Overheard...

In the back seat of a car with a 12, 11 and 10 year old (L to R)...

12: Hey Guys! I got Pokemon White 2 for Christmas.

10: I got an iPod touch and Pokemon White 2.

And the conversation lingers for a while on games, devices and everything under the Christmas tree, until...

12: I am a member on Youtube.

11: Oh! You are?

12: Yes, and I am now an ex-member of the White House.

10: What do you mean ex-member of the White House?

12: Yeah, if Mitt Romney had won, I would've still been a member of the White House, but Obama won, so now I'm an ex-member.

10: That doesn't even make any sense...

12: You know, it would have been so much better if Romney had won.

10: No, it wouldn't! It's actually better that Obama won.

12: No. If Romney had won, there wouldn't be so many homeless people in America.

10: If Romney had won, all the soldiers wouldn't be coming back home for another 5 years. Obama has promised to bring all of them back in the next 2 years.

12: But there's so many homeless people, think about them! Romney was going to give them money so they wouldn't be homeless anymore.

10: Ah! That's so stupid. He can't do that.

11: No 12, what 10 is trying to say is, think about all the soldiers who are far away from their families in places like Afghanistan fighting endless wars and living in dangerous conditions.

10: Yeah! Think about it, they can't even be with their families for Christmas. That sucks.

12: Yeah! But think of all the homeless people who can't even have Christmas because they don't have any money. Haven't you seen all the homeless people in Philadelphia?

10: Listen, no matter what there are always going to be homeless people. There's like a 500 million homeless people all over the USA and you can't prevent that.

11: 10 is right 12, there's always going to be homeless people no matter what. But 10, that's not right, there aren't even a 500 million people in the USA...

10. Yeah, whatever. But there are homeless people all over the world and there are going to be homeless people no matter what, because some people are lazy and stupid and just don't want to work.

12: But Romney would have taken care of that. It's true. He was going to give all the homeless people money so they won't be homeless anymore.

10: Thats not even possible. Even if he wanted to give away that kind of money, he would have to take that money from people us, like in taxes.

12: No. Romney went to the Olympics and all that and he has a lot of money. And he was only going to ask the rich for more taxes. He had a plan for that.

10: I think you are right about that, but that wouldn't solve the homeless problem. Besides I think the soldiers are more important. They're fighting for the country.

Car pulls up a traffic light...

12: No, the homeless are more important. Look at that guy right there, he is homeless and he is begging for money to buy food.

10: No. He probably wants to buy wine or some cheap liquor, whatever...

12: How do you know that?

11: I guess what 10 is trying to say is that all homeless people are not homeless because they lost their jobs, some of them are just lazy and they beg for money to do the wrong things.

12: No that's not true. When Obama was President a 100 people lost jobs while only 25 people got jobs. So that's why there are a lot of homeless people.

10: Listen 12, there are always going to be homeless people but Obama is better for the country right now.

12: No he's not. I myself heard him say that the richer you are the less tax you pay and the lower you earn the more you pay taxes. Did you hear that? The lesser you have the more tax you pay.

10: There's nothing wrong with that. More people want to be rich.

11: Hey, that's not right. But 12, I don't think you heard it right. How can you have less money and pay more taxes. That doesn't sound right.

12: It's true. I heard him say that myself. And that's why I think Romney is better.

10: No way. Obama's better. That's just the way it is. And look who won anyway?

11: (Thinking to himself), Yeah, whatever, I'm Switzerland...

Driver: OK guys, time to get off. Put away your devices and get ready. I'll be back to pick you up in an hour. Stay inside the glass doors and don't come out till you see me pull up...


I wasn't a big fan of this car pool thing as I only have a sedan and had to cram 3 boys in the back seat, but going by what I heard (Overheard), I can't wait to do this again.

Who knows, I may soon know everything I need to about the Fiscal Cliff...