EXTRMBT
05-07-2007, 09:49 AM
I bought a bird feeder. I hung it on my back porch and filled it with
seed. Within a week we had hundreds of birds taking advantage of the continuous
flow of free and easily accessible food. But then the birds started building
nests in the boards of the patio, above the table, and next to the barbecue.
Then came the poop. It was everywhere... on the patio tile, the chairs,
the table... everywhere. Then some of the birds turned mean: They would dive
bomb me and try to peck me even though I had fed them out of my own pocket. And
others birds were boisterous and loud: They sat on the feeder and squawked and
screamed at all hours of the day and night and demanded that I fill it when it
got low on food.
After a while, I couldn't even sit on my own back porch anymore. I took
down the bird fe eder and in three days the birds were gone. I cleaned up their
mess and took down the many nests they had built all over the patio. Soon, the
back yard was like it used to be... quite, serene, with no one demanding their
rights to a free meal.
Now let's see . . . our government gives out free food, subsidized
housing, free medical care, free education, and allows anyone born here to
become an automatic citizen.
Then the illegals came by the tens of thousands: Suddenly our taxes went
up to pay for free services; small apartments are housing 5 families; you have
to wait 6 hours to be seen by an emergency room doctor; your child's 2nd grade
class is behind other schools because over half the class doesn't speak English.
Corn Flakes now come in a bilingual box; I have to press "one" to hear my
bank talk to me in English; and people waving flags other than "Old Glory" are
squawking and screaming in the streets, demanding more rights and free
liberties. Maybe it's time for the government to take down the bird feeder.
seed. Within a week we had hundreds of birds taking advantage of the continuous
flow of free and easily accessible food. But then the birds started building
nests in the boards of the patio, above the table, and next to the barbecue.
Then came the poop. It was everywhere... on the patio tile, the chairs,
the table... everywhere. Then some of the birds turned mean: They would dive
bomb me and try to peck me even though I had fed them out of my own pocket. And
others birds were boisterous and loud: They sat on the feeder and squawked and
screamed at all hours of the day and night and demanded that I fill it when it
got low on food.
After a while, I couldn't even sit on my own back porch anymore. I took
down the bird fe eder and in three days the birds were gone. I cleaned up their
mess and took down the many nests they had built all over the patio. Soon, the
back yard was like it used to be... quite, serene, with no one demanding their
rights to a free meal.
Now let's see . . . our government gives out free food, subsidized
housing, free medical care, free education, and allows anyone born here to
become an automatic citizen.
Then the illegals came by the tens of thousands: Suddenly our taxes went
up to pay for free services; small apartments are housing 5 families; you have
to wait 6 hours to be seen by an emergency room doctor; your child's 2nd grade
class is behind other schools because over half the class doesn't speak English.
Corn Flakes now come in a bilingual box; I have to press "one" to hear my
bank talk to me in English; and people waving flags other than "Old Glory" are
squawking and screaming in the streets, demanding more rights and free
liberties. Maybe it's time for the government to take down the bird feeder.