Are you an Elephant, Jackazz, Loner, etc? Why are you, really why are you?

You're absolutely correct. It doesn't matter what animal you are represented by. Neither party is as interested in doing what's best for the country as they are doing what's best for their party and dare I say themselves. ‹(°¿°)›

Very nicely put. What matters most is that we do look within ourselves to find answers we can live with despite what direction the sheep go in. ‹(°¿°)›

If we could all be like that. It's a well balanced person who can weigh all information that is presented to them before forming an opinion, making a judgment or casting a stereotype. That goes for any subject not only the one this discussion is based on. There are three things in this world that can turn a sane person into a blithering idiot. They are in no particular order, politics, religion and ethnicity. The latter covering race and nationality. I could tell by reading your discussions and your responses to people who reply, that you are indeed a free thinking person. ‹(°¿°)›

Awwww, thanks. That is a lovely compliment. There's enough hate in the world without me adding to it. lol I figure if I put as much effort into listening to others with different opinions and trying to understand, even if not still agreeing, with their reasoning it's a lot easier then wasting energy immediately hating and having to waste all that energy in finding their faults. If we all thought the same it would be a dull, dull world!

I probably would have answered my discussion with close to the same response you've given. No matter who you are, knowing who you are is the most important thing. Most people are not at the same level of self awareness that you or I are. They are happy to have others dictate to them who they are. It is a crying shame that most of our country is losing what our founding fathers created for us. Independence. ‹(°¿°)›

A-friggin-men! ‹(°¿°)›

That it is..it's one of the things which pains me most about our world. That people are willing to allow their freedom and individuality to get washed away by the mainstream..by what they're told to be, think, feel.

What you have said couldn't be more true. Too many people more and more find themselves slaves to other's thinking and doing. It is a crying shame and a continued rape of freedom helped along by "those who can't be bothered." That speaks volumes about the direction society is headed in. ‹(°¿°)›

Hey Anniedup. You're the beneficiary of my first response since the power went out over two hours ago. We've had some heavy wind all day and low and behold I get on myLot and bam, out go the lights. ‹(ˆ¿ˆ)› Individual, opinionated and identity, words that are so valuable yet are rapidly fading from a world society of automatons. I respect you for remaining steadfast with your views and staying true to yourself. It's so easy for people to succumb to complacency and contentment. If every American would understand what you already know regarding the affect our elections have on the world, they would perhaps think with their conscience and not with selfishness. The problem is, as you know, most people can't or won't see beyond the nose on their face. They can't envision the plight of poor farmers in underdeveloped nations. They complain when Bananas are .59¢ a pound rather than .49¢ a pound. Not thinking that farmers in these countries get .01¢ to .02¢ a crate. I believe we both are a dying breed. ‹(°¿°)›

An owl indeed. Let us also remember their eyes always being "open" and their "vision" being acute. Staying with the owl theme. If not Barack Obama, perhaps someone will swoop in with the wisdom, open eyes and acute vision it's going to take to lead our nation through what will obviously still be a dark time, then into the light. I, like you, do believe Obama has what it takes to make a very serious run for the White House. I won't make any predictions because that's for false prophets and fools. As I mentioned in another discussion. Barack is quite a lot like John Kennedy minus some experience so it wouldn't be much of a stretch to say he could be the next president. Not a prediction but an open observation. ‹(°¿°)›