text: The Homeless Parrot: a rare political moment.
  Posted by The Homeless Parrot at 12:26 AM
  in a way i appreciate shows like "The Hills" because it takes my mind off things like the pressures of school, my increasing debt of hundreds of thousands of dollars (school loans, not credit cards) and being an ocean's distance away from home. i guess for me it's escapism. i love the drama that goes on in LC's life (The Hills) because i guess it makes mine seem a little less complicated. that, and i love her shoes. she always wears super cute shoes. :)
  also, i recommend listening This American Life podcast, "The Giant Pool of Money" broadcast in May. it can be found at this link,
  scroll down to May. it's about what happened with the mortgage crisis and is really well done. (and it's for free!) i promise you it won't be a waste of your time!
  You bet it's not FREE to live like this--from the pilgrims and the pioneers to the guys (and girls) sweating it out in Iraq and Afghanistan,somebody worked their whole life to make our country the way it is and promulgate the Democratic ideas and Christian principles that underlie it. There has not been another country founded on those ideas--and you can easily see that the rest of the world(even tho they can't wait to get here to use it for their own gain) do not appreciate its uniqueness or importance one bit.