January 17, 2008 5:25 am
A little boy goes to
his dad and asks,
"What is 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. And
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 had 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."