My God, Sheepdog. What a brilliantly simple dose of wisdom. Well done. Man's best friend indeed.sheepdog said:Had a poor black man come into my pawn shop to make a pawn before the Bush/Gore election...he asked me if I was gonna vote for Gore...I told him clearly NO....he said "I'm afraid that Mr. Bush will take away my programs..," I asked him if he had a son...yes....how old...21....if his son came to him wanting a new car, would he buy him one or tell him to go out and earn one......earn one....I said OK, the Dems are with their "programs" putting a food bowl out on the back porch, doling out food to the hungry puppies....just enough to keep them coming back and voting for them every election....but not telling them that there's steak on the table inside to be had just by working for it and getting their noses out of the food bowl long enough to earn it.......and the old man marvelled at that...and said he was going to go tell his son..........if the politicians (not just the Dems) would concentrate on the opportunities in this country and talk the country up, not each other down, folks would get a fire in their bellies and rise up and make this nation great again....
Very well said! Wish my brain were wired like yours. You have the gift of WISDOM my friend.sheepdog said:Had a poor black man come into my pawn shop to make a pawn before the Bush/Gore election...he asked me if I was gonna vote for Gore...I told him clearly NO....he said "I'm afraid that Mr. Bush will take away my programs..," I asked him if he had a son...yes....how old...21....if his son came to him wanting a new car, would he buy him one or tell him to go out and earn one......earn one....I said OK, the Dems are with their "programs" putting a food bowl out on the back porch, doling out food to the hungry puppies....just enough to keep them coming back and voting for them every election....but not telling them that there's steak on the table inside to be had just by working for it and getting their noses out of the food bowl long enough to earn it.......and the old man marvelled at that...and said he was going to go tell his son..........if the politicians (not just the Dems) would concentrate on the opportunities in this country and talk the country up, not each other down, folks would get a fire in their bellies and rise up and make this nation great again....