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Friday, August 10, 2012

Obamacare.... the Trojan Horse of destruction

For those not familiar with the story about the Trojan's, let me refresh your memory.  The city of Troy was under siege by the other city-state of Sparta.  After a long battle and not being able to penetrate the walled fortress, the Spartans retreated back to their ships.  They dismantled several of their ships and built a large wooden horse on wheels and left it at the city gates as a "present" to the Trojans and then left in their remaining boats.  The Trojans believed this was a gift to the city and had it brought into the city walls.   The Trojans celebrated their "victory" long into the night.  Then when everyone had gone to sleep (or was passed out) the Spartans hiding inside the wooden horse came out, opened the city doors and Troy was destroyed in a single night.  From this story we get the famous phrase, "Beware of Greeks bearing gifts".

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