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First Post: How I Got Here
Hello Ricochet!
After a year or so of member pitches, the guilt finally got to me and I signed up to be a member! I don’t remember exactly how I found Ricochet or how it found me but I’m glad it did.
I was raised in a conservative farming household in southwest Missouri. My parents were high school sweethearts who graduated from the same school I did (as did two of my grandparents). Mom stayed home with my brother and me while Dad spent countless hours on a tractor or in a truck listening to talk radio. That means I grew up with Rush, Beck, Levin, Hannity, and all the others on the AM dial. For that reason I was always interested in politics however I didn’t get truly “radicalized” until after graduating from college. Thankfully my right-wing Reagan-lovin’ upbringing kept me on the right path and insulated me from the effect “higher education” tends to have on young naïve minds.
After graduating and a brief stint in a shingle factory, I eventually got a job with a local utility. This came with an office of my own and plenty of time to listen to what I wanted to listen to. I started with Glenn Beck, which lead Milton Friedman YouTube videos, then “Firing Line” with WFB, Ben Shapiro, Andrew Klavan, and so on. My reading has taken me to Hazlitt, Hayek, Bastiat, Mises, Friedman, Sowell, and the Great Books. The conservative/libertarian rabbit holes are deep and numerous and I think I’ve explored just about everywhere one can.
One of those holes brought me here and ever since Ricochet has become one of my main sources of political, philosophical, and entertainment fare. I appreciate many of the podcasts and look forward to more!
Published in General
Welcome, we are glad you joined.
Welcome @prestonstorm, great to have you around and contributing. I’m glad you survived your public education. It sounds as though you have gone on to provide yourself with a tremendous private education.
Welcome Preston !
WOOT!
Welcome. C’mon in the water is fine.
Welcome Preston. I’m glad you made your way over!
Welcome!
Welcome to the asylum! Good to have you!
Chances are you’re going to like it here…most people do!
Glenn Beck, the gateway drug to conservatism.
Welcome. Now you get to see the Member Feed. You can also participate in some of the fun, such as Quote of the Day and Group Writing.
Glad to have you with us, Preston! Welcome!
Welcome! I hope you stick around for a while, this is a fun madhouse.
Welcome. We all come to our views, and to Ricochet, by different routes. Every one brings to us a fresh perspective, that challenges and improves us all.
And keep reading!
I object! Actually the madhouse is what’s OUTSIDE of Ricochet!
New Kid always buys the next round.
Welcome to the party, pal! Be wary of the PIT ;)
If I’m buying, it’s Jim Beam. If Preston’s buying, it’s Laphroaig.
Just to make certain the reference is understood:
Be easy! This young father of 2 with a SAHM and public employee salary has more of a Jack Daniel’s budget!
Always working on it @cdor
If it was YouTube videos I’m guessing the culprit was that notorious pusher of uncommon knowledge who uses the street name Peter Robinson….
But in all seriousness welcome aboard.
Welcome, Preston! Glad you took the plunge.
Eh, both in and out. It’s just we like ours and don’t like theirs.
You can bet one of the first MF videos was Mr. Robinson’s UK interview!
It’s the nicest place on Ricochet.
We have a Code of Conduct Here.
It’s:
I’m sorry.
*Milton [expletive] Friedman
:)
Isn’t that the one where @peterrobinson arrives on a motorcycle? Pure gold.