Libertarianism is a hereditary disorder.
That's the conclusion I've come to. Those who know me also know I've described myself as a Republican since I was a freshman in college. Those who know me better know that I probably have no business in the Republican Party. And those who have known me since high school know that I am a recovering Libertarian. Over the years, I've seriously pondered what caused me to get so caught up in the rich man's anarchy. For awhile I blamed debate and Harry Browne, but I've since come to more properly diagnose the problem. It's genetic.
Makes perfect sense. My dad is a banker. My uncle is bit of a conspiracy theorist. My paternal family would probably be engaged in a holy war if it weren't for an unspoken intrafamily Establishment Clause. Years after the Libertarian bit started, I found out not only that my grandparents and another uncle are former Libertarians, but that my grandparents actually attended the 1980 Libertarian National Convention. They say they have a picture of themselves with Ed Clark, though I don't have a copy. Working on it.
Anyway, this is the clincher. This is from a scrapbook my mom put together for me when I graduated from high school. And I swear to God it's real. It's a Martin Luther King Day assignment from the second grade. Since then, my handwriting has gotten progressively worse and I have not learned to read a single direction on any assignment given to me.
It's a relief to know that my four year ideological derailment wasn't my fault. I have to admit, though, it is kinda disappointing to go from the anarcho-capitalist guy voted class radical in high school to a center-left moderate who doesn't even know that he isn't a Republican. I miss the conviction of my youth...
Makes perfect sense. My dad is a banker. My uncle is bit of a conspiracy theorist. My paternal family would probably be engaged in a holy war if it weren't for an unspoken intrafamily Establishment Clause. Years after the Libertarian bit started, I found out not only that my grandparents and another uncle are former Libertarians, but that my grandparents actually attended the 1980 Libertarian National Convention. They say they have a picture of themselves with Ed Clark, though I don't have a copy. Working on it.
Anyway, this is the clincher. This is from a scrapbook my mom put together for me when I graduated from high school. And I swear to God it's real. It's a Martin Luther King Day assignment from the second grade. Since then, my handwriting has gotten progressively worse and I have not learned to read a single direction on any assignment given to me. It's a relief to know that my four year ideological derailment wasn't my fault. I have to admit, though, it is kinda disappointing to go from the anarcho-capitalist guy voted class radical in high school to a center-left moderate who doesn't even know that he isn't a Republican. I miss the conviction of my youth...
posted by Your Friendly Neighborhood Clark Bar at 10/06/2005 12:59:00 AM
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Thanks for swinging by my blog. Read a little bit of your blog, it is great.
Ya I'm a 3L, feeling the same need to be at work more than at class. In fact I attended about 25% of my classes this week. Oh well.
I'll trade you blog-roll listings, if your interested. Maybe if we generate enough traffic we can just sell ads and not have to worry about earning livings as lawyers.
Yeah, I'm game. I've been meaning to set up a separate blawg roll anyway.
Ugh, moot court brief tonight. You involved in that at all?
I don't know what is funnier that you wanted to change the status quo by firing the government or that your teacher felt the need to affirm this choice.
Wow, maybe I won't vote for you for president someday.
Two questions:
1. Why do you still have that assignment, especially in small apartment.
2. What grade did you get? Because it appears you only wrote one sentence with a lot of extra space. Remember to always tell us why.... F.
My mom kept a lot of that sort of thing in a bag in the basement. She went through it around high school graduation and, as I said, put it in a scrapbook.
And yeah, after completely disregarding the directions on it, I probably shouldn't have gotten credit, but for the poignant simplicity of it.
I agree.
me you and berlusconi talkin politics might be very interesting, I reckon..
And I am off to take a few pics of the coliseum and all the old stuff all because of your comment on my blog!
you want the ruins? you'll get the ruins! ;-)
Wicked kewl. And maybe I'll go and take a few pictures of...Huh....Not much in the way of landmarks around here. Probably a neat fountain somewhere.
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