Howdi;

It has been a while since I posted, well over a year. To be honest I think that
my political thinking has solidified a bit since then and I find myself more of
a classical liberal, libertarian (notice the non-capitalized L) really. Part of
that is I just have very little tolerance of socialism and government
intervention. I work for the government and it has been my experience that a
sure way to mess something up is to let the government touch it. I look at the
elections coming up and all I see are right and left wing socialists running for
office. I really dont want the government to fix my problems or help me out. I
have served my country for just shy of eight years. I have been away from my
family nearly half of that time. So when it comes time for me to leave the
service I really just want the government to leave me alone. Sorry to rant.
Hope you all have been well and all that. I got an M1A a while back. Shoots
like a dream.

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