Politics. Want to alienate your coworkers? Bring up the subject at the office. Looking to cause a "scene" at Thanksgiving dinner? Tell your aunt why your political partly is better than hers. Want to confuse that hippy standing on the corner with an illegible sign screaming, "Impeach Bush!"? Tell him the rubber soles on his Birkenstocks were made using oil, not to mention the gas he put in his '62 VW Bus to get to the corner in the first place.

But I digress. Let's address the number one news item of the week - the California Recall. Many opponents to the recall ("many" might be too kind a word) argue that the recall makes CA the laughing stock of the country. I disagree. On the contrary, supporting the recall is one of the last pure forms of democracy available today. The recall is essentially a forum in which "we the people" tell our elected officials that we are disgusted by the manner in which they have served us, and we want them fired. This is what democracy is all about.

Too many liberals have forgotten that elected officials work for us -- they don't work for themselves. When the Governor of CA leads the state into an energy crisis (don't even try to debate me on this one, you will lose), plummets us into an insurmountable debt ($38 Billion) and lies about it to get re-elected, my political sense says, "Let's fire this guy."

Another argument you hear from the liberals (are all these people stoned?) is that if the recall succeeds, it will create an endless cycle of recalls nationwide, thus crippling the fragile decision making process at all levels of government. Hey, if your cause can gather 10-million signatures then by all means do what you have to do - but it's doubtful you will.

If the recall succeeds in one thing only -- sending the message to career politicians that they are our servants and must act in OUR best interests - or else - then the recall will have achieved its primary goal.

Don't fear the recall. Instead, direct your fear towards anyone who does not want you to have the opportunity and ability to exercise your political rights.