I bought a bird feeder. I hung it on my back porch and filled it with seed.
Within a week we had hundreds of birds taking advantage of the continuous
flow of free and easily accessible food.
But then the birds started building nests in the boards of the patio, above
the table, and next to the barbecue. And then came the poop. It was
everywhere: on the patio tile, the chairs, the table. Everywhere.
Next I saw that some of the birds turned mean: They would dive bomb me and
try to peck me even though I had fed them out of my own pocket. And others
birds were boisterous and loud: They sat on the feeder and squawked and
screamed at all hours of the day and night and demanded that I fill it when
it got low on food.
After a while, I couldn’t even sit on my own back porch anymore. So, in
desperation, I took down the bird feeder and in three days the birds were
gone. I cleaned up their mess and took down the many nests they had built
all over the patio. Soon, the back yard was like it used to be – quiet,
serene and no one demanding their rights to a free meal.
Now think about this story. Our government gives out free food, subsidized
housing, free medical care, free education and allows anyone born here to be
an automatic citizen. Then the illegal’s came by the millions.
Suddenly our taxes went up to pay for free services; small apartments are
housing 5 families; you have to wait 6 hours to be seen by an emergency room
doctor; your child’s 2nd grade class is behind other schools because over
half the class doesn’t speak English; Corn Flakes now come in a bilingual
box; I have to press ‘one’ to hear my bank talk to me in English, and people
waving flags other than ‘Old Glory’ are squawking and screaming in the
streets, demanding more rights and free liberties.
Maybe it’s time for the government to take down the bird feeder.
[Forwarded by JW and food for thought]
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Dr Bob Griffin, www.grif.net
1 cross + 3 nails = 4 given