Monkey Business ... Thx Paul C!

Monkey Business

MONKEY BUSINESS
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Start with a cage; inside the cage you hang a banana on a string, and then you place a set of stairs under the banana, finally you put in four monkeys.

 

Before long a monkey will go to the stairs and climb toward the banana.
You then spray ALL the monkeys with cold water.
After a while, another monkey makes an attempt. As soon as he touches the stairs, you spray ALL the monkeys with cold water.
Pretty soon, when another monkey tries to climb the stairs, the other monkeys will try to prevent it. 
 
Now, put away the cold water. Remove one monkey from the cage and replace it with a new monkey.
The new monkey sees the banana and attempts to climb the stairs.
To his shock, ALL of the other monkeys beat the crap out of him as he tries to climb the stairs.
Next, remove another of the original four monkeys, replacing it with a new monkey. The newcomer goes to the stairs and is attacked.
The previous newcomer takes part in the punishment – with enthusiasm - because he is now part of the "team."
Then, replace a third original monkey with a new monkey, followed by the fourth. Every time the newest monkey takes to the stairs, he is attacked.
Now, the monkeys that are beating him up have no idea why they were not permitted to climb the stairs. Neither do they know why they are participating in the beating of the newest monkey.

Having replaced all of the original monkeys, none of the remaining monkeys will have ever been sprayed with cold water. Nevertheless, not one of the monkeys will try to climb the stairway for the banana.
Why, you ask?
Because in their minds, that is the way it has always been!
This is how today's House and Senate operates, and this is why, from time to time, ALL of the monkeys need to be REPLACED AT THE SAME TIME!
 

DISCLAIMER:  This is meant as no disrespect to monkeys.

 

FYI - If you didn't already know this, here's an interesting piece of trivia:

A group of monkeys is called a congress.  (I'm not sure which was named first.)

Offensive? ... Thx Paul C!

 Jeff Foxworthy Strikes Again

 

The Good Old Boy 

From Brooklyn

The "M" word... by Jeff Foxworthy.



Have you ever wondered why it's OK to make jokes about
Catholics, Jews, Christians, the Pope, the Irish, the
Italians, the Polish, the Hungarians, the Chinese, the
French (including French Canadians), the elderly, bad
golfers, men/women, blacks/whites, etc, but its insensitive
to make jokes about the Muslims?

Well, it's time to level the playing field and be
politically incorrect, by including our friends, the
Muslims, on this grandiose list.

So Jeff Foxworthy did his part to include the Muslims on his
list ...

1. If you grow and refine heroin for a living, but morally
object to the use of liquor, You may be a Muslim.

2. If you own a $3,000 machine gun and a $5,000 rocket
launcher, but can't afford shoes, You may be a Muslim.

3. If you have more wives than teeth, You may be a Muslim.

4. If you wipe your butt with your bare hand, but consider
bacon to be unclean, You may be a Muslim.

5. If you think vests come in two styles, Bullet-proof and
suicide, You may be a Muslim.

6. If you can't think of anyone that you haven't
declared jihad against, You may be a Muslim.

7. If you consider television dangerous, but routinely carry
explosives in your clothing, You may be a Muslim.

8. If you were amazed to discover that cell phones have
uses, other than setting off roadside bombs, You may be a
Muslim.

9. If you have nothing against women and think every man
should own at least four, then you, too, may be a Muslim.

10. If you find this offensive and do not forward it, you
are part of the problem here in America …but if you delete
this, you are most likely a Muslim.

Freedom Is not Free !

INCOMING GUNFIRE ALWAYS HAS THE RIGHT-OF-WAY!

Never grow a wishbone where a backbone ought to be. Author unknown

A Mother's Path to Life ... Thx Paul C and Barry M!

Subject: A Mother's Path of Life
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The young mother set her foot on the path of life. "Is this the long way?" she asked. And the guide said: "Yes, and the way is hard. And you will be old before you reach the end of it. But the end will be better than the beginning."

But the young mother was happy, and she would not believe that anything could be better than these years. So she played with her children, and gathered flowers for them along the way, and bathed them in the clear streams; and the sun shone on them, and the young Mother cried, "Nothing will ever be lovelier than this."

Then the night came, and the storm, and the path was dark, and the children shook with fear and cold, and the mother drew them close and covered them with her mantle, and the children said, "Mother, we are not afraid, for you are near, and no harm can come."

And the morning came, and there was a hill ahead, and the children climbed and grew weary, and the mother was weary. But at all times she said to the children," A little patience and we are there." So the children climbed, and when they reached the top they said, "Mother, we would not have done it without you."

And the mother, when she lay down at night looked up at the stars and said, "This is a better day than the last, for my children have learned fortitude in the face of hardness. Yesterday I gave them courage. Today, I have given them strength."

And the next day came strange clouds which darkened the earth, clouds of war and hate and evil, and the children groped and stumbled, and the mother said: "Look up. Lift your eyes to the light." And the children looked and saw above the clouds an everlasting glory, and it guided them beyond the darkness. And that night the Mother said, "This is the best day of all, for I have shown my children God."

And the days went on, and the weeks and the months and the years, and the mother grew old and she was little and bent. But her children were tall and strong, and walked with courage. And when the way was rough, they lifted her, for she was as light as a feather; and at last they came to a hill, and beyond they could see a shining road and golden gates flung wide. And mother said: "I have reached the end of my journey. And now I know the end is better than the beginning, for my children can walk alone, and their children after them."

And the children said, "You will always walk with us, Mother, even when you have gone through the gates." And they stood and watched her as she went on alone, and the gates closed after her. And they said: "We cannot see her, but she is with us still. A Mother like ours is more than a memory. She is a living presence."

Your Mother is always with you. She's the whisper of the leaves as you walk down the street; she's the smell of bleach in your freshly laundered socks; she's the cool hand on your brow when you're not well. Your Mother lives inside your laughter. And she's crystallized in every teardrop. She's the place you came from, your first home; and she's the map you follow with every step you take. She's your first love and your first heartbreak, and nothing on earth can separate you--not time, not space...not even death!

Antifa: America's New Brwn Shirts ... Thx David H!

David Horowitz info@horowitzfreedomcenter.org via bluehornet.com	May 11 (2 days ago)
to me

Antifa: America's New Brown Shirts

	Dear Sam, You may not know much about this radical leftist movement... ...but you've probably seen videos of its black dressed and masked storm troopers transforming protests in Berkeley and elsewhere into violent confrontations in which they use clubs, knives, brass knuckles and other weapons to attack "fascists," meaning anyone they disagree with. They are the new face of the radical left – the Antifa. (The name comes – deceptively – from "anti fascist.") It is an international movement that has made headlines in France and Germany with its willingness to confront police while "smashing capitalism." It has chapters but no central leadership. Its members are ready to fight – and hurt – the opposition.  And in America this opposition is the conservatives that Antifa calls "fascists." That's why you've seen its members attacking pro-Trump events and bloodying the people who attend them.  Antifa feels that America is irredeemably evil and can't be saved. That's why it has its gun sights on free speech and is locked and loaded and ready for civil war. I'm very concerned about these violent thugs and the way they are making street fighting an every day occurrence in American politics. To the degree that the mainstream media have noticed Antifa, they have taken it at its word that it as an "anti fascist" movement.  But I know this is just more fake news.  That's why I commissioned John Perrazo, editor of Discover the Networks and one of our country's true experts on the networks of the radical left, to look deeper into this dangerous movement. The result is the new e-book, Antifa: America's New Brown Shirts.  I believe that when you read Perazzo's report you'll be surprised and deeply concerned that such a movement could have germinated in our country. Conservatives who attend a rally or political event now have a target on their backs. They will be called "fascist" by members of Antifa and as such, they are eligible to be attacked and possibly maimed. I want you to have a copy of Antifa: America's New Brown Shirtsright away – so I'll send you a link to download it when you make a tax-deductible donation of any amount to the Freedom Center today. This e-book is the first detailed look at this shadowy movement. I hope you will read it carefully and pass it on to friends who are concerned about how the discussion in our national politics is slowly being hijacked by violent intimidation. Antifa seeks to do to America today what Hitler's brown shirts did to Germany two generations ago. Early warnings such as Antifa: America's New Brown Shirts are what my Freedom Center does best. I hope it will open your eyes and make you ready to fight back. So please follow this link to make a secure, tax-deductible donation to the Freedom Center.  Your contribution will help us continue to research, write and sound the alarm of the dangers of groups like Antifa. There is much work to be done. By supporting us you strike a blow against this evil movement, Antifa, which wants to kill free speech and free expression and make America's streets and campuses into a bloody war zone.  Sincerely, David Horowitz  MAKE A DONATION