The bird feeder

scottg · 06-07-2007, 10:07 AM

I bought a bird feeder. I hung it on my back porch and filled
it 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. 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 lets 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: you 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.

Maybe it's time for the government to take down the bird
feeder.