Politics...

[valerie]

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 Doo-Doo."

[Hawke]

...I read this while drinking a Pepsi. Big mistake.

*has Pepsi fizzing in his brain now*

//It burns and stings!