Reply #10: Children are a big motivating factor for many of our decisions in life. [View All]

Like where we'll buy a house (for the school district or for the no child allowed restrictions.)

I lived in a community once, which wasn't perfect, but which I always respected because the board tried to do right by the kids. They were old geezers who had a lot of time on their hands. And, yes, they were very set in the way they ran things. However, I respected them because they never forgot about the children, throwing community Easter Egg hunts for them every Easter. And though they were crotchety, they were also honest. I dare say they were Democratic leaning.

That's what you call a community. My house was sold the weekend I threw a block party on my street. That's what old America use to be like, and it has value.

Then I moved into a Republican county where they'd fuck you over if you bent over to pick up the paper on your driveway