Two or three times a year my wife and I go camping with my brother and his wife.  

My brother is a hard-right conservative Bush lover, and I'm a hard left liberal Bush hater.  

Since we both grew up in the same family; how my own brother turned out that way, I'll never know. I'm sure he's asking the same thing about me!

Anyway, we all sit around the campfire, and after a few drinks, all hell breaks loose when we start arguing about politics.  The next morning, all is well and we're having fun hiking or fishing, or whatever, with no more talk about politics.

My brother sees things like Bush does, in terms of extremes with no middle ground: "good vs. evil", "right vs. wrong", "with us or against us", "talk or no talk" with adversaries, etc.  These are examples of seeing the world in terms of "black and white".  

Perhaps a lack of cognitive development causes "black and white thinking"?  Is it a reflection of one being stuck in one's childhood where things seemed, oh so simple?  I don't know.

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I'm a white guy who ventured into a black section of San Antonio, Texas today to buy some fried chicken.  Sometimes I get this indescribalble urge for fried chicken.  When that happens, nothing can satisfy the urge other than to go get some.

I like "all dark" chicken meat.

At the counter was the cutest little black girl I've ever seen.

I was sort of messing around with her, asking "What if I get this without that", and what if I get this with this, and what if.

What if...  

Sturgis is a big deal in the motorcycle world.

It's an annual event that I've often wanted to attend, but it's a long way from San Antonio, Texas.  Not that that would stop a "real" biker.  Nevertheless, I've ridden on trips farther away than that from San Antonio.  Anyway...

Yeah, I ride a Harley.  Yeah, I'm a Democrat.  Yeah, I'm for Obama.

But I must say this, as bad as it may sound...McCain may be onto something in going to Sturgis.  It's going to help him with the bubbas.  That's my prediction.  We'll see.

I only wish Obama had thought of doing Sturgis.  However, as I recall, he was made fun of for simply riding a bicycle.  Please don't jump me for saying that.  I'm for Obama, for crying out loud!  I also eat arugula.