Inherent in our psyche? You do understand that almost ALL of the Armenian population in Glendale and throughout Southern California live off of Welfare, or Social Security, or some other sort of Government aid. It seems that Armenians are comfortable taking the government check, but don't support the political parties that make these programs possible. Anshnork, Perhaps you should consider what it means to be conservative. Maybe it's more then just an economical point of view. Armenians need to be very careful of what we do and do not support. Our safety and well being comes before any ideological BS. Do not pretend that we are the same as African Americans or Latino's. We are MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH fewer than any of these groups. It is (or should be to you) abundantly clear that our plight and our needs are very different from African Americans and Latino's and whomever else. Simply put, these so called "political parties" that we are supposed to support are not providing these 'services' for Armenians. Don't forget that. Do some Armenians take advantage of Welfare or Social Security? Yes. Do these politcal parties care about the Armenians in this country? I promise you that they don't. PS, what ever happened to your shnork?