Daffodil Lane

The Little Red Hen
> This can be seen as reality...
>Once upon a time, on a farm in Indiana, there was a little red hen who
>scratched about the barnyard until she uncovered quite a few grains of
>wheat. She called all of her neighbors together and said, "If we plant
>this wheat, we shall have bread to eat. Who will help me plant it?"
>
>"Not I," said the cow.
>
>"Not I," said the duck.
>
>"Not I," said the pig.
>
>"Not I," said the goose.
>
>"Then I will do it by myself," said the little red hen. And so she did;
>The wheat grew very tall and ripened into golden grain. "Who will help me
>reap my wheat?" asked the little red hen.
>
>"Not I," said the duck.
>
>"Out of my classification," said the pig.
>
>"I'd lose my seniority," said the cow.
>
>"I'd lose my unemployment compensation," said the goose.
>
>"Then I will do it by myself," said the little red hen, and so she did. At
>last it came time to bake the bread.
>"Who will help me bake the bread?" asked the little red hen.
>
>"That would be overtime for me," said the cow.
>
>"I'd lose my welfare benefits," said the duck.
>
>"I'm a dropout and never learned how," said the pig.
>
>"If I'm to be the only helper, that's discrimination," said the goose
>
>"Then I will do it by myself," said the little red hen. She baked five
>loaves and held them up for all of her neighbors to see. They wanted some
>and, in fact, demanded a share. But the little red hen said, "No, I shall
>eat all five loaves."
>
>"Excess profits!" cried the cow.
>
>"Capitalist leech!" screamed the duck.
>
>"I demand equal rights!" yelled the goose.
>
>The pig just grunted in disdain.
>
>And they all painted "Unfair!" picket signs and marched around and around
>the little red hen, shouting obscenities.
>Then a government agent came, he said to the little red hen, "You must not
>be so greedy."
>
>"But I earned the bread," said the little red hen.
>
>"Exactly," said the agent. "That is what makes our free enterprise system
>so wonderful. Anyone in the barnyard can earn as much as he wants. But
>under our modern government regulations, the productive workers must divide
>the fruits of their labor with those who are lazy and idle."
>
>And they all lived happily ever after, including the little red hen, who
>smiled and clucked, "I am grateful, for now I truly understand." But her
>neighbors became quite disappointed in her. She never again baked bread
>because she joined the "party" and got her bread free.
>
> And all the Democrats smiled. 'Fairness' had been established.
>Individual initiative had died, but nobody noticed; perhaps no one
>cared..... as long as there was free bread that "the rich" were paying for.
>
>Bill Clinton is getting $12 million for his memoirs.
>
>Hillary got $8 million for hers.
>
>That's $20 million for memories from two people who for eight years
>repeatedly testified, under oath, that they couldn't remember anything.
>
>
> IS THIS A GREAT COUNTRY, OR WHAT?

What on God's green earth does this forward have to do with anything? You need to watch the movie so you can make an educated comment instead of posting tripe.

While "Shut Up" is not a nice phrase (I used to get in trouble growing up for saying that..), Bill O'Reilly can pretty much say what he wants on his show. The phrase was taken out of context about 35 times in that little video, and not once has it been proven that he used it to silence a dissenting view, only to stop the person from talking. It is his show, after all, and if he didn't moderate, it would turn into a free for all. I suggest he use the phrase, "Be quiet please" instead - for niceness' sake. :)

Our neighbor tried to make that same point last night when he came over to return our DVD, and I have to disagree with both of you. O'Reilly may have his own show but he should still abide by the rules of decency and quite frankly if you disagree with him he is a complete a$$ to you. The only reason he asks people with dissenting views on his show is so he can bully them and try to make them look stupid. When he says "shut up" he means it exactly as it sounds. He's a rude son of gun and he needs to be less rude and more hospitable toward guests he has asked onto his program which disguises itself as news when in reality it is mere opinion.

Oh and I agree with you, "please be quiet" is much nicer. :O)

I think that O'Reilly does interject his opinions. It's a main part of his show. He does try to have guests to show both sides, but I wouldn't say that he hides his views. On the contrary, he pretty much pushes his thoughts out there.

I just happen to agree with many of the things he says. Not all, though. I can see how he may be viewed as a bully, but hey, they deserve it! :)

O'Reilly is enjoyable to watch. There are a few things that I disagree with O'Reilly on from time to time, but for the most part I think he is right on. Free speech is a wonderful thing.

It doesn't surprise me in the least that you like O'Reilly. You're just like him (and that isn't a compliment.) You probably enjoy watching train wrecks too.

What's your beef with me exactly, Dianne? I don't believe I have at any time attacked you personally, called you an idiot, etc. I have attacked your arguments. In any case *if* you knew me well enough to make an educated statement on who I am or am not "just like," and you said I was "just like" O'Reilly, I would indeed take it as a compliment. :)

You never think you're wrong. You don't know when to let things go. You always have to have the last word. You go on and on about nothing. These qualities are irritating.

Fair enough. I apologize for going on about things. As far as thinking I am right, er, well If I stuck to a position I thought I was wrong about, that *would* be kind of stupid. Generally I don't leap to defend something unless I already know I can defend it. Why defend something in the first place if you aren't sure of it?

I don't feel like I have to have the last word on everything. But if I see something erroneous the temptation is to respond to it, whether it is post #2, or post #20.

I'm just posting so Postmodern Puritan doesn't have the last word! That way, everyone's happy!

And for the record, I don't like watching train wrecks, except when my daughter is playing with Thomas the Tank Engine. :)