spalz/Hey Older Members! Use age as a tool!
You are young and you do have a lot to learn - not from books - you are way smarter than me - but from life - and many of us are smarter than you on that. Age is a tool that we do use and should use. You can't discount experience.
I have to tell you what happened to me last week and it made me think of you. I was in St. Louis on business and had dinner with my cousin's son, who is 29. When he was growing up, we called him "Alex P Keaton" (Michael J Fox's character on Family Ties) because his parents were liberal Democrats and he was a conservative Republican. He, like you, is very intelligent and went on to get his PhD in Political Science (he now teaches college). Anyway, we were talking about the election and such and he told me that he was upset with the final decision - something that alarmed me. He said "I've changed." I made the statement that I have borderline Socialist tendencies and he said "I'm a full fledged Socialist now. I told you that I've changed." I dropped my fork.
I have to say that I thought of you as I see many comparisons, and chuckled to myself. There is hope for you after all !!!!
Now, before you get all out of shape, please bear in mind that I say this to you tongue-in-cheek. Don't try to beat up on this old lady. I have lots of spunk left in me to give your ass a whippin'. <g>
On a more serious note, I hope that you don't think my comments about your age are to belittle you. If you feel that way, I apologize. But many of us have lived through what you read in books about and are trying to tell you how it really was. Some of your philosophies are a repeat of what we lived through and don't want to live through it again. Reaganomics was bad enough the first time, it will be worse the second time.
Let's hope the name calling can stop - we are all passionate individuals and do get caught up in the moment. I hope we can get by without insults.
