BushCo will keep any promise that it makes? Have they ever done that before??? I cannot believe how stupid and naive these people STILL are!!??
So if Bush breaks the promise can they take back their approval?
Have they never read the story of the Scorpion and the Turtle?
The Scorpion and the Turtle
A scorpion needs to cross a river to get to his usual whereabouts, having been lost way out in the wilderness for quite some time. Scorpions can't swim, so it has to find another way across. There are no bridges or stepping stones in sight, and the river is far too wide to jump. Searching the surroundings, the scorpion meets a turtle. It asks the turtle for a ride across the big river. "Not a chance. You'll sting me, and I won't be able to swim, and then I will drown," the turtle replies. "I've got a family to take care of." The scorpion acknowledges the turtle's concern for his family, but assures him that he has nothing to fear. "You see, I would drown also, as you sink. It would be very stupid of me to sting you," the scorpion argues in a convincing manner.
So the turtle considers. After giving the situation some thought, it becomes pure scientific logic to the turtle. What can be more valuable than ones life, or the lives of your loved ones? The turtle asks the scorpion if it too has a family. "Certainly I have, and their well-being is more dear to me than anything else in this world." The scorpion pulls out a worn picture of his family and points out the family members to the turtle. The scorpion talks in a gentle voice, and by the look of its posture, it seems very sincere. "Please," the scorpion begs, "please help me to get back home." A desperate look spreads across the face of the scorpion as its thoughts wanders to its home soil. "There is no-one here but you to help me," the scorpion continues to argue. Touched by this concern for family matters, the turtle finally agrees to carry the scorpion across the big wide river.
Once in the water, the waves are tough on the newfound friends, but the turtle keeps the pace up with great effort not to let his passenger down. Halfway across, the turtle suddenly feels the scorpion's terminal sting in his neck. "Why, why," it gasps as the venom paralyses it, "why did you do it?" They both begin to sink into the dark waters. "Damned if I know. Guess it's just in my nature," the scorpion replies.
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