Kaye Grogan
Toss us a bone . . . every now and then
By Kaye Grogan
All it takes for an ole' lazy hound dog to be content and happy — is to toss it a chicken or ham hock bone every now and then. The ole' hound dog doesn't have the mental capacity to realize that there was a real feast on the bone before he was tossed the leftovers — so he's perfectly happy to get the bone.
The lifestyles showing the difference between the government and ordinary citizens, can be used in a similar illustration. While you're sleeping hoping you'll be alert and strong enough the next day to hold down your 9-5 job to take care of your family, your government is sneaking behind closed doors in the Capitol Building in the wee hours of the morning, voting to give themselves a big pay raise. If you break down what they make an hour — it would make your hourly wage look sick and pale in comparison. And to go one step further: their health and retirement benefits easily run circles around yours.
Every now and then, your government tosses you a bone, but unlike the ole' lazy hound dog — you're smart enough to realize they are eating the feast, while leaving you an ole' dried up bone to gnaw on.
YES . . . members of the government have the best of two worlds — yours and theirs. While you're making their world a real fantasy — they are making your world a real nightmare. From one day to the next, you don't know if you'll have a job because of NAFTA (and now CAFTA) — and add the "Eminent Domain" hostile take-over to the dire equation, and you'll be lucky if you keep a roof over your head.
Since most of the projected benefits promised from pro-NAFTA supporters failed to materialize — we can really put a lot of reliability in CAFTA right?
I've come to the conclusion that some things in life are created with the sole purpose of making life miserable for many. At least the ole' hound dog thinks it's happy!
The only time citizens can get their hopes up is during an election season. But alas — the hopes are short-lived when deadbeat incumbents are voted right back into office. You know the timely ritual firsthand. Politicians like Senators Ted Kennedy, and Patrick Leahy — along with many others keep coming back like infested fleas in a shag carpet. Just when you think, they may be unseated — they return back to the Halls of Congress. It wouldn't be such a bitter pill to swallow, if these politicians were doing something constructive for America, above presenting themselves as icons as they "spew" out their hate filled rhetoric and lead impeding filibusters.
I will have to admit that the Senate when they voted 98-0 to restore funding back to the Boy Scouts of America — they "finally" got something right. But when the House barely passed the Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) this is not good news for the American people no matter how colorful the imaginary rainbow is painted to indicate otherwise. This is just another area where Americans will get the short end of the stick again.
It's refreshing to see that many of the American citizens are getting fed up with being forced to gnaw on leftover bones — while the government eats Caviar.
Many Americans are outraged "resisting" the blatant disregard for their own personal property rights and are fighting back targeting the private property of at least two U.S. Supreme Court Justices David Souter, and Stephen Breyer. They are seeking retribution after the passage of the "communistic" type Eminent Domain policy. The (Libertarian) group spokesman Mike Lorrey stated that the judges are going to be held to their own standards. But I bet these folks are going to have an uphill battle getting the local government in New Hampshire to "confiscate" the property of Souter and Breyer. The judges probably think they are exempt from their own judicature rulings and deserve "backscratcher" favoritism from loyalists.
It should be quite an enjoyment to watch these groups wage an all-out war on liberal judges, as they attempt to restore the rights and government back to its original intent: to the people.
And in the process, I hope the "Caviar" eaters will be tossed an ole' bone every now and then . . . so they can see what it's like to keep gnawing away . . . and never getting anywhere.
And that's just my opinion!
© Kaye Grogan
All it takes for an ole' lazy hound dog to be content and happy — is to toss it a chicken or ham hock bone every now and then. The ole' hound dog doesn't have the mental capacity to realize that there was a real feast on the bone before he was tossed the leftovers — so he's perfectly happy to get the bone.
The lifestyles showing the difference between the government and ordinary citizens, can be used in a similar illustration. While you're sleeping hoping you'll be alert and strong enough the next day to hold down your 9-5 job to take care of your family, your government is sneaking behind closed doors in the Capitol Building in the wee hours of the morning, voting to give themselves a big pay raise. If you break down what they make an hour — it would make your hourly wage look sick and pale in comparison. And to go one step further: their health and retirement benefits easily run circles around yours.
Every now and then, your government tosses you a bone, but unlike the ole' lazy hound dog — you're smart enough to realize they are eating the feast, while leaving you an ole' dried up bone to gnaw on.
YES . . . members of the government have the best of two worlds — yours and theirs. While you're making their world a real fantasy — they are making your world a real nightmare. From one day to the next, you don't know if you'll have a job because of NAFTA (and now CAFTA) — and add the "Eminent Domain" hostile take-over to the dire equation, and you'll be lucky if you keep a roof over your head.
Since most of the projected benefits promised from pro-NAFTA supporters failed to materialize — we can really put a lot of reliability in CAFTA right?
I've come to the conclusion that some things in life are created with the sole purpose of making life miserable for many. At least the ole' hound dog thinks it's happy!
The only time citizens can get their hopes up is during an election season. But alas — the hopes are short-lived when deadbeat incumbents are voted right back into office. You know the timely ritual firsthand. Politicians like Senators Ted Kennedy, and Patrick Leahy — along with many others keep coming back like infested fleas in a shag carpet. Just when you think, they may be unseated — they return back to the Halls of Congress. It wouldn't be such a bitter pill to swallow, if these politicians were doing something constructive for America, above presenting themselves as icons as they "spew" out their hate filled rhetoric and lead impeding filibusters.
I will have to admit that the Senate when they voted 98-0 to restore funding back to the Boy Scouts of America — they "finally" got something right. But when the House barely passed the Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) this is not good news for the American people no matter how colorful the imaginary rainbow is painted to indicate otherwise. This is just another area where Americans will get the short end of the stick again.
It's refreshing to see that many of the American citizens are getting fed up with being forced to gnaw on leftover bones — while the government eats Caviar.
Many Americans are outraged "resisting" the blatant disregard for their own personal property rights and are fighting back targeting the private property of at least two U.S. Supreme Court Justices David Souter, and Stephen Breyer. They are seeking retribution after the passage of the "communistic" type Eminent Domain policy. The (Libertarian) group spokesman Mike Lorrey stated that the judges are going to be held to their own standards. But I bet these folks are going to have an uphill battle getting the local government in New Hampshire to "confiscate" the property of Souter and Breyer. The judges probably think they are exempt from their own judicature rulings and deserve "backscratcher" favoritism from loyalists.
It should be quite an enjoyment to watch these groups wage an all-out war on liberal judges, as they attempt to restore the rights and government back to its original intent: to the people.
And in the process, I hope the "Caviar" eaters will be tossed an ole' bone every now and then . . . so they can see what it's like to keep gnawing away . . . and never getting anywhere.
And that's just my opinion!
© Kaye Grogan
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