Nice strawman of most republicans asswipe.As a Republican, I can now proudly -- indeed, defiantly -- pledge to never again vote for anyone who raises taxes for any reason. To hell with roads, bridges, schools, police and fire protection, Medicare, Social Security and regulation of the airwaves.
roads, bridges
That is kinda funny, seeing as I live in a republican controlled state and guess what? Our roads and bridges are maintained rather well. Basic government functions like roads and bridges will be done regardless of party
Local control versus federal control is the only real difference. Again... republican state, and the vast vast vast majority of our budget goes to education last time I checked.schools
Last time I checked, also controlled by the states and well funded through sales and property taxes even in my *gasp* overwhelmingly republican controlled state.police and fire protection
DO in fact need an overhaul. Maybe if we stopped bickering, we may actually get something doine. But either way, someone is going to get hurt. Because either way, we are going to have to make some sort of transition, or raise taxes by a considerable margin, which will hurt the economy... so...what to do... sort of a fucked either way thing. I say we just bite the bullet and raise the retiring age into the 70s or something.Medicare, Social Security
Medicare... hmmm... what to do with medicare... old people do need their drugs in order to stay alive I suppose... this is an issue I have yet to really form an opinion on, especially because our old people can just drive down to mexico ;P
ANd how about we put fewer regulations on our airwaves, and let parents be parents. Though I break with my party on that one
Hmm the opposition being... raising taxes to pay for more programs while still..running...a deficit. Granted, I HATE the fiscal idiocy of the Bush adminisration, and as an intelligent republican, would actually, you know.. balance out my damn budget proposal, and veto any budget that isnt balanced and deficit free, and hell, even raise taxes if the need does arise.President Bush has promised to give me more tax cuts even though our federal government owes trillions of dollars to its creditors. But that's someone else's problem, not mine. Republicans are about the here and now, and I'm here now.
But that makes to much sense for either party.
This is one thing I dont agree with the GOP on, and thus you will hear no complaints. Although there are some issues I am sure this asswipe is talking aboutAs a Republican, I can favor exploiting the environment for everything she's got. No need to worry about quaint notions like posterity and natural legacy. There are plenty of resources left for everyone, and if we don't use them, someone else will.
ANWAR(or whatever the fuck its acronym is) The animals will not care. Trust me, I have lived with Caribou for years. Drilling stations in the arctic reserves will do nothing to change their migration patterns, they will think it is a big rock.
As for opening upm logging... well, thanks to irresponsible forestry policy for the last few decades, we have upsetted the natural order of our forests and they are overgrown, ready for catastophic fires rather than nice natural burns. So we literally need to thin out our forests.
Of course, most trees we use for paper and building materials are on tree farms...
These, I do agree with. We do need to stop releasing as many greenhouse gasses, and we SHOULD switch to nuclear power. Our oceans, and expecially our sharks populations are fished out, and we should start more fish farming endevors, and we do need to actually protect the everglades et al.I want a party that doesn't worry about things before we have to. Republicans refuse to get hog-tied by theories such as global warming, ozone depletion, fished-out oceans and disappearing wetlands. The real problems -- if there are any -- aren't forecast to take hold for at least 50 years. So what do I care? I'll be dead.
DO I really have to go through the alternatives? Iraq... I have done so in earlier threads, but yes, it is being managed poorly, however, invading it is good. Even if the bush administration is full of idiots, based upon the results... Iraq just had free elections and is drafting a constitution. COmpared to the alternatives for those people... we did good(torture in our prisons not withstanding.. that is deplorable)As a Republican, I can swagger and clamor for war -- in Iraq, Afghanistan, Colombia, wherever -- even though I've never fought in one or even been in the military. I can claim that we're fighting for Democracy, ignoring reports of torture at Abu Ghraib, Bagram Air Base and Guantanamo Bay, and a spreading gulag of secret detention centers around the world.
Afghanistan... Holy shit... they openly propped up the organization that intentionally attacked innocent civilian targets on our soil... we had every right to invade them. DO do anythbing else... and frankly the terrorist shitlickers would win
Columbia... did I miss a memo? Oh that si right, assisiing their government getting rid of illegal drug trafficing and local anti-givernment guerillas... hmm seems like a good thing to do
Correct, we have to fight for freedom, and as far as I am concerned, have a moral responsibility to help others to do so. The Afghanistan war was one of retalliation for a crime they commited against THOUSANDS of our civilian population, and if we didnt, we would not have freedom The primary fiurst and foremost function of goivernment is to provide physical security of its citizens, if we do not invade the country that harbors those who hijack planes and send them careening into buildings, our givernment fails at providing that securityFreedom, as every American should know after spending $300 billion for wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, isn't free.
And the Iraq war, even if done for the wrong reasons... well... free elections after decades of despotism 'nuff said.
Agreed, with certain pre-stated caveats regarding the RCCAs a Republican, I can insist on strict moral values when it comes to sex and ignore the growing moral chasms in business, politics, sports, journalism and the leadership of the Roman Catholic Church.
Agreed, hence my support of sex education. WHat this fucktard doesnt understand, is that A) only unskilled positions are minimum wage and the vast vast vast majority of those jobs are worked by teenagers. And second, we have social programs which he loves so much in order to help those who work min wage jobs and are not in fact teenagersA society that loses control of its sexual urges faces unwanted pregnancies, socially transmitted disease, broken families. Those overzealous about wealth, however, produce only a higher GDP, lifelong security for their family and more minimum wage jobs for the lower classes. What's wrong with that?
Agreed, everyone should be punished harshly regardless of statusAs a Republican, I can favor strict punishment of criminals, except for those who happen to be my friends or neighbors. Isn't that the very definition of community -- looking out for friends and family?
The death panalty and abortions are not morally equivalent. That asside I LIKE abortions, keeps the surpluss population down.I will be pro-death penalty and anti-abortion, pro-child but anti-child care, for education but against funding of public schools.
And of course it is a difference between federal and state funding of schools. Maybe if boith parties would let us legalize and place a hefty tax on pot, we wouldnt need federal funds
I wont even comment on the jesus bit
I am going to point out that we live in a globalized economy whether this man likes it or not, and we are going through a bit of an economic shift right now. I wonder if he would complain about the loss of jobs as carriage makers when the car was invented and put into mass production.outsourcing of jobs
