Founded by Geniuses, Run By Idiots and Voted In By The Ignorant!

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I suspect you could come up with some of your own: " A Country founded by Geniuses, Run by Idiots."

BY Jeff Foxworthy:

Let's review:

 If plastic water bottles are okay, but plastic bags are banned, — you

 might live in a nation (state) that was founded by geniuses but is run

 by idiots

 WE DO LIVE IN SUCH A DUMB COUNTRY!!

 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 who is confined to a wheelchair or a three-year-old girl 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.

 If a seven-year-old boy can be thrown out of school for saying his teacher is “cute” but hosting a sexual exploration or diversity class in grade school is perfectly acceptable — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.

 If hard work and success are met with higher taxes and more government regulation and intrusion, while not working is rewarded with Food Stamps, WIC checks, Medicaid benefits, subsidized housing, and free cell phones — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.

 If you pay your mortgage faithfully, denying yourself the newest big-screen TV, while your neighbor buys iPhones, time shares, a wall-sized do-it-all plasma screen TV and new cars, and the government forgives his debt when he defaults on his mortgage — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.

 If being stripped of your Constitutional right to defend yourself makes you more “safe” according to the government — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.

 THINK BEFORE  YOU VOTE

and then:

I took my dad to the mall the other day to buy some new shoes (he is 76). We decided to grab a bite at the food court.   I noticed he was watching a teenager sitting next to him.   The teenager had spiked hair in all different colors -  green,   red, Orange,  and blue.   My dad kept staring at her.   The teenager kept looking and would find my dad staring every time.. When the teenager had had enough, she sarcastically asked:  "What's the matter, old man, never done anything wild in your life?"  Knowing my Dad, I quickly swallowed my food so that I would not choke on his response.  I knew he would have a good one!  In classic style he responded without batting an eyelid ....    "Got stoned once and had sex with a parrot.  I was just wondering if you might be my kid."

and finally:

 After retiring, a former Gunny Sergeant in the Marine Corps took a new job as a high school teacher.  Just before the school year started, he injured his back.   

He was required to wear a light plaster cast around the upper part of his body. Fortunately, the cast fit under his shirt and wasn't noticeable when he wore his suit coat. 

On the first day of class, he found himself assigned to the toughest students in the school.  The smart-aleck punks, having already heard the new teacher was a former Marine, were leery of him and he knew they would be testing his discipline in the classroom.

Walking confidently into the rowdy classroom, the new teacher opened the window wide and sat down at his desk.  When a strong breeze made his tie flap, he picked up a stapler and stapled the tie to his chest.

Dead silence       ... The rest of the year went smoothly. 

Semper Fi!

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Prince Bandar expresses himself. (See 1 below.)
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1)Saudi Prince Bandar bin Sultan charges that Obama knowingly made a bad deal with Iran, which is now threatening the region and, possibly, global stability. 

A former Saudi ambassador to the US charged that the nuclear deal with Iran is deemed to fail and is even more dangerous than that signed with North Korea in 2003, which was a complete blunder.

In a column written for the London-based Arabic news site Elaph and published in English by the Washington Post, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, Saudi ambassador to the US between 1981 and 2005, points to the numerous failures and dangers in the agreement with the Islamic Republic, which, Israel says, paves the way to a nuclear bomb.

Bandar suggests that US President Barack Obama knowingly and intentionally made a bad deal, while former American President Bill Clinton made a nuclear agreement with North Korea in 1994 with the best intentions and with what he considered to be reliable information.

However, Bandar says, “it turned out that the strategic foreign policy analysis was wrong and there was a major intelligence failure.” Had Clinton understood the full picture, he adds, “I am absolutely confident he would not have made that decision.”

Bandar  contrasts this with the US-led negotiations with Iran, “where the strategic foreign policy analysis, the national intelligence information and America’s allies in the region’s intelligence all predict not only the same outcome as the North Korean deal, but worse – with the billions of dollars that Iran will have access to.”

Bandar says Obama is smart enough to understand this but is ideologically driven and that any negative outcome would be “acceptable collateral damage.”

The new deal will “wreak havoc” in the Middle East, which is already destabilized due to Iranian actions, Bandar states.

Bandar is a major voice in Saudi foreign affairs. He was the longest-serving Saudi ambassador to Washington and headed the Saudi intelligence services between 2012 and 2014. His conclusion should carry weight in some circles.

“People in my region now are relying on God’s will and consolidating their local capabilities and analysis with everybodyelse except our oldest and most powerful ally,” he writes.

The Iran nuclear deal and other developments in the region have led Bandar to conclude that a phrase first used by Henry Kissinger – “America’s enemies should fear America, but America’s friends should fear America more” – was correct.