That's a good question ... one I've been thinking about a lot lately too.
Change the world? Hardly. The best I can hope for is to get one other person to look at things from a different perspective (for a moment). Political junkie? Yes. But it's weird, because I hate politics. And it ain't the money ... that's for sure.
So why blog?
An old song from the 80's keeps popping up in my head as I think about this ... and it says so much more than I've been able to say in almost 2 years ... Realpolitik is trivia.
The Federal Reserve inflates our wealth away
Congress buries our young in debt
Thousands of young men and women are sent to die without a declaration of war
Michelle Obama is wearing a new dress
Depeche Mode - New Dress (1986)
Sex jibe husband murders wife
Bomb blast victim fights for life
Girl Thirteen attacked with knife
Princess Di is wearing a new dress
Jet airliner shot from sky
Famine horror, millions die
Earthquake terror figures rise
Princes Di is wearing a new dress
You can't change the world
But you can change the facts
And when you change the facts
You change points of view
If you change points of view
You may change a vote
And when you change a vote
You may change the world
In black townships fires blaze
Prospects better premier says
Within sight are golden days
Princess Di is wearing a New Dress
You can't change the world
But you can change the facts
And when you change the facts
You change points of view
If you change points of view
You may change a vote
And when you change a vote
You may change the world
Princess Di is wearing a New Dress
CL, At 63 years of age, during the presidential campaign of 2008, I began my shift from being a party Republican to a libertarian - classic liberal. I could not see a "dime's difference" between the candidates. At first, I found the libertarian viewpoint too extreme, but began to realize that my long-held beliefs of limited government, free markets and property rights are libertarian ideals. I am gratified that, invariably, I have already read the Rule 5 articles before you posted them. Your links to other sites point me to even more like-minded people. It's nice to know that I am not the only one who is changing. The more people re-connect with their gut-level belief in freedom, the greater the possibility that freedom will be saved. Thanks for changing points of view.