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The Wilkow Majority » The Dinner Roll
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coatart 1 year, 10 months ago |
I admit I got this in an e-mail...but it is SO TRUE. Try to read this all the way through....will hit you in the face... The Dinner Roll ... Once upon a time I was invited to the White House for a private dinner with the President. I am a respected businessman, with a factory that produces memory chips for computers and portable electronics. There was some talk that my industry was being scrutinized by the administration, but I paid it no mind. I live in a FREE country. There's nothing that the government can do to me if I've broken no laws. My wealth was EARNED honestly, and an invitation to dinner with an American President is an honor. I checked my coat, was greeted by the Chief of Staff, and joined the President in a yellow dining room. We sat across from each other at a table draped in white linen. The Great Seal was embossed on the china. Uniformed staff served our dinner. The meal was served , and I was startled when my waiter suddenly reached out, plucked a dinner roll off my plate and began nibbling it as he walked back to the kitchen.. "Sorry 'bout that," said the President. "Andrew is very hungry." "I don't appreciate..." I began, but as I looked into the calm brown eyes across from me, I felt immediately guilty and petty. It was just a dinner roll. "Of course," I concluded, and reached for my glass. Before I could, however, another waiter reached forward, took the glass away and swallowed the wine in a single gulp. "And his brother, Eric, is very thirsty," said the President. I didn't say anything. The President is testing my compassion, I thought. I withheld my comments and decided to play along. I don't want to seem unkind.. My plate was whisked away before I had tasted a bite. "Eric's children are also quite hungry." With a lurch, I crashed to the floor. My chair had been pulled out from under me. I stood, brushing myself off angrily, and watched as it was carried from the room. And their grandmother can't stand for long." I excused myself, smiling outwardly, but inside feeling like a fool. Obviously I had been invited to the White House to be sport for some game. I reached for my coat, to find that it had been taken. I turned back to the President. "Their grandfather doesn't like the cold." I wanted to shout, "that was my coat!" But again, I looked at the placid smiling face of my host and decided I was being a poor sport. I spread my hands helplessly and chuckled. Then I felt my hip pocket and realized my wallet was gone. I excused myself and walked to a phone on an elegant side table. I learned shortly that my credit cards had been maxed out, my bank accounts emptied, my retirement and equity portfolios had vanished, and my wife had been thrown out of our home. Apparently, the waiters and their families were moving in. The President hadn't moved or spoken as I learned all this, but finally I lowered the phone into its cradle and turned to face him. "Andrew's whole family has made bad financial decisions. They haven't planned for retirement and they need a house. They recently defaulted on a subprime mortgage. I told them they could have your home. They need it more than you do." My hands were shaking. I felt faint I stumbled back to the table and knelt on the floor. The President cheerfully cut his meat, ate his steak, and drank his wine. I lowered my eyes and stared at the small grey circles on the tablecloth that were water drops. "By the way," he added , "I have just signed an Executive Order nationalizing your factories. I'm firing you as head of your business. I'll be operating the firm now for the benefit of all mankind. There's a whole bunch of Erics and Andrews out there and they can't come to you for jobs groveling like beggars..we need to spread YOUR wealth around..." I looked up. The President dropped his spoon into the empty ramekin which had been his crïme Brule. He drained the last drops of his wine. As the table was cleared, he lit a cigarette and leaned back in his chair. He stared at me. I clung to the edge of the table as if it were a ledge and I were a man hanging over an abyss. I thought of the years behind me, of the life I had lived. The life I had earned with a lifetime of work, risk and struggle. Why was I punished? How had I allowed it to be taken? What game had I played and lost? I looked across the table and noticed with some surprise that there was no game board between us. What had I done wrong? As if answering the unspoken thought, President Obama suddenly cocked his head, locked his empty eyes to mine, and bared a million teeth, chuckling wryly as he folded his hands. "You should have stopped me at the dinner roll," he said. |
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marnesdad 1 year, 10 months ago |
Yes, when you embellish the living shit out of reality, create a villain, and try to prey on people's ignorant fears, the story is quite compelling.... |
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boneman 1 year, 10 months ago |
Nice post coatart |
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Heidi 1 year, 10 months ago |
troll wants your money. I stopped him at the dinner roll. Keep your paws off my plate troll! |
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coatart 1 year, 10 months ago |
Marnesdad....find a dildo and go fuck yourself. |
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marnesdad 1 year, 10 months ago |
"Marnesdad....find a dildo and go fuck yourself." Wow... After your kittens and puppies story above, this just seems wrong... |
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coatart 1 year, 10 months ago |
Marnesdad....you are a pile of shit! |
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marnesdad 1 year, 10 months ago |
"Marnesdad....you are a pile of shit!" A 'pile'? That's a lot. Usually you rightwing creative types just settle on 'piece'. I commend you on your excess! |
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Heidi 1 year, 10 months ago |
Taking from us to pay for your EXCESS is the point of the story. Once again it went over your head. The strange part is that you actually think we shouldn't be angry about it. |
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marnesdad 1 year, 10 months ago |
I couldn't care less about your 'anger', Heidi... The whole premise of 'taking from you' is idiotic, as I can guarantee that you are and always will be 'taking' more than I am. |
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Heidi 1 year, 10 months ago |
In what way? |
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marnesdad 1 year, 10 months ago |
As a consumer of what government 'provides'... |
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Pioneer13 1 year, 10 months ago |
Marney your socialist elitism knows no bounds. It is interesting to see you revel in the inability of others to reach your station in life and support a system that does not allow others to realize their full potential. If you are the bourgeois, your day of reckoning is coming. |
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Heidi 1 year, 10 months ago |
What is it that you think I consume that the government provides? |
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coatart 1 year, 10 months ago |
By the way marnesdad the only person ignorant in this conversation is YOU! |
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Heidi 1 year, 10 months ago |
Why haven't you answered me yet marnie? Please tell me what I take and how much I don't give. |
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marnesdad 1 year, 10 months ago |
I said that you will always be taking more than I am... I'm referring to how much you pay in compared to what you get in return... |
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Heidi 1 year, 10 months ago |
And what makes you think you know anything about my finances? |
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RetNavyPatriot 1 year, 10 months ago |
As Andrew has told us numerous times - just don't care anymore! No one is going to guilt me out of my dinner roll! LOL smarmy is just a hungry, thirsty ol' troll that wants our dinner rolls - screw him! |
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Heidi 1 year, 10 months ago |
I agree 100% Ret! I worked very hard for what i have and i see no reason to give any more than I already do. Lazy good for nothings with their hands out make me sick. GET A HAIRCUT AND A JOB YOU HIPPIE! |
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