Yea, kendal, et al. I was not beating the Republican drum if you will notice. The legislation for social security and many other programs were not passed in a vaccuum. As I recall, some of you Children of the Sixties were very quick to point out the injustice of stereotyping. There are folks of different political stripe who still have a heart. In many instances the social legislation would never have been passed without agreement from all quarters.

Also, I won't apologize for having a father who was sober, sober-minded and was married to the same woman for sixty-two years until his death. He provided for his family and was a devout follower of Jesus Christ. I'm sorry that so many have not had the same or similar fortune and you have every reason to have pride in your own tenacity and ability to make well on your own. And I would bet that you have, on the whole, done right by your own families. I hope you have. Point here is that no one of any character wants to see others do badly in life's game. Americans are the "helpingest" people in the world and that include Americans of every political persuasion. And when push comes to shove, most of us have the gumption to cover each other's backside. The damn political bickering and refusal to see both sides or ALL side will tear us apart if we continue in it.

I hang out here because I really like the music but I hang out below the line a lot because I really like the people. That's you all. I also would like to pry loose your deathgrip on your bias so you could see the whole pattern that is woven into the tapestry of our nation. It isn't just left, it isn't just right. It takes both to make it work.