Away from the Madnurse, let's eat some jokefool of ice-cream!

IN line wit' Max Ehrmann's first line in his "Desiderata" -- GO PLACIDLY AMID THE NOISE   AND THE HASTE, AND REMEMBER WHAT PEACE THERE MAY BE IN SILENCE...-- I share the following delightfool izcream DHL-ed Desi by a former judge of a gentleman:) I befriended as a BUMmer! Subject:  COW AND THE ICE CREAM A persuasive example of how an election is won.  ----------------------------------------------------------------- But first ponder this :                                                                  Ever notice how all the instruments that search for "intelligent life" point away from Earth? ---------------------------------------------------------- The COW AND THE ICE CREAM ONE OF THE BEST THEORIES OF WHY JULIA MIGHT POSSIBLY STILL WIN THE NEXT ELECTION  -->From a teacher in the south-west - - "We are worried about 'the cow' when it is all about the 'Ice Cream. 'The most eye-opening civics lesson I ever had was while teaching year 3 students. The last Parliamentary election was heating up and some of the children showed an interest. I decided we would have an election for a class captain. We would choose our nominees. They would make a campaign speech and the class would vote. To simplify the process, candidates were nominated by other class members. We discussed what kinds of characteristics these students should have. We got many nominations and from those, Jamie and Olivia were picked to run for the top spot. The class had done a great job in their selections. Both candidates were good kids. I thought Jamie might have an advantage because he got lots of parental support. I had never seen Olivia's parents. The day arrived when they were to make their speeches. Jamie went first. He had specific ideas about how to make our class a better place. He ended by promising to do his very best. Everyone applauded and he sat down. Now is was Olivia's turn to speak. Her speech was concise. She said, "If you will vote for me, I will give you ice cream." She sat down. The class went wild. "Yes! Yes! We want ice cream." She surely would say more. She did not have to. A discussion followed. How did she plan to pay for the ice cream? She wasn't sure. But no one pursued that question. They took her at her word. Would her parents buy it or would the class pay for it...She didn't know. The class really didn't care. All they were thinking about was ice cream... Jamie was forgotten. Olivia won by a landslide. Every time Kevin and later Julia opened their mouth they offered ice cream and many Australian voters reacted like nine year old's. They wanted ice cream. The rest of the voters knew they were going to have to feed the cow and clean up the mess." This is the ice cream Kevin and Juliagave us! Remember, the government cannot give anything to anyone that they have not first taken away from someone else. How many of us voted for the ice cream? That my friend, is how labour got elected last time! By those who wanted everything free. Let’s hope it doesn’t happen again Anon