Posted by Kaptan 208.4.90.147 using Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 4.01; Windows 98) on April 01, 2000 at 21:03:00:
>A little boy goes to his dad and asks, "What's 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 nanny, we'll
>consider her the Working Class. Now 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
>has 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 nanny's
>room. Finding the door locked, he peeks in the
>keyhole and sees his Father in bed with the nanny.
>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, 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.">
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