THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER: THE MORAL OF THE MODERN VERSION

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The old version of thestory:

The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his houseand laying up supplies for the winter.

The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool and laughs and dances and plays thesummer away.

Come winter, the ant is warm and well fed.

The grasshopper has no food or shelter, so he dies out in thecold.

Moral of the old version:

Be responsible for yourself!

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The modern version of the story:

The ant works hard in the withering heat and the rain allsummer long, building his house
and laying up supplies for the winter.

The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool and laughs and dances and plays thesummer away.

Come winter, the shivering grasshopper calls a press conference and demands toknow why the ant should be allowed to be warm and well fed while he is cold andstarving.

CBS, NBC , PBS, CNN, ABC, and The New York Times  show up to provide pictures of the shiveringgrasshopper next to a video of the ant in his comfortable home with a tablefilled with food.

Americais stunned by the sharp contrast.  Howcan this be, that in a country of such wealth, this poor grasshopper is allowedto suffer so?

Kermit the Frog appears on MSNBC with the grasshopper and everybody cries whenthey sing, 'It's Not Easy Being Green.'

Code Pink stages a demonstration in front of the ant's house where the newsstations film the group singing, We shallovercome.

Then Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, and Louis Farrakhan havethe group kneel down to pray for the grasshopper's sake.

President Hussein Obama condemns the ant and blames President Bush, PresidentReagan, Christopher Columbus, and Pope Benedict XVI for the grasshopper'splight.

Nancy Pelosi & Harry Reid exclaim in an interview with Chris Matthews thatthe ant has
gotten rich off the back of the grasshopper, and both call for an immediate taxhike on the ant to make him pay his fair share.

Finally, the EEOC drafts the Economic Equity for Grasshoppers Act which Obamaby Executive Order makes retroactive to the beginning of the summer.

The ant is fined for failing to hire a proportionate number of green bugs and,having nothing left to pay his retroactive taxes, his home is confiscated byHussein Obama's Green Czar and given to the grasshopper.

The story ends as we see the grasshopper and his free-loading friends finishingup the last bits of the ant's food while the government house he is in, which,as you recall, just happens to be the ant's old house, crumbles around thembecause the grasshopper doesn't maintain it.

The ant has disappeared in the snow, never to be seen again.

The grasshopper is found dead in a drug related incident, and the house, nowabandoned, is taken over by a gang of spiders who terrorize and ramshackle, theonce prosperous and peaceful, neighborhood.

The entire Nation collapses bringing the rest of the free world with it.

The moral of themodern version:

Be careful how you vote in 2012...

Written by To The Point News

Friday, 08 July 2011

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CLASSIC VERSION:

The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks he's a fool, and laughs and dances and plays the summer away. Come winter, the ant is warm and well fed. The shivering grasshopper has no food or shelter, so he dies out in the cold.


THE CANADIAN MODERN VERSION:

The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks he's a fool and laughs, dances and plays the summer away. Come winter, the ant is warm and well fed.

The shivering grasshopper calls a press conference and demands to know why the ant should be allowed to be warm and well fed while others less fortunate like him are cold and starving.

CBC shows up to provide live coverage of the shivering grasshopper, with cuts to a video of the ant in his comfortable warm home with a table filled with food.

Canadians are stunned that in a country of such wealth, this poor grasshopper is allowed to suffer while others have plenty. The NDP, the CAW and the Coalition Against Poverty demonstrate in front of the ant's house. The CBC, interrupting an Inuit cultural festival special from Nunavut with breaking news, broadcasts them singing, "We Shall Overcome."

Exiled Svend Robinson rants in an interview with Pamela Wallin that the ant has gotten rich off the backs of grasshoppers, and calls for an immediate tax hike on the ant to make him pay his "fair share." In response to polls, the Liberal Government drafts the Economic Equity and Grasshopper Anti-Discrimination Act, retroactive to the beginning of the summer.

The ant's taxes are reassessed and he is also fined for failing to hire grasshoppers as helpers. Without enough money to pay both the fine and his newly imposed retroactive taxes, his home is confiscated by the government. The ant moves to the U.S. and starts a successful agribiz company.

The CBC later shows the now fat grasshopper finishing up the last of the ant's food though Spring is still months away, while the Government house he is in (which just happens to be the ant's old house) crumbles around him because he hadn't maintained it.

Inadequate government funding is blamed, and Roy Romanow is appointed to head a commission of enquiry that will cost $10,000,000. The grasshopper is soon dead of a drug overdose, and the Toronto Star blames it on obvious failure of government to address the root causes of despair arising from social inequity.

The abandoned house is taken over by a gang of immigrant spiders who are praised by the government for enriching Canada's multicultural diversity. The spiders promptly terrorize the community.


THE AMERICAN MODERN VERSION:

The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks he's a fool, and laughs and dances and plays the summer away. Come winter, the shivering grasshopper calls a press conference and demands to know why the ant should be allowed to be warm and well fed while others less fortunate are cold and starving.

CBS, NBC and ABC show up to provide pictures of the shivering grasshopper next to a video of the ant in his comfortable home with a table filled with food.

America is stunned by the sharp contrast. How can this be, that in a country of such wealth, this poor grasshopper is allowed to suffer so?

Kermit, the Frog, appears on Oprah with the grasshopper, and everybody cries when they sing "It's Not Easy Being Green."

Jesse Jackson stages a demonstration in front of the ant's house, where the news stations film the group singing "We Shall Overcome."

Al Gore exclaims in an interview with Peter Jennings that the ant has gotten rich off the back of the grasshopper, and calls for an immediate tax hike on the ant to make him pay his "fair share".

Finally, the EEOC drafts the Economic Equity and Anti-Grasshopper Act, retroactive to the beginning of the summer.

The ant is fined for failing to hire a proportionate number of green bugs and, having nothing left to pay his retroactive taxes, his home is confiscated by the government.

Hillary Clinton gets her old law firm to represent the grasshopper in a defamation suit against the ant, and the case is tried before a panel of federal judges that Bill Clinton appointed from a list of single-parent welfare recipients. The ant loses the case.

The story ends as we see the grasshopper finishing up the last bits of the ant's food while the government house he is in, which just happens to be the ant's old house, crumbles around him because he doesn't maintain it.
The ant has disappeared in the snow.

The grasshopper is found dead in a drug related incident and the house, now abandoned, is taken over by a gang of spiders who terrorize the once-peaceful neighborhood.

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