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I have every Friday of senior seminar planned with fabulous guest speakers and events except for five and class has not even started. I am a rock star : )

Looking for some feedback

So, I got this e-mail. Probably several of you did also. The original one was dated August 2009, but now it's labeled "best e-mail of 2009" I read it. I thought about it, and I'm still thinking about it. But, right now, I want to hear what you all think.

If you want to post to my actual blog site, Regina's Rants, I encourage you to do so.


TEXT FROM THE E-MAIL:

How's this for apocalyptic literature. This was written by a pastor's wife in biblical prose as a commentary of current events. It is
 brilliant.


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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


that it was good; and 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 the he said, "


redistribution of wealth is good for everybody."



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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!



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 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 bank 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 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


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. 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.

“A GOVERNMENT BIG ENOUGH TO GIVE YOU EVERYTHING YOU WANT, IS STRONG ENOUGH TO TAKE EVERYTHING YOU HAVE."


Thomas Jefferson

Proverbs 11:14, NLT

Without wise leadership, a nation falls; there is safety in having many advisers.