Sunday Funnies 2011.07.24

 

Yes, the political wrangling over the debt ceiling is so pervasive you can't escape it. It's gotten so bad that even children aren't safe.

After watching the evening news with his father, a little boy asks him, "Dad, What is politics?"

Dad says, "Well son, let me try to explain it this way: I'm the breadwinner of the family, so let's call me Capitalism. Your Mom, she's the administrator of the money, so we'll call her the Government. We're here to take care of your needs, so we'll call you the People. The babysitter, we'll consider her the Working Class. And your baby brother, we'll call him the Future. Now, think about that and see if that makes sense,"

So the little boy goes off to bed thinking about what dad had said.

Later that night, he hears his baby brother crying, so he gets up to check on him. He finds that the baby has severely soiled his diaper. So the little boy goes to his parents' room and finds his mother sound asleep. Not wanting to wake her, he goes to the babysitter's room. Finding the door locked, he peeks in the keyhole and sees his father in bed with her. He gives up and goes back to bed. The next morning, the little boy says to his father, "Dad, I think I understand the concept of politics now."

The father says, "Good, son. Now tell me in your own words what you think politics is all about."

The little boy replies, "Well, while Capitalism is screwing the Working Class, the Government is sound asleep, the People are being ignored, and the Future is in deep shit."

We find ourselves in this mess because, for the past several decades, we've elected politicians instead of statesmen.

Q: What's the difference between a politician and a prostitute?

A: The prostitute gives value for the money she takes.

Here's the solution...