And
it came to pass in
the Age of Insanity
that the people of
the land
called America ,
having lost their
morals, their
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. I shall
save you
with Hope and
Change. Go,
therefore, and
proclaim throughout
the
Land that he who
proceeded 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 but they believed.
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 the people said,
"Show us the money!"
And then he said,
"Redistribution of
wealth is good for
everybody.."
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 and
publicized.
One lone reporter
asked, "Isn't that
Marxist policy?" And
she was
banished from the
Kingdom's press
corps ".
Then a citizen
asked, "With no
foreign relations
experience and
zero military
experience or
knowledge, how will
you deal with
radical terrorists?"
And "The One" said,
"Simple. I shall sit
with them and talk with
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 slumping housing
market
collapsed.
And He
said. "I shall
mandate
employer-funded
health care
for every worker and
raise the minimum
wage. And I shall
give every
person unlimited
healthcare and
medicine and
transportation to
the
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
electricity rates
will skyrocket!"
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 isn't
enough to cover your
expenses, we shall
bail you out. Just sign up with
the ACORN and you
troubles are over!"
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. 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.
Then "The One" said,
"I am the "the
Chosen One"- The
Messiah - and I'm
here
to save you! We
shall just print
more money so
everyone will have
enough!"
But
our foreign trading
partners said unto
Him. "Wait a minute.
Your dollar is not
worth a pile of
camel dung! You will
have to pay more...
And "The One" said,
"Wait a minute. That
is not fair!!"
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.
Now
you shall play by
our rules!"
And
the people cried
out, "Alas, alas!!
What have we done?"
But yea
verily, it was too
late. The people set
upon The One and
spat upon
him and stoned him,
and his name was
dung. And the once
mighty nation
was no more; and the
once proud people
were without
sustenance or
shelter or hope. And
the Change "The One"
had given them was
as like
unto a poison that
had destroyed them
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 their
homeland was no
more.
You
may think this a
fairy tale, but
it's not.
It's happening now.
