Tortimer
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Catching wild pigs
There was a Chemistry professor in a large college that had some
exchange students in the class. One day, while the class was in the
lab the Professor noticed one young man (exchange student) who kept
rubbing his back, and stretching as if his back hurt.
The professor asked the young man what was the matter. The student
told him he had a bullet lodged in his back. He had been shot while
fighting communists in his native country who were trying to
overthrow his country's government and install a communist government.
In the midst of his story he looked at the professor and asked a
strange question. He asked, 'Do you know how to catch wild pigs?'
The professor thought it was a joke and asked for the punch line. The
young man said this was no ;joke.
'You catch wild pigs by finding a suitable place in the woods and
putting corn on the ground. The pigs find it and begin to come
everyday to eat the free corn. When they are used to coming every
day, you put a fence down one side of the place where they are used
to coming. When they get used to the fence, they begin to eat the corn
again and you put up another side of the fence. They get used to
that and start to eat again. You continue until you have all four
sides of the fence up with a gate in the last side. The pigs that are
used to the free corn start to come through the gate to eat, and then
you slam the gate on them and catch the whole herd.
Suddenly the wild pigs have lost their freedom. They run around and
around inside the fence, but they are caught. Soon they go back to
eating the free corn. They are so used to it that they have forgotten
how to forage in the woods for themselves, so they accept their
captivity.
The young man then told the professor that is exactly what he sees
happening to America . The government keeps pushing us toward
socialism and keeps spreading the free corn out in the form of
programs such as supplemental income, tax credit for unearned income,
tobacco subsidies, dairy subsidies, payments not to plant crops (CRP),
welfare, medicine, drugs, etc, etc, etc. While we continue to lose
our freedoms - just a little at a time.
One should always remember: There is no such thing as a free Lunch!
Also, a politician will never provide a service for you cheaper than
you can do it yourself.
So, if you see that all of this wonderful government 'help' is a
problem confronting the future of democracy in America , you might
want to send this on to your friends. If you think the free ride is
essential to your way of life then you will probably delete this
email, but God help you when the gate slams shut!
In this 'very important' election year, listen closely to what the
candidates are promising you - just maybe, you will be able to tell
who is about to slam the gate on America
'A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big
enough to take away everything you have.' Thomas Jefferson
There was a Chemistry professor in a large college that had some
exchange students in the class. One day, while the class was in the
lab the Professor noticed one young man (exchange student) who kept
rubbing his back, and stretching as if his back hurt.
The professor asked the young man what was the matter. The student
told him he had a bullet lodged in his back. He had been shot while
fighting communists in his native country who were trying to
overthrow his country's government and install a communist government.
In the midst of his story he looked at the professor and asked a
strange question. He asked, 'Do you know how to catch wild pigs?'
The professor thought it was a joke and asked for the punch line. The
young man said this was no ;joke.
'You catch wild pigs by finding a suitable place in the woods and
putting corn on the ground. The pigs find it and begin to come
everyday to eat the free corn. When they are used to coming every
day, you put a fence down one side of the place where they are used
to coming. When they get used to the fence, they begin to eat the corn
again and you put up another side of the fence. They get used to
that and start to eat again. You continue until you have all four
sides of the fence up with a gate in the last side. The pigs that are
used to the free corn start to come through the gate to eat, and then
you slam the gate on them and catch the whole herd.
Suddenly the wild pigs have lost their freedom. They run around and
around inside the fence, but they are caught. Soon they go back to
eating the free corn. They are so used to it that they have forgotten
how to forage in the woods for themselves, so they accept their
captivity.
The young man then told the professor that is exactly what he sees
happening to America . The government keeps pushing us toward
socialism and keeps spreading the free corn out in the form of
programs such as supplemental income, tax credit for unearned income,
tobacco subsidies, dairy subsidies, payments not to plant crops (CRP),
welfare, medicine, drugs, etc, etc, etc. While we continue to lose
our freedoms - just a little at a time.
One should always remember: There is no such thing as a free Lunch!
Also, a politician will never provide a service for you cheaper than
you can do it yourself.
So, if you see that all of this wonderful government 'help' is a
problem confronting the future of democracy in America , you might
want to send this on to your friends. If you think the free ride is
essential to your way of life then you will probably delete this
email, but God help you when the gate slams shut!
In this 'very important' election year, listen closely to what the
candidates are promising you - just maybe, you will be able to tell
who is about to slam the gate on America
'A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big
enough to take away everything you have.' Thomas Jefferson
