Found this the other day while browsing the
webs and I liked it so much, I had to post here. But… Who wrote this?
A Country Founded by Geniuses but Run by Idiots
If plastic water bottles are okay, but plastic
bags are banned, - you might live in a nation (state) that was founded by
geniuses but is run by idiots.
If you can get arrested for hunting or fishing
without a license, but not for entering and remaining in the country illegally
- you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
If you have to get your parents’ permission to
go on a field trip or to take an aspirin in school, but not to get an abortion
- you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
If you MUST show your identification to board
an airplane, cash a check, buy liquor, or check out a library book and rent a
video, but not to vote for who runs the government - you might live in a nation
that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
If, in the nation’s largest city, you can buy
two 16-ounce sodas, but not one 24-ounce soda, because 24-ounces of a sugary
drink might make you fat - you might live in a nation that was founded by
geniuses but is run by idiots.
If an 80-year-old woman who is confined to a
wheelchair or a three-year-old girl can be strip-searched by the TSA at the
airport, but a woman in a burka or a hijab is only subject to having her neck
and head searched - you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but
is run by idiots.
If your government believes that the best way
to eradicate trillions of dollars of debt is to spend trillions more - you
might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
If a seven-year-old boy can be thrown out of
school for saying his teacher is “cute” but hosting a sexual exploration or
diversity class in grade school is perfectly acceptable - you might live in a
nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
If hard work and success are met with higher
taxes and more government regulation and intrusion while not working is
rewarded with Food Stamps, WIC checks, Medicaid benefits, subsidized housing,
and free cell phones - you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses
but is run by idiots.
If you pay your mortgage faithfully, denying
yourself the newest big-screen TV, while your neighbor buys iPhones, time
shares, a wall-sized do-it-all plasma screen TV and new cars, and the
government forgives his debt when he defaults on his mortgage - you might live
in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
If being stripped of your Constitutional right
to defend yourself makes you more “safe” according to the government - you
might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.