Growing up everyone's politics are particularly absent or the same as their parents. I would have told you when I was ten that Al Gore was an idiot and that he wouldn't defend our country the same way W. could. Words from my fathers mouth. Politics is a better word for ideology and ideology is the the enemy of progress. All the great progressions our county have made are the product of compromise. Later on my politics were shaped by living in the ghetto then getting out. We need to get our troops home and fight the war on poverty, the war on gang violence, and the war on racism before we go and fight those exact same wars overseas. what do you even think al qaida is? its just a gang. except those guys don't have lil wayne or lil boosie. Think about how much greater our country's educational system and healthcare system could be if we could invest all of our own money into ourself. Right now your money is going to helping raise children in other countries who will grow into men who would put an ak 47 in your face. We need to stop being the world's police and be our own financial supporter.