The Kind-Hearted Smart Aleck

Every now and again I read a Facebook post to which I feel the need to respond. Today is one of those days. Here is the latest such post: "Please share this..... Ladies an gentleman boys and girls, and people of all ages. No matter how much you wine and cry and bitch and play the he said she said crap.  Donald Trump is now the holder of the highest position in our great country, he is the president of our country. The way people are behaving towards this makes me sick and embarrassed. We as a nation have to stand together and support him as are leader wether u like it or not, he got the job. Drop all the crap, this is idiotic. If your really that butt hurt by him, get the f out of our country. No one will miss you, and In fact there will always people coming in to fill your place. If you can't support the president of our great nation, Get the Fu*k out!!!!!!!" I don't know where this message originated, but it appears to be making the rounds. First off, couldn...

Just the other day, this old quote suddenly sprung to mind for no apparent reason: "If you're not a liberal at 20, you have no heart. If you're not a conservative at 40, you have no brain." Granted, given how old this quote is, the original author may not believe it fully applies today since the definitions of the terms liberal and conservative  have changed through the years. However, after thinking about it, if it did, I'd probably alter the quote to this: "If you're not a liberal at 20, you have no heart. If you're not a liberal at 40, you have no heart and no memory." Even with many modern-day conservatives, I often hear the rhetoric, "Well, when you're in college, still depending on mom and dad, and not making much money, yeah, it's easy to be a liberal. However, when you become a conservative, that's when you know you'll have grown up and become an actual adult." Yes, when we're young, in college, feeling...