Founding Father you most identify with....
I am a U.Va. guy, how could I not say Thomas Jefferson.
But What If My Thoughts Are Pure?
Don't you think that if we actually were able to do a poll of all the founders of our country, they would not only vote for the burn but would provide the flint?
Symbol of Modern Governmental Corruption
The depressing part is that he has been so good at delivering the bacon to Alaska that he will probably be re-elected as long as he not actually in prison at the time.
He is lacking a campaign staff so a run would be logistically hard. Having said that, Gore has made a lot of money thanks to being an adviser to Google since 2000 (with stock options). If he wins the Nobel Peace Prize this week, it would be an interesting platform.....
To the chagrin of the Democratic party, Florida has moved its primary up to January 29th. The Party is seeing their delegates won't count at the convention and many of the candidates are honoring the ban.
I understand wanting to have your influence on the selection of the party candidate, but why risk having no influence.
As someone who lives in California, Florida has gotten a lot more attention than us given its role as a swing state. How vain is this state?
I think they should just stick to the old schedule.
It seems kind of weird to me, as well. If Hillary were elected and served two terms, we would have a Bush or Clinton in the White House from 1988 until 2016. That doesn't even count George H.W. Bush as Vice President for four years. I have a hard time believing those two families were the best we had in a country of 300 million people over a 28 year period.
Should we bring back a different kind of draft?
Yes. Larry Sabato, a Professor of mine at UVa, has written a new book, "A More Perfect Constitution." One of the things he suggests is exactly what you are suggesting. That all citizens are required to do a term of service that can be filled in many different ways: military, teach for america, habitat for humanity, police service, etc. I think getting citizens to understand that they need to give back to the country in some way would be a valuable lesson and make them better and more understanding in whatever career they chose to pursue.
"Female Reproductive Rights" does not equal abortion
Will spend a bit of time on it tomorrow. Everyone is running a bit out of steam (we have been up a while). My guess is that under the issue [yet to be named] you would have to have sub-issues. Lots of Americans when asked are for keeping Roe v Wade, but also for any restrictions that can be applied to it.
"Female Reproductive Rights" does not equal abortion
Good point. It was originally titled Abortion and it created a bit of a problem as to how the page was built. It asked "Do you support Abortion?" which not a lot of people would want to answer yes to.
I have a tough time on this especially as a white male (therefore never having fully walked in another's shoes). I do give some credence to the idea that we have to try to right past wrongs by tilting the playing field a bit, but at the same time, you point is a good one. I would hate to have a hire or admission always being questioned based on whether it was honestly earned or the result of affirmative action. Leaves me without a clear position.
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Al Gore to sweep in at last moment?
The wild car is does he win the Nobel Peace Prize and then get swept in over frustration with the current slate. Hard to think that Obama or Hillary will stumble that badly.
What do you think about fee based government?
In a prefect world that would be the case, but people require different levels of services and have different abilities to pay. Other possible ways to deal with this would be to tax people on consumption (more you consume more you pay) or on wealth (as a percentage of what you own in assets). I think consumption is the more interesting route (it would encourage saving).
