It shines laxidasical to me when people forget the past. Regardless of our superficial affiliations (Liberal, Conservative, Other...) I feel it is important to remember the core truth of it all. Everything was once Nothing. 

As a Republican I can undoubtedly say that I have almost never come across a person more uninformed and unadaptable than former gov. Sarah Palin. If it is outside her bubble of comfort than there is no way possible she can even try and work with it. What makes the story sad is her position within the Rep. Party and the fame she gets for acting the idiot. That is not to say she is intelligent, but when you get paid as much as she does AFTER quiting your job there's no way you are stupid. 

However, that persona is not held succinctly by only her, the Rep. Party, or the Conservative-base. A few years ago I came across a story, which I am unsure if ever got National media-service, about a Liberal lobby for the "de-racialization" ; of the Weather service; particularly regarding the naming of Hurricanes and Tropical Storms. Now whether or not there was/is racism in that system, I do not know or care, but that fact of the matter is the "fight" existed. But what the hell were the Dem's fighting for? So that the next and possibly worst Hurricane in history could be named Latoya, rather than Debby? That's insane. Just as crazy as voting for Palin was. And there is no justifying it. 

The fact of the matter is people fight for what they feel they are "entitled" to, regardless of logical or sense. The truth is, no one is entitled to anything at birth. 

We are all the same. Weak, fragile, beautiful, smart, terrible, and (most importantly) pure. Wants, desires, and material objects come later. 

If life was truly and unequivocally fair, we would all start out equal; alone, with a blank slate as a universe, and with all the same capabilities. Just like a video game.

But its not. We all start off differently; with or without parents, with or without money, with or without freedoms. We all live differently; with motivation or without, with love or without, with certain skills and talents or without. 

That is the truth. 

So to say that anyone is simply Entitled to what they get, or they Deserve what situations they are presented with, is simply absurd and derogatory. 

Pulling this back firmly into the Political realm of this thread, it is in turn just as foolish and hurtful to the Nation to say that, "Liberals" (or "Cons.") know whats right.

To use an obvious case, the War in Iraq. I did not agree with the war, nor do I agree in general with the premise. However, I also understand that the President of the United States' job is to look out for the U.S. That's it. I don't like it when my friends from Bahrain get hurt and bullied by ignorant bigots who have no idea that their home country exists. So I don't allow it in my presence without a fight (verbal or otherwise). Yet, I also know that the oil procured through the efforts of soldiers will be used to provide my descendants with easier access to gasoline (and other oil products) in the future. Any other country in the world would do the same.

Is it right (no), is it fair (hell no), but thats reality. You do not survive and thrive by waiting for someone to come and give you the keys to success. You go and make them, and along the way you take the unfairness of life and try to make things more equal.

I do not believe that Utopia will happen in my lifetime, so I plan for the next generation accordingly.

This is what I believe many, definitely not most, of those on either side of the political fence are doing. They realize that if tomorrow you just ripped down any mainstay system, without anything just as encompassing already in place, then you'd have anarchy. Imagine if you woke up tomorrow and there was NO health care system, but you needed a hospital. Go back only 150 years in history and that's what most people lived with daily.  

If you want it. Go ahead and take it. I'll join both sides in overtly using the "useful-idiots" (thanks above) to make sure that the system doesn't fail, regardless of what the nut-jobs in the Ex-wings are touting. 

 In conclusion, the "Conservatives" are just as necessary as the "Liberals" because without the unfortunate balance that comes from putting a `fiercer, if not as logical or knowledgeable` bull against a `less focused, but larger and just as self-righteous` bull, there would be nothing but one foolish animal aimlessly walking to its own eventual death. 

I welcome the fight, the debate, the unfairness. Because it makes me try everyday, and reminds me when I get lazy that I have earned nothing but what my own accomplishments have proven I own. 

As to the title I say, `We are all Contrarian. If only because our ideals cause us to continuously bicker within our own minds.`