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    Default Catching Wild Pigs

    CATCHING WILD PIGS



    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
    Professor

    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 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 pigs 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 that are used to the free corn start to come

    through the gate to eat, and then 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 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, etc, etc, etc. While we continue to 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.



    So, 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!



    In this 'very important' election year, listen closely to what the

    candidates are promising you - just maybe, you will be able to tell who

    is about to slam the gate on America.



    'A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough

    to take away everything you have.' Thomas Jefferson



    A Family Tree Can Wither If Nobody Tends Its Roots!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    I got this in my e-mail, I thought I would share.

    Peace

    Dennis
    Only a Cowardly Loser hurts an innocent, defenseless person.

    Dennis P. McGeehan

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    Quote Originally Posted by Abbax8 View Post
    'A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough

    to take away everything you have.' Thomas Jefferson
    Good story, but note that Thomas Jefferson never said the above quote. Of all people, it was Gerald Ford (see my signature).
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    "A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have." Gerald Ford in a Presidential address to a joint session of Congress (12 August 1974)

    “It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather, we should thank God that such men lived.” Gen. George S. Patton Jr.

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    Outstanding analogy and I'm no fan of the Reds. But I wonder if the actualy scenario is true. . .
    Respectfully,
    Allan J.G. Anderson

    "War is hell"
    -William T. Sherman


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