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Sub Atomic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-30-04 12:01 PM
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Putting Politics Into Perspective
A little boy goes to his dad and asks, "What is Politics?"

Dad says, "Well son, let me try to explain it this way:

I am the head of the family, so call me The President.

Your mother is the administrator of the money, so we call her the
Government


We are here to take care of your needs, so we will call you the People

The nanny, we will consider her the Working Class.

And your baby brother, we will call him the Future.

Now think about that and see if it makes sense"

So the little boy goes off to bed thinking about what Dad has said.
later that night, he hears his baby brother crying, so he gets up to check on
him.

He finds that the baby has severely soiled his diaper.

So the little boy goes to his parent's room and finds his mother sound
asleep. Not wanting to wake her, he goes to the nanny's room. Finding
the door locked, he peeks in the keyhole and sees his father in bed with
the nanny. He gives up and goes back to bed.

The next morning, the little boy say's to his father, "Dad, I
think I understand the concept of politics now."

The father says, "Good, son, tell me in your own words what you
think politics is all about."

The little boy replies, "The President is screwing the Working
Class while the Government is sound asleep. The People are being ignored and the Future is in deep shit."
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