After yesterdays posting about the silence of Connecticut's legislative leaders in failing to take action against Hector Robles, I received the following joke in my e-mail this morning.
Sadly, most people would see this as the way the system works for politicians.
"THE HAIRCUT"
One day a florist went to a barber for a haircut.
After the cut, he asked about his bill, and the barber replied, 'I cannot accept money from you , I'm doing community service this week.' The florist
was pleased and left the shop.
When the barber went to open his shop the next morning, there was a 'thank
you' card and a dozen roses waiting for him at his door.
Later, a cop comes in for a haircut, and when he tries to pay his bill,the barber again replied, 'I cannot accept money from you , I'm doing community service this week.' The cop was happy and left the shop.
The next morning when the barber went to open up, there was a 'thank you'
card and a dozen donuts waiting for him at his door.
Then a Congressman came in for a haircut, and when he went to pay his bill, the barber again replied, 'I can not accept money from you. I'm doing
community service this week.' The Congressman was very happy and left the
shop.
The next morning, when the barber went to open up, there were a dozen
Congressmen lined up waiting for a free haircut.
And that, my friends, illustrates the fundamental difference between the
citizens of our country and the politicians who run it.
We are the only ones that have the power to change our broken and corrupt political system.
We are the only ones that have the power...
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Which is not good news if your self-assessment of the Hartford electorate is as negative as mine. Fortunately, our fair municipality is embedded in, and supported by, a larger jurisdiction and society, else we'd be Zimbabwe on the Connecticut.
Democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts and murders itself. There was never a democracy that did not commit suicide.
John Adams, Letter, April 15, 1814