Are you for or against capital punishment? - For- and for faster..endless appeals and their cost to taxpayer is unconscionable...as is cost of life imprisonments. And.. we need to redefine "insanity"..the 1840's based premise is long outdated.
Are you for or against legalized abortion? -For. I am also for responsbile and accountable behavior..see below..sex ed..
What are your views on gun control? - 2d Amendment rules, BUT, felons having already abrogated someone else's "rights", should lose some of their own..Am for licensing all weapons.
However, the illegal gun trade is SO large.. presently unstoppable.
Is your impression of the NRA generally good or generally bad? -lean twds neg. Don't care for the heavy D.C. lobbying.
Is your impression of the ACLU generally good or generally bad? - negative- in pursuit of "liberties" they've split hairs and sometimes perverted the intent of the law, creating what should be non-issues. Of course there are exceptions to this perception.. but that's the drift.
Do you favor condom distribution in schools? -futile exercise, but worth a try-STD's are BIG problem-distribution is only a bandaid..attitude change has to come from home, enlightenment, education (not nec in schools)and being accountable for consequences.
Do you think public school teachers are qualified to teach grammar school children about sex? -Absurd- Parents' job -
but schools haven't been educating and parents haven't been "parenting" for 25+ years..We've been purveying the "school of the lowest common denominator"..gimme, gimme, me-me bubble. Majority's favorite whie: "I want it NOW..and I don't want to work for it".
Do you think doctors are overpaid? -Some are- shall we talk about the medicare/medicaid fraudulent billings?
Do businesses create oppression? -No. Doing what one is ostensibly being paid for is not oppressive--fair exchange..Not so doing is unfair to businesses.
What are your views on global warming? -this would take up too much space..there was an interesting broadcast on one of the Hitsory/DIscovery/Science channels about deep water currents and weather patterns- vague on this at the moment-
Do you support Kyoto? - If you're talking about the genome stuff..doesn't matter whether or not I support it.. it is here.
I support reality, like it or not.
If that's not what's referred to--I dunno.
Is being gay nature or nurture? - not sure, and don't care- it's just a fact of life and has long history.
How do you feel about gay marriage? - why not?
Should the welfare budget be cut? -yes
Should the military budget be cut? -no
How do you feel about missile defense?- deterrent
Should the budgets of the NEA, public radio and public television be cut? -No - nor should funding for the arts.
Should the AIDS research budget be increased? -Yes
Are standardized tests racist? -not in and of themselves - but they can be "biased"-- we know the drill here.
Is there such a thing as reverse racial discrimination? -I think so.
Are perjury and obstruction of justice by a president impeachable offenses? - Isn't that what Willy Wonka was impeached for? If not,should be
Should the word "God" be taken off our money and out of patriotic songs? - Only if replaced with "Golden Rule"- and then songs would have to be rewritten.
Mags