change you can believe in...

I am into Fairy tales this week....I hope you enjoy this one.

And it came to pass in the Age of Insanity that the people of the land
called America , having lost their morals, their work initiative, and their
will to defend their liberties, chose as their Supreme Leader that person
known as "The One".

He emerged from the vapors with a message that had no meaning; but He
hypnotized the people telling them, "I am sent to save you. My lack of
experience, my questionable ethics, my monstrous ego, and my association
with evil doers are of no consequence. For I shall save you with Hope and
Change. Go, therefore, and proclaim throughout the land that he who preceded
me is evil, that he has defiled the nation, and that all he has built must
be destroyed."

And the people rejoiced, for even though they knew not what "The One" would
do, he had promised that he would bring change, and they proclaimed "Yes We
Can".

And "The One" said "We live in the greatest country in the world. Help me
change everything about it!"

And the people said, "Hallelujah!! Change is good!"

Then He said, "We are going to tax the rich fat-cats,"---- And the people
said "Sock it to them!" "---- and "Redistribute their wealth."

And then He said, "Redistribution of wealth is good for everybody"

And the people said, "Show us the money!"

And Joe the plumber asked, "Are you kidding me? You're going to steal my
money and give it to the deadbeats??"

And "The One" ridiculed and taunted him, and Joe's personal records were
hacked, publicized, and ridiculed; though no crime could be found.

One lone reporter asked, "That shouldn't be, isn't that Marxist policy?"

And she was banished from the kingdom!

Then a citizen asked, "With no foreign relations experience and having zero
military experience or knowledge, how will you deal with radical
terrorists?"

And "The One" said, "Simple. I shall sit with them and talk kindly to them
and show them how nice we really are; and they will forget that they ever
wanted to kill us all!"

And the people said, "Hallelujah!! We are safe at last, and we can beat our
weapons into free cars for the people!"

Then "The One" said, "I shall give 95% of you lower taxes."

And one, lone voice said, "But 40% of us don't pay ANY taxes."

So "The One" said, "Then I shall give you some of the taxes the fat-cats
pay!"

And the people said, "Hallelujah!! Show us the money!"

Then "The One" said, "I shall tax your Capital Gains when you sell your
homes!"

And the people yawned and the already slumping housing market fully
collapsed.

And He said, "I shall mandate employer-funded health care for EVERY worker
and raise the minimum wage, and lower the white collar wage. And I shall
also give every person unlimited healthcare and medicine and even
transportation to the free clinics."

And the people said, "Give me some of that!"

Then he said, "I shall penalize employers who ship jobs overseas."

And the people said, "Where's my rebate check?"

Then "The One" said, "I shall bankrupt the coal industry, and perhaps even
the oil industry (Cap & Trade/Carbon Tax) and though electricity rates will
skyrocket, we shall soon build wind farms and solar power stations and drive
green cars that I shall mandate in Detroit !"

And the people said, "Coal is dirty, coal is evil, no more coal! But we
don't care for that part about higher electric rates."

So "The One" said, "Not to worry. If your rebate ($10/week) isn't enough to
cover your extra expenses ($3,000/year), we shall bail you out. Just sign up
with ACORN and your troubles are over!" "Only the fat cats will have to
pay."

Then He said, "Illegal immigrants feel scorned and slighted. Let's grant
them amnesty, Social Security, free education, free lunches, free medical
care, bi-lingual signs and guaranteed housing..."

And the people said, "Hallelujah!!" And they made him King!

And so it came to pass that employers, facing spiraling costs and
ever-higher taxes, raised their prices and laid off workers; though they
sold much less of their products.. Others simply gave up and went out of
business, and the economy sank like unto a rock dropped from a cliff. The
banking industry was destroyed. Manufacturing slowed to a crawl. And more
of the people were without a means of support.

So "The One" again blamed the prior administration, extended unemployment
benefits to a year, bailed out his favorite banks, and then took over the
banks and auto industries. "The One" said, "I am the "The One" - The
Messiah - and I'm here to save you! We shall just print more money so the
government will have enough!" "Surely one trillion dollars will make
everyone happy." And immediately the Fed complied and the money presses
roared.

And China reconsidered their one trillion dollars of loans to the US ,, and
threatened to call in their debts.

Other foreign trading partners said unto "The One", "Wait a minute. Your
dollar is not worth a pile of camel dung! You will have to pay more.. for
everything.. as your dollar becomes worth less."

And the people said, "Wait a minute.. That is unfair!!"

And the world said, "Neither are these other idiotic programs you have
embraced.

Lo, you have become a Socialist state and a second-rate power. What
factories are not owned by your government are owned by us. Now you shall
play by our rules!"

And "The One" said "Americans are arrogant, divisive, and derisive!" "We
will listen.."

And the people cried out, "Alas, alas!! What have we done?"

But yea verily, it was too late. The people eventually set upon "The One"
and spat upon him and stoned him, and his name was dung. But the once mighty
nation was no more; and the once proud people were without sustenance or
shelter or hope. And the Change that "The One" had given them was as like
unto a poison that had destroyed them from within, and like a whirlwind that
consumed all that they had built.

And the people beat their chests in despair and cried out in anguish, "Give
us back our nation and our pride and our hope!!"

But it was too late, and the once-glorious "Home of the Brave and Land of
the Free" was no more...

Perhaps it wasn't a Fairy tale after all!

My ex-husband is named Wayne. Are you my ex-husband? I want to know before I say, "I love you."

Oh yeah, he was balanced pretty good while he was resting on that money printing machine.

Brain Alert! Brain Alert! The current comments have been interrupted to bring you this update from President Sheila Tolley. Good Afternoon Americans!!! God Bless America!!! My first step as your President will be to separate the legal from the illegal American residents. I have the correct calculations. We have 39 million illegal immigrants mooching off the AMERICANS. A school bus will hold 77 passengers. We need 507 buses to accommodate these good people back to the border. A bus averages 40 feet in length. If my math is correct, the convoy will be 3800 miles long. The distance from Maine to California is 3300 miles. You may want to leave for work a couple weeks early to avoid the traffic. God Bless America Again!!!