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Date: May 12th, 2007

The Ant and the Grasshopper

I’m suddenly in the election mood. I might go out on Monday and cast my vote after all.

Read this. It’s good. :D

*OLD VERSION*: The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house  and laying up supplies for the winter.

The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool and laughs and dances and plays the  summer away. Come winter, the ant is warm and well fed. The grasshopper has no food or shelter, so he dies out in the cold.  MORAL OF THE STORY: Be responsible for yourself!

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*MODERN VERSION:* The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house  and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool and laughs and dances and plays the  summer away.

Come winter, the shivering grasshopper calls a press conference and demands  to know why the ant should be warm and well fed while others are cold and  starving.

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