Food For
Thought
If you
can get arrested for hunting or fishing without a license, but not for being in
the country illegally ...you might live in a country founded by geniuses but
run by idiots.
If you
have to get your parents’ permission to go on a field trip or take an aspirin
in school, but not to get an abortion ... you might live in a country founded
by geniuses but run by idiots.
If the
only school curriculum allowed to explain how we got here is evolution, but the
government stops a $15 million construction project to keep a rare spider from
evolving to extinction ... you might live in a country founded by geniuses but
run by idiots.
If you
have to show identification to board an airplane, cash a check, check in
at the doctor's office, buy liquor, or check out a library book, but not
to vote who runs the government ... you might live in a country founded by
geniuses but run by idiots.
If the
government wants to ban stable, law-abiding citizens from owning gun magazines
with more than ten rounds, but gives 20 F-16 fighter jets to the crazy new
leaders in Egypt ... you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by
idiots.
If, in
the largest city, you can buy two 16-ounce sodas, but not a 24-ounce soda
because 24-ounces of a sugary drink might make you fat ... you might live in a
country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.
If an
80-year-old woman can be stripped searched by the TSA but a woman in a hijab is
only subject to having her neck and head searched ... you might live in a country
founded by geniuses but run by idiots.
If your
government believes that the best way to eradicate trillions of dollars of debt
is to spend trillions more ... you might live in a country founded by geniuses
but run by idiots.
If a
seven year old boy can be thrown out of school for saying his teacher’s
"cute," but hosting a sexual exploration or diversity class in grade
school is perfectly acceptable ... you might live in a country founded by
geniuses but run by idiots.
If
children are forcibly removed from parents who discipline them with spankings
while children of addicts are left in filth and drug infested “homes”... you
might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.
If hard
work and success are met with higher taxes and more government intrusion, while
not working is rewarded with EBT cards, WIC checks, Medicaid, subsidized
housing and free cell phones ... you might live in a country founded by
geniuses but run by idiots.
If the
government's plan for getting people back to work is to incentivize NOT working
with 99 weeks of unemployment checks and no requirement to prove they applied
but can’t find work ... you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run
by idiots.
If being
stripped of the ability to defend yourself makes you more "safe"
according to the government ... you might live in a country founded by geniuses
but run by idiots.
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