Posted on 09/30/2009 2:37:59 PM PDT by machogirl
Once upon a time, I was invited to the White House for a private dinner with the President. I am a respected businessman, with a factory that produces memory chips for computers and portable electronics. There was some talk that my industry was being scrutinized by the administration, but I paid it no mind. I live in a free country. There’s nothing that the government can do to me if I’ve broken no laws. My wealth was earned honestly, and an invitation to dinner with an American President is an honor I checked my coat, was greeted by the Chief of Staff, and joined the President in a yellow dining room.
We sat across from each other at a table draped in white linen. The Great Seal was embossed on the china. Uniformed staff served our dinner. The meal was served, and I was startled when my waiter suddenly reached out, plucked a dinner roll off my plate, and began nibbling it as he walked back to the kitchen. “Sorry about that,” said the President. “Andrew is very hungry.” “I don’t appreciate...” I began, but as I looked into the calm brown eyes across from me, I felt immediately guilty and petty. It was just a dinner roll. “Of course,” I concluded, and reached for my glass. Before I could, however, another waiter reached forward, took the glass away and swallowed the wine in a single gulp. “And his brother Eric is very thirsty.” said the President.
The President is testing my compassion, I thought. I will play along. I don’t want to seem unkind. My plate was whisked away before I had tasted a bite. “Eric’s children are also quite hungry.” With a lurch, I crashed to the floor. My chair had been pulled out from under me. I stood, brushing myself off angrily, and watched as it was carried from the room. “And their grandmother can’t stand for long.” I excused myself, smiling outwardly, but inside feeling like a fool. Obviously I had been invited to the White House to be sport for some game.
I reached for my coat, to find that it had been taken. I turned back to the President.”Their grandfather doesn’t like the cold.” I wanted to shout- that was my coat! But again, I looked at the placid smiling face of my host and decided I was being a poor sport. I spread my hands helplessly and chuckled. Then I felt my hip pocket and realized my wallet was gone. I excused myself and walked to a phone on an elegant side table. I learned shortly that my credit cards had been maxed out, my bank accounts emptied, my retirement and equity portfolios had vanished, and my wife had been thrown out of our home. Apparently, the waiters and their families were moving in.
The President hadn’t moved or spoken as I learned all this, but finally I lowered the phone into its cradle and turned to face him. “Andrew’s whole family has made bad financial decisions. They haven’t planned for retirement, and they need a house. They recently defaulted on a subprime mortgage. I told them they could have your home. They need it more than you do.” My hands were shaking. I felt faint. I stumbled back to the table and knelt on the floor.
The President cheerfully cut his meat, ate his steak and drank his wine. I lowered my eyes and stared at the small grey circles on the tablecloth that were water drops.”By the way,” He added, “I have just signed an Executive Order nationalizing your factories. I’m firing you as head of your business. I’ll be operating the firm now for the benefit of all mankind. There’s a whole bunch of Erics and Andrews out there and they can’t come to you for jobs groveling like beggars.” I looked up. The President dropped his spoon into the empty ramekin which had been his creme brulee. He drained the last drops of his wine. As the table was cleared, he lit a cigarette and leaned back in his chair. He stared at me. I clung to the edge of the table as if were a ledge and I were a man hanging over an abyss.
I thought of the years behind me, of the life I had lived. The life I had earned with a lifetime of work, risk and struggle. Why was I punished? How had I allowed it to be taken? What game had I played and lost? I looked across the table and noticed with some surprise that there was no game board between us. What had I done wrong? As if answering the unspoken thought, the President suddenly cocked his head, locked his empty eyes to mine, and bared a million teeth, chuckling wryly as he folded his hands he said:”You should have stopped me at the dinner roll”
That is very good. A perfect example.
That would be a hoot on the National Tree.
Maybe one of these kids can submit a “hidden image” of Christmas on their ornament.
mmmm mmmm mmmmm
"mmmm mmmm mmmmm..."
There have been a number of episodes regarding islamo-fascists, but the one that comes to mind first is "Osama bin Laden has Farty Pants," Season 5, Episode 9.
Mark
Or simply cut to the chase and rename the holiday obamamas.
I seriously hope that some brave kid out there stands up in class and starts singing "Silent Night" or some religious Christmas song at the top of his lungs. I know that SCOTUS has already ruled that 1st amendment rights do not apply in public schools. But it would be very interesting to see what a super of a large school system would do about an act like this.
My guess is that they would do something very offensive to most Americans to appease a small minority of people who just happen to live here. "Make them live up to their own rules" is the most interesting of the "Rules for Radicals" IMO.
Me too.
Dont HIDE it
FIGHT IT!
Stop pussying around, this country is being taken away from us, step by step.
We should encourage the children to make “Baby” ornaments in honor of Baby Jesus.....let them tell the children they cannot honor a Baby.
Watch the fallout....besides, it can stand for all the baby issues, abortion, etc.
We should ecourage the children to make “baby” ornaments.
In honor of Baby Jesus....they don’t have to say that but watch the fallout if they try to tell children not to honor “babies”.
Babies also signify Pro-life issues.
Baby ornaments are an excellent idea. Wow, if we could get a tea party type movement on that started it might make a dent into the secular revolution that is taking over our God based constitutional republic.
I am going to start signing up for some of the AZ groups since I live here.
I will tweet about this too....maybe we can plant some seeds and watch what happens. JD Hayworth is on KFYI and I bet he will go to town on this issue.
so if the Easter Bunny sees its shadow, is that like 6 more weeks of winter or what???
on a CHRISTmas tree ??? oh the horror...
mecca or medina ???
ok mj, that was creepy cool, but i get the feeling that i should know where it is from...any hints ???
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