DWHEADSTONE
05-08-07, 08:55 PM
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: you 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 talk 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.
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: you 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 talk 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.