A Third Purpose

For as long as I can remember I have always thought or believed that any animal has two major purposes in life. 1. To Eat, 2. To Breed.

I’m not saying this is all animals are good for or that this is all they do, however, I always thought those were the two things that drove them. A week or so ago I was reminded about a most annoying bird that I had forgotten about for a while. This bird is the Mocking Bird (properly named). I remember growing up and my mom telling stories about how mocking birds would tease her dog Lassie relentlessly. Then I thought again and remembered how they would do the same thing to my old dog Bronco always stealing his food and sitting just out of reach, squawking constantly in his face.

So back to my story…. About a week ago I got up to go to work, and walked out the door to go to my car. I suddenly heard an enormous amount of squawking, hmmm…. I thought, that’s odd. I looked up the hill to see Sally (black lab) surrounded by no less than ten mocking birds. She was surrounded, and all the mocking birds would fly just as close to her mouth as possible while continuing to squawk at her, then landing on a nearby sagebrush and flying narrowly out of Sally’s reach just as soon as she chased them. It was like a bunch of bullies picking on someone, or a bunch of cool kids getting together and making fun of or picking on someone they didn’t think was cool. I mean literally, there was 10-15 mocking birds in a circle surrounding Sally for the sole purpose to tease her. So I have come to the conclusion that Mocking Birds have another purpose in life and that purpose is to be the biggest a** holes they can.

A Great Idea!

You know I was just thinking about the whole tax thing that Obama is proposing. I have a great plan. I mean the people who make over 250k a year right now already pay 40% at least in taxes, I think we should tax them more, psyche!

Ok seriously here is my plan for all the doctors, lawyers, employers, business men, and successful individuals who make over 250k a year. I think they should all work for whatever portion of time it takes them until they make 249k, then shut down business for the rest of the year, so they wouldn’t have to pay anymore taxes. Here is what would happen. A bunch of people would die (no doctors), a bunch of people would lose their jobs (no employers), etc, etc, etc. Middle class people tend to forget sometimes that it is often the people above them that provide them with jobs.

Oh wait, you want to make more money (own a business, become a doctor, or lawyer etc.) than start busting your ass. The vast majority of the people who make over 250k a year sacrificed a lot to get to that point and now they are being punished. If you don’t want to sacrifice to get there than that’s fine, just don’t whine about how the rich have it so easy.