Down the street one day a Member of Parliament is tragically hit by a truck and dies.

His soul arrives in heaven and is met by St. Peter at the entrance.

'Welcome to heaven,' says St. Peter.


'Before you settle in, it seems there is a problem. We seldom see a high official around these parts, you see, so we're not sure what to do with you.'

'No problem, just let me in,' says the man.

'Well, I'd like to, but I have orders from higher up. What we'll do is have you spend one day in hell and one in heaven. Then you can choose where to spend eternity.'

'Really, I've made up my mind. I want to be in heaven,' says the MP.

'I'm sorry, but we have our rules.'

And with that, St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he went down, down, down to hell. The doors open and he found himself in the middle of a green golf course. In the distance is a clubhouse and standing in front of it are all his friends and other politicians who had worked with him.

Everyone is very happy and dressed in evening dress. They run to greet him, shake his hand, and reminisce about the good times they had while getting rich at the expense of the people.

They played a friendly game of golf and then dined on lobster, caviar and champagne.

Also present is the devil, who really is a very friendly & nice guy who has a good time dancing and telling jokes. They are having such a good time that before he realizes it, it's time to go.

Everyone gives him a hearty farewell and wave whilst the elevator rises....

The elevator rises and the door opens in heaven where St. Peter is waiting for him.

'Now it's time to visit heaven.'

So, 24 hours pass with the MP joining a group of contented souls moving from cloud to cloud, playing the harp and singing. They have a good time and, before he realizes it, the 24 hours have gone by and St. Peter returns.

'Well, then, you've spent a day in hell and another in heaven. Now choose your eternity.'

The MP reflects for a minute, then he answers: 'Well, I would never have said it before, I mean heaven has been delightful, but I think I would be better off in hell.'

So St. Peter escorts him to the elevator and he goes down, down, down to hell.

When the doors open he's in the middle of a barren land covered with waste and garbage.

He sees all his friends, dressed in rags, picking up the trash and putting it in black bags as more trash falls from above.

The devil comes over to him and puts his arm around his shoulder. ' I don't understand,' stammers the MP.
'Yesterday I was here and there was a golf course and clubhouse, and we ate lobster and caviar, drank champagne, danced and had a great time. Now there's just a wasteland full of garbage and my friends look miserable. What happened? '

The devil looks at him, smiles and says, 'Yesterday we were campaigning..
Today you voted’.

Hey D! You've done it again. Well done. My son, my only remaining child, asked me if I could behave myself long enough to join him at his son in law's home for Thanksgiving. Impertinent child! He doesn't recall I was a Federal lobbyist in DC for ten years and I can smile at Lucifer himself if I have to. Cried myself to sleep when I got home thinking about my daughter in law.. N

Hehe. Here's another one.

A man dies and appears at the Pearly Gates. Saint Peter informs him that he didn't quite qualify for Heaven but he wasn't so bad that he ends up burning forever. Instead, he is told that he will be shown a series of rooms where he will stay, but he only gets one chance to pick a room.

He is led to the first room and finds a bunch of people standing on their heads on a carpeted floor. He doesn't think that looks like too much fun, so he declines and is shown to the second room. In the second room are more people standing on their heads, but this time the floor is concrete. Declining that room as well, he is shown a third room where he finds more people, but this time they are standing around in several feet of fresh manure drinking coffee. The man opts to take that room. Saint Peter just shrugs and closes the door behind him.

After just a minute or so in the room, he hears a voice call out "Coffee break is over! Back on your heads!"

This is the best assessment of morality and politics wrapped up in one simple story. I love it.

Stellar. Should be mandatory presentation to all three branches of government.

Same rules as the demos and rinos

Imagine life alone on an island. You have to make/get everything to keep yourself alive and happy.

Other people arrive on rafts, and you have the opportunity to trade with them so you dont have to do everything to stay alive after that.

But these other people need to come to some agreement as to how to treat each other so as to mutually benefit each other.

The only way I have found is to understand human nature the way AR has explained, and to embrace capitalism, resulting in peace. Socialism, Communism, Fascism, democrary, and rule by kings and tyrants just dont work in the end amd wind up in war.