Geniuses or idiots?

By Junius P. Long

Food For Thought

If you can get arrested for hunting or fishing
without a license, but not for being in the
country illegally,you might live in a country
founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If you have to get your parents’ permission to go
on a field trip or take an aspirin in school,
but not to get an abortion, you might live in
a country founded by geniuses but run by
idiots.

If the only school curriculum allowed to explain how we got here
is evolution,but the government stops a $15-million construction
project to keep a rare spider from evolving to extinction, you might
live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If you have to show identification to board an
airplane, cash a check, buy liquor or check out
a library book, but not to vote who runs the
government, you might live in a country
founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If the government wants to ban stable, law-abiding
citizens from owning gun magazines with more
than ten rounds, but gives 20 F-16 fighter jets
to the crazy new leaders in Egypt, you might
live in a country founded by geniuses but run by
idiots.

If, in the largest city, you can buy two 16-ounce
sodas, but not a 24-ounce soda because 24 ounces of a sugary
drink might make you fat, you might live in a country founded by
geniuses but run by idiots.

If an 80-year-old woman can be stripped searched by the TSA but
a woman in a hijab is only subject to having her neck and head
searched, you might live in a country founded by geniuses but
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 country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

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

If children are forcibly removed from parents who
discipline them with spankings while children of
addicts are left in filth and drug-infested “homes” you might live in a
country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If hard work and success are met with higher taxes
and more government intrusion, while not working
is rewarded with EBT cards, WIC checks,
Medicaid, subsidized housing and free cell phones, you might live
in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.
If the government's plan for getting people back to work is to
incentivize NOT working with 99 weeks of unemployment checks
and no requirement to prove they applied but can’t find work, you
might live in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If being stripped of the ability to defend yourself
makes you more "safe" according to the government, you might live
in a country founded by geniuses but run by idiots.

If you are offended by this article, I'll bet you
voted for the idiots who are running, and
ruining our great country.