{"id":169556,"date":"2023-05-31T08:21:39","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T12:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=169556"},"modified":"2023-05-31T08:26:31","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T12:26:31","slug":"a-country-founded-by-geniuses-but-run-by-idiots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=169556","title":{"rendered":"<h2>A Country Founded by Geniuses but Run by Idiots<\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><b><i>by Jeff Foxworthy<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">If you can get arrested for hunting or fishing without a license, but not for entering and remaining in the country illegally \u2014<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>#######<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">If you have to get your parents\u2019 permission to go on a field trip or to take an aspirin in school, but not to get an abortion \u2014<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>#######<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">If you MUST show your identification to board an airplane, cash a check, buy liquor, or check out a library book and rent a video,<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">but not to vote for who runs the government \u2014<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>#######<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">If the government wants to prevent stable, law-abiding citizens from owning gun magazines that hold more than ten rounds, but gives<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">twenty F-16 fighter jets to the crazy new leaders in Egypt \u2014<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>#######<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">If, in the nation\u2019s largest city, you can buy two 16-ounce sodas, but not one 24-ounce soda,<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">because 24-ounces of a sugary drink might make you fat \u2014<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>#######<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">If an 80-year-old woman or a three-year-old girl who is confined to a wheelchair can be strip-searched by the TSA at the airport,<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">but a woman in a burka or a hijab is only subject to having her neck and head searched \u2014<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>#######<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">If your government believes that the best way to eradicate trillions of dollars of debt is to spend trillions more \u2014<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>#######<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">If a seven-year-old boy can be thrown out of school for saying his teacher is \u201ccute,\u201d but hosting a sexual exploration<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">or diversity class in grade school is perfectly acceptable \u2014<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>#######<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">If hard work and success are met with higher taxes and more government regulation and intrusion, while not working is<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">rewarded with Food Stamps, WIC checks, Medicaid benefits, subsidized housing, and free cell phones \u2014<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>#######<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">If the government\u2019s plan for getting people back to work is to provide incentives for not working, by granting 99 weeks<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">of unemployment checks, without any requirement to prove that gainful employment was diligently sought, but couldn\u2019t be found \u2014<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>#######<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">If you pay your mortgage faithfully, denying yourself the newest big-screen TV, while your neighbor buys iPhones, time shares,<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">a wall-sized do-it-all plasma screen TV and new cars, and the government forgives his debt when he defaults on his mortgage \u2014<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>#######<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">If being stripped of your Constitutional right to defend yourself makes you more \u201csafe\u201d according to the government \u2014<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><b>#######<\/b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">What a country! How about we give God a reason to continue blessing America! Amen!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.collegestationhomes.com\/a-country-founded-by-geniuses-but-run-by-idiots\/\">https:\/\/www.collegestationhomes.com\/a-country-founded-by-geniuses-but-run-by-idiots\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Jeff Foxworthy If you can get arrested for hunting or fishing without a license, but not for entering and remaining in the country illegally \u2014 you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=169556\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-169556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=169556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169556\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=169556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=169556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=169556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}