PoliticalChic
Diamond Member
1. Whether one realizes it or not, to vote for communism, socialism, etc., or its local iteration, the Democrat Party, one must never have learned this simple truth:
“Earned success is the secret to meaningful happiness. The government can improve your net worth with a check, but it cannot improve your self-worth.”
Jonah Goldberg
2. Which brings me to today's birthday boy, Al Capp
Al Capp, byname of Alfred Gerald Caplin, (born September 28, 1909, New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.—died November 5, 1979, New Haven), American cartoonist who created the popular comic strip “Li’l Abner.”
Britannica.com
3.All Capp, cartoonist, penned an amazingly accurate view of socialism.
And it wasn't a favorable one.
Some time ago, friend sent me a graphic novel of an Al Capp cartoon of yesteryear "The Schmoo."
"The Short Life and Happy Times of the Shmoo," by Al Capp
Available on Amazon.
4. . The Shmoo first appeared in the strip in August 1948. According to Shmoo legend, the lovable creature laid eggs, gave milk and died of sheer ecstasy when looked at with hunger. The Shmoo loved to be eaten and tasted like any food desired. Anything that delighted people delighted a Shmoo.
Fry a Shmoo and it came out chicken. Broil it and it came out steak. Shmoo eyes made terrific suspender buttons. The hide of the Shmoo if cut thin made fine leather and if cut thick made the best lumber. Shmoo whiskers made splendid toothpicks.
The Shmoo satisfied all the world's wants.
You could never run out of Shmoon (plural of Shmoo) because they multiplied at such an incredible rate. The Shmoo believed that the only way to happiness was to bring happiness to others.
Li'l Abner discovered Shmoos when he ventured into the forbidden Valley of the Shmoon, against the frantic protestations of Ol' Man Mose. "Shmoos," he warned, "is the greatest menace to hoomanity th' world has evah known." "Thass becuz they is so bad, huh?" asked Li'l Abner. "No, stupid," answered Mose, hurling one of life's profoundest paradoxes at Li'l Abner. "It's because they're so good!"
5. Ironically, the lovable and selfless Shmoos ultimately brought misery to humankind because people with a limitless supply of self-sacrificing Shmoos stopped working and society broke down. Seen at first as a boon to humankind, they were ultimately hunted down and exterminated to preserve the status quo.
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Look closely.....the tale of The Schmoo is the history of socialism in general, and the current Democrat Party, specifically.
It's what happens when welfare is increased by paying folks not to work, and by the vote-buying scheme of the welfare scam.
“Earned success is the secret to meaningful happiness. The government can improve your net worth with a check, but it cannot improve your self-worth.”
Jonah Goldberg
2. Which brings me to today's birthday boy, Al Capp
Al Capp, byname of Alfred Gerald Caplin, (born September 28, 1909, New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.—died November 5, 1979, New Haven), American cartoonist who created the popular comic strip “Li’l Abner.”
Britannica.com
3.All Capp, cartoonist, penned an amazingly accurate view of socialism.
And it wasn't a favorable one.
Some time ago, friend sent me a graphic novel of an Al Capp cartoon of yesteryear "The Schmoo."
"The Short Life and Happy Times of the Shmoo," by Al Capp
Available on Amazon.
4. . The Shmoo first appeared in the strip in August 1948. According to Shmoo legend, the lovable creature laid eggs, gave milk and died of sheer ecstasy when looked at with hunger. The Shmoo loved to be eaten and tasted like any food desired. Anything that delighted people delighted a Shmoo.
Fry a Shmoo and it came out chicken. Broil it and it came out steak. Shmoo eyes made terrific suspender buttons. The hide of the Shmoo if cut thin made fine leather and if cut thick made the best lumber. Shmoo whiskers made splendid toothpicks.
The Shmoo satisfied all the world's wants.
You could never run out of Shmoon (plural of Shmoo) because they multiplied at such an incredible rate. The Shmoo believed that the only way to happiness was to bring happiness to others.
Li'l Abner discovered Shmoos when he ventured into the forbidden Valley of the Shmoon, against the frantic protestations of Ol' Man Mose. "Shmoos," he warned, "is the greatest menace to hoomanity th' world has evah known." "Thass becuz they is so bad, huh?" asked Li'l Abner. "No, stupid," answered Mose, hurling one of life's profoundest paradoxes at Li'l Abner. "It's because they're so good!"
5. Ironically, the lovable and selfless Shmoos ultimately brought misery to humankind because people with a limitless supply of self-sacrificing Shmoos stopped working and society broke down. Seen at first as a boon to humankind, they were ultimately hunted down and exterminated to preserve the status quo.
em
Look closely.....the tale of The Schmoo is the history of socialism in general, and the current Democrat Party, specifically.
It's what happens when welfare is increased by paying folks not to work, and by the vote-buying scheme of the welfare scam.