I’ve got a good friend, a very intelligent and erudite fellow, who is about as far from me on the political spectrum as one can get.
And yet, on all the important things, our views are pretty much identical.
He’s a tie-dyed in the wool hippie.
He’s an avowed atheist, or to use his term for it, a non-theist.
He’s a Godless pinko liberal Democrat* who voted for Obama.
Yet common ground is easier to find than one might think.
He’s actually more libertarian than liberal.
He doesn’t actually wear tie-dye. His wardrobe is more rural west Texas shitkicker than Berkley tofu-eater.
He cooks a mean chili and an even better steak, and he keeps Coors and Shiner Bock on tap at his house.
He’s a shooter, and a biker.
He’s an old-school paramedic.
He’s a huge sci-fi and history fan, and he reads obsessively.
He is, to borrow a phrase from our mutual friend TOTWTYTR, “wicked smaht.”
Above all else, he’s a true Texas gentleman, and a man I’m proud to call friend.
And now he has a blog. Y’all welcome Of Mule Dung and Ash to the blogosphere. Bookmark him. You may not agree with everything he writes, but it’s always worth reading.
*Sorry, Mule Breath. Couldn’t resist the characterization. *grin*
