Politics as a Family

"Politics as a Family"

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 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 says 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 poop!"

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"Senator"

While walking down the street one day a US senator
was tragically hit by a truck and dies.

His soul arrives in heaven and met by St. Peter at the entrance.

"Welcome to heaven," says St. Peter. "Before you
settle in, it seems there is a problem.

We seldom see a high official around these parts,
you see, so we're not sure what to do with you."

"No problem, just let me in," says the man.

"Well, I'd like to, but I have orders from higher up.
What we'll do is have you spend one day in hell
and one in heaven. Then you can choose where to spend eternity."

"Really, I've made up my mind. I want to be in
heaven," says the senator "I'm sorry, but we have our rules."

And with that, St. Peter escorts him to the elevator
and he goes down, down, down to hell. The doors
open and he finds himself in the middle of a green
golf course. In the distance is a clubhouse and
standing in front of it are all his friends and other
politicians who had worked with him. Everyone
is very happy and in evening dress. They run to
greet him, shake his hand, and reminisce about
the good times they had while getting rich at the
expense of the people. They play a friendly game of
golf and then dine on lobster, caviar, and champagne.

Also present is the devil, who really is a very friendly
guy who has a good time dancing and telling jokes.
They are having such a good time that before he
realizes it is time to go.

Every one gives him a hearty farewell and waves
while the elevator rises...

The elevator goes up, up, up and the door reopens
on heaven where St Peter is waiting for him.

"Now it's time to visit heaven."

So, 24 hours pass with the senator joining a group
of contented souls moving from cloud to cloud,
playing the harp and singing. They have a good
time and, before he realizes it, the 24 hours have
gone by and St. Peter returns.

"Well, then, you've spent a day in hell and another
in heaven. Now choose your eternity."

The senator reflects for a minute, then he answers:
"Well, I would never have said it before, I mean
heaven has been delightful, but I think I would be better off in hell ."

So St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goes
down, down, down to hell.

Now the doors of the elevator open and he's in the
middle of a barren land covered with waste and
garbage. He sees all his friends, dressed in rags,
picking up the trash and putting it in black bags as
more trash falls from above.

The devil comes over to him and puts his arm around his shoulder.

"I don't understand," stammers the senator, "Yesterday
I was here and there was a golf course and clubhouse,
and we ate lobster and caviar, drank champagne, and
danced and had a great time. Now there's just a
wasteland full of garbage and my friends look
miserable. What happened?"

The devil looks at him, smiles and says, "Yesterday
we were campaigning...... Today you voted!"
Received on Fri Feb 15 08:06:24 2008