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Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 21:32:22 -0300 (ADT)
From: Trest Dive
Subject: BLAGUES-L: Politics

[ Another classic  (/jg) ]


Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 10:06:00 -0600
From: Mercedes Duverge

 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'm the
 breadwinner of the family, so let's call me Capitalism. Your Mom, she's
 the administrator of the money, so we'll call her the Government. We're
 here to take care of your needs, so we'll call you the People. The
 nanny, we'll consider her the Working Class.  And your baby brother,
 we'll call him the Future.  Now, think about that and see if that 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 parents' room and finds his mother sound
 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, "Well, while Capitalism is screwing the Working
 Class, the Government is sound asleep, the People are being ignored, and
 the Future is in deep shit." >>



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