Subject: (Woodley) Re Of mice and men...... (fwd) Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 081739 -0600 (CST) From: "Roy L. Beavers" <rbeavers@llion.org> To: emfguru <rbeavers@llion.org> -------------------------------------------------- ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 13:16:45 GMT From: woodley@igs.net To: rbeavers@llion.org Subject: Re: Of mice and men...... Although posted to you from Australia the story originated in Canada. Tommy Douglas was the father of Canadian Medicare (public health care system) and leader of the first socialist government in North America - in Saskatchewan. On Mon, 14 Dec 1998 07:01:07 -0600 (CST) rbeavers@llion.org wrote: > Hi Kerrie Christian (of Australia): > > Thanks for forwarding the cute story below.... I think it is not entirely > apt, however. > > In America, at least, we have been electing 'mice' for most of > our history..... The trouble is -- the mice nevertheless take > their "bribes" from the 'fat cats'..... Tobacco, ethyl/lead gasoline, > The Telecommunications Act, EMF and the electrical industry -- you name > it..... > > We must be electing the WRONG mice!!!..... Well, anyway, we are about to > get rid of one of them.... The one who has set NEW RECORDS for 'openly' > "selling" his office (as well as the White House bedrooms)....... > > Cheerio...... > > Roy Beavers (EMFguru) > rbeavers@llion.org..............http://www.feb.se/EMF-L/EMF-L.html > ................................It is better to light a single candle ... > than to curse the darkness............................................... > > *************************************************************************** > > The Story of Mouseland as told by Tommy Douglas, 1944 > > ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ > > It's the story of a place called Mouseland. Mouseland was a place > where all the little mice lived and played, were born and died. > And they lived much the same as you and I do. > > They even had a Parliament. And every four years they had an > election. Used to walk to the polls and cast their ballots. Some > of them even got a ride to the polls. And got a ride for the next > four years afterwards too. Just like you and me. And every time > on election day all the little mice used to go to the ballot box > and they used to elect a government. A government made up of big, > fat, black cats. > > Now if you think it strange that mice should elect a government > made up of cats, you just look at the history of Canada for last > 90 years and maybe you'll see that they weren't any stupider than > we are. > > Now I'm not saying anything against the cats. They were nice > fellows. They conducted their government with dignity. They > passed good laws--that is, laws that were good for cats. But the > laws that were good for cats weren't very good for mice. One of > the laws said that mouseholes had to be big enough so a cat could > get his paw in. Another law said that mice could only travel at > certain speeds--so that a cat could get his breakfast without too > much effort. > > All the laws were good laws. For cats. But, oh, they were hard on > the mice. And life was getting harder and harder. And when the > mice couldn't put up with it any more, they decided something had > to be done about it. So they went en masse to the polls. They > voted the black cats out. They put in the white cats. > > Now the white cats had put up a terrific campaign. They said: > "All that Mouseland needs is more vision." They said:"The trouble > with Mouseland is those round mouseholes we got. If you put us in > we'll establish square mouseholes." And they did. And the square > mouseholes were twice as big as the round mouseholes, and now the > cat could get both his paws in. And life was tougher than ever. > > And when they couldn't take that anymore, they voted the white > cats out and put the black ones in again. Then they went back to > the white cats. Then to the black cats. They even tried half > black cats and half white cats. And they called that coalition. > They even got one government made up of cats with spots on them: > they were cats that tried to make a noise like a mouse but ate > like a cat. > > You see, my friends, the trouble wasn't with the colour of the > cat. The trouble was that they were cats. And because they were > cats, they naturally looked after cats instead of mice. > > Presently there came along one little mouse who had an idea. My > friends, watch out for the little fellow with an idea. And he > said to the other mice, "Look fellows, why do we keep on electing > a government made up of cats? Why don't we elect a government > made up of mice?" "Oh," they said, "he's a Bolshevik. Lock him > up!" So they put him in jail. > > But I want to remind you: that you can lock up a mouse or a man > but you can't lock up an idea. > > _______________________________________ Archive provided courtesy of WaveGuide, http://www.wave-guide.org Reprinted with permission of Roy Beavers, http://www.feb.se/EMF-L/EMF-L.html