the grasshopper
Loved It
Posted by RM686 on 26th of Aug 2009 at 02:04 pm
Always good to see some clear thinking expressed in a clever way.
Title: That ant That ant was likely one
Posted by pthoreson on 26th of Aug 2009 at 01:45 pm
That ant was likely one of the 50,000 US citizens who have Swiss bank accounts with UBS and who are cheating our government out of tax revenue, causing everyone else to pay proprotionally more.
That Ant
Posted by rgoodwin on 26th of Aug 2009 at 01:51 pm
I would disagree 100%. I AM THAT ANT. And I have neither a Swiss bank account, nor have I ever cheated on my taxes. I have just worked my ass off my entire life, only to NOW see the efforts of my labor and savings and sacrifices being swept away by the government and entitlements.
Ant and the Grasshopper - That was GREAT! Thanks.
Posted by rgoodwin on 26th of Aug 2009 at 01:45 pm
Title: In the future use
Posted by manson805 on 26th of Aug 2009 at 01:36 pm
using the title link sure will save a lot of space on the blog for looooooonnnnnnggggg post like this.
thanks