It will be easy to tell from the responses which are extremely jealous of your weekend. Except for actually killing a hog, mine was similar. And I sure am glad no whiney, moanie, bitchy, libturds were around to mess it up for me.
On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 8:51 PM, Jim Willis < [email protected]> wrote: > > A few weeks ago I trekked off to Kentucky for my granddaughters’, > daughters’ and wife’s birthday. A good time was had by all, yet I left > there with an insight; one every American should ponder. Upon > arriving, “fairly late Saturday night” I and my son in law had to > prepare for the bountiful feast planned for the next evening. So… > naturally; my son-in-law Brandon drove the old tractor around to the > Hog pen while I readied a slipknot on the end of a long rope. Brandon > then boxed in, “Dinner” as I looped the knot over the swine’s back- > foot and in road gear, “pork chop” Brandon and I were off to a large > tree where a chain hoist had been readied,…various lights, sharp > objects and quantities of adult beverages lay at the ready…along with > the rifle that would dispatch Porky off to the promised mud-wallow. > Needless to say, “though I will anyway” by mid-afternoon the grill was > crackling, the smell of pork was in the air and God smiled on our > little party with his great bounty. > We were self-sufficient, self adorned and unselfishly centered. We > ate, we drank, we smoked and we laughed. And…not one government entity > added an element to our display. We were the rugged individuals born > of our forefathers. > Yet…I wondered; how great of the American demographic could abide such > a living…or would. Today, we live in a Dr. Phil, Oprah world. A CFL > light bulb, no smoking, fat assed, lazy Susan society. In short; we’ve > become fat, sassy and nannied to death by our government…for our own > good. This lifestyle has become us as a detriment to our heritage, our > birthright. > America was founded on rugged individualism, on a can-do, kick-ass, > spirit embodied in those men that sacrificed their lives, their > fortunes and their scared honor that we might be free in a country, > divinely inspired. > Now we can’t get off our wrinkled asses, dust the Cheetos off of our > hands and waddle to the magic picture box to change the channel from, > “Queer Eye For the Straight Guy” back to Oprah in time to miss the > commercial. > We have gotten so damn lazy that we cannot put down the Xbox > controller long enough to administer justice to the autocrats that > have usurped our constitution and soiled the memory of those that > founded this historic country. > I mean dammit; really, even you lackluster liberals cannot be happy > with the government we are oppressed by. After a nanosecond in the > cesspool that is Washington every damn politician is infected. So…they > come to expect the free haircuts, the free shoeshine’s, the expense > account, the royal health insurance, the full retirement after only > one term, the free trips, the free money, the jets, the free suits, > the interns, and so on. > They object to abject public service, though they extol it as > virtuous. And…they set to feathering their own nest whilst absconding > with the trust of their constituents. > Moreover; they set about constructing laws for our own good. As if > they know better. > The lives of Americans no longer embody rugged individualism. That is > now prohibited, by OSHA, the EPA or some other such governmental > edict. No small loss when you consider the freedoms we have > surrendered. > A quick search informed me that my weekend, “hog” butchering violated > several state and federal laws and regulations. But then; I don’t > abide a government for my protection. After all, the people should > never fear their government; the government should fear the people. > Conservative Springfield Staff Writer > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
