Monday, September 10, 2007

analogy

Maybe I have posted this before…maybe I haven’t.  These days I can’t remember

 

 

QUITE AN ANALOGY

 

I bought a bird feeder. I hung it on my back porch and filled it with seed. Within a week we had hundreds of birds taking advantage of the continuous

 

flow of free and easily accessible food.

 

But then the birds started building nests in the boards of the patio, above

 

the table, and next to the barbecue.

 

Then came the poop. It was everywhere: on the patio tile, the chairs, the table...everywhere.

 

Then some of the birds turned mean:

 

They would dive bomb me and try to peck me even though I had fed them out

 

of my own pocket.

 

And others birds were boisterous and loud:

 

They sat on the feeder and squawked and screamed at all hours of the day and night and demanded that I fill it when it got low on food.

 

After a while, I couldn't even sit on my own back porch anymore.

 

I took down the bird feeder and in three days the birds were gone.

 

I cleaned up their mess and took down the many nests they had built all over the patio.

 

Soon, the back yard was like it used to be...... quiet, serene and no one demanding their rights to a free meal.

 

Now let's see....... our government gives out free food, subsidized housing, free medical care, free education and allows anyone born here to be an automatic citizen.

 

Then the illegals came by the tens of thousands.

 

Suddenly our taxes went up to pay for free services; small apartments are housing 5 families: you have to wait 6 hours to be seen by an emergency room doctor: your child's 2nd grade class is behind other schools because over half the class doesn't speak English: Corn Flakes now come in a bilingual box; I have to press "one" to hear my bank talk to me in English, and people waving flags other than "Old Glory" are squawking and screaming in the streets, demanding more rights and free liberties.

 

Maybe it's time for the government to take down the bird feeder.

 

 

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sorry Tex, bad analogy. The reason you could afford the birdfeeder in the first place is that it was built by the birds at very low wages. So you are, in effect giving food to the birds in a fair exchange. By the way, it is illegal to feed birds in the first place, but you have been doing so, so in effect, are breaking the law. You have a responsibility to the birds now that they are here, and a moral obligation to treat gods little creatures fairly.

Anonymous said...

Your reasoning is all wrong. So if a bunch of "birds" built my car does that mean I am obligated to let them use it? Feeding birds is not illegal. Maybe in your tree hugging state but not here. We also like to shoot them in Texas. "treat gods little creatures fairly." I do, I kill some and let some go by. That's fair in my book.

Anonymous said...

nice to know where you stand... shoot em all, thats the american way...