---
title: "Thoughts on politics"
author: "Christopher S Penn"
date: 2008-09-01
url: https://www.christopherspenn.com/2008/09/thoughts-on-politics/
categories:
  - "Politics"
---

# Thoughts on politics

[![Otters and Others](https://farm4.static.flickr.com/3207/2818251246_ca5a83d38b.jpg)](https://www.flickr.com/photos/financialaidpodcast/2818251246/ "Otters and Others by Financial Aid Podcast, on Flickr")"The reality is that the American eagle needs both a left wing and a right wing or he ain't getting off the ground." - J. Michael Straczynski We need both. Neither is more or less correct as long as we actually want to fly. Food for thought: an eagle has a right wing and a left wing, but the head, heart, and talons? They're all in the middle. **Did you enjoy this blog post? If so, please subscribe right now!**[![](https://www.christopherspenn.com/btn-email.png)](https://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/emailverifySubmit?feedId=761786) [![](https://www.christopherspenn.com/btn-google.png)](https://www.google.com/ig/add?feedurl=https://feeds.feedburner.com/ChristopherSPenn) [![](https://www.christopherspenn.com/btn-rss.png)](https://feeds.feedburner.com/ChristopherSPenn)Get this and other great articles from the source at [www.ChristopherSPenn.com](https://www.ChristopherSPenn.com)