Political Thoughts

Tonight, I have been very frustrated by all the politics going on all over the country. At this point, I don't want to say I agree with any one side or another, they all are dopes...(that is being nice...). Because of that, when I saw this brief story, I really enjoyed it and thought it worth posting:

"Monkeys

Start with a cage containing 5 monkeys. Inside the cage, hang a banana on a string and place a set of stairs under it. Before long, a monkey will go to the stairs and start to climb towards the banana.

As soon as the monkey touches the stairs, spray all the other monkeys with cold water. After a while, another monkey makes the attempt with the same result, all the other monkeys are sprayed with cold water. Pretty soon, when another monkey tries to climb the stairs, the other monkeys will try to prevent it.

Now, put the cold water away. Remove one monkey from the cage and replace it with a new one. The new monkey sees teh banana and wants to climb the stairs. To it's shock, all of the other monkeys beat the snot out of him. After another attempt and attack, he knows htat if he tries to climb the stairs, he will be assaulted.

Next, remove another of the original five monkeys and replace it with a new one. The newcomer goes to the stairs and is attacked. The previous newcomer takes part in the punishment with enthusiasm.

Likewise, replace a third original monkey with a new one, then a fourth, and then, finally the fifth. Every time the newest monkey takes to the stairs, he is attacked.

Most of the monkeys that are beating him up have no idea why they were not permitted to climb the stairs, OR even why they are participating in teh beating of the newest monkey.

Finally, after replacing all of the original monkeys, none of the remaining monkeys have ever been sprayed with cold water. Nevertheless, no monkey ever again approaches the stairs to try for the banana.

Why not, you may ask?

Because as far as the monkeys know, that is the way it has always been done around here.

And that, my fellow monkeys, is how Congress operates. And precisely why we need to REPLACE all of the original monkeys this November."

Until tomorrow...