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This is for all the little people being kept down by the man! Read
following: -----Original Message----- From: Ken Valach [mailto:kvalach@tcresidential.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 4:16 PM To: Max Gardner; Bob Talbott; Jeff Jelniker; John Garibaldi; Mcollins Subject: Fw: The "Fair" America... Thought you might enjoy this ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Wise" <swise@tcresidential.com< To: "John M. Wise" <jonmac@mo-net.com<; "Bergmann, Chris" <cbergmann@tcresidential.com<; "Valach, Ken" <kvalach@tcresidential.com<; "Whelan, Andrew" <jdwhelan@email.msn.com< Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 11:38 AM Subject: Fw: The "Fair" America... < For when you have time to read. Its funny. < < ----- Original Message ----- < From: "andiz" <andiz@texas.net< < To: "Morgan Parker" <twinboys9199@hotmail.com<; "SAMINA MAHMOOD" < <samina1077@hotmail.com<; <sdennis@hicks-thomas.com<; <roates@thebuzz.com<; < "Bryan Hash" <rbhash@yahoo.com<; <POPDUT@AOL.COM<; "michael chamberlain" < <michaelchamberlain2000@yahoo.com<; <Juicemann@hotmail.com<; "DeVries Howard < HD" <Howard.DeVries@AGNA.ZENECA.com<; <FLY2PHX@AOL.COM<; "braswelldiver" < <braswelldiver@AOL.COM<; <clg@prodigy.net<; "Dennis" <albqden@nmol.com< < Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 5:39 PM < Subject: Fw: The "Fair" America... < < < < < < < < < < < THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER CLASSIC VERSION < < < < < < The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his < < < house < < < and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks he's a < < < fool < < < and laughs and dances and plays in the summer heat. Come winter, the ant < < < is < < < warm and well fed. The grasshopper has no food or shelter so he dies < < < out in < < < the cold. < < < < < < < < < THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER MODERN VERSION FOR THE 21ST CENTURY < < < < < < The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long building his < < < house < < < and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks he's a < < < fool < < < and laughs and dances and plays the summer away. Come winter, the < < < shivering < < < grasshopper calls a press conference and demands to know why the ant < < < should < < < be allowed to be warm and well fed while others are cold and starving. < < < < < < CBS, NBC and ABC show up to provide pictures of the shivering < < < grasshopper < < < next to a video of the ant in his comfortable home with a table filled < < < with < < < food. "America" is stunned by the sharp contrast. How can this be, that < < < in a < < < country of such wealth, this poor grasshopper is allowed to suffer so ? < < < < < < Kermit the Frog appears on Oprah with the grasshopper, and everybody < < < cries < < < when they sing "It's Not Easy Being Green". Bill and Hillary Clinton < < < make a < < < special appearance on the CBS Evening News to tell a concerned Dan < < < Rather < < < that they will do everything they can for the grasshopper who has been < < < denied < < < the prosperity he deserves by those who benefited unfairly during the < < < Reagan < < < summers, or as Bill refers to it as "Temperatures of the 80's". Jesse < < < Jackson stages a demonstration in front of the ant's house where the < < < news < < < stations film the group singing "We shall overcome." Jesse than has the < < < < < < group kneel down to pray to God for the Grasshopper's sake. (while < < < making < < < certain that the cameras are rolling). Al Gore exclaims in an interview < < < with < < < Peter Jennings that the ant has gotten rich off the backs of the < < < grasshopper < < < and calls for an immediate tax hike on the ant to make him pay his "fair < < < < < < share". Finally the EEOC drafts the "Economic Equity and Anti-Ant Act", < < < < < < retroactive to the beginning of the summer. The ant is fined for < < < failing to < < < hire a proportionate number of green bugs and, having nothing left to < < < pay his < < < retroactive taxes, his home is confiscated by the government. Hillary < < < gets < < < her old law firm to represent the grasshopper in a defamation suit < < < against < < < the ant, and the case is tried before a panel of federal judges that < < < Bill < < < appointed from a list of single-parent welfare recipients who can only < < < hear < < < cases on Thursday between 1:30 and 3:00 PM when there are no talk shows < < < scheduled. The ant loses the case. The story ends as we see the < < < grasshopper < < < finishing up the last bits of the ant's food while the government house < < < he is < < < in, which just happens to be the ant's old house, crumbles around him < < < since < < < he doesn't maintain it. The ant has disappeared in the snow,. And on < < < the TV, < < < which the grasshopper bought by selling most of the ant's food, they are < < < < < < showing Bill Clinton standing before a wildly applauding group of < < < Democrats < < < announcing that a new era of "fairness" has dawned in America < < < < < < < < < < < <
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