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We yell for the Government to balance the budget, then take the last
dime we have to make the down payment on a car.
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We whip the enemy in battle, then give them the shirt off our
backs.
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We yell for speed laws that will stop fast driving, then won't buy a
car if it can't go over 100 miles an hour.
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Americans get scared to death if we vote a billion dollars for
education, then are unconcerned when we find out we are spending three
billion dollars a year for cigarettes.
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We know the line-up of every baseball team in the American and
National Leagues but don't know half the words in the "Star Spangled
Banner".
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We'll spend half a day looking for vitamin pills to make us live
longer, then drive 90 miles an hour on slick pavement to make up for
lost time.
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We tie up our dog while letting our sixteen year old son run wild.
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We will work hard on a farm so we can move into town where we can
make more money so we can move back to the farm.
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In the office we talk about baseball, shopping
or fishing, but when we are out at the game, the mall or on the lake,
we talk about business.
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We are the only people in the world who will pay $6.00 to park our
car while eating a $.39 sandwhich.
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We're the country that has more food to eat than any other country
in the world and more diets to keep us from eating it.
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We run from morning to
night trying to keep our earning power up with our yearning power.
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We're supposed to be the most civilized Christian nation on earth,
but we still can't deliver payrolls without an armored car.
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We have more experts on marriage than any other country
in the world and still have more divorces.
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