Hauntingly Appropriate

My awesome Aunt Becky from northern California sent this in an email today. I responded to her that it's horribly terrifying, but true. What do YOU think?

You know you live in a Country run by idiots if.... An 80 year old woman can be stripped searched by the TSA but a Muslim woman in a burka is only subject to having her neck and head searched.

You know you live in a Country run by idiots if.... You can get arrested for expired tags on your car but not for being in the country illegally.

 

You know you live in a Country run by idiots if... Your government believes that the best way to eradicate trillions of dollars of debt is to spend trillions more of our money.

 

You know you live in a Country run by idiots if.... A seven year old boy can be thrown out of school for calling his teacher "cute" but hosting a sexual exploration or diversity class in grade school is perfectly acceptable.

 

You know you live in a Country run by idiots if..... The Supreme Court of the United States can rule that lower courts cannot display the 10 Commandments in their courtroom, while sitting in front of a display of the 10 Commandments.

 

You know you live in a Country run by idiots if.... Children are forcibly removed from parents who appropriately discipline them while children of "underprivileged" drug addicts are left to rot in filth infested cesspools.

 

You know you live in Country run by idiots if.... Working class Americans pay for their own health care (and the health care of everyone else) while unmarried women are free to have child after child on the "State's" dime while never being held responsible for their own choices.

 

You know you live in a Country run by idiots if.... Hard work and success are rewarded with higher taxes and government intrusion, while slothful, lazy behavior is rewarded with EBT cards, WIC checks, Medicaid and subsidized housing, and free cell phones.

 

You know you live in a Country run by idiots if.... The government's plan for getting people back to work is to provide 99 weeks of unemployment checks (to not work).

 

You know you live in a Country run by idiots if.... Being self-sufficient is considered a threat to the government.

 

You know you live in a Country run by idiots if.... Politicians think that stripping away the amendments to the constitution is really protecting the rights of the people.

 

You know you live in a Country run by idiots if.... The rights of the Government come before the rights of the individual.

 

You know you live in a Country run by idiots if.... Parents believe the State is responsible for providing for their children.

 

You know you live in a Country run by idiots if.... You can write a post like this just by reading the news headlines.

 

You know you live in a Country run by idiots if.... You pay your mortgage faithfully, denying yourself the newest big screen TV while your neighbor defaults on his mortgage (while buying iphones, TV's and new cars) and the government forgives his debt and reduces his mortgage (with your tax dollars).

You know you live in a Country run by idiots if.... Your government can add anything they want to your kid's water (fluoride, chlorine, etc.) but you are not allowed to give them raw milk.

 

You know you live in a Country run by idiots if.... Being stripped of the ability to defend yourself makes you "safe".

 

You know you live in a Country run by idiots if.... You have to have your parents signature to go on a school field trip but not to get an abortion.