Government Pork: by Karina Fabian

Dear Friends: The HHS compromise is no compromise—it’s an escalation, making it impossible not only for the Catholic Church to live according to its beliefs, but any small business that may also believe as the Church does. I wrote this parable to try to put the debate out of the “contraception/women’s health” light and show the other issues at stake. Feel free to copy this story and use it on your own blogs. If you do, please include this link to sign a petition to stop the HHS mandate (or if you know of another petition, include it) https://www.stophhs.com/sign-the-petition/


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Once there was a wonderful town full of people who loved to eat, and many wonderful and varied restaurants that served excellent food: Italian and French, Japanese and Mongolian, Middle Eastern and even a kosher delicatessen. Not everyone liked every restaurant, of course, and some people even thought particular restaurants were odd, but they appreciated the variety available to all.



There were also a lot of pig farmers, and people enjoyed the fresh pork. One year, they had a mayor who loved fresh pork. He thought it was the right of everyone in the town to have pork at any meal they wanted. “Why,” he’d say,” if there was only one meal I could give my kids, it’d be pork chops!” Of course, lots of the people loved pork as well, and they applauded his enthusiasm.



One day he sat in his office, thinking about how much he and others liked pork, and he decided that every restaurant should serve pork and wine, at every meal. Oh, maybe not every individual would want to eat pork, but they deserved the right to have it on their plate! Otherwise, they didn’t really have a choice, right? And so, he set out a decree that all restaurants would serve some form of pork in every meal.



Well, the delicatessen and the Middle Eastern restaurant were upset by this. They couldn’t serve pork—it was against their religions. So they went to the Mayor and asked to be excused from this rule. “After all,” they said, “people know we never serve pork.”



“But you should. People have the right to pork. Some of your customers eat pork. Even some of your employees enjoy a good ham!”



“And if they wish to, they may–but not in our restaurants,” the owners said. “It’s against the kind of restaurants we are to serve pork. And we have customers who do not want pork, who would be offended and do not want to pay for pork.”



“Well, I’m offended that you won’t serve it—and I’m sure other pork lovers agree that your attitude is most disagreeable.”



“Our customers and our employees know where we stand, and they continue to frequent our restaurants and work for us. We serve them well, but we do not serve them pork. We have the right to our own menus. We should not be forced.”



But the mayor stood firm. “No,” he said. “Everyone has the right to have pork, and it’s my duty to make sure it’s always available, whether you agree or not. It’s healthier than beef anyway. If you don’t like it, you can pay a fine and stop serving food—or you can close down.”



The restaurant managers refused to change their menus. Many people stood by them—because they, too, would not eat pork and didn’t want to pay for it; or because they agreed that restaurants should choose their own menus; or because they didn’t like the mayor telling people how to run their own businesses. The movie theaters stood by him, because they were afraid if the Mayor could change menus, he might also start dictating what shows would be played.



The pork lovers, however, were incensed. How dare the restaurants not give them pork if they wanted it?



“I can’t eat beef; what should I do then?” one demanded. “Do you just want to send me away to starve?”



“We have other dishes,” they said. “Our menu and service would be no different than before. We can feed you many things; just not pork.”



Nonetheless, the press, too, said that the two restaurants would rather let people starve rather than eat pork.



Despite the outcry of the pork lovers, more and more people said, “Let them choose their own menu!”



So the Mayor called the restaurant owners into his office. He had a compromise, he said.



“I won’t make you buy pork. You don’t have to prepare it, or touch it. Instead, all restaurant suppliers will have to supply pork to every restaurant, free of charge, and for those that don’t want to serve the pork, suppliers will cook it and put it on every plate themselves. You just look the other way.”



“But there would still be pork in our restaurant!” the owners cried. “Besides, they will increase the price of meat to cover their new expenses.”



“Oh, they wouldn’t do that. I’d tell them not to. Besides, the point is you wouldn’t be actually serving pork. See how well that works? Everyone gets pork and you can say you never provided it. And if your patrons don’t want to eat it, they don’t have to; it’s enough that it’s there for them.”



So, problem solved?
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(“Hold on!” one restaurant supplier said. “I’m Jewish!”)



How good a writer is Karina?   She wrote this in 15 minutes!!!  KUDOs!

Democrats love CRAP and passing around CRAP showing their ignorance!!

Saw this picture (on top)  posted on Facebook and just had to do my own research.  Knowing what I know about the current POTUS's continuous debt ceiling extensions, I knew this was a one-sided, unresearched, blind, koolaide-drinking share.  I was right.  The next chart underneath is from the Congressional Budget Office's website.  I also checked the Politifact.com "Truth-o-meter" for this picture's source. 
Again, busted!!  This left picture is rated "Pants on Fire"!!

Just ONCE, I'd like to see an election season let the REAL facts be shown and not all this ONE-SIDED, KOOLAIDE DRINKING, COMPLETE CRAP fly!!!

I'll be checking other places and other resources and I vow that no CRAP will be left blindly accepted as truth without some research!!!

God bless our COUNTRY!!

Get rid of them...they might win!!

....is exactly what Odrama is saying to those that work for him. I firmly believe that the Obama gang are working hard to get rid of each and every GOP candidate that looks like a real winner, hence Herman Cain.

The press is also VERY instrumental in sabotaging candidates and the election process by their warped and one-sided angles on all coverage.

We the people need to see this as the truth and hold all peoples accounable for their actions and quit listening to the press!!!!

When is the citizens of the United State going to have HAD enough of this CRAP!!!!!

You know what's scary? Watch this and weep for our country

Everything Ronald Reagan said in this speech can be repeated today......

How can we get rid of all these programs and get people to work for themselves and be brother and neighbor to each other in times of trouble. That's what we did before all these "gimme" programs started.

Why are conservative called the "Right" and liberals "Left"??

A friend of mind just cleared up the reason conservatives are called the “right” and the liberals are called the “left.”

Read: Ecclesiastes 10:2, it states:
“The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.”

What's going on with Newt's Campaign?

Maybe he should just hire himself out as a consultant. .....

Dirty Dealings and Politics

Two years ago, you'd have thought I couldn't shut up about politics and the mess we are in as a country, better yet, as a world.  Looking everywhere and under every rock there is politics with the black-eye of dirty dealings.  I wanted to help change that and was outspoken about my convictions.

While in this mode, I was dealing with some pretty strong narcissistic personalities here in the local level of the Republican party.  Women, for the most part, are hard workers, full of vigilance and staying power to get the job done the right way.  But put a women who is not a good team player at the helm and you get a narcissistic, self-centered, and at the same time inferior-complexed human being that will take over, bring in her personal posse, make enemies, and control the entire county with her short-sighted mania.

Fast film forward to the present and I haven't set foot in a political meeting of any remote sort since finishing up my presidency as the Republican Women of Pitt County in December, 2010.  Even my very best friend severely turned on me at the end when she found out that I was 'heels and elbows' after my term was up.

It's been refreshing not being involved, yes I have heard that the maniac county chair has convinced her little gang of cronies to vote to change the county bylaws to exclude  Republican clubs from having seats on the county Republican organization just to make sure her little evil ways do not get overturned by common sense voices.  Sad really, but I am outta here!!

However, on the national side, isn't it really sad that the big boys can't keep it clean?  Edwards and Schwarzenegger, those filthy letches and now Weiner.....OMGosh!!  His name should have made a few people wonder!  OK, that wasn't fair, but really with a name like that one would THINK you'd keep it on the clean side.....sheesh!!

Politics are a curse and George Washington said it when he talked about party affiliations and the strife they will cause.  Politicians have been given a black eye for years now and I am hoping that it is coming to a head, so that we can start cleaning up the trash and streamline these terms to short sporadic ones so no one gets too comfy in their government-owned chairs.  Maybe some of this will sober up the mischievious wannabes and keep them on the straight and narrow path.  Close to their families, roots, and those that voted them in!!