There was an interesting study featured on PBS tonight on how they are classifying my generation. The study was done by the Pew Research Center classifying those currently from 18-28 as “Millennials.”
What was most interesting was the latest political trends of us Millennials:
However, over the course of 2009 the Democratic Party’s advantage among Millennials in party affiliation weakened considerably from its high point in 2008. The most recent party affiliation data (from the fourth quarter of 2009) show that in terms of straight partisan identification, Democrats held a 36% to …

Here’s what I don’t get:
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 is supposed to be money injected into the economy to “create new jobs as well as save existing ones, spur economic activity and invest in long-term economic growth, Foster unprecedented levels of accountability and transparency in government spending.”
The Senate (mostly Democrats) just approved a new $15 billion “jobs bill” to attempt to stave off growing unemployment and to create jobs. How is it that tax incentives are going to create jobs? If I’m a small business owner, …

The Gateway to the New South, Clarks-Vegas, is showing signs of thawing. After Brittany doubled my heating bill in January (muahaha) while I was gone, my February bill is down 15 percent, with me here. What better way to celebrate than to shut off the heat, open up the windows and have a little walk in the park.
Every time I think Clarksville is boring I find something new that makes me wish I didn’t have to leave. Most of these discoveries come from my neighbor, Sara, who unfortunately just moved …

One of my favorite Sunday past times is watching the political duke-outs on Meet The Press. Today’s episode definitely did not disappoint. Whereas I do lean to the political right, David Gregory of MSNBC is one of the hardest interviewers on TV.
As David Brooks mentions, Joe Biden’s interview was laughable. I’m not sure he had his usual coffee pick-me-up before the show.
But the biggest knock out of the episode was the proverbial ass-kicking to freshman representative from Illinois, Aaron Schock (R-18). As the now youngest senator ever in the House …

Because the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) at Ft. Polk, Louisiana, is the final deployment check before we head out the door, I thought it apt to compare it to the Superbowl of our training. However, at least a million times less exciting.
I’ll save my musings for another post, but here is the sweet video I put together.
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