I don't usually resort to name-callling to slam political adversaries. But this is funny!

I'd seen variations of this one before, but thought it was funny enough to post here:

A young woman was about to finish her first year of college. Like so many others her age, she considered herself to be a very liberal Democrat, and among other liberal ideals, was very much in favor of higher taxes to support more government programs, in other words redistribution of wealth.

She was deeply ashamed that her father was a rather staunch Republican, a feeling she openly expressed. Based on the lectures that she had participated in, and the occasional chat with a professor, she felt that her father had for years harboured an evil, selfish desire to keep what he thought should be his.

One day she was challenging her father on his opposition to higher taxes on the rich and the need for more government programs. The self-professed objectivity proclaimed by her professors had to be the truth and she indicated so to her father. He responded by asking how she was doing in school.

Taken aback, she answered rather haughtily that she had a 4.0 GPA, and let him know that it was tough to maintain, insisting that she was taking a very difficult course load and was constantly studying, which left her no time to go out and party like other people she knew. She didn't even have time for a boyfriend, and didn't really have many college friends because she spent all her time studying.

Her father listened and then asked, "How is your friend Audrey doing?"

She replied, "Audrey is barely getting by. All she takes are easy classes, she never studies, and she barely has a 2.0 GPA. She is so popular on campus; college for her is a blast. She's always invited to all the parties, and lots of times she doesn't even show up for classes because she's too hung over."

Her wise father asked his daughter, "Why don't you go to the Dean's office and ask him to deduct a 1.0 off your GPA and give it to your friend who only has a 2.0. That way you will both have a 3.0 GPA and certainly that would be a fair and equal distribution of GPA."

The daughter, visibly shocked by her father's suggestion, angrily fired back, "That's a crazy idea, how would that be fair! I've worked really hard for my grades! I've invested a lot of time, and a lot of hard work! Audrey has done next to nothing toward her degree. She played while I worked my tail off!"

The father slowly smiled, winked and said gently, "Welcome to the Republican party."

I get a lot of jokes through email. Recently I've gotten several related to the riots in France. You know, the riots all over the news that describe "youths" that are setting fire to cars and buildings? The "youths" that no one ever mentions just happen to be Muslim?

I don't really wish these troubles on anyone, even the French. However, I have to believe they are reaping what they have sown. They have allowed massive numbers of African Muslims to immigrate into their country so that now they make up about 10% of the population. Rather than assimilate into European culture, they've essentially set up "little Algeria" and want Islam to rule in France, too.

But anyway, this is a humor post, not a rant (one of those will probably come later). I will mention they could easily stop this situation in just the same way they could have stopped the looting in New Orleans: shoot the bastards!

So anyway, read on for the two funny jokes I got today...