DIFFERENCES

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN ELITIST AND AN ENTREPRENEUR: THE ELITIST USES SOMEONE ELSE'S MONEY TO DO GOOD; THE ENTREPRENEUR USES HIS OWN MONEY TO MAKE MONEY DOING GOOD.

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A DEMOCRATIC POLITICIAN AND A REPUBLICAN ONE: WHEN OIL PRICES ARE DOWN, THE STOCK MARKET IS NEAR ITS ALL-TIME HIGH AND 12,000 MORE DOLLARS WERE SPENT AT THE COUNTRY FAIR THIS YEAR OVER LAST, THE DEMOCRAT DECRIES THE STATE OF AMERICA'S ECONOMY FOR THE LOWER CLASS WHO PAY NO TAXES AND THE MIDDLE CLASS WHO DO NOT PAY THE BULK OF THEM AND SAYS WE NEED MORE INVESTMENT (TAXES); THE REPUBLICAN WAVES TO AN EXPECTANT AUDIENCE AND TELLS THEM TO SHOW THEIR APPRECIATION FOR THE STATUS QUO BY GOING OUT TO SHOP.

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN SOPHISTICATED, ART CRITIC AND A PROLETARIAN, NASCAR FAN: THE FORMER DESCRIBES A PAINTING'S GREENERY WITH THE UNINTELLIGIBLE PHRASE, A "NASCENT VOCABULARY OF REPETITIVE LEAF SHAPES"; THE LATTER LIVES IN THE CONTEMPORARY PAINTING OF A RACE TRACK GLEAMING IN THE AFTERNOON SUN, SURROUNDED BY THOUSANDS OF FANS CHEERING, UNDERSTANDABLY, FOR MOTORIZED FUN.

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A LEFTIST LIBERAL AND A RIGHT-WING CONSERVATIVE: IMMATURITY CHARACTERIZED BY A DESIRE FOR POWER, CONTROL AND ATTENTION, COWARDICE IN THE FACE OF A FIGHT AND A TEMPER TANTRUM WHEN A 'PRESIDENT' OR A POPULAR ELECTION WON'T LET YOU HAVE YOUR WAY; AN OAK THAT ROY HELTON IN A POEM, "COME BACK TO EARTH," CALLED A TRUE CONSERVATIVE BECAUSE IT HOLDS "OLD LEAVES TILL SUMMER GIVES A GREEN EXCHANGE." CONSERVATIVES ARE LIKE AN OLD OAK, HOLDING ONTO THEIR BELIEFS IN A STRONG DEFENSE, IN FREE TRADE AND IN OLD-FASHIONED VALUES, WHICH ARE NOT SHED ANNUALLY, BUT ARE MERELY RE-CYCLED IN RECURRING ELECTIONS.

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TWO OPPOSING IDEOLOGIES: THE ISLAMO-TERRORISTS WHO WANT TO RULE THE WORLD WITH A MUSLIM CALIPHATE; CAPITALIST DEMOCRACIES WHO FOLLOW THE RULE OF LAW. BENJAMIN DISRAELI, A FORMER TWO- TIME BRITISH PRIME MINISTER, FELT THAT "A CONSERVATIVE GOVERNMENT IS AN ORGANIZED HYPOCRISY"; INTERJECT LIBERAL GOVERNMENT INTO HIS STATEMENT FOR A VALID, ALTERNATIVE VIEWPOINT WITH WHICH YOURS TRULY AGREES. LEFT-WING LIBERALS VS. RIGHT-WING CONSERVATIVES: STALEMATE.