Reason 1:  The politicians decide your life.

Isn’t that reason enough?

Other random thoughts:  The Democratic Party as a whole needs to ban phone soliciting.  No one likes getting those calls.  They are annoying.

People need to leave Sarah Palin alone now.  I think she took a lot of knocks in this election and I know she deserved some of them, but it’s time to give it a rest.  She lost, leave her alone.

Why do our new President elects always manage to do something stupid right after they take office?  I’m referring to Obama’s statement about Nancy Regan and seances.  It seems like every time there is something.

There is a push in the GOP to combat the Democrat’s success in pursuing younger voters.  Rebuild The Party is an interesting read at the very least.  I don’t see it going anywhere, though.  I think that it is a wise idea, but the one thing Republicans are known for is an aversion to change.  I don’t see them pursuing younger votes until they’ve lost another 2 elections.  Then they’ll be gung ho on it and drive everyone crazy.  The one thing that could help the Republicans more than anything else is to stop basing their campaigns on emotional and fundamentalist appeal and start using intelligent arguments to support their causes.  Maybe they don’t have any intelligent arguments and that is why they have to rely on emotional appeal.