A fence : A story with a great moral...

A fence : A story with a great moral...

There once was a young boy with a very bad temper. The boy's father wanted to teach him a lesson, so he gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper he must hammer a nail into their wooden fence.

On the first day of this lesson, the little boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. He was really mad!

Over the course of the next few weeks, the little boy began to control his temper, so the number of nails that were hammered into the fence dramatically decreased.

It wasn't long before the little boy discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence.

Then, the day finally came when the little boy didn't lose his temper even once, and he became so proud of himself, he couldn't wait to tell his father.

Pleased, his father suggested that he now pull out one nail for each day that he could hold his temper.

Several weeks went by and the day finally came when the young boy was able to tell his father that all the nails were gone.

Very gently, the father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence.

"You have done very well, my son," he smiled, "but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same."

The little boy listened carefully as his father continued to speak.

"When you say things in anger, they leave permanent scars just like these. And no matter how many times you say you're sorry, the wounds will still be there."

The Bronze Rat

A Tourist walked into a Chinese curio shop in San Francisco. While looking around at the exotic merchandise, he noticed a very lifelike, life-sized, bronze statue of a rat. It had no price tag, but was so incredibly striking the tourist decided he must have it. He took it to the old shop owner and asked, "How much for the bronze rat?"

"Ahhh, you have chosen wisely! It is $12 for the rat and $100 for the story," said the wise old China-man.

The tourist quickly pulled out twelve dollars. "I'll just take the rat, you can keep the story".

As he walked down the street carrying his bronze rat, the tourist noticed that a few real rats had crawled out of the alleys and sewers and had begun following him down the street. This was a bit disconcerting so he began walking faster.

A couple blocks later he looked behind him and saw to his horror the herd of rats behind him had grown to hundreds, and they began squealing.

Sweating now, the tourist began to trot toward San Francisco Bay.

Again, after a couple blocks, he looked around only to discover that the rats now numbered in the MILLIONS, and were squealing and coming toward him faster and faster.

Terrified, he ran to the edge of the Bay and threw the bronze rat as far as he could into the Bay.

Amazingly, the millions of rats all jumped into the Bay after the bronze rat and were all drowned.

The man walked back to the curio shop in Chinatown.

"Ahhh," said the owner, "You come back for story?"

"No sir," said the man, "I came back to see if you have a bronze Democrat."

Could 2012 be America's Last Presidential Election?

By Michael Savage

I've asked this question to a number of people and most of them respond as if I were crazy. They tell me that this is America, land of the free, and that there will always be elections. I tell them that we are no longer the land of the free and that if Obama gets
Re-elected in 2012 that this just may be America's last election.

In the past three years, the Obama administration has been very carefully crafting the nation for a political take over by his Marxist regime and this isn't just my opinion.

Popular radio talk show host (of the Savage Nation on the Talk Radio Network), Michael Savage, is the son of Russian immigrants and is very familiar with Soviet and European history. Savage warned his listeners this week saying, "I have to tell you that if this man, God forbid, is the next president of the United States, we're going to be living in something along the lines of - people say - Europe. I don't believe it's going to be like Europe - I think it will be closer to Chavez's South American dictatorship.

"This is the most corrupt, incompetent, dangerous tyrannical administration in American history. It's not politics as usual. It's not just Democrats versus Republicans. Obama has a long history of being at odds with American values and with America itself and the core principles of this country. They don't want government-sponsored opinions. They only want government-sponsored 'Pravda.' That's exactly what the government-media complex tells you on a daily basis - nothing but the government-media complex party line. Pay attention! Your freedom may be at stake!

Former Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum told a small group of people in an Iowa coffee house that "Barack Obama is not incompetent, ladies and gentleman. He knows exactly what he's doing and why he's doing it. He sees America differently than you see America."

[Obama] has gone out of his way to divide this country in a way I haven't seen since the Great Depression when Franklin Roosevelt went around to divide his country. That's his hero. What makes America great [in Obama's mind] is that the government takes money from somebody and gives it to somebody else. No, that's what makes America, France.

"With his control over the Executive and Judicial branches of the government, the stage is set for a complete takeover of the government. Think about it! Since taking office, instead of helping the economy, Obama has purposely escalated the economic crisis by plunging the country into unprecedented debt. He has a number of programs that are designed to go into effect in January 2013, just in time for his second term of office. The economic burden and increased taxes on everyone will be enough to cause the final economic collapse of the country. As soon as that happens, Obama declares Martial Law and assumes dictatorial control of the nation.

The Department of Justice has already been subverting federal laws to strip us of a number of freedoms. The Supreme Court and many of the other federal courts have been seeded with socialistic liberal judges that will rule in Obama's favor on virtually anything, thus ending constitutional rule and law.

He's already changing the face of America's military. Allowing homosexuals to openly serve along with changing the retirement program is causing many conservative military leaders to resign commissions and leave the military. Some Pentagon officials are also noting that an increase in the enlistment of radical Muslims into the US military where they get all the training they need on weapons and defense systems. We have no idea how many of them there are in the armed forces or in what positions they may hold.

Obama has been wielding executive powers this past year as if he were already a dictator. When Congress is not doing his bidding, he simply bypasses them and uses an executive order to accomplish it anyway. This has set the stage for his disbandment of Congress. He would not be the first world leader to take control of a nation and disband the legislative branch of government.

He has been effectively using the media to anesthetize the public to the dangers he poses. Like a patient being prepped for surgery, people are numb to the changes and won't have a clue what took place until they wake up in recovery and realize that free America has been removed and replaced with a regime that may parallel those of Stalin, Lenin, Mussolini, Hitler, Chavez and Castro.

For the sake of our children and grandchildren, I earnestly pray that we are spared from what seems a certain future.

A Disabled American Veterans Story

My  name is d'Lynn.  I'm a disabled Vietnam vet.  I don't look too bad for a beat-up old fart, do I?  And that's my ride..   She's looking pretty good also, especially  when you consider that she'll turn twenty this  summer.  That's right, it's a 1990 with a  1990 sidecar.  I can't ride a solo bike, ergo the sidecar rig.  It's my sole means  of transportation - rain or shine, snow or wind,  and this summer also marks a milestone in both  of our lives, as I will finally be able to pay  her off.  Twenty years old?  What?   Why did it take so long?  You weren't  paying attention, were you?  It's right at the beginning of this paragraph.

I  am a disabled vet, which means I receive a  veterans administration disability pension, which also means "I'm broke!"  Just one  step ahead of being homeless every month, and  that's not an idle statement or an "Oh, woe is  me" dire complaint.  There’s a point to  this, so hang in there a minute or two and read  on.

There's a 25-year-old illegal  immigrant woman living in Florida , with eight  kids.  Yes, eight "anchor babies" and she  receives just shy of $1,500 per month per kid, plus medical, plus food stamps.

Oh,  wait.  I've been informed that I shouldn't  call them Food Stamps anymore.  That's not  PC.  It's all called “Social Assistance”  now.  You do the math on that yourself..  I'd say that she was schooled early in how  to make it in the system.  Twenty-five years old, eight kids. . . . . yep, she started  early.

You  can whip out the calculator if you want, but  this woman, who never has paid a dime in taxes of any kind, (and still doesn't – she's  'illegal,' remember?) is here in this country  illegally.  She hasn’t paid out one cent in  medical for all the “anchor babies,” makes more  in one month, legally, than I receive in over a  year and a half in disability payments and I  can't even get food stamps!  Oops, I mean “Social Assistance.”

Technically I am eligible for “Social Assistance.”  I was told it would be a walk through – a gimme –  being disabled.  No problem, and in the  very next breath I was also informed that under  the law the amount I received in “Social  Assistance” would be deducted from my disability  pension.

Let's say I take a great photograph.  It was just  luck, a one of a kind accident, in the right place at the right time shot.  My local  newspaper offers me fifty bucks to use the photo in a featured story.  (I live in a small town and fifty bucks is all they could afford.)   I have to report that fifty dollars to  the VA as earned income, which will immediately be deducted from my next month’s disability check..  If I don't report it I’m  in violation of federal law and technically they can stop my disability pension and prosecute me under a federal felony. Pretty cool, eh?  For fifty bucks.

I  see no point in dealing with two federal  bureaucracies, so I don't bother.  What's  the point?

She's  here illegally and with just one kid would make  over twice what I receive per month.  She  has eight and she’s not a stand-out case.  She’s not alone.  That's the way the  system works.  Millions of illegal  immigrants know this, know how the system works  and know how to use it.  (Haven't you seen  the pamphlet?  It's handed out all along  our borders, "The Illegal Immigrants' Guide to  Keeping America Just The Way It Is.") and that's  just the way it works.

Did  you know that the federal government provides a  “refugee” in this country with a monthly  “stipend” of $1,890, plus $580 a month in  “Social Assistance?” That’s $2,470 a month,  tax-free.  That's two and a half times  what I’m allowed to receive as a disabled  vet. And  just what did they do to earn this?  All  you have to do is show up on our collective  doorstep, raise your right hand and swear that  you're a refugee and, bingo, receive $30,000 a  year, tax-free.  That's more than someone  making $15 an hour, and they have to pay taxes  to boot!

Now, in defense of the Veterans Administration, they are doing what they can with what they've got.  This is precious little compared to what they should have to get the job done.  At least this country has a VA.

It's the Senate that keeps passing laws, rules and  guidelines, cutting their budget, denying  requests for more staff and computer systems to  handle the massive work flow.  Their hands are tied by the very government that's supposed to give them what they need to get the job done,  by the government you voted into office.   Don't scream at the VA.  I have.  It's misguided anger.

The  point to this “story?”  Just why are you paying such high taxes to support this incredibly screwed-up government?  Why?  And I’m not proposing you stop paying your taxes.  That's wrong.  There are good programs and reasons to pay your taxes and  support our government.

What  am I proposing?  It's quite simple.   Vote.

The  government, our government, is broken and we as  the voters serve as the maintenance crew.  We fix it . . . . . by voting. If your  state Senator has been in office more than two  terms, vote 'em out at the next election.   If your state representative has been in  office more than two terms, vote 'em out of  office.  We put term limits on just about  every publicly-elected official in the country  except the House and Senate.

Why?   Believe me, they know this and love it!   Ahhh - the power!

I  don't care how much you believe your Senator or  Representative is doing a good job.   They're not!  Look at the government  you have....that we have.  How can you  state they are doing what you want as the voter  that put them there?  How?

Vote them out of office.  Do it.

Change  the course of this country's history by what you  are granted and guaranteed under the law.   Vote!  And if you have the guts, the  anger, the outrage, start a petition in your  state for a state-wide initiative to be placed  on your next state ballot.  Limiting the  terms of office for your state senators and  state representatives to your federal government  to two terms.

The  federal government will never pass such a law,  but you can.  You can get it done.   You can force it.  You can make it a  law.

This is the first step in “getting  it right.”  Just vote.  It's simple.  It's easy, dammit! This first step will  send a very clear message. It’ll work.   It’ill put “us” back in control of “them.”   As it should be.  As it was intended  in the first place.

Are you an American?   Born and raised?  Then vote!

Side note:  I sent this e-mail  to a little over one hundred on my e-mail list.   If you believe I’m wrong or misguided or  you simply don't agree, that's fine.  Go  right ahead and delete this e-mail..  No  problem.  Sorry to have bothered you.   But if you think I just might have a  worthwhile idea, something we can easily  accomplish, something that could be a small part  at getting this country back under “our” control, then please pass this along.