Saturday, May 19, 2007

Rant #1

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...quite, serene and no one demanding their rights to a free meal.

Now let’s see . . . our government gives out free food, subsidized housing, free medical care, free education and allows anyone born here to be a automatic citizen.

Then the illegals came by the tens of thousands.
- Suddenly our taxes went up to pay for the public services..
- small apartments are housing 5 families
- you have to wait 6 hours to be seen by an emergency room doctor (damn NHS!!)
- Classrooms are behind the national quota because we have Polish immigrants children speaking polish!.

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.

2 comments:

Joe Frampton said...

Lew, we voted the government for what they promised to do. They did as they promised, and now we complain.

They just cant win.

DairyMilkDevil said...

Mr Joe, we are British, it's what we do best.

However, I think Lew has a point.
I don't think the bird feeder should be taken down, but some perches should be cut off.

Outside the metaphor, my personal opinion is we implement the NZ immigration system, where permanent residency is attained when it's assured you have qualifications or skills wanted by the country.

I'm not a politician, I don't know if that could ever be implemented, but I feel the UK system is being abused, and that's not right for the real immigrants who actually need a home etc..

However, on a side note to Mr Joe again, politicians will never win. We will always dislike the way things are run, even if we voted for it =P
Perhaps we enter things too quickly...


~Sam