Nikki Yeager

A quote from a great book I'm reading, First They Killed My Father by Loung Ung:

(After a girl asks her father about how he was forced to be a policeman for Lon Nol's government in Cambodia and he brings up the concept of America)

"No, there are two political parties that run the country. One side is called the Democrats and the other the Republicans. During their fights, whichever side wins, the other side has to look for different jobs. For example, if the Democrats win, the Republicans lose their jobs and often have to go elsewhere to find new jobs. It is not this way in Camboida now. If the Republicans lost their fights in Cambodia, they would all have to become Democrats or risk punishment."

Mind you that was leading up to the Khmer Rouge. Now it's not necessarily as bad... however, there are plenty of other places in the word where this is  still the case and will be for quite some time.

Who ever thought there could be a positive spin to the intense partisan split we have on our hands right now?

Just another reminder of why I love living here.