Quote:That really is it in a nutshell. 

 

Things have gotten muddled up by the progressives in both parties who are more focused on maintaining power than doing what needs to be done to lead this nation, but at the end of the day, that is the main difference between true conservatives and true progressives.  Not the jelly spined people in the middle who don't dare take a side.

Yep. That was the basic discussion my husband and I had the other day along with the one previously mentioned. Power is a nasty thing when in the hands of a rabid majority. We can look back as recently as Hitler and the issues in Somalia to see that.

 

And I've recently been called a variation of your jelly spined people because I'm not so hell bent on my POV or opinion that I don't try to see another's POV (God forbid I actually try to see the other side of a story even if I disagree/end up disagreeing. Heck, I might actually learn something!). It's sad that people can't have a broad view of things without being bullied by either side.

 

I've lived a life not confined to a 'box' of ideals and circumstances. I've lived in a foreign country, lived in every single neighborhood/part of town in Duval county (Riverside being my favorite with those old houses), lived in the country and the city in different states, had friends from every spectrum of race, color and creed, had jobs that spanned serving my country in the Army to working construction at Habitat for Humanity to a daycare center, among many others. That's just the basics and doesn't lend itself to being close-minded or wishy washy as some here would paint me to be. I just have a larger view than most. It's like the difference between what you see on the tenth floor of a building as opposed to the 90th floor. Your perspective changes quite a bit. And because of this I'm not PC therefore not liberal friendly to most.

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