This is my first blog, and I decided to write this while watching the Democratic primary results in Indiana and North Carolina. In my younger years, some of my more conservative friends used to call me a quote "suck ass liberal". I was for Jesse Jackson's Presidential bid in 1988, and I truely belived in the goodness of people and that people could individually change the world. as I approach 40 in August, I find myself getting more and more conservative and I am not sure if I could change this if I wanted to. My beliefs now are that the establishment runs the world, and nothing will able to change this. I took my earring out because I thought it was not appropiate for a man my age. To keep the stroy short, I am turning into my dad. I want to be idealistic and I want to try to change the world, but my life experiences are telling me it can't happen. I guess my question is this, is this just a natural by-product of age, or is it just now, if I decide to be radical, the reprocussions will affect my wife and kids, and maybe I don't want to get them involved?
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