Posted by
Ikester on Saturday, April 05, 2008 9:48:10 AM
A friend of mine sent this story to me and it is worth the read.
Subject: How to catch a wild pig
There was a Chemistry professor in a large college that had
some exchange students in the class. One day while the class
was in the lab the Prof noticed one young man (exchange
student) who kept rubbing his back And stretching as if his
back hurt.
The professor asked the young man what was the matter. The
student told him he had a bullet lodged in his back. He had
been shot while fighting communists in his native country who
were trying to overthrow his country's government and install
a new communist government.
In the midst of his story he looked at the professor and asked
a strange question. He asked, ' Do you know how to catch wild
pigs?'
The professor thought it was a joke and asked for the punch
line. The young man said this was no joke.'You catch wild pigs
by finding a suitable place in the woods and putting corn on
the ground. The p igs find it and begin to come everyday to
eat the free corn. When they are used to coming every day, you
put a fence down one side of the place where they are used to
coming. When they get used to the fence, they begin to eat the
corn again and you put up another side of the fence. They get
used to that and start to eat again. You continue until you
have all four sides of the fence up with a gate in The last
side. The pigs, who are used to the free corn, start to come
through the gate to eat, you slam the gate on them and catch
the whole herd.
Suddenly the wild pigs have lost their freedom. They run
around and around inside the fence, but they are caught. Soon
they go back to eating the free corn. They are so used to it
that they have forgotten how To forage in the woods for
themselves, so they accept their captivity.
The young man then told the professor that is exactly what he
sees happening to America . The government keeps pushing us
toward Communism/Socialism and keeps spreading the free corn
out in the form of programs such as supplemental income, tax
credit for unearned income, tobacco subsidies, dairy
subsidies, payments not to plant crops (CRP), welfare,
medicine, drugs, free medical, etc. while we continually lose
our freedoms - just a little at a time.
One should always remember 'There is no such thing as a free
Lunch!' Also, a politician will never provide a service for you
cheaper than you can do it yourself.
Also, if you see that all of this wonderful government 'help'
is a problem confronting the future of democracy in America ,
you might want to send this on to your friends. If you think
the free ride is essential to your way of life then you will
probably delete this email, but God help you when the gate
slams shut!
'A government big enough to give you everything you want, is
big enough to
take away everything you have.' ........ Thomas Jefferson
Ikester