I'm so far left I'm right

What the hell does that mean?

Mostly that I'm an extremist. In a couple of areas my political ideas are so far left that they've gone around the circle and they can be perceived as coming from the right. Or at least I've portrayed myself that way in the past.

Actually, I have political and cultural views that can be labeled as both left wing and right wing. Some of my views are from the center. I don't see how it can be helped.

Our political views come from emotional reactions to events to which we apply our intellects: intellects that have been trained by education, upbringing, family and friends, experience. This implies that for those with eclectic backgrounds and who have been truly exposed to our pluralistic society in the USA see the world with more gradations than those who live in more homogeneous environments.

This blog will contain my comments on the political scene, often with reference to the political and cultural blogs that I read daily. Sometimes I'll be liberal, sometimes conservative, sometimes libertarian, sometimes authoritarian. (I'll try and avoid the authoritarian.)

And perhaps, on occasion, I'll find the humor and irony in all the above.