Bird Feeder A funny parallel…
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.
Then came the poop. It was everywhere: on the patio tile, the chairs, the
table…everywhere.
Then 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.
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 lets see… 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 tens of thousands.
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 ta lk 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.
j/k