I agree Dan. I’ve gotten sick of politics, hate and division and I’m tired of looking for differences to exploit. I’d rather find some common ground, or at least neutral ground where name calling and anger are set aside in favor of good conversation and laughter.

I check in here often but I decided awhile ago to not get involved in the arguments since all it does is foster animosity. I’m generally a fun loving and jovial guy in real life and I see no reason why I should be any different online.

I recently watched one of my best friends and my favorite fishing buddy waste away and die from cancer leaving behind a beautiful family and young grandsons with a huge hole in their lives. It’s those types of “experiences” in life that gives perspective on what’s really important.

Life is too short and too uncertain to waste it fighting over minutia and creating a persona that’s different from reality, at least that’s how it looks from where I’m standing.

Hunting, fishing, shooting, whiskey and women....those are the topics that interest me. Hell I’ll even talk about chickens, gardening, working out or damn near anything other than politics.

I’m still an asshole but my contributions here will hopefully not reflect that truth. Lolol