A shortened version of a "Maxine" email my wife got and forwarded to me..................



I bought a bird feeder. I hung it on my back porch and filled it with seed. I thought, “What a beauty of a bird feeder” as I filled it lovingly with seed. Within a week we had hundreds of birds taking advantage of the continuous flow of free and easily accessible food.

But then the birds started building nests in the boards of the patio, above the table, and next to the barbecue. Then came the poop. It was everywhere: on the patio tile, the chairs, the table ... Everywhere!
Then some of the birds turned mean. They would dive bomb me and try to peck me even though I had fed them out of my own pocket. And others birds were boisterous and loud. They sat on the feeder and squawked and screamed at all hours of the day and night and demanded that I fill it when it got low on food. After a while, I couldn't even sit on my own back porch anymore.

So I took down the bird feeder and in three days the birds were gone. I cleaned up their mess and took down the many nests they had built all over the patio. Soon, the back yard was like it used to be .... quiet and serene .... and with no one demanding their “Rights” to a free meal.

Now let's see.

Just my opinion, but maybe it's time for our government to take down the bird feeder.
Or we can just continue cleaning up the poop.

I wish the Fed's would go broke might be the only thing that ever gets this country back on track.