OT: Just a little "food" for thought
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OT: Just a little "food" for thought
I bought a bird feeder. I hung it on my back porch and filled it with seed. What a beauty of a bird feeder it is, as I filled it lovingly with seed.
Within a week we had hundreds of birds taking advantage of the continuous flow of free and easily accessible food.
But then the birds started building nests in the boards of the patio, above the table, and next to the barbecue.
Then came the poop. It was everywhere: on the patio tile, the chairs, the table ... everywhere!
Then some of the birds turned mean. They would dive bomb me and try to peck me even though I had fed them out of my own pocket. And others birds were boisterous and loud. They sat on the feeder and squawked and screamed at all hours of the day and night and demanded that I fill it when it got low on food.
After a while, I couldn't even sit on my own back porch anymore. So I took down the bird feeder and in three days the birds were gone. I cleaned up their mess and took down the many nests they had built all over the patio.
Soon, the back yard was like it used to be ... quiet, serene and no one demanding their rights to a free meal.
Now let's see ....
Our government gives out free food,
subsidized housing,
free medical care,
free education
and allows anyone born here to be an automatic citizen.
Then the illegals came by the tens of thousands. Suddenly our taxes went up to pay for free services; small apartments are housing 5 families; you have to wait 6 hours to be seen by an emergency room doctor; your child's 2nd grade class is behind other schools because over half the class doesn't speak English. Corn Flakes now come in a bilingual box; I have to "press one" to hear my bank talk to me in English, and people waving flags other than "Old Glory" are squawking and screaming in the streets, demanding more rights and free liberties.
Just my opinion, but maybe it's time for the government to take down the bird feeder.
Within a week we had hundreds of birds taking advantage of the continuous flow of free and easily accessible food.
But then the birds started building nests in the boards of the patio, above the table, and next to the barbecue.
Then came the poop. It was everywhere: on the patio tile, the chairs, the table ... everywhere!
Then some of the birds turned mean. They would dive bomb me and try to peck me even though I had fed them out of my own pocket. And others birds were boisterous and loud. They sat on the feeder and squawked and screamed at all hours of the day and night and demanded that I fill it when it got low on food.
After a while, I couldn't even sit on my own back porch anymore. So I took down the bird feeder and in three days the birds were gone. I cleaned up their mess and took down the many nests they had built all over the patio.
Soon, the back yard was like it used to be ... quiet, serene and no one demanding their rights to a free meal.
Now let's see ....
Our government gives out free food,
subsidized housing,
free medical care,
free education
and allows anyone born here to be an automatic citizen.
Then the illegals came by the tens of thousands. Suddenly our taxes went up to pay for free services; small apartments are housing 5 families; you have to wait 6 hours to be seen by an emergency room doctor; your child's 2nd grade class is behind other schools because over half the class doesn't speak English. Corn Flakes now come in a bilingual box; I have to "press one" to hear my bank talk to me in English, and people waving flags other than "Old Glory" are squawking and screaming in the streets, demanding more rights and free liberties.
Just my opinion, but maybe it's time for the government to take down the bird feeder.
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RE: OT: Just a little "food" for thought
ORIGINAL: sddunn2
I live in canada and i hear ya .enough is enough !! just a side note , I got rid of my bird feeder as well damn mice were everywhere!!!!
I live in canada and i hear ya .enough is enough !! just a side note , I got rid of my bird feeder as well damn mice were everywhere!!!!
Hmmmmm, maybe we could apply that same principal to the other "birds".......
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RE: OT: Just a little "food" for thought
not to change your subject....if we don't take the feeders down around here in the winter... we end up with black bears tearing them down. They climb up to balconies even if they're 20ft in the air to get to them. Hell, at least once a week, we'll be watching tv or something and hear a noise out on the porch and I'll have to go out to shoo them away from the garbage cans. That or send my dog out after them.
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RE: OT: Just a little "food" for thought
ORIGINAL: finny
dude the bird feeder thing is a perfect analogy
dude the bird feeder thing is a perfect analogy
I read that and was like............PERFECT!
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RE: OT: Just a little "food" for thought
ORIGINAL: triton
not to change your subject....if we don't take the feeders down around here in the winter... we end up with black bears tearing them down. They climb up to balconies even if they're 20ft in the air to get to them. Hell, at least once a week, we'll be watching tv or something and hear a noise out on the porch and I'll have to go out to shoo them away from the garbage cans. That or send my dog out after them.
not to change your subject....if we don't take the feeders down around here in the winter... we end up with black bears tearing them down. They climb up to balconies even if they're 20ft in the air to get to them. Hell, at least once a week, we'll be watching tv or something and hear a noise out on the porch and I'll have to go out to shoo them away from the garbage cans. That or send my dog out after them.
Won't hurt 'em, but it'll damn sure give 'em a bit of a sting.