The King of Atlanta

The King of Atlanta

And it came to pass that one day a prophet told the King that Atlanta (the Kingdom Better and More Valuable than All Others) was growing too fast and was soon going to run out of water.
The King had the prophet beheaded and said “Let it Grow”.
Another prophet came and told the King: Atlanta would soon be buried by its own garbage.
The King had the prophet beheaded and said “Let it Grow”
Another prophet came and told the King that the air in Atlanta would soon be poison.
The King had the prophet beheaded and said “Let it Grow”.
Another prophet came and told the King that sewage from the millions of people would soon poison the water and land.
You guessed it. Beheaded the prophet and said “Let it Grow”.
So it came to pass that the water ran low, the garbage piled up, the air became poisoned and the land and water became poisoned with sewage, still the King said “Let it Grow”.
When another prophet came to tell the King about the unsustainable number of people in Atlanta, all were dead.
The prophet called himself “King” and said “We must begin again. Let it Grow.”
Moral: Don’t tell a King what he doesn’t want to hear. It makes no difference anyway and there will always be another King to screw things up.

Photo: Belt buckle stock # BUCKLE W262SGP for sale at http://www.redelephants.com/