What is this, and who am I?

Blogs are something I've read a lot about, and spent a lot of time reading myself.  I've always enjoyed the way they have a clear, concise format and generally get right to the point.  After about four or five years of spectating in the blogosphere, I've decided to try my hand at one.

I guess the first thing I should really say is why I want to start blogging.  I'll be blunt, and maybe a little cliche.  I've been studying the world around me (I'll get to that) lately and have really become somewhat disillusioned by the...world.  I know what this sounds like, I'm young, and I've heard "you're too young to be cynical" a lot.  But I'm not cynical.  I think of myself as realistic and pragmatic.
So, what would a realistic and pragmatic senior college student do when he sees a world that is changing constantly, and often negatively?  He blogs about it.  This, my friends, is why I'm trying my hand at the blogosphere.

You're probably saying, "Okay you want to change the world, cool, but who are you?"  Well,  I'm nobody special, that's for sure.  However, I do describe myself as a firm believer in the ability of the human being.  I think we can do just about anything, our only limitation is Physics.  Outside of that, one man (or woman) with the willpower can do just about anything.  Look at history, Gandhi, Caesar, the Rockefeller's, and many many more have left their stamp on time through actions that amaze the rest of us.  I'm not expecting to elevate myself to the status of these individuals, instead, I'd like to challenge a few people I've never met to stop and maybe think a little bit differently than they usually do.  Debate grows the mind, it's how Plato taught, and obviously Aristotle got something from it.

Finally, I'd like to explain the name of my blog, "Break the Chain".  For my Values Seminar (yeah, I know), one of the required readings is a compilation of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s writings.  In one of these writings he makes the comment, "Along the way of life, someone just has to have sense enough and morality enough to cut off the chain of hate".  I guess you could say this particular line inspired me to do something.  I always found myself sitting and brooding over the goings-on in the world that make me upset, but I never really do anything.  Well, here I am trying to change that.  I'll be working on a post soon that should be interesting (at least, I hope you find it interesting or else we're both wasting our time), the title might be something like "America: The Two-Party Failure", or something.