The ant & the grasshopper - The Firearms Forum

Bruce FLinch · 10-17-2006, 11:15 PM

VOTE FOR YOUR PARTY OF CHOICE, BUT HOW TRUE THIS IS HAPPENING IN AMERICA

The Ant and The Grasshopper

OLD 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 he's 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

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 he's 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 allowed to be warm and well fed while others are cold and starving.

CBS, NBC, ABC & CNN 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.

Ted Kennedy & John Kerry exclaim in an interview with Dan Rather 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 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 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: Vote Republican

board917 · 12-20-2006, 10:41 PM

LOL!! aint that the truth!!!

now only if most americans weren't affraid of the truth...

Crpdeth · 12-21-2006, 09:05 AM

Thanks Bruce

Crpdeth

Marlin · 12-21-2006, 10:13 AM

Every time I read this one, I think that it's a good moral.

However, it also seems that NOBODY listens.....

Deputy Dawg · 12-21-2006, 10:31 AM

That story is all too true.

southernshooter · 12-21-2006, 09:43 PM

Thanks for the post Bruce

RimfireRat · 12-22-2006, 03:08 PM

Would be amost funny if it weren't so close to the truth. I'm gonna copy and email that one to some people i know who "just don't get it"--JMJ--

jussten · 02-16-2007, 07:15 PM

that's sooo funny i had to run to the bathroom!!!!

Nighthawk · 02-16-2007, 07:34 PM

too close to truth

10-17-2006, 11:15 PM	#1
Bruce FLinch Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Bay Point, Kali..aka Gun Point Posts: 5,016	The ant & the grasshopper VOTE FOR YOUR PARTY OF CHOICE, BUT HOW TRUE THIS IS HAPPENING IN AMERICA The Ant and The Grasshopper OLD 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 he's 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 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 he's 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 allowed to be warm and well fed while others are cold and starving. CBS, NBC, ABC & CNN 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. Ted Kennedy & John Kerry exclaim in an interview with Dan Rather 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 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 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: Vote Republican __________________ A bad day @ the Range, is better than a good day @ work. -->

12-20-2006, 10:41 PM	#2
board917 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 76	Re: The ant & the grasshopper LOL!! aint that the truth!!! now only if most americans weren't affraid of the truth...

12-21-2006, 09:05 AM	#3
Crpdeth Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Location: Location Contributor Posts: 8,247	Re: The ant & the grasshopper Thanks Bruce Crpdeth __________________ Our greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us, but our emptiness. The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there. ~Eric Hoffer

12-21-2006, 10:13 AM	#4
Marlin TFF Admin Staff Chief Counselor Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: At SouthernMoss' side forever! Contributor Posts: 13,853	Re: The ant & the grasshopper Every time I read this one, I think that it's a good moral. However, it also seems that NOBODY listens..... __________________ *The flag represents a living country and is itself considered a living thing.* *The only criminal class native to the United States is Congress.*

12-21-2006, 10:31 AM	#5
Deputy Dawg Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Central Texas Gulf Coast Posts: 2,229	Re: The ant & the grasshopper That story is all too true. __________________ LOCK and LOAD................................... GOD, GUNS,GUTS the three that keep us FREE!!!!

12-21-2006, 09:43 PM	#6
southernshooter Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Deep South Mississippi Posts: 5,943	Re: The ant & the grasshopper Thanks for the post Bruce __________________ Only you can see this

12-22-2006, 03:08 PM	#7
RimfireRat V.I.P. Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 141	Re: The ant & the grasshopper Would be amost funny if it weren't so close to the truth. I'm gonna copy and email that one to some people i know who "just don't get it"--JMJ-- __________________ "AMERICANS Used To ROAR Like LIONS For LIBERTY,- NOW They BLEAT Like SHEEP For SECURITY."-_Norman Vincent Peale-____________________REMEMBER. "SECURITY WITHOUT LIBERTY Is Called PRISON."---J.L.W.

02-16-2007, 07:15 PM	#8
jussten Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: NM Posts: 7	Re: The ant & the grasshopper that's sooo funny i had to run to the bathroom!!!! __________________ Evil thrives where good men do nothing. Some people are like slinkies. Good for nothing but, they bring a smile to my face when I push them down the stairs.

02-16-2007, 07:34 PM	#9
Nighthawk Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: South Central Texas Posts: 3,330	Re: The ant & the grasshopper too close to truth __________________ Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives." --John Adams, letter to Benjamin Rush, April 18, 1808 NRA Life TSRA Life GOA Member