Un-biased U.S.A. of old!

Un-biased U.S.A. of old!

    I have been on blog.it for about a year now and have never ventured out of my poetry blog. So, I decided to jump into another topic. Anyways, I am usually a sucker for getting into political debates, but recently have got away from that particular subject. I figured there is no good reason to argue with people that have different beliefs or values than I do. Who am I to judge? But, one thing people should really think about before getting into one of these types of debates, is to know where he/she stands. When I say stands, I mean, to know why he/she calls themself a democrat, republican or independent. I grew up in the extreme south and have found that a lot of my beliefs and values are rooted to that of my father, mother and other family members of mine. Recently, I started evaluating those beliefs and values and applying them to my life. I AM A HYPOCRITE! As is most politicians! In a nutshell, as a thirty-something year old man, who grew up an hour south of New Orleans, La, I have recently learned it's a very good idea to take a personal inventory, periodically. I believe ALL of us should evaluate our lives. After we do and once this fact of life is digested, the sooner we can move forward and be comfortable about taking a stance in our troublesome, but wonderful nation.
    In short, don't claim you are a "RIGHT-WING, HARD-CORE, CONSERVATIVE, REPUBLICAN", yelling, "PRO-LIFE", while listening to Rush, yet, you have been collecting unemployment for the last year-and a half and don't know the difference between the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. This may get you in a bind if you choose to debate someone on a political issue. On the other hand, don't claim to be a "BLEEDING-HEART, LEFT-WING, LIBERAL DEMOCRAT", screaming, "GLOBAL WARMING & TAX THE UPPER-CLASS"!!; then, get into your Hummer and drive to your C.P.A.'s office to drop off your mileage log, so you won't get a 1099 form at the end of they year.
    Once we, as Americans, get off the fringes of the far-right and the far-left, and realize who we really are (regardless of how that makes us feel), the sooner we can meet in the middle and come to common ground on the issues that mean the most!