food for thought

Indian Creek 1 · 08-09-2007, 05:01 PM

FREE CORN

Several years ago I was supervising a

beginning teacher in a city school

system. One day during our end-of-the-day

feedback conference, the young man

gave a facial grimace and began to rub his

back. I asked him if he had

strained his back in the school lab. After a

long period of silence, he sat

down at his desk and explained that he had

immigrated to the United States

because of political problems in his native

country. The discomfort in his

back was caused by a bullet wound he had

received while fighting the

Communists who were trying to take over his

country's government. He was

then a member of the underground nationalist

force.

Then he asked me a surprising question: "Dr.

Hedges, do you know how to

catch a wild hog?" The question was completely

out of context regarding the

day's classroom and lab teaching. I replied,

"I'm not sure what you are

talking about. Tell me."

"First," he said, "you find out where the wild

hogs are roaming and feeding

and then you put some corn out in the field.

Soon they will come to eat the

corn. You keep putting out the free corn. More

wild hogs keep coming to eat

the corn."

"So what?" I said. "That's normal for any

animal."

" He said. "After the hogs get used to your

free corn, you put up a length

of fence along one side of the feeding area.

The hogs get used to it. You

keep giving them the corn. Then you put up

another section of fence at right

angles to the first. You keep giving them the

corn. The hogs get used to the

second fence. Then you put up another length

of fence at right angles to the

second section. You now have a U-shaped fenced

area. The hogs get used to

that section of the fence. You keep giving

them free corn. Then you put

another section of fence with a gate in it,

making a closed area except for

the gate. You keep giving them corn. Now, the

hogs no longer are out in the

fields, working to find their own food. They

keep coming into the area to

eat the free corn. They get used to the fenced

area with the open gate.

Then, one day you slam shut the gate when the

hogs are inside the fenced

area. The wild hogs are caught - they are your

prisoners."

I understood then that the wild hogs were

really the people of his native

country and that the free corn was the

enticements that the Communists were

giving to the people.

"That's correct," the young man said. "Now,

the hogs will not get anything

to eat unless you give them food. You are in

control. They depend on you to

feed them, or they will starve. They can't get

out into the fields and

forests anymore to find their own food. They

have probably forgotten how, as

it is. They are your servants, your prisoners.

They must obey you. Or else

they starve.

"The hogs," he said, "were so accustomed to

having the free corn, that they

ignored the building of the fences that would

eventually trap them. When the

gate slammed shut, it was too late for them to

realize what they had been

blind to. The free corn was enticing, so

effortless to obtain, but

eventually the cause of their loss of freedom.

The fence had been built; the

gate had been shut."

At this point in our conversation, the young

teacher loudly exclaimed, "This

is what I see happening in America today!

People are being offered free corn

by the government. People are being blind to

the fences being built around

them by the liberals - the socialists - and

that is what frightens me! Just

like it was happening in my homeland. The

American people do not learn from

history. And history shows that

socialism/communism does not work. Take note

of Russia . Has socialism been the best thing

that ever happened to that

country? Absolutely not! But socialism is

what the American people are

being fed, and they don't realize it. All they

can focus on is the 'free

corn.' They want more and more of the free

corn. And this free corn is being

fed to us little by little, and soon the gate

will slam shut. I am very

frightened, and also amazed, that the American

people don't see what is

being fed us, and for what purpose."

With that said, the young man sat down at his

desk and continued to rub his

painful back. And I was silent in my chair.

For I could visualize the

supposedly "free corn" being fed to our

nation's people and our growing

addiction to the "free corn". And I could see

the gate being slammed shut.

We, the people of the United States of America

, because of our ignorance of

history, because of our addiction to the

supposedly "free corn," could soon

be these prisoners. This is scary

Nighthawk · 08-09-2007, 07:21 PM

very scary

Bruce FLinch · 08-09-2007, 10:21 PM

WOW! Good Perspective! & Scarey!!

durk · 08-09-2007, 10:31 PM

So how does the message get out to the blind?

pickenup · 08-10-2007, 12:34 AM

Even when "some" SEE that the fence is being built, rise up to tell the free corn eaters about it, they are either chastised or ignored.

They vote, they contact their representatives, they TRY to do SOMETHING....ANYTHING to change the course they see being laid. Only able to watch, as the gate is being put on the pen. Short of armed conflict, what is a person that can see what is happening, supposed to do?

MarineD316 · 08-10-2007, 08:18 AM

This is what we will have after '08 if we are not careful!

Crpdeth · 08-11-2007, 09:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by durk

So how does the message get out to the blind?

It dosent...That would be like asking a blind man to see...Okay maybe thats a little over the top, but most sheep are not going to change anything, even if what you tell them seems to make a little sense.

All we can do is make plans and preperations to live out in that "forest" after the gate is shut.

Crpdeth

08-09-2007, 05:01 PM	#1
Indian Creek 1 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: south Mississippi Posts: 117	food for thought FREE CORN Several years ago I was supervising a beginning teacher in a city school system. One day during our end-of-the-day feedback conference, the young man gave a facial grimace and began to rub his back. I asked him if he had strained his back in the school lab. After a long period of silence, he sat down at his desk and explained that he had immigrated to the United States because of political problems in his native country. The discomfort in his back was caused by a bullet wound he had received while fighting the Communists who were trying to take over his country's government. He was then a member of the underground nationalist force. Then he asked me a surprising question: "Dr. Hedges, do you know how to catch a wild hog?" The question was completely out of context regarding the day's classroom and lab teaching. I replied, "I'm not sure what you are talking about. Tell me." "First," he said, "you find out where the wild hogs are roaming and feeding and then you put some corn out in the field. Soon they will come to eat the corn. You keep putting out the free corn. More wild hogs keep coming to eat the corn." "So what?" I said. "That's normal for any animal." " He said. "After the hogs get used to your free corn, you put up a length of fence along one side of the feeding area. The hogs get used to it. You keep giving them the corn. Then you put up another section of fence at right angles to the first. You keep giving them the corn. The hogs get used to the second fence. Then you put up another length of fence at right angles to the second section. You now have a U-shaped fenced area. The hogs get used to that section of the fence. You keep giving them free corn. Then you put another section of fence with a gate in it, making a closed area except for the gate. You keep giving them corn. Now, the hogs no longer are out in the fields, working to find their own food. They keep coming into the area to eat the free corn. They get used to the fenced area with the open gate. Then, one day you slam shut the gate when the hogs are inside the fenced area. The wild hogs are caught - they are your prisoners." I understood then that the wild hogs were really the people of his native country and that the free corn was the enticements that the Communists were giving to the people. "That's correct," the young man said. "Now, the hogs will not get anything to eat unless you give them food. You are in control. They depend on you to feed them, or they will starve. They can't get out into the fields and forests anymore to find their own food. They have probably forgotten how, as it is. They are your servants, your prisoners. They must obey you. Or else they starve. "The hogs," he said, "were so accustomed to having the free corn, that they ignored the building of the fences that would eventually trap them. When the gate slammed shut, it was too late for them to realize what they had been blind to. The free corn was enticing, so effortless to obtain, but eventually the cause of their loss of freedom. The fence had been built; the gate had been shut." At this point in our conversation, the young teacher loudly exclaimed, "This is what I see happening in America today! People are being offered free corn by the government. People are being blind to the fences being built around them by the liberals - the socialists - and that is what frightens me! Just like it was happening in my homeland. The American people do not learn from history. And history shows that socialism/communism does not work. Take note of Russia . Has socialism been the best thing that ever happened to that country? Absolutely not! But socialism is what the American people are being fed, and they don't realize it. All they can focus on is the 'free corn.' They want more and more of the free corn. And this free corn is being fed to us little by little, and soon the gate will slam shut. I am very frightened, and also amazed, that the American people don't see what is being fed us, and for what purpose." With that said, the young man sat down at his desk and continued to rub his painful back. And I was silent in my chair. For I could visualize the supposedly "free corn" being fed to our nation's people and our growing addiction to the "free corn". And I could see the gate being slammed shut. We, the people of the United States of America , because of our ignorance of history, because of our addiction to the supposedly "free corn," could soon be these prisoners. This is scary -->

08-09-2007, 07:21 PM	#2
Nighthawk Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: South Central Texas Posts: 3,330	Re: food for thought very scary __________________ 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

08-09-2007, 10:21 PM	#3
Bruce FLinch Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Bay Point, Kali..aka Gun Point Posts: 5,016	Re: food for thought WOW! Good Perspective! & Scarey!! __________________ A bad day @ the Range, is better than a good day @ work.

08-09-2007, 10:31 PM	#4
durk Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 2,026	Re: food for thought So how does the message get out to the blind? __________________ Durk

08-10-2007, 12:34 AM	#5
pickenup Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains Posts: 6,837	Re: food for thought Even when "some" SEE that the fence is being built, rise up to tell the free corn eaters about it, they are either chastised or ignored. They vote, they contact their representatives, they TRY to do SOMETHING....ANYTHING to change the course they see being laid. Only able to watch, as the gate is being put on the pen. Short of armed conflict, what is a person that can see what is happening, supposed to do? __________________ The gene pool needs chlorine

08-10-2007, 08:18 AM	#6
MarineD316 Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 40	Re: food for thought This is what we will have after '08 if we are not careful! __________________ Life Liberty and the Persuit of Anyone who Threatens it!