Tale Of A Coyote

California:  The Governor of California is jogging with his dog along a nature trail. A coyote jumps out, bites the Governor and attacks his dog, killing it.

1. The Governor starts to intervene, but reflects upon the movie "Bambi" ¨and then realizes he should stop; the coyote is only doing what is ¨natural. 

2. He calls animal control. Animal Control captures coyote and bills the State $200 testing it for diseases and $500 for relocating it. 

3. He calls a veterinarian. The vet collects the dead dog and bills the State $200 testing it for diseases. 

4. The Governor goes to hospital and spends $3,500 getting checked for ¨diseases from the coyote and on getting his bite wound bandaged. 

5. The running trail gets shut down for 6 months while Fish & Game ¨conducts a $100,000 survey to make sure the area is free of dangerous ¨animals. 

6. The Governor spends $50,000 in state funds implementing a "coyote ¨awareness" program for residents of the area. 

7. The State Legislature spends $2 million to study how to better treat ¨rabies and how to permanently eradicate the disease throughout the world. 

8. The Governor's security agent is fired for not stopping the attack¨somehow and for letting the Governor attempt to intervene. 

9. Additional cost to State of California : $75,000 to hire and train a new ¨security agent with additional special training re: the nature of coyotes. 

10. PETA protests the coyote's relocation and files suit against the ¨State. 

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Texas:  The Governor of Texas is jogging with his dog along a nature¨trail. A Coyote jumps out and attacks his dog 

1. The Governor shoots the coyote with his State-issued pistol and keeps jogging. The Governor has spent $0.50 on a .45 ACP hollow point cartridge. 

2. The Buzzards eat the dead coyote. 

And that, boys and girls, is why California is broke . . . And ¨more importantly, why too much government doesn't work. 

And if you understand this, you understand the Tea Party.