[clue-talk] Barnyard Country

[Collins Richey]

Just got this little gem from an old colleague who, like I, is
liberal-challenged. The memory qup is priceless.

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 amazing how the stories you heard in grade school become true

 I'm sure the 'little red hen' has been replaced by 'how to use a
condom' books ...





Subject: Barnyard Country


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 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 PelosI)

 "Capitalist leech!" screamed the duck. (Barbara Boxer)

 "I demand equal rights!" yelled the goose. (Jesse Jackson)

 The pig just grunted in disdain. (Jimmy Carter)

 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 Democrats
 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 the 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?




-- 
Collins Richey
     If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries
     of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for.