> Start with a cage containing five monkeys. Inside the cage,
> hang a banana on a string and place a set of stairs under
> it.
>
> Before long, a monkey will go to the stairs and start to
> climb towards the banana.
>
> As soon as he touches the stairs, spray all the other
> monkeys with cold water. After a while another monkey makes
> the attempt with same result, all the other monkeys are
> sprayed with cold water. Pretty soon when another Monkey
> tries to climb the stairs, the other monkeys will try to
> prevent it.
>
> Now, put the cold water away. Remove one monkey from the
> cage and replace it with a new one. The new monkey sees the
> banana and wants to climb the stairs.
>
> To his shock, all of the other monkeys beat the snot out of
> him. After another attempt and attack, he knows that if he
> tries to climb the stairs he will be assaulted.
>
> Next, remove another of the original five monkeys and
> replace it with a new one.
>
> The newcomer goes to the stairs and is attacked. The
> previous newcomer takes part in the punishment with
> enthusiasm.
>
> Likewise, replace a third original monkey with a new one,
> then a fourth, then the fifth. Every time the newest monkey
> takes to the stairs he is attacked.
>
> Most of the monkeys that are beating him up have no idea
> why they were not permitted to climb the stairs OR even why
> they are participating in the beating of the newest monkey.
> Finally, after replacing all of the original monkeys, none
> of the remaining monkeys have ever been sprayed with cold
> water. Nevertheless, no monkey ever again approaches the
> stairs to try for the banana.
>
> Why not?
>
> Because as far as they know, that is the way it has always
> been done around here. And that, my fellow monkeys, is
> how Congress operates - And precisely why we need to REPLACE
> all the original monkeys this November.
