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Buddha say, “Just Because Monkey See, Don’t Mean Monkey Do!”

This is my spin on a post by fellow blogger, Jason Wells. I enjoyed it so much, I thought I’d share it. Hope you enjoy it too. For those interested, the original post can be found here: The Lesson of the Monkeys. Take care! Eee! Eee! Eee!
A group of despots, clergymen, politicians, academicians, scientists placed five peoples monkeys in a cage and in the middle of the cage they placed a ladder with their hopes and dreams of happiness, liberty, prosperity, freedom and equality a bunch of bananas at the top.
Each time the people sought peace and prosperity a monkey attempted to climb the ladder to retrieve the bananas, the pedagogues and demagogues would incite discord the scientists would soak the other monkeys with cold water.
After centuries of strife numerous soakings the people monkeys began to viciously attack each other any other monkey that attempted to the climb the ladder.

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American Politics 101:

Course Description:

This course introduces the fundamentals of American political thought from the colonial era to the present. Topics include discussions pertaining to:

1. POLITICS, n. A conflict of interests masquerading as a contest of principles where all matters of public affairs are for private advantage.

2. POLITICIANS, n. Leeches in the fundamental mud upon which the super-structure of a quasi-organized society is built.

3. THE PRESIDENCY, n. The greased pig in the field game of American politics.

Students are expected to demonstrate in depth knowledge of the subject matter – as either its perpetrators or its victims.

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