If
you can get arrested for hunting or fishing without a license, but not
for entering and remaining in the country illegally — you might live in a
nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
If
you have to get your parents’ permission to go on a field trip or to
take an aspirin in school, but not to get an abortion — you might live
in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
If
you MUST show your identification to board an airplane, cash a check,
buy liquor, or check out a library book and rent a video, but not to
vote for who runs the government — you might live in a nation that was
founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
If
the government wants to prevent stable, law-abiding citizens from
owning gun magazines that hold more than ten rounds, but gives twenty
F-16 fighter jets to the crazy new leaders in Egypt — you might live in a
nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
If,
in the nation’s largest city, you can buy two 16-ounce sodas, but not
one 24-ounce soda, because 24-ounces of a sugary drink might make you
fat — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run
by idiots.
If
an 80-year-old woman or a three-year-old girl who is confined to a
wheelchair can be strip-searched by the TSA at the airport, but a woman
in a burka or a hijab is only subject to having her neck and head
searched — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but
is run by idiots.
If
your government believes that the best way to eradicate trillions of
dollars of debt is to spend trillions more — you might live in a nation
that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
