Hey all,
I'm a 28yr old man, recently married and a lifelong Democrat with views leaning strongly to the left, but with curiously right-ish tendencies in a few very specific areas. A resident of Florida for well over a decade and a half I find myself starved for a political conversation where I'm not immediately swarmed and drowned out by the recitation-by-rote ultra conservative, ultra hawkish right wing crowd in my area. (Not that they're necessarily the majority, just the ones willing to shout so loud most others would rather not discuss politics than get into another aggression-laden conflict)

With that in mind, I'm looking forward to engaging in some lively political debates that are about the exchange of ideas not the comparison of who has the stronger lungs.

As someone partially disabled due to certain tragedies in my life I have I think a rather non-mainstream perspective. I don't get out a great deal as a severe chronic pain sufferer, but it does leave me with a great deal of time to study the issues and the positions of their proponents.

My interests include: Politics (of course), Writing, Horror/Sci-fi/Fantasy films and books, Amateur naturalism, strategy games and my beloved wife

Looking forward to getting to know many of you, I'm sure this will be an interesting and positive experience.