Topic: THE COW AND THE ICE CREAM
in Forum: Anything Goes

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This may or may not be a true story but the moral is right on target.
THE COW AND THE ICE
CREAM
ONE
OF THE BEST EXPLANATIONS
OF WHY OBAMA WON THE
ELECTION
--From a teacher in
the Nashville area
"We are worried about 'the
cow' when it is all about the 'Ice
Cream.'
The most eye-opening civics
lesson I ever had was while teaching third grade
this year...
The presidential election
was heating up and some of the children showed
an interest.
I decided we would have an
election for a class president.
We would
choose our nominees.. They would make a campaign
speech and the class would vote.
To
simplify the process, candidates were nominated
by other class members.
We discussed what
kinds of characteristics these students should
have.
We got many nominations and from
those, Jamie and Olivia were picked to run for
the top spot.
The class had done a great
job in their selections. Both candidates were
good kids.
I thought Jamie might have an
advantage because he got lots of parental
support.
I had never seen Olivia's
mother.
The day arrived when they were to
make their speeches.
Jamie went
first.
He had specific ideas about how to
make our class a better
Place. He ended by
promising to do his very best.
Everyone
applauded and he sat down.
Now is was
Olivia's turn to speak.
Her speech was
concise.She said, "If you will vote for me, I
will give you ice cream."She sat
down.
The class went wild. "Yes! Yes!We
want ice cream."
She surely would say
more. She did not have to.
A discussion
followed. How did she plan to pay for the ice
cream? She wasn't sure. But no one pursued that
question. They took her at her
word.
Would her parents buy it or would
the class pay for it...She didn't know.
The
class really didn't care. All they were thinking
about was ice cream...
Jamie was
forgotten.. Olivia won by a
landslide.
Every time Barack Obama opened
his mouth he offered ice cream and 51.4 % of the
people reacted like nine year olds.
They
want ice cream.
The other 48.6% percent
know they're going to have to feed the cow and
clean up the mess."
This is the ice
cream Obama promised us!
Remember, that government
cannot give
anything to anyone that they have not first
taken away from someone
else.
Did you vote for the
ice cream?
THAT, MY FRIEND, IS HOW OBAMA GOT ELECTED.
Joel Adams
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