Posted by
MNunbeliever on Friday, May 04, 2007 12:15:55 AM
Alright, a new blog. What's the point? one might ask. Probably nothing more than a cathartic outlet for my views that don't get much play in the heart of Minneapolis, MN.
Who am I? An average white dude, aged 24 whole years, from a place called Eden Prairie, MN. EP is a place that has been rated one of the best places to live in the country, by one commentator or another. When I was young, it was just beginning its transition from farm land to suburb. Now its a rich-white-guy haven with a couple of Somolian colonies. Anyways, I went to Iowa State to get a marketing degree, and now I'm at Hamline University in St. Paul to get a law degree. Now I live in what is known as "Uptown," Minneapolis. Where I'm from, I was fairly cool. Here, I am probably the biggest square in town. And being located in Minnesota, I am at what appears to be the main front for Sharia law in the US.
In our republic, we sue people who are following the advice of the Feds and try and report suspicious behavior on our flights. Our cab drivers don't transport people who carry booze on their persons. Our cashiers don't ring up people who purchase pork. As if it warrants mention, we here in Minnesota sure value our diversity and multiculturalism.
What's my goal here? Probably not much more than to air my views on what's going on in our world here. Not everything that I post here is going to be completely thought through, not everything will be my final word on any subject. I grew up naturally inclined to vote Republican, obviously as a result of my parents generally conservative views. During the '04 presidential run, I switched from my inclination to support the Democrats. This resulted from the Democrats having primary debates, which the Republicans didn't have because GW was unchallenged. Well, I caught the bug, and got caught up in the rhetoric. Hell, everyone else at college was for the Dems, why shouldn't I have been. But of course, the longer I listened to what those people were actually saying, the more I realized that their conception of the world did not comport to what was patently obvious to me. So I was happy to inform my friends that John Kerry was not the only flip-flop, I was also one.
What are my views? Indifferent to somewhat-conservative on social issues, laissez faire-ish on economic issues, and probably what would currently be classified as "extremely right wing" on foreign policy (or, as I would call it, realistic). I have personal preferences on abortion, gay rights, and other morality issues, but would not consider any of these type of issues dispositive in deciding who to vote for. I am for free market principles, but feel that these need to be curtailed with limited regulation. And I am for a mighty military, and feel that Islamic expansion presents as great a threat as communism (having been alive for only the tail end of the Cold War, it's tough for me to make comparisons. The Soviets were on the way out by the time my memory developed).
To wrap it up, I'm a hockey-loving midwesterner who's a libertarian at heart with a touch of common sense. Pot smoking is not my business, shooting heroin is a problem. Gay sex doesn't concern me, undecided on gay marriage. From Robin Hood I get a strong hatred of taxes, but not of rich folks. I've always hated being told what to do, so the less government there is, the better. I'm all for equal opportunity; equal results come from individuals, not government. In the end, I am not foreclosed to changing my mind. If your argument trumps mine, I will adopt yours.