[Oe List ...] Stimulus package examined

[Bill Schlesinger]

Hmmm.  How about broadening a little.  Add terraced dirt on the pool bottom
and plant flower seeds.  Then move the water to the shallow end, and let it
run into the terraces.  Flowers grow.  Stop the process; flowers die.  Or
another image - the pump that takes water from the bottom of a pool to the
top of the fountain.  No pump, no 'music' of water trickling down.  All that
water unmoving in the bottom of a pool - gets fetid.  Moving it keeps it
fresh.

 

Bill Schlesinger
Project Vida
3607 Rivera Ave
El Paso, TX 79905
(915) 533-7057 x 207
(915) 490-6148 mobile
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From: oe-bounces at wedgeblade.net [mailto:oe-bounces at wedgeblade.net] On Behalf
Of facilitationfla at aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 5:22 PM
To: oe at wedgeblade.net
Subject: Re: [Oe List ...] Stimulus package examined

 

Don't waste your time.  You are NEVER going to change them; they ONLY watch
O'Reilly and Hannity and are brainwashed by them.  Cynthia


-----Original Message-----
From: KarenBueno at aol.com
To: oe at wedgeblade.net; dialogue at wedgeblade.net
Sent: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 1:08 pm
Subject: [Oe List ...] Stimulus package examined

 My colleagues--I received this from one of my right-wing friends.  Please
help me compose an adequate response.

Karen Bueno


Shortly after class, an economics student approaches his economics professor
and says,

"I don't understand this stimulus bill. Can you explain it to me?"

The professor replied, "I don't have any time to explain it at my office,
but if you come over to my house on Saturday and help me with my weekend
project, I'll be glad to explain it to you." The student agreed.

At the agreed-upon time, the student showed up at the professor's house. The
professor stated that the weekend project involved his backyard pool.

They both went out back to the pool, and the professor handed the student a
bucket. Demonstrating with his own bucket, the professor said, "First, go
over to the deep end, and fill your bucket with as much water as you can."
The student did as he was instructed.

The professor then continued, "Follow me over to the shallow end, and then
dump all the water from your bucket into it." The student was naturally
confused, but did as he was told.

The professor then explained they were going to do this many more times, and
began walking back to the deep end of the pool.

The confused student asked, "Excuse me, but why are we doing this?"

The professor matter-of-factly stated that he was trying to make the shallow
end much deeper.

The student didn't think the economics professor was serious, but figured
that he would find out the real story soon enough.

However, after the 6th trip between the shallow end and the deep end, the
student began to become worried that his economics professor had gone mad.
The student finally replied, "All we're doing is wasting valuable time and
effort on unproductive pursuits. Even worse, when this process is all over,
everything will be at the same level it was before, so all you'll really
have accomplished is the destruction of what could have been truly
productive action!"

The professor put down his bucket and replied with a smile,
"Congratulations. You now understand the stimulus bill."

 

 

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