How to tell if you are conflicted by your political philosophies

 We have to start somewhere to launch this jocular escapade and what better place to start than with the self appointed "canaries in the proverbial coal mine" who wish to believe that everyone is hanging on their every word of warning and solid advice to keep us on track to a better world...... or...a more pleasant time in the distant past. 
Are your beliefs in conflict?  
Test: 
Are you of the Baby Boomer Generation?
Do you have children?
Do your children share your political views?
Do you long for an earlier time when life was simpler, less complicated?
Can you identify when that time was?
Do you sincerely believe that the world would fall into total disarray if America isn't the world's watchdog and policeman?
Are you deeply suspicious of anyone and everyone who has a different skin color than your own?
Do you like Indian Food?
Can you speak a foreign language?
Do you only buy America made products?
Do you shop at Walmart?
Do you want to eradicate all the Muslims?
Do you support the Jewish State of Israel?
Are you a good speller?
Do you have a passport?
Have you ever travelled outside of the boundries of the United States of America?
Can you point to "God's Country" on a map?
Do you believe George W. Bush was a good President?
Do you think Dick Cheney is a great man and a credible spokesman for America's best way forward?
Do you plan to subscribe to Sarah Palin's television channel?
Can you name the last 25 military deployments by American armed forces abroad to protect America's interests?
Who won the Vietnam War?
Was J. Edgar Hoover a cross-dressing homosexual?
Do you remember when the Republican Party was associated with the color designation "BLUE" and the Democrat Party was associated with the color RED?
Do you plan to draw Social Security Benefits and Medicare?
Do you plan to utilize Medicare in retirement?
Do you hate Obamacare?
Do you know the difference between Health Care and Health Insurance?
Do you believe that the U.S. has the best healthcare in the world?
Do you get your news from t.v. or do you prefer to get it from written mainstream news and research sources?
Who do you think should be the next President of the United States?
When is the last time you went to church?
Do you like the idea of "Big Business"?
Would pollution be reduced by repealing anti-pollution legislation?
Do you tend to speak in absolutes even if it makes you sound mentally unstable?
Which of these two statements do you think is most accurate?: Those who DON'T KNOW history are bound to repeat it.   OR, Those who KNOW HISTORY are bound to repeat it.  
Do you think the unemployment rate will ever be lower than it is today?
Do you sense a shift of GLOBAL power away from the U.S.?
Do you think the Stock Market accurately reflects the health of the economy?
Do you believe health insurance and health care are the same thing?
Do you know what the Boston Tea Party was all about?
Are you hoarding anything?
Do you grasp the realities of the 21st century?


More to come.

A forum to fret and worry about everything that shoudln't really matter...

Brace yourself......this is the beginning of a brush with reality that goes beyond the news cycle, the Fox news cycle in particular and the frantic, alarmist voices that stampede us from one corner of our pens to another.
I think it's about time...so get ready for some thinking, and opportunity to evolve, involve and invest yourselves in discussion that might actually touch upon pragmatism, logic, and the realities of the 21st century.
welcome
Jim Spicka.

A couple of questions and a few facts to keep in mind as we stumble along glibly and arrogantly:

Will the unemployment rate ever be lower than it is today?
Whites are having less children and as a result we have a swiftly aging white population in the U.S.
Blacks, Hispanics, Asians, and Middle easterners are seeing increasing births and a much younger average age and swiftly increasing numbers.
Today's Millennials are more adapted to public transportation and urban living and generally eschew the nuclear family and suburban lifestyles.

How should we address these challenges?   Invade somebody? Kill all the "foreigners",  Demand better paying jobs? Change the formula for calculating growth and unemployment?  Re-elect the same people that led us into this "box canyon" in the first place?  
You tell me.