This is an old story, both the original and revised versions, but I somehow think it appropriate to post at this time . . . because the new version? That's Barack Obama's Marxist attitude toward hard-working Americans.
I don't know who came up with this, but much thanks to Michael for sending it on to me:
THE ANT STORY
TRADITIONAL VERSION:
The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter.
The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away.
Come winter, the ant is warm and well fed. The grasshopper has no food or shelter, so he dies out in the cold.
MORAL OF THE STORY: Be responsible for yourself!
MODERN VERSION
The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter.
The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away.
Come winter, the shivering grasshopper calls a press conference and demands to know why the ant should be warm and well fed while others are cold and starving.
CBS, NBC, PBS, CNN, and ABC show up to provide pictures of the shivering grasshopper next to a video of the ant in his comfortable home with a table filled with food.
America is stunned by the sharp contrast. How can this be, that in a country of such wealth, this poor grasshopper is allowed to suffer so?
Kermit the Frog appears on Oprah with the grasshopper, and everybody cries when they sing, 'It's Not Easy Being Green.'
Jesse Jackson stages a demonstration in front of the ant's house where the news stations film the group singing, "We shall overcome."
Jesse then has the group kneel down to pray to God for the grasshopper's sake.
Nancy Pelosi, Barack Obama, John Kerry & Harry Reid exclaim in an interview with Larry King that the ant has gotten rich off the back of the grasshopper, and both call for an immediate tax hike on the ant to make him pay his fair share.
Finally, the EEOC drafts the Economic Equity and Anti-Grasshopper Act retroactive to the beginning of the summer! The ant is fined for failing to hire a proportionate number of green bugs and, having nothing left to pay his retroactive taxes, his home is confiscated by the government.
Hillary Clinton gets her old law firm to represent the grasshopper in a defamation suit against the ant, and the case is tried before a panel of federal judges that Bill Clinton appointed from a list of single-parent welfare recipients.
The ant loses the case.
The story ends as we see the grasshopper finishing up the last bits of the ant's food while the government house he is in, which just happens to be the ant's old house, crumbles around him because he doesn't maintain it.
The ant has disappeared in the snow. The grasshopper is found dead in a drug related incident and the house, now abandoned, is taken over by a gang of spiders who terrorize the once peaceful neighborhood.
MORAL OF THE STORY: Be very careful how you vote November 2008
I don't know who came up with this, but much thanks to Michael for sending it on to me:
THE ANT STORY
TRADITIONAL VERSION:
The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter.
The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away.
Come winter, the ant is warm and well fed. The grasshopper has no food or shelter, so he dies out in the cold.
MORAL OF THE STORY: Be responsible for yourself!
MODERN VERSION
The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter.
The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away.
Come winter, the shivering grasshopper calls a press conference and demands to know why the ant should be warm and well fed while others are cold and starving.
CBS, NBC, PBS, CNN, and ABC show up to provide pictures of the shivering grasshopper next to a video of the ant in his comfortable home with a table filled with food.
America is stunned by the sharp contrast. How can this be, that in a country of such wealth, this poor grasshopper is allowed to suffer so?
Kermit the Frog appears on Oprah with the grasshopper, and everybody cries when they sing, 'It's Not Easy Being Green.'
Jesse Jackson stages a demonstration in front of the ant's house where the news stations film the group singing, "We shall overcome."
Jesse then has the group kneel down to pray to God for the grasshopper's sake.
Nancy Pelosi, Barack Obama, John Kerry & Harry Reid exclaim in an interview with Larry King that the ant has gotten rich off the back of the grasshopper, and both call for an immediate tax hike on the ant to make him pay his fair share.
Finally, the EEOC drafts the Economic Equity and Anti-Grasshopper Act retroactive to the beginning of the summer! The ant is fined for failing to hire a proportionate number of green bugs and, having nothing left to pay his retroactive taxes, his home is confiscated by the government.
Hillary Clinton gets her old law firm to represent the grasshopper in a defamation suit against the ant, and the case is tried before a panel of federal judges that Bill Clinton appointed from a list of single-parent welfare recipients.
The ant loses the case.
The story ends as we see the grasshopper finishing up the last bits of the ant's food while the government house he is in, which just happens to be the ant's old house, crumbles around him because he doesn't maintain it.
The ant has disappeared in the snow. The grasshopper is found dead in a drug related incident and the house, now abandoned, is taken over by a gang of spiders who terrorize the once peaceful neighborhood.
MORAL OF THE STORY: Be very careful how you vote November 2008
Just a reminder, folks.
Also, the CanadaFreePress posted this video on their website. This is a video explaining the strong ties and support Barack Obama gave to Kenya's Socialist Contender for their top seat, his cousin Odinga. A violent man, strongly Muslim with strong Muslim support in that nation. And here's Barack, shoulder to shoulder with this murderer. And in case you'd like to say, oh that had to be some time ago . . . it was 2007. A trip made on the American taxpayer's bill. It's a little over 8 minutes but every second is worth watching.
Barack Obama's people have been successful in having this video removed. But not from the CanadaFreePress site. Click here, to watch the video.
Also, the CanadaFreePress posted this video on their website. This is a video explaining the strong ties and support Barack Obama gave to Kenya's Socialist Contender for their top seat, his cousin Odinga. A violent man, strongly Muslim with strong Muslim support in that nation. And here's Barack, shoulder to shoulder with this murderer. And in case you'd like to say, oh that had to be some time ago . . . it was 2007. A trip made on the American taxpayer's bill. It's a little over 8 minutes but every second is worth watching.
Barack Obama's people have been successful in having this video removed. But not from the CanadaFreePress site. Click here, to watch the video.
The Ant and the Grasshopper - Revised
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I loved this!
ReplyDeleteThis was great! Too bad the video is gone. Has censorship begun already? (tongue in cheek, it says it violated copyright)
ReplyDeleteMindi,
ReplyDeleteThanks for letting me know it's gone. Obama's team has been great at zapping these on YouTube. Let me see if I can find another source.
Candace
Fixed it, Mindi. Click on this link to CanadaFreePress. Apparently they can't get rid of stuff in Canada, thank goodness!
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