Founded By Geniuses And Run By Idiots

davekc

Senior Moderator
Staff member
Fleet Owner
If you can get arrested for hunting or fishing without a license,
but not for being in the country illegally ...
you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.
If you have to get your parents’ permission to go on a field trip
or take an aspirin in school, but not to get an abortion ...
you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If the only school curriculum allowed to explain how we got
here is evolution, but the government stops a $15 million
construction project to keep a rare spider from evolving to
extinction ...
you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If you have to show identification to board an airplane, cash
a check, buy liquor, or check out a library book, but not to
vote who runs the government ...
you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If the government wants to ban stable, law-abiding citizens
from owning gun magazines with more than ten rounds,
but gives 20 F-16 fighter jets to the crazy new leaders in Egypt ...
you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If, in the largest city, you can buy two 16-ounce sodas, but
not a 24-ounce soda because 24-ounces of a sugary drink
might make you fat ...
you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If an 80-year-old woman can be stripped searched by the TSA
but a woman in a hijab is only subject to having her neck
and head searched ...
you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If your government believes that the best way to eradicate
trillions of dollars of debt is to spend trillions more ...
you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If a seven year old boy can be thrown out of school for saying
his teacher is "cute," but hosting a sexual exploration or
diversity class in grade school is perfectly acceptable ...
you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If children are forcibly removed from parents who discipline
them with spankings while children of addicts are left in filth
and drug infested homes,...
you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If hard work and success are met with higher taxes and more
government intrusion, while not working is rewarded with
EBT cards, WIC checks, Medicaid, subsidized housing, and
free cell phones ...
you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If the government's plan for getting people back to work is to
incentivise NOT working with 99 weeks of Unemployment
checks and no requirement to prove they applied but can’t
find work ...
you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If you pay your mortgage faithfully, denying yourself the
newest big screen TV while your neighbor buys I-Phones,
TV's and new cars, and the government forgives his debt
when he defaults on his mortgage ...
you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If being stripped of the ability to defend yourself makes you
more "safe" according to the government ...
you might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.
 

LDB

Veteran Expediter
Retired Expediter
Isn't it the truth. Sadly the majority no longer can see it.
 

layoutshooter

Veteran Expediter
Retired Expediter
I have emailed this to both my senators, my congressman and King Putz the 1st. I suggest everyone else do the same. Don't forget to include your contact info.
 

davekc

Senior Moderator
Staff member
Fleet Owner
When you take much of the complexity/spin out of these issues, it really does expose the real stupidity in which we govern.
 

Turtle

Administrator
Staff member
Retired Expediter
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