• You will need to login or register before you can post a message. If you already have an Agriville account login by clicking the login icon on the top right corner of the page. If you are a new user you will need to Register.

Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

Vader... Sunday...FOOD for thought

Collapse
X
Collapse
 
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

    Vader... Sunday...FOOD for thought

    Vader;


    Perhaps this thought could bring back some "fond" memories?



    "Father-Daughter Talk"


    A young woman was about to finish her first year of University. Like so many others her age, she considered herself to be a very liberal Federal liberal, and among other liberal ideals, was very much in favor of higher taxes to support more government programs, in other words redistribution of wealth.



    She was deeply ashamed that her father was a rather staunch Conservative, a feeling she openly expressed. Based on the lectures that she had participated in, and the occasional chat with a professor, she felt that her father had for years harbored an evil, selfish desire to keep what he thought should be his.



    One day she was challenging her father on his opposition to higher taxes on the rich and the need for more government programs. The self-professed objectivity proclaimed by her professors had to be the truth and she indicated so to her father. He responded by asking how she was doing in school.



    Taken aback, she answered rather haughtily that she had a 4.0 GPA, and let him know that it was tough to maintain, insisting that she was taking a very difficult course load and was constantly studying, which left her no time to go out and party like other people she knew. She didn't even have time for a boyfriend, and didn't really have many college friends because she spent all her time studying.



    Her father listened and then asked, "How is your friend Audrey doing?"



    She replied, "Audrey is barely getting by. All she takes are easy classes, she never studies, and she barely has a 2.0 GPA. She is so popular on campus; University for her is a blast. She's always invited to all the parties, and lots of times she doesn't even show up for classes because she's too hung over."



    Her wise father asked his daughter, "Why don't you go to the Dean's office and ask him to deduct a 1.0 off your GPA and give it to your friend who only has a 2.0. That way you will both have a 3.0 GPA and certainly that would be a fair and equal distribution of GPA."



    The daughter, visibly shocked by her father's suggestion, angrily fired back, "That's a crazy idea. How would that be fair? I've worked really hard for my grades! I've invested a lot of time, and a lot of hard work! Audrey has done next to nothing toward her degree. She played while I worked my tail off!"



    The father slowly smiled, winked and said gently;

    "Welcome to the Conservative Party."

    Vader; Since you have not taken the time to answer CWB questions...


    Perhaps this little Sunday Vignette could encourage you to ...THINK... about who you used to be?

    #2
    burn!
    I have heard nothing about vad...er flaman's intentions as far as stepping down to pursue his federal political career. Anybody know what the latest is?

    Comment


      #3
      Ohhhhhh! So you would suggest that the averaging of a measure of intelligence between two people is analogous to taxation!

      If that explains everything in the world you live in I can begin to see how your brain works.

      This analogy is completely lacking in validity in my view.

      Since I suspect that your posting is probably lacking in logic even in your own mind then your rationale for the posting is to cause embarassment and to bring reaction. In that you have suceeded as I had vowed not to post my own views here for ridicule.

      Comment


        #4
        Vader,

        I think Tom's vignette was about political views, not taxation in general.

        It's more an analogy of Liberal indignant hypocricy than anything else.

        And your response just proved Tom's analogy to be "spot on".

        Comment


          #5
          Vader,

          Why would you become reticient to post/tell/explain your views?

          That is a communicator's purpose, is it not? Although I do not often agree with your views during this time in your life, I have always found you open, and accessible to debate. And willing to be vulnerable, over the years.

          I hope you haven't changed those qualities I know so well.

          Parsley

          Comment


            #6
            IMHO Tom's analogy misses the mark entirely. Conservatives are a diverse lot but they always come back to...too many taxes and "let us keep MOST of what we earn because we are special".

            Comment


              #7
              Not because we are special--- because IT IS OURS we earned it....

              Comment


                #8
                Right on food4u,

                Willy (and every other Trudeau Liberal and Tommy Douglas CCFer) wants what he didn't earn,

                and when those who did earn it by working hard and taking risks, balk at Willy's demand that he should be allowed to benifit by their investment of time and money,

                Willy gets all bent out of shape and spouts off with an attitude of self rightous indignation and tells them they are greedy for wanting to keep what they rightfully earned.

                And never once does Willy concern himself with the fact that it is he who is the "greedy one" and it is he who thinks he is "Special" and should be entitled to that which he did not rightfully earn.

                And never one does it cross Willy's mind that he can have all those things he covets, providing he too works hard, takes risks and is allowed to enjoy the rewards of those initiatives, and not have half of it taxed away from him.

                Or worse yet taken from him completly and placed into a giant collective because he is either too stupid or too greedy or both to know how to manage it himself.

                Comment


                  #9
                  Vader,

                  I thought there was still a little room for logic, common sense, and reason in the respnsibility you carry to represent all growers who expect proffessional representation at the CWB Board of Directors TABLE.

                  If you can't understand the analogy... and how it applies to the positions you take at the CWB... perhaps that should concern everyone you represent at the CWB! I have a personal investment in your position... which means it concerns me as well!

                  Comment


                    #10
                    Willy is too busy marketing his Canola, Peas, Flax and Lentils to worry about marketing his Wheat.

                    A letter to the editor of the Western Seducer last year spelled out the same thing. The writer did not have time to market 25% of his crop because he was so busy marketing his feed Barley, Canola and Flax, if memory serves me right, he felt he didn't have time to market his Wheat. If he knew, or took the time to figure out, that the CWB took $2/bushel to market his Wheat, he would probably take the time to market his own Wheat. And the kicker was that at the end of his letter he said that he was going to quit growing Wheat because it was not making any money for him.

                    I bet that he voted for the Board in the recent plebiscite.

                    Comment

                    • Reply to this Thread
                    • Return to Topic List
                    Working...