Bipartisan

This house - my former and current home - is a social experiment of sorts that is rarely if ever invested in. Perhaps I am too open-minded to state my case as a liberal, but in the context I would almost certainly be considered a die hard. The context being, Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh devotees. Of course, they too are open-minded and rational beings that make the idea of us all being polar opposites somewhat untrue. That said, it is probably as close to true as you're going to find under one undemolished roof. Breakfast talk can literally go along lines of the reasons for impeaching Obama and instituting martial law on one end to the sanctity of eco-systems and the argument for human restraint on the other.

Here is the fantastic, unbelievable thing: the truth as each of us sees it is voiced and heard by the various parties day after day. Because we love each other unconditionally, there is suddenly an atmosphere that allows honesty and acceptance where there is only ridicule and scorn in the public debate. Since the two political parties not only do not accept each other's stances but are not re-elected if they even appear to consider each other's ideas, there is no possibility for open debate. The reigns of power are held by extremists by necessity and thoughtful conversation is replaced by fear-mongering and empty platitudes. The macroscopic venue for change is, in my opinion, hopeless.

Yet, in the microcosm of our unlikely home and family, I see a small seed. I see the respect of listening and the freedom of love to express and refine opinions with and against each other. I see apparently divergent theories and ideas melding in conversations that shouldn't be possible in today's framing. There is certainly plenty of blustering and cacophony as these ideas meet and clash, but there is a commitment to each other that allows us to weather the storm and come to some peace on the other side. Though we are molded by all our inputs of media and political guidance to be extremists, we find the secret moderates within as we let our mutual love and respect seep into the conversations handed to us bereft of anything so lofty.