The Night Before Elections

'Twas the night before elections
And all through the town
Tempers were flaring
Emotions all up and down!

I, in my bathrobe
With a cat in my lap
Had cut off the TV
Tired of political crap.

When all of a sudden
There arose such a noise
I peered out of my window
Saw Obama and his boys

They had come for my wallet
They wanted my pay
To give to the others
Who had not worked a day!

He snatched up my money
And quick as a wink
Jumped back on his bandwagon
As I gagged from the stink

He then rallied his henchmen
Who were pulling his cart
I could tell they were out
To tear my country apart!

"On Fannie, on Freddie,
On Biden and Ayers!
On Acorn, On Pelosi"
He screamed at the pairs!

They took off for his cause
And as he flew out of sight
I heard him laugh at the nation
Who wouldn't stand up and fight!

So I leave you to think
On this one final note-
IF YOU DONT WANT SOCIALISM
GET OUT AND VOTE!!!!

Does this Move?

Does this Move?

Truly the most important question of all time.  Honestly, how many times have you asked this exact question?  I would be willing be bet that everyone at some time in their life has either asked this question or will ask it in their life time.  This is the single question that started civilization as we know it.  I'm not just talking about the Industrial Revolution or Modern Times, I mean from the time that Man began to stand upright and think about the world around him, the first thought he may have thought was "Does this Move?"  Certainly he learned that small rocks move easier then large rocks and some rocks.... they don't move.  Of course this started our obsession with movement.  By God, if that rock didn't move now he was going to think of a way to move it.  I could go on and on about how this simple questions led to some of our modern day successes like the bicycle, engine, car, and even dams.  Dams you say?  Why yes, because not only did we want to make things move but then we wanted to make things stop moving.  We, as a race, are basically unhappy with the way things are and therefore have a compelling need to change them.  Dams are all about stopping water from moving and creating such a thing that can not be moved.  Electricity and flood control are only convenient side effects, answering the ultimate question of all time, "Does this move and can I make it do the opposite of what it's doing right now?"  That is the real goal.

This is a powerful question which can have grave consequences if not used properly.  Be careful when using this question.  It should not be used lightly or without full measure of forethought before attempting physical experimentation to answer the question.  Doing so can lead to physical damage to property, strained personal relationships and yes, even nations will go to war over this question.  War you say, Shirley, you must be joking.  No, I am not Joking, and don't call me Shirley.  (I couldn't help myself).  For example, IRAQ in the early 90's looked at its boarder with Kuwait and asked, "Does this move?" and with little forethought or incredibly stupid thought, it pushed its boarder south to the coast.  Strangely enough, to the Iraqis, this imaginary line moved but remained in place to the rest of the world.  Well, you know the rest of the story, the rest of the world moved the line back.

How do I know the danger of this, oh so important question?  Well, let me tell you.  When I was a younger lad, my friends and I would play war games.  Oh no, not like the movie or even the military.  No these were board games that we played in the basement of our parent's homes.  One particular new game that came out was called MechWarriors.  It evolved dice, like so many games do, but it also involved building, intricate little, complicated, scaled models of the "Mechs" you played with.  After building and painting these "Mechs," which could take scores of hours to complete to their perfection.  You would use them to play the game.  The realism of the well created model added to the overall enjoyment of the game.

On one particular night, while admiring the fine detailed work of Frankie's craftsmanship, on his newly completed "Mechs," I picked up a particularly fine looking piece and examined it.  I admired the detailed structure of the model and the extraordinary paint job that Frankie had done.  A very realistic 1/72 scale representation of a futuristic battle robot.  Grabbing one of its "Arms" I uttered the question of my ancestors, "Does this move?"  and without much forethought or pause, I proceeded to check.  Now this is where story gets a little fuzzy, for some of you might think that the answer was, No.  When in fact, it did move.  The Question, shortly after the arm broke off was, "Should it?"

The answer to that question was a much clearer,  NO.

So continue to ask the question, my friends.  It is no joke.  But think about the ramification of moving something that either should not be moved or wasn't supposed to move before you asked the question.  You may find yourself saying, "Well, it does now."  Or you may create an event that is so gut retching funny that you and your friends get mileage out of it 20 years later.  Apply the question to your values, morals and integrity.  "Does this move, and should it?"  The answer might be yes or the answer might be no, but we should continue to check if it should and act appropriately with measured forethought.

p.s. It should be noted that some pieces of the Mech models do freely move.  It just so happened that the 'arm' of the one I picked up, did not and with a little glue it went back to its orginal state of: "not supposed to move, but will with the proper amount of applied Force."