...Ambrose Bierce who wrote The Devils Dictionary describes a Minah Bird as a bird with such a thevish disposition that it suggested to someone that it might learn to talk.
...since we wuz talking about talking birds.
...guy buys a parrot takes it home. Every morning for a couple of weeks he gets up and takes the cover off the parrots cage and says good morning. Finally he says Good Morning and when the parrot says nothing he says "asshole". Next morning he takes the cover off the cage and says "Good Morning Asshole!"

Liberals are like a "Slinky". Totally useless, but somehow ya can't help but smile when you see one tumble down a flight of stairs!