Re: Ice Cream
Evelyn
"SordoT" <sor...@prolefeeder.org> wrote in message
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> We are worried about "the cow" when it is all about the "Ice Cream"
>
> The most eye-opening civics lesson I ever had was while teaching
> third grade this year. The presidential election was heating up and
> some of the children showed an interest. I decided we would have an
> election for a class president.
>
> We would choose our nominees. They would make a campaign speech
> and the class would vote.
>
> To simplify the process, candidates were nominated by other class
> members. We discussed what kinds of characteristics these students
> should have.
>
> We got many nominations and from those Jamie and Olivia were picked
> to run for the top spot.
>
> The class had done a great job in their selections. Both candidates
> were good kids. I thought Jamie might have an advantage because he
> got lots of parental support. I had never seen Olivia's mother.
>
> The day arrived when they were to make their speeches. Jamie went
> first. He had specific ideas about how to make our class a better
> place.
>
> He ended by promising to do his very best. Every one applauded. He
> sat down and Olivia came to the podium.
>
> Her speech was concise. She said, "If you will vote for me, I will
> give you ice cream." She sat down. The class went wild.
>
> "Yes! Yes! We want ice cream."
>
> She surely would say more. She did not have to. A discussion
> followed. How did she plan to pay for the ice cream? She wasn't sure.
>
> Would her parents buy it or would the class pay for it. She didn't
> know. The class really didn't care. All they were thinking about was
> ice cream.
>
> Jamie was forgotten. Olivia won by a landslide.
>
> Every time Barack Obama opens his mouth he offers ice cream and fifty
> percent of the people react like nine year olds. They want ice cream.
>
> The other fifty percent know they're going to have to feed the cow
> and clean up the mess
How does this differ from the "ice cream" of the Bush tax cuts for the rich?
We are all going to be paying for that for years to come too.
(I haven't mentioned wars for fun and profit for your friends).
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Best Regards,
Evelyn
Rest in a sky-like mind.
Sit like a mountain floating on the earth.
Breathe like the wind circling the world
mg
That's a good question. One of the problems with this story,
incidentally, is that it obviously assumes that the typical Republican
voter is as intelligent as a 3rd-grade student and could learn
something from the experience of seeing what happens when Republicans
practice their Voodoo, economic magic.
Rumpelstiltskin
wrote:
I'm just blown away by one conservative congresscritter
who keeps saying that Obama's request for a trillion dollars
is going to be an unbearable burden on coming generations.
I never heard a peep out of him while the Bushes and
Reagan were running up ten times that debt for the benefit
of the wealthy. The chutzpah is mind-boggling.
Evelyn
"Rumpelstiltskin" <PleaseDoNot...@nowhere.net> wrote in message
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It is either unmitigated chutzpah of the highest degree or utter stupidity
due to narrow focus. Either way the people of the country lose. They
also fail to see themselves as "the people of this country" and believe
whatever their heroes throw at them, never imagining that they themselves
will suffer from failed policies and narrow focus.