I think the problem is really in the labels. I own two flags, and display them properly. One daily (on the pole)and one extra (on the house) for special occasions. I fully support school choice and homeschooling, but I also believe in full civil rights for homosexuals. I LOVE Howard Dean (I know him as a person and a politician) for both his strict welfare-to-work policy and his universal healthcare success. I support our troops 100% while I deplore the war itself. And yet I understand the need to deal with scary religious zelots with military force. Meanwhile, some of my favorite people are Muslims, and they are deeply offended by the Taliban and Al-Queda.

What does that make me? I don't even know anymore. We can't rely on these labels, can't make blanket statements in today's world. I was raised on protest songs, and yet I am a truer hippie baby in my rejection of establishment(big government). If anything I believe that Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein, and the whole situation has brought us closer. My husband and I used to cancel each other out in every election, now we vote united. How weird is that?!?