I was recently reminded of a book from my childhood "The Little Engine That Could" by Watty Piper, you know the one where the cute little train says "I think I can, I think I can, I think I can," while wondering what kids read these days. It's a good book to read to a young child, a simple lesson embedded about self-reliance and conservative values. To look at some American families today, you'd think that book had been rewritten, with are little choo-choo trains being aided by the help of an expensive government program, exclaiming as he struggles up the hill, "I think the government can."
Some people apparently no longer wish to tell the essential moral of "The Little Engine That Could," instead opting for a tall tale in which the train is no longer an individual but a big liberal monstrosity on wheels, packed from the engine to the caboose with an all star lineup of the best guests ever seen on the Jerry Springer show.
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