Posted by
Patrick Henry on Friday, June 12, 2009 6:22:30 PM
Citizens of Scotus lived in ever increasing poverty. One day the king heard reports
of wonderful trees in the land of Tyrrhus that were loaded with apples of gold. He
summoned his servant Eucerus and bade him journey to Tyrrhus and bring back as
many of the precious apples as he could carry. Eucerus eagerly accepted the charter,
promising the king that he would not fail. Considering himself a hero-in-waiting, he
embarked on his quest, expecting to return as the hailed benefactor of a grateful
nation and to a life of luxury with the king deeply in his debt.
Alas, after scouring the land of Tyrrhus, Eucerus discovered to his dismay that all
the precious apples had been harvested. Desperate to save face, he loaded his cart
with large ugly rocks. Upon his return to Scotus, he sought to convince his own
followers that the rocks were, in fact, apples of gold in disguise. When the king
recoiled in disgust from the cart full of rocks, the sycophants of Eucerus oohed
and ahhed at the "beauty" of the appropriately disguised "apples." Wondering if
perhaps he was missing something, and not wishing to appear the fool in front of
those who saw apples of gold where he saw only rocks, the king decided to play
along.
When he began distributing his newly acquired treasures among the poor citizens
he was confronted by a shabbily dressed fellow who said, "This is just a big ugly
rock. How am I supposed to feed my family with this?" Chagrined and realizing
that he had been duped by Eucerus and his followers, the king returned to the
palace, summoned the captain of the guard and decreed that the head of Eucerus
should be mounted on a pole at the gates to the city for the crime of treason.
The sad fact is that Barack Obama is our Eucerus. He daily tries to convince us
all that what we know in our hearts is false is, in fact, true. He tells us that he will
not raise taxes while he borrows trillions that we know full well can only be repaid
by doing so. He promises that he will not raise taxes on those making less than
$250,000 annually, while he prepares massive energy, healthcare and capital gains
taxes that will impact us all, the poor and the middle class most of all. He promises
that senior citizens living on less than $50,000 annually will pay no taxes at all, but
makes no move to enact such a provision into law and knows full well that his
energy and healthcare (value added) taxes will hit seniors hard. Meanwhile his
sycophants in congress and the media ooh and aahh over the marvelous things he
is doing.
The hard truth is that Barack Obama's "golden apples" are a whole dump truck
load of ugly rocks about to rain down on Americans in 2009 and for generations
to come. Recklessly he rushes headlong to fulfill obligations to his political
cronies and enact the whole of his agenda at once, BEFORE America wakes up.
One can only shake one's head in disgust and ask, "Where is the captain of the
guard when you really need him?"