THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER

[Qman]

The ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER

This one is a little different ......

Two Different Versions .....

Two Different Morals

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 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 OLD STORY:

Be responsible for yourself!

MODERN VERSION:

The ant works hard in the withering heat and the rain 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 allowed to be warm and well fed while he is 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..'

ACORN stages a demonstration in front of the ant's house where the news stations film the group singing, We shall overcome.

Then Rev. Jeremiah Wright

has the group kneel down to pray for the grasshopper's sake.

President Obama condemns the ant

and blames President Bush, President Reagan, Christopher Columbus, and the Pope for the grasshopper's plight.

Nancy Pelosi & 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 & 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 Green Czar and given to the grasshopper.

The story ends as we see the grasshopper and his free-loading friends finishing up the last bits of the ant's food while the government house he is in, which, as you recall, just happens to be the ant's old house, crumbles around them because the grasshopper doesn't maintain it.

The ant has disappeared in the snow,

never to be seen again.

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 and ramshackle, the once prosperous and peaceful, neighborhood.

The entire Nation collapses bringing the rest

of the free world with it.

MORAL OF THE STORY:

Be careful how you vote in 2012

I've sent this to you because

I believe that you are an ant!

You may wish to pass this on to other ants, but don't bother sending it on to any grasshopper's because they wouldn't understand it, anyway.

[tgar]

Thanks QMan, looks like the same path that America is taking and were almost there.

[DinarMillionaire]

Great metaphor!

[lizlemon78]

Ants need metaphors like this because they need everything explained to them in the form of a children's story.

Otherwise, their brains get all hurty from thinking too hard about big words.

[crnamiss]

Painfully true Qman, painfully true...... *sigh*........

[Charmedlife42]

Ants need metaphors like this because they need everything explained to them in the form of a children's story.

Otherwise, their brains get all hurty from thinking too hard about big words.

Awwwh, does somebody need a hug. Your silly little comment does nothing to refute the implied message of the metaphor. Typical "Libtard" response meant to inflame people and distort facts when people don't agree with your viewpoint. I hope someone can figure out how to explain things to you. Obviously the children story moral was a little advanced for you. Not to worry us taxpayers fund many programs I am sure you can find one to address your problem, good luck grasshopper. BTW You're welcome!

[jbbdolphins]

"Qman for President 2012"!!!

Edited June 3, 2011 by jbbdolphins

[lizlemon78]

Awwwh, does somebody need a hug. Your silly little comment does nothing to refute the implied message of the metaphor. Typical "Libtard" response meant to inflame people and distort facts when people don't agree with your viewpoint. I hope someone can figure out how to explain things to you. Obviously the children story moral was a little advanced for you. Not to worry us taxpayers fund many programs I am sure you can find one to address your problem, good luck grasshopper. BTW You're welcome!

Oh, so this is just another thread meant to bash liberals. Ok, i'll report it then. Thanks for the clarification.

[Dinar-Hustle]

THE real VERSION:

The ant, hires illegal aliens doodle bugs to work hard in the withering heat and the rain all summer long, building his house

and laying up supplies for him for cheap labor for the winter.

The grasshopper wants to work and have equal rights to work and prosper like the ant, and is called a fool by the ant because he is considered less of an insect by the majority (ants).

Come winter, the shivering grasshopper and the other insects that are not ants, calls a press conference and demands to know why the ants should be allowed to be warm and well fed while they are cold and starving after helping to build the ants colony.

Fox and Friends

show up to provide pictures of the ant in his comfortable home with

a table filled with food and praises all of the ants for capitalism and keeping their wealth all to themselves.

America is not stunned by the sharp contrast.

How can this be, that in a country of such wealth, after the grasshoppers, doodle bugs and other insects all had a hand in helping build the colony( America) are

allowed to suffer so?

Mater the tow truck appears on Bill O' reilly

with the ants and everybody cries when they sing, " I just wanna be rich"

Tea party ants try to stage a demonstration in front of the house where the other insects are and are brutally beaten and sent running back to their caves. The news stations film the ants crying as they are running and singing , We shall overcome.

Then Rev. Pat Robertson

has the group kneel down to pray for the ants sake.

President Obama condemns the ants

and Rightfully blames President Bush, President Reagan, Christopher Columbus, and the Pope for all of the other insects plight.

Nancy Pelosi & 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 & Anti-Insect other than ant Act

retroactive to the beginning of the summer.

The ant is fined for failing to hire a proportionate number of Insects and paying them a fair equal wage, and then cries when he can't buy his third vacation home because he has to pay his fair equal amount of taxes

since his scheme of flipping homes has failed, he is forced into foreclosure and his home is confiscated by the Government. this has caused the rest of the other insects property values to go down and causes the stink bugs to move in.

The story ends as we see the ant and his filthy rich friends finishing up the last bits of the their food. While they blame the government and all of the other insects for not having many houses to make them rich by turning a 50k investment into a 400k investment. the ant's old house, crumbles around them because the since the ant thinks he's better than the grasshopper and the other insects, he doesn't maintain it and loves the thought of being a wealthy slum lord.

The ants have disappeared in the snow weeping about them not being able control the colony, the forest, and the whole world because they are ants and their way is the right way.

the conservative ants are never to be seen again.

The right-wing ants are found dead in prescription-drug related incidents, and the house, now abandoned, is taken over by a gang of spiders who terrorize and ramshackle, the once prosperous and peaceful, neighborhood.

The entire Nation collapses bringing the rest

of the free world with it.

MORAL OF THE STORY:

Be careful how you vote in 2012

I've responded to you because

I believe that you are not an ant

You may wish to pass this on to other insects that God almighty created equally to work, love and live in harmony together as was his original plan. But don't bother sending this to any ants because they wouldn't understand it, anyway. [/size] [/b]

Peace-out!

[pleasantvalleySunday]

closed due to what lizelmon78 points out as --- the obvious