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To: A_perfect_lady
Whether you believe in God or Ayn Rand, you have to admit: they both predicted this would come to pass.

So did Rudyard Kipling:

...

When the Cambrian measures were forming, They promised perpetual peace.
They swore, if we gave them our weapons, that the wars of the tribes would cease.
But when we disarmed They sold us and delivered us bound to our foe,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: "Stick to the Devil you know."

On the first Feminian Sandstones we were promised the Fuller Life
(Which started by loving our neighbour and ended by loving his wife)
Till our women had no more children and the men lost reason and faith,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: "The Wages of Sin is Death."

In the Carboniferous Epoch we were promised abundance for all,
By robbing selected Peter to pay for collective Paul;
But, though we had plenty of money, there was nothing our money could buy,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: "If you don't work you die."


26 posted on 11/12/2012 9:24:19 AM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: DuncanWaring

Oh, that’s awesome! I’ve always loved “If” but I never knew of this one. Thanks!


27 posted on 11/12/2012 4:56:36 PM PST by A_perfect_lady
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