The church needs to stay out of government & quit trying to govern our morality thru politicians.
Rick Santorum, Tom DeLay, Sam Brownback & the rest of the extreme right are bad for the country.
Nancy Pelosi, Charlie Randell, and the rest of the extreme left are pretty bad as well.
Howard Dean would be fun to go drinking with. I don’t think you can say that about the head of the Republican party (when is he coming out of the closet anyway?).
Prayer does not belong in public schools. If students want to have a prayer group, so be it; that is what after-school is for. If administrators/teachers want to have a prayer group, they should go teach/work in the private sector.
Anyone who believes that gays shouldn’t be allowed to have legal unions & be afforded the same rights as married couples is living in the 17th century. Listening to their moral arguments against these unions is fall-down-on-the-floor-funny.
Anyone who follows scripture verbatim as their action-plan for living probably doesn’t have many original thoughts. Probably doesn’t do too well in life either.
I’m pretty much pro-choice: the government has absolutely no right to tell someone what they can & can’t do with their body. However I agree with David Brooks that RvW is tearing apart the political system. I blame the right for this.
What I or anyone else does in the privacy of their bedroom with another consenting adult is absolutely none of our government’s business. Any politician who thinks it is should be ridden out on a rail.
I’m pretty sure the majority of the politicians don’t give a damn about anything other than getting & keeping power. Those few “on a mission” tend to be the scariest.
The right-wing’s actions on stem-cell research and “right to die” legislations will not go down as one of our country’s finest moments.
I don’t have a problem with faith & religion per se; it is the corrupt & backward institution of the church that causes the most damage (but admittedly also does the most good).
The NRA is not good for America.
Anyone who thinks we are winning any type of war on drugs understands nothing about human behavior.
Pot should be legalized: compared to alcohol it is harmless.
Dealers in heroin, crack, PCP, crystal-meth and similar destructive drugs should be taken out back & shot. Until they are, all BS about a war on drugs is just that. Legalize it, tax it, and get over it.
I have no problem building more prisons, however why can’t they be somewhat self-sustainable? I’m all for chain-gangs.
The cigarette settlement debacle just proves how corrupt government is.
Cigarettes should be banned, or taxed so that if you smoke, you are paying in advance for the cost of the care required to keep you alive after you get cancer.
I automatically deduct about 50 IQ points from anyone I see smoking. I think I’m being generous.
Why are so many smokers fat? Is it because they can’t read the ingredient/calorie counts on the back of the Oreos bag?
I truly believe that history is going to judge the comments/beliefs espoused by Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, Sean Hannity and Michael Savage very harshly. They pander to those who just aren’t smart enough to think for themselves. They bring out the worst in human nature.
We have no business drilling in ANWAR. If our government was serious about getting off foreign oil, in the ten years that it will take to get any juice out of there, we could have refined existing technologies so that alternative fuels would be viable.
I assuage my guilt over driving a gas guzzling V8 SUV by donating 10x my fuel bill every year to the Sierra Club. Helps me sleep better. Still don’t think its enough. Do love that Porsche Turbo though.
It would be fine with me if we taxed gas to $10.00 p.g. and $5.00 of every gallon went to protect the environment and fund education.
Politicians don’t seem to have a very good sense of humor. Most of them don’t seem all that bright either.
Not all conservatives are stupid, but most stupid people seem to become Republicans.
I’m all for the death penalty, though I think DNA (as applicable) should be a mandate. If there is DNA evidence, than speed up the execution. Making it public probably wouldn’t hurt either……though taking away handguns would do more to curbing murders than the death sentence ever will.
Our schools are reportedly a mess. That may or may not be true—all I know is that compared to when I was in school 20 years ago, the students have MUCH more homework, and the scores/competition to get into college have gotten MUCH harder.
Poachers of tigers, elephant horns, rhino horns, and fisherman who harvest shark fins should all be dealt with the same as drug dealers. Nothing against the Asian culture and their beliefs, but their wants are destroying some of the world’s greatest creatures.
Rush & the rest who think its our god-given right to use up all of our natural resources however-we-see-fit, without consequence, are seriously delusional….not to mention dangerous.
Anyone who takes a celebrity seriously probably smokes and has a corresponding IQ to boot.
Americans who read US Weekly, People Magazine, National Enquirer, or watch Entertainment Tonight or Access Hollywood should be ashamed of themselves.
I wish there was a viable third party in American politics. Current system just isn’t sustainable. Then again I think that 99% of Americans don’t give a damn, they just want to eat McDonalds & watch Cinemax.
I have no problem with 2+ years of mandatory military/community service upon graduating high-school.
I don’t mind paying taxes. Price of admission. If history is any indicator, if I pay more taxes this year it means I made more money. How is that a bad thing?
We are all part of a society; being part of such a group affords you opportunities as well as compromises. Take advantage of the opportunities & live with the compromises.
People who bitch about how much tax they pay are selfish & probably aren’t taking advantages of all the opportunities afforded us.
Most Californians don’t have the right to bitch about anything. Our property taxes are stupidly low, we have gardeners and housekeepers that cost next to nothing, the weather is stupidly nice, and the overall standard of living + opportunities are better than just about anywhere else. Why all of our politicians are idiots is another matter.
Why does it seem that everyone in the Midwest is fat? Las Vegas & Orlando Florida are also filled with large amounts of corpulence……or are there just a lot of vacationing Midwesterners there?
Democrats aren’t very good at playing dirty politics. Republicans are very, very good.
Bush is an absolute disaster on environmental policies. Rove & Co. are geniuses at framing the argument so that the average American doesn’t get it.
The average American isn’t very bright. Long-term thinking, or the big-picture, isn’t what they are about. I think most politicians prefer it this way.
9-11 happened because we weren’t paying attention. From everything I’ve seen since, not much has improved, though flying is more of a PITA than ever.
Why didn’t anyone get fired for 9-11 incompetence?
The next one is likely to be much, much worse and will likely come about because our government bowed to either the chemical or nuclear industry & didn’t force them to take the adequate necessary measures. By the time everything is figured out, nobody will give a damn. It is how politicians like it.
Democrats need to get over 2000. Republicans need to get over Clinton.
I don’t know if the modern media is bad for America’s youth, but they certainly do seem to grow up faster than 20 years ago.
Television seems to have gotten better over the years, in that there are more quality programs available due to cable/satellite. Books have gotten worse though. Probably not a good thing.
I don’t think anyone has ever changed their opinion about anything they’ve “discussed” on an internet billboard insofar as politics, religion or money is concerned. Then again the same goes for bars, golf courses and BBQs.
I love my wife; can’t stand the in-laws though.
