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I received this email earlier today. It's a bit long but seems to hit the nail Squarely
on its head...

By Jeff Foxworthy:

If plastic water bottles are okay, but plastic bags are banned, — you might live in
a nation (state) that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots WE DO LIVE IN
SUCH A DUMB COUNTRY!!

If you can get arrested for hunting or fishing without a license, but not for entering
and remaining in the country illegally — you might live in a nation that was founded
by geniuses but is run by idiots.

If you have to get your parents' permission to go on a field trip or to take an aspirin
in school, but not to get an abortion — you might live in a nation that was founded
by geniuses but is run by idiots.

If you MUST show your identification to board an airplane, cash a check, buy liquor,
or check out a library book and rent a video, but not to vote for who runs the
government — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by
idiots.

If the government wants to prevent stable, law-abiding citizens from owning gun
magazines that hold more than ten rounds, but gives twenty F-16 fighter jets to
the crazy new leaders in Egypt — you might live in a nation that was founded by
geniuses but is run by idiots.

If, in the nation's largest city, you can buy two 16-ounce sodas, but not one 24
ounce soda, because 24-ounces of a sugary drink might make you fat — you might
live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.

If an 80-year-old woman who is confined to a wheelchair or a three-year-old girl
can be strip-searched by the TSA at the airport, but a woman in a burka or a hijab
is only subject to having her neck and head searched — you might live in a nation
that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.

If your government believes that the best way to eradicate trillions of dollars of
debt is to spend trillions more — you might live in a nation that was founded by
geniuses but is run by idiots.

If a seven-year-old boy can be thrown out of school for saying his teacher is
"cute" but hosting a sexual exploration or diversity class in grade school is
perfectly acceptable — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses
but is run by idiots.

If hard work and success are met with higher taxes and more government
regulation and intrusion while not working is rewarded with Food Stamps, WIC
checks, Medicaid benefits, subsidized housing, and free cell phones — you might
live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.

If you pay your mortgage faithfully, denying yourself the newest big-screen TV,
while your neighbor buys iPhones, time shares, a wall-sized do-it-all plasma
screen TV and new cars, and the government forgives his debt when he defaults
on his mortgage — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but
is run by idiots.

If being stripped of your Constitutional right to defend yourself makes you more
"safe" according to the government — you might live in a nation that was founded
by geniuses but is run by idiots.

THINK BEFORE YOU VOTE IN ALL UPCOMING ELECTIONS. MOST OF THE IDIOTS
RUNNING THIS COUNTRY SAY ONE THING AND DO THE OPPOSITE KNOWING
THAT THE PEOPLE WHO VOTED THEM IN DO NOT PAY ATTENTION.

LET'S SEE IF I GOT THIS RIGHT!

IF YOU CROSS THE NORTH KOREAN BORDER
ILLEGALLY YOU GET 12 YEARS HARD LABOR.

IF YOU CROSS THE IRANIAN BORDER
ILLEGALLY YOU ARE DETAINED INDEFINITELY.

IF YOU CROSS THE AFGHAN BORDER
ILLEGALLY, YOU GET SHOT.

IF YOU CROSS THE SAUDI ARABIAN BORDER
ILLEGALLY YOU WILL BE JAILED.

IF YOU CROSS THE CHINESE BORDER
ILLEGALLY YOU MAY NEVER BE HEARD FROM AGAIN.

IF YOU CROSS THE VENEZUELAN BORDER
ILLEGALLY YOU WILL BE BRANDED A SPY AND YOUR
FATE WILL BE SEALED.

IF YOU CROSS THE CUBAN BORDER ILLEGALLY
YOU WILL BE THROWN INTO POLITICAL PRISON TO ROT.

IF YOU CROSS THE U.S. BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU GET...
A JOB, A DRIVERS LICENSE,
SOCIAL SECURITY CARD, WELFARE,
FOOD STAMPS, CREDIT CARDS,
SUBSIDIZED RENT OR A LOAN TO BUY A HOUSE,
FREE EDUCATION, FREE HEALTH CARE,
A LOBBYIST IN WASHINGTON
BILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS PRINTED IN YOUR LANGUAGE
THE RIGHT TO CARRY YOUR COUNTRY'S FLAG WHILE YOU
PROTEST THAT YOU DON'T GET ENOUGH RESPECT
AND, IN MANY INSTANCES, YOU CAN VOTE.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I HAD A FIRM GRASP ON THE SITUATION!
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