Out of curiosity, do you argue politics with any left leaning members of your family?
I personally have always kept my mouth shut. I'm still a 'little kid' to them anyway - so what could I possibly say of worth? Someday though, I intend to 'out' my conservative self to them. What an event that'll be. :)

And, any luck with job searching?

-Katherine

Well, I didn't know until today that my grandfather had moonbat tendencies, and my parents are fairly conservative already (I've had some interesting discussions with them about how both sides of the spectrum are ruining education, since my father refers to NCLB as "test 'em 'til they're dead," and my mother thinks school vouchers are a bad idea because the good schools are already overcrowded), so there's really not that much to argue about.

As for the job search, it turns out the manager of the grocery store never actually got my application. I'm not sure if I want to work for someone with such incompetent customer service employees. Also, thanks to my telephonophobia, I haven't been able to contact any other places yet. I'm not sure what'll happen now.

My family is so left-leaning that if I criticize a Democrat, I'm automatically nuts, so that doesn't look too odd to me.

My parents blamed Reagan and high interest rates for not being able to add a rec room to our house. Now, I wasn't old enough to actually remember this, but didn't Carter create the massive inflation?