Another Mugging

AM:  America got mugged last night.

Old Gadfly:  Are you referring to a funding bill that includes Planned Parenthood?

AM:  Yes.

Old Gadfly:  Explain.

 

AM:  Democrats said to Republicans, give us the money or we’ll shoot.

Old Gadfly:  You are saying “shoot” metaphorically?

AM:  Yes.  Democrats, who are heavily supported by Planned Parenthood lobbying and campaign contributions, said they were essentially committed to shutting down the government, knowing Republicans would get blamed for it.

IM:  Such corruption and collaboration is not new in our history.  Don’t forget the Barbary Pirates.  Here is an interesting passage in Rudyard Kipling’s poem, “Dane-Geld,” that rings so true of the Planned Parenthood-inspired mugging:

It is wrong to put temptation in the path of any nation,
For fear they should succumb and go astray;
So when you are requested to pay up or be molested,
You will find it better policy to say:—

“We never pay any-one Dane-geld,
No matter how trifling the cost;
For the end of that game is oppression and shame,
And the nation that plays it is lost!”

 

AM:  Is the soul of our nation lost?

Old Gadfly:  If we can’t grow a backbone and stand on principle, then, yes.  However, we overcame the Barbary Pirates.  Can we overcome Planned Parenthood?