NEWS ITEM: A photographer for Reuters captured a searing black and white image of three Philadelphia children secretly plotting to foil any and all governmental intrusion into the lives of Americans yesterday.
“It was pure luck,” said Reuters staff photographer John Handstrom. “I was ambling up Martell Avenue and dropped my lens cap. It rolled down into a stairwell and… surprise! There they were! The one in the middle lashed out at me upon spotting my camera, hurriedly shoving his crayon-scribbled plans into the lap of his brother. When I asked what they were doing, that’s when the one on the right spilled the beans.”
“’We hate government!’ they said. And, let me tell you, boy, do they! They went on and on about how the Tea Party has the right idea and how government is nothing more than a ‘massive, unwanted hand clamping personal freedom day after day.’ I could tell by their advanced vocabulary that this was stuff they had been hearing in the home day after day.”
The photograph, having gone viral in the last 24 hours, has captured the imagination of Tea Party faithful, many of whom have praised the spirited initiative of the children.
“These plucky little tykes are setting just the perfect example for other kids their age,” said former Alaska Governor and reality TV star Sarah Palin. “This is not Obama’s America, that’s for sure.”
“Look at them!” exclaimed Texas Governor Rick Perry with a broad smile. “They’re tighter than my fist wrapped around a nickel. Now that’s the type of fire-in-the-belly that could turn this nation around. And, might I add, this is just the type of message I myself was trying to convey when I said during my presidential campaign that I would do all I could to render Washington as inconsequential to Americans' lives as possible.”
BILL
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