The Kind-Hearted Smart Aleck

I honestly don't mean for the title of this blog to come across as arrogant or like I have all the answers. I don't. However, political debates are becoming a bigger joke than the NFL replacement refs. The thing about it is, I don't even need to make my opinions known in most of these debates. I don't feel prompted to get involved in a debate unless I read or hear something which I know to be false. Unfortunately (for them and for me in a way), this happens quite regularly. I read, research and fact-check with more regularity than meteorologists give an inaccurate forecast. I've found that most people don't do this. They resort to partisan opinion-oriented shows in order to provide them with "knowledge" and seem to then often times mistake opinion as fact and vice versa. So these debates often times go something like this: Them: "Barack Obama is a Muslim, socialist born in Kenya and his wife thinks he deserves the presidency because he's...

What do they call us? Generation X is it? I just read a brief overview of a book dealing with the reasons that people in my generation are waiting longer to get married. I don't know that I agree with all the reasons, but there were some that clicked. She called it the "me, me, me" generation and people are so caught up with themselves and their needs and wants, that they focus most of their time on themselves. Getting involved in a committed relationship would be too much, unless they add another 24 hours to each day. She also mentioned how everything is quick and easy for this generation and she's right. Cell phones, ipods, playstation and xbox 3's, internet, instant messages, text messages, e-mails. Things are fast and easy. The author also mentioned how Hollywood relationships and movies don't help matters any and she pointed directly toward Tom Cruise as an ideal example. So, if it's not fast and easy, then we're not going to have any of it. Thi...