Month: December 2007

  • Topic: Dems vs. Reps. (a joke)

    A young woman was about to finish her first year of college. Like so
    many others her age, she considered herself to be a very liberal
    Democrat, and among other liberal ideals, was very much in favor of
    higher taxes to support more government programs 

    … in other words, the redistribution   of  wealth.

    She was deeply ashamed that her father was a rather staunch
    Republican, a  feeling he openly expressed. Based on the lectures that she had
    participated in, and the occasional chat with a professor, she felt that her father had
    for years harbored an evil, selfish desire to keep what he thought should  be his.
     
    One day she was challenging her father on his opposition to higher
    taxes on the rich and the need for more government programs. The
    self-professed  objectivity proclaimed by her professors had to be the truth and she
    indicated as much to her father. He responded by asking how she was doing
    in school.
     
    Taken aback, she answered rather haughtily that she had a 4.0 GPA,
    and let  him know that it was tough to maintain, insisting that she was
    taking a very  difficult course load and was constantly studying, which left her no
    time to go out and party like many other people she knew. She didn’t even
    have time  for a boyfriend, and didn’t really have many college friends because
    she  spent all her time studying.
     
    Her father listened then asked, “How is your friend Audrey doing?”

    She  replied, “Audrey is barely getting by. All she takes are easy
    classes,  she never studies, and she barely has a 2.0 GPA. She is so popular
    on  campus; college for her is a blast. She’s always invited to all the     parties, and  

    lots of times she doesn’t even show up for classes because she’s too
    hung  over.”
     
    Her father asked her, “Why don’t you go to the Dean’s office and ask
    him  to deduct a 1.0 off of your GPA and give it to your friend Audrey,
    who only  has a 2.0. That way you will both have a 3.0 GPA and certainly that
    would be  a fair and equal distribution of GPAs.”
     
    The daughter, visibly shocked by her father’s suggestion, angrily
    fired  back, “That’s a crazy idea. How would that be fair? I’ve worked
    really  hard for my grades! I’ve invested a lot of time, and a lot of hard
    work.  Audrey has done next to nothing toward her degree. She has played
    while I  worked my tail off!”

    The father slowly smiled, winked and said gently: “Welcome to the
    Republican Party.”