ARE YOU BETTER OFF THAN YOU WERE FOUR YEARS AGO?

I don't know who composed the tale which follows, but it is a true classic if ever there was written one. There are some predictions that I can posit before I share it with you, and these the predictions I make:

It will come to pass that when people read this, they will understand what befell their great nation, and they will mourn for what they did, and how they demanded of G-d a king, and the change they wanted came upon them, and they were sorely beaten by the change, for their businesses failed, their banks closed by the hundreds, their real estate market collapsed, their savings and investments became nothing overnight, and the wealth of the nation was given to a select few of the most wealthy and powerful.

And only then, only then did enough of the people understand what befell them and their great nation, but by that time, the One whom they had set their hopes on only thirty-two months before, had robbed them of their livelihoods, invested their heard earned money in overseas ventures that his non-tax paying large corporate friends and supporters benefitted from, and penalized them by imposing on them the most onerous and restrictive regulations and hidden tax increases in the nation’s history. Only then, did the people realize that they had been had. Only then did they understand what had befallen them and their nation. Only then did they realize that hope and change had become hopeless change, that “NO MORE FOUR YEARS OF GEORGE W. BUSH” had morphed into “THREE YEARS OF DESPAIR, DEPRESSION, DISGUST, AND DISHONOR.” Only then did they know.

And now, the nation’s future hangs in the balance, and the people moan, and the people cry, and the people demand justice, but where is justice in the land? The presidency is tyrannical, both houses of congress are corrupt and inept, the courts are politicized extensions of the new leadership in the White House – rubber stamping every one of his decisions as those who are able litigate against them; the leadership of the two parties are allied with one purpose while appearing to be opposed to each other, the freshmen congressmen and senators the people voted for are kept from doing what the people elected them to do – repeal Obamacare, overturn all of the onerous regulations, policies imposed upon the electorate the past two-and a half years, and cut the wasteful spending that has ballooned the federal deficit to fourteen trillion dollars in just three years without cutting Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.

Yet the people had spoken, and they will people will speak again, and until they are heard, but now enjoy the tale told below, for it is a testimony of runaway government, and when a nation blindly follows a charismatic leader to its ruin because they had fallen for the mantra of “HOPE AND CHANGE” without examining the story behind the one making the promise to the claim that he would “BRING FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.” America did not need fundamental change, it needed reform, and its leaders needed to return to sound Constitutional government, not runaway deficit spending beyond their means to pay and the dictatorial expansion of government over and against the limits imposed on it by our Constitution.

And now the “the One” wants US to reelect him so that he may complete his work of “FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGING THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA” as he continues his quest of transforming the once great Republic – the envy of the world – into a third rate regional power enslaved by hyper-socialism, beholden only the whims of a world body and a world court for the rights of its citizens and its treaties, with its industries shattered beyond repair, its infrastructure crumbling, its business sector in depression, its economy in tatters, and its liberties abridged and made null through executive order and the courts. As the people contemplate their fate, and how they arrived at this ignominious moment, let them once again ask themselves the question their parents asked just a generation ago, “Are we better off now than we were four years ago?” And if they are honest with themselves, they will know that the answer to that question is a resounding, “NO!”

This belongs in the Hall of Fame for e-mails

It came to pass in the Age of Insanity that the people of the land
called America , having lost their morals, their initiative, and their
will to defend their liberties, chose as their Supreme Leader that
person known as "The One."

He emerged from the vapors with a message that had no meaning;
but he hypnotized the people telling them, "I am sent to save you."
My lack of experience, my questionable ethics, my monstrous ego,
and my association with evil doers are of no consequence. I shall
save you with Hope and Change. Go and proclaim throughout the
land that he who proceeded me is evil, that he has defiled the nation,
and that all he has built must be destroyed. And the people rejoiced,
for even though they knew not what "The One" would do, he had
promised that it was good; and they believed. And "The One" said,
"We live in the greatest country in the world. Help me change
everything about it!" The people said, "Hallelujah! Change is good!"
Then he said, "We are going to tax the rich fat-cats." The people
said, "Sock it to them, redistribute their wealth, show us the money!"
And the he said, "Redistribution of wealth is good for everybody."

And Joe the plumber asked, "Are you kidding me? You're going to
steal my money and give it to the deadbeats??" And "The One"
ridiculed and taunted him, and Joe's personal records were hacked
and publicized. One lone reporter asked, "Isn't that Marxist policy?"
And she was banished from the Kingdom's press corps."

Then a citizen asked, "With no foreign relations experience and having
no military experience or knowledge, how will you deal with the radical
terrorists?" And "The One" said, "Simple. I shall sit with them and talk
with them and show them how nice we really are; and they will forget
that they ever wanted to kill us all!" And the people said, "Hallelujah!!
We are safe at last, and we can beat our weapons into free cars for
the people!"

Then "The One" said, "I shall give 95% of you lower taxes." And one, lone voice said, "But 40% of us don't pay ANY taxes." So "The One" said, "Then I shall give you some of the taxes the fat-cats pay!" And the people said, "Hallelujah! Show us the money!"

Then "The One" said, "I shall tax your capital gains when you sell your homes!"

And the people yawned and the slumping housing market collapsed. And he said, "I shall mandate employer-funded health care for every worker and raise the minimum wage. And I shall give every person unlimited health care and medicine and transportation to the clinics." And the people said, "Give me some of that!"
Then he said, "I shall penalize employers who ship jobs overseas." And the people said, "Where's my rebate check?"

Then "The One" said, "I shall bankrupt the coal industry and electricity rates will skyrocket!" And the people said, "Coal is dirty, coal is evil, no more coal! But we don't care for that part about higher electric rates." So "The One" said, "Not to worry. If your rebate isn't enough to cover your expenses, we shall bail you out. Just sign up with the ACORN and you troubles are over!"

Then he said, "Illegal immigrants feel scorned and slighted. Let's grant them amnesty, Social Security, free education, free lunches, free medical care, bi-lingual signs, and guaranteed housing." And the people said, "Hallelujah!" and they made him king!

And so it came to pass that employers, facing spiraling costs and ever-higher taxes, raised their prices and laid off workers. Others simply gave up and went out of business, and the economy sank like unto a rock dropped from a cliff. The banking industry was destroyed. Manufacturing slowed to a crawl. And more of the people were without a means of support.

Then "The One" said, "I am the "the Chosen One"- The Messiah - and I'm here to save you!
We shall just print more money so everyone will have enough!" But our foreign trading partners said unto Him. "Wait a minute. Your dollar is not worth a pile of camel dung! You will have to pay more." And "The One" said, "Wait a minute. That is not fair!!"

And the world said, "Neither are these other idiotic programs you have embraced. Lo, you have become a Socialist state and a second-rate power. Now you shall play by our rules!"

And the people cried out, "Alas, alas!! What have we done?" But yea verily, it was too late.
The people set upon The One and spat upon him and stoned him, and his name was dung.
And the once mighty nation was no more; and the once proud people were without sustenance or shelter or hope. And the Change "The One" had given them was as like unto a poison that had destroyed them and like a whirlwind that had consumed all that they had built.

And the people beat their chests in despair and cried out in anguish, "Give us back our nation and our pride and our hope!!" But it was too late, and their homeland was no more.

You may think this a fairy tale, but it's not. It's happening RIGHT NOW!!