Food for thought…(can you think of somemore?)
If you can get arrested for hunting or fishing
without a license, but not for being in the country illegally … you might live
in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.
If you have to
get your parents’ permission to go on a field trip or take an aspirin in
school, but not to get an abortion … you might live in a country founded by
geniuses but run by idiots.
If the only school curriculum allowed to
explain how we got here is evolution, but the government stops a $15 million
construction project to keep a rare spider from evolving to extinction … you
might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.
If
you have to show identification to board an airplane, cash a check, buy liquor,
or check out a library book, but not to vote who runs the government … you
might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.
If
the government wants to ban stable, law-abiding citizens from owning gun
magazines with more than ten rounds, but gives 20 F-16 fighter jets to the
crazy new leaders in Egypt … you might live in a country founded by geniuses
but run by idiots.
If, in the largest city, you can buy two 16-ounce
sodas, but not a 24-ounce soda because 24-ounces of a sugary drink might make
you fat … you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by
idiots.
If an 80-year-old woman can be stripped searched by the TSA
but a woman in a hijab is only subject to having her neck and head searched …
you might live in a country founded by geniuses but 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 country founded by
geniuses but run by idiots.
If a seven year old boy can be thrown
out of school for saying his teacher “cute,” but hosting a sexual exploration
or diversity class in grade school is perfectly acceptable … you might live in
a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.
If children are
forcibly removed from parents who discipline them with spankings while children
of addicts are left in filth and drug infested “homes”… you might live in a
country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.
If hard work and
success are met with higher taxes and more government intrusion, while not
working is rewarded with EBT cards, WIC checks, Medicaid, subsidized housing,
and free cell phones … you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run
by idiots.
If the government’s plan for getting people back to work
is to incentivize NOT working with 99 weeks of Unemployment checks and no
requirement to prove they applied but can’t find work … you might live in a
country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.
If you pay your
mortgage faithfully, denying yourself the newest big screen TV while your
neighbor buys iPhones, TV’s and new cars, and the government forgives his debt
when he defaults on his mortgage … you might live in a country founded by
geniuses but run by idiots.
If being stripped of the ability to
defend yourself makes you more “safe” according to the government … you might
live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.
:chuckle:or
credit:
economicnoise.com