(BTW, I just put BINGO wherever I completely agreed with original poster).
Favorite Political Philosopher: John Locke
2008 Presidential Candidates: Leaning towards the Stormin Mormon.
Party: None. Conservative.
Abortion: Against it. Support the woman's right to choose until pregnancy has hit the point where the baby could live outside the womb. Seems like a common sense point to draw the line.
Affirmative Action: Affirmative Action is discriminatory. There's no such thing as reverse discrimination. Get rid of it. Its stupid and has no place in a modern country like ours.
Alternative Fuels: We should use the cheapest fuel available as long as everyone else is. Its stupid for us to switch to more expensive fuels while China and India crank out pollution unless we are going to apply some sort of tariff to foreign companies to compensate for the fact that our industry is at an unfair disadvantage on fuel costs. Would love to see more nuclear energy. If enviroweenies would quit suing the government to stop the use of nuclear energy, we could solve this oil dependency problem in a decade. Believe the plug-in hybrid is the best bet yet to transitioning off of oil to electricity because it allows us to use electric cars for commuting while still keeping the long range of gasoline cars for long trips.
Capital Punishment: I'm in favor of it but have very little faith in the judicial system (*cough* OJ *cough*) to trust it to make life and death decisions.
Censorship: I'd start with Viagra commercials during prime time. A little tired of my kids asking why they should call a doctor if their erection lasts 48 hours.
Cuba: Possibly the most oppressive regime since the fall of the Soviet Union. I would keep embargo's till they join the modern world. I don't care if they have 100% literacy and health care. Their average IQ is 86 and their average life expectancy is 12 years less than the free world so what is it really doing for them? (UN statistics).
Current Administration (Bush/Cheney): They've done a pretty mediocre job but the incessant anti-Bush media campaign has made them look worse than they really are. A lot of the criticisms are for things that their opponents agreed with 10 years ago but now in hind sight conveniently forget that fact. WMD's in Iraq for example. I would be happy to produce pages of quotes from Democrats during Clinton's Administration demanding we take immediate action against Saddam before its too late for example. My biggest problem is they let down conservatives on the very promise that got them elected: curbing out of control spending.
Current Congress: I think reform starts with getting rid of pork. I like the President's recent plan to refuse to fund anything not voted on. WTH has that been the last 7 years?
Education: NCLB (Kennedy's plan) gets mixed reviews from me. My biggest problem with education is this: We spend more on education in this country per student than any country in the world. Yet our teachers don't make that much and the results are mediocre. So where is all the money going? Figure that out and you can start to reform the system. My guess? Bloated administrations with do nothing, high salary, politically appointed positions.
Electoral College: No compelling reason to change it. Our country is a Republic of independents states not a pure democracy. The idea is 50 separate 'experiments in democracy' that allow innovative ideas to be tested and presumably adopted by other states when they work. The current system supports this model. Getting rid of it would make low population states politically meaningless.
Flag Burning: Freedom of Expression is protected under the 1st amendment. But if you burn the flag, you're still a dick in my book. Why not burn the flag of a country that DOESN'T support free speech like Venezuela, Cuba or Iran? Show me you've got a pair!
Foreign Policy: Diplomacy>Sanctions and embargos>war BINGO.
Free Trade: I'm all for free trade, I just don't want the US to be getting the short end of the stick and getting ripped off by other countries. BINGO.
Gay Rights: My biggest problem with gay marriage is that it makes it virtually impossible to make a rational case against polygamy or all sorts of other relationships of convenience. The man - woman - family relationship has been the cornerstone of civilization. I think it should be protected.
Global Warming: I work for a meteorological company and have done extensive research into things like global warming, increases in intensity and numbers of storms, historical temperature readings, etc. My conclusion is this need much more research. Before we just jump in and pass legislation that will cripple America's economy just so environmentalists can feel good about themselves.
Globalization: I like some parts of this and I'm against other parts. BINGO.
Gun Control: I support the right to bare arms. But I draw the line at squad automatic weapons or stingers. Seems a bit much for rabbit hunting!
Healthcare: Needs reform, but don't even think about socializing it. You think it's expensive now, just wait till big bro is in control of it. BINGO. Not to mention standing in line for emergency surgery for a year. If we get nationalized health care, where will Canadians go for surgery?
Illegal Immigration: secure BOTH borders. What we have now is harmful to our economy and its effects are already beginning to be felt. BINGO. And don't try to tell me walls don't work. Ash Hannibal about that. Destroyed the entire Roman army but could never take the City because of the walls. Sure, they won't stop EVERYONE, but they will make it a hell of a lot harder to get in. They are quite simply a force multiplier. Plus they help screen our border agents from Mexican snipers who can shoot at them now with immunity.
Marijuana Legalization: What's the point? Its price has gone up slower than cigarette's over the last 20 years anyway. Most pot smokers I know don't even want it legal. They'd have to pay too much in taxes!
Media Bias: The NYTimes is the paper of record for the Democratic party. The only difference between them and conservative talk radio is conservative talk radio identifies itself as conservative while the times pretends to be objective. Then they run anti Republican stories on the front page for 6 months running up to every election and endorse a Democrat every single bloody time. Yeah, real objective.
School Prayer: That's why we have churches.
Separation of Church and State: This was implemented to protect the church from being used as a puppet for political leaders. Keep the two entities seperate. ULTRA-BINGO.
Social Security: Used to base increases in benefits on cost of living. When Carter changed it to wages which always go up faster than COL he made it impossible to ever grow our way out of the problem. Only solution I see is lowering the rate and raising the ceiling on contributions. Its the most regressive tax this side of the gasoline tax.
Stem Cell Research: All for it as long as we're not destroying life. BINGO.
The Constitution: Most important political document in the West. It is also the supreme law of the land. Whether the Patiot Act violates this or not is a decision for the Supreme Court and not a bunch of self appointed experts.
United Nations: Only reason to stay in the UN is to be able to veto anything France, Russia or China try to do. Just like they do to us. Sickens me that they engaged in the biggest theft in world history (oil for food scam) and no one has been found responsible. Leaving Kofi in for the investigation was like letting Kenneth Ley investigate Enron!
War in Iraq: Whatever your position going in, we have an obligation to make sure Iraq is stable before we leave. People who want us to just draw a line in the sand and leave must not give a hoot about the 10's of thousands of Iraqi's who will suffer in the civil war that follows. See: Vietnam after American withdrawel.
Welfare: A hold-over from FDR that was supposed to be temporary. Too many people take advantage of welfare. If we do away with it, then they will be forced to get jobs and not live off the government through the taxes that you and I pay. BINGO.
Wiretapping: Not without a warrant. Unless from known terrorist. What's the difference anyway? We knew where Bin Laden was at least 5 times before 9-11 and did nothing. If we don't have the attachments to act on the information what's the point of collecting it?