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So what's your Favourite Colour?

What political ideology do you believe in?

  • I belive in Communism/Socialism.

    Votes: 2 6.5%
  • I belive in Left-Wing ideology.

    Votes: 9 29.0%
  • I'm a Swinger.

    Votes: 3 9.7%
  • I believe in Right-Wing Ideology.

    Votes: 8 25.8%
  • I belive in Fascism/Theocracy (religious rule)

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Politics?! Yuk !!1!

    Votes: 9 29.0%

  • Total voters
    31

Ethan

Banned
I'm pretty to the right as far as politics goes. I'm the strongest advocate of the death penalty that I know, to the point where I wouldn't mind being the excecutioner myself. I support gun rights but I disagree with state laws that require you to conceal your weapon, it makes no sense. They're known as "Conceal and carry laws" and state that if you have a gun you can't have it out in the open to where people can see it. Personally, if I'm in a public place I would feel much more comfortable knowing who and who did not have gun on them. If it's out in the open I know you have nothing to hide.

I believe their should be tighter restrictions on abortion. I don't think its a barbaric belief not wanting clinics to perform abortions just because a woman wants to keep her coke bottle figure. And as far as I'm concerned, the man played an equal part in the creating of the child too. For the most part and in most cases I see the procedure as completely unnecessary.

I also believe the Supreme court in the United States has too much power, and congress should limit its jurisdiction. I really don't like the idea of nine old artifacts in a room, deciding something as important as abortion. It would be different, if they were actually elected representatives that make decisions based on what the people want, but instead they're directly appointed by the president.

Not to mention, its easier for laws and appeals to make their way to the supreme court than it is to actually overturn them once they're ruled upon. It takes a constitutional ammendment to override the supreme court on any ruling, which is almost impossible to get done. There are also many different cases I could bring up where the supreme court grossly underminded the rights of the people, especially the cases where it went against the state of Massachussetts involving minors in rape cases.

I support a free market laissez-faire economy, and true trickle down economics or "supply-side economics" actually is effective if used properly. Both Reagan and Thatcher implemented these policies and pulled their respective nations out of recession and economic turmoil. I oppose government intervening and saving businesses that are doomed to die. I'd much rather have the economy crash and burn, and then get back up, as opposed to putting off the inevitable.

Concerning our president, I have large issues with his moral character. He took his family to listen to a racist pastor for twenty years preaching "God damn America" at the podium. A man that has his little girls listen to that every Sunday, has the moral integrity to be president of the United States? Apparently so. It wasn't until he ran for president, did he turn away from Jeremiah Wright, funny that.

It's things like that as well as other comments that he makes that alarm me sometimes. Such as his statement "If one of my daughters were to make a mistake, I wouldn't want them punished with a baby." What? Punished? Since when was a baby punishment? He didn't say embryo, zygote, fetus. The word was baby. Maybe I'm just petty, but I think it's absolutely ridiculous that he didn't have the foresight to know how that would have sounded and it disgusts me that he would referr to life in that sort of derogatory manner.

There's more but...whatever.
 

Tim the turtle

Happy Mudkip
I am the opposite of Ethan in almost every way... plus I'm sexier.
 

Tim the turtle

Happy Mudkip
Badass moustaches... although much to my eternal shame I am currently lacking in such a department.

Still sexier though. Although some capitalists had awesome 'staches too. This puts me at a conundrum.

In all seriousness I will admit that, contrary to my above post, I actually am not directly opposed to you in economic matters, it's far more in a case of social issues where you and I differ.
 

Deoxytwo

Riddle in an Enigma
I pretty much agree with Ethan.

Trying terrorists in civilian courts won't work because any evidence the government has against them will be thrown out.

Allowing people to own guns is good too, because gun violence can be greatly reduced if citizens can own guns (ironic, eh?).

I can elaborate if anyone wants.
 

Riversong

Buggy down.
These are my stances:

- Gay-marriage should be legal (I'm agnostic though, so religious qualms have no effect on me). But just as much, anti-gay groups -so long as they're not violent- should be allowed to voice their opinions. Same goes for any movement really.

- Pro-choice (but not past the first trimester unless the mother will die)

- Guns should be allowed, as much as I don't like them. Unlike Japan, the US is too spaced apart to effectively enforce laws banning them, and criminals will get them anyways if they try hard enough (and that's ignoring the fact that there's a ton of guns that aren't registered to being with). It wouldn't be as easy as, "Okay hand over your guns! :D" No.

- Death penalty is fine in extreme cases (Ex: 1st degree murder with no chance of parole, and the evidence is extremely overwhelming. Or if someone is jailed more than once for murder, showing that they're not changing anytime soon!)

- Legalization of marijuana (C'mon, it's not any worse than alcohol. Jails could be filled with people who committed far worse crimes).

- Universal Health Care (perhaps not to the same extent as Obama is proposing though).

I'm more neutral about the other things. Oh, and just a tid bit (dunno if this is even on topic)...I swear there should be some law restricting the paparazzi. I've seen tapes where they follow people to their homes for no reason other than, "they're famous!". An extreme case was with that mom who had like eight kids, and the paparazzi was swarming her house and even trying to get in!
 

Vermehlo_Steele

Grand Arbiter II
@Deoxytwo: How do guns reduce violence when you can't see them? Unless you can see guns on someone the deterrent factor is gone as Ethan had posted.
 

Fused

Shun the nonbeliever
I also believe the Supreme court in the United States has too much power, and congress should limit its jurisdiction. I really don't like the idea of nine old artifacts in a room, deciding something as important as abortion. It would be different, if they were actually elected representatives that make decisions based on what the people want, but instead they're directly appointed by the president.

Actually, the President's nominees have to be confirmed by the Senate. And most of the artifacts were nominated under a Republican rule. Just saying...

Concerning our president, I have large issues with his moral character. He took his family to listen to a racist pastor for twenty years preaching "God damn America" at the podium. A man that has his little girls listen to that every Sunday, has the moral integrity to be president of the United States? Apparently so. It wasn't until he ran for president, did he turn away from Jeremiah Wright, funny that.

The pastor does make the man.

First of all, while I disagree with 99% of Wright's comments, some of his criticisms of America were actually accurate - like how we failed to treat the natives fairly, how we originally thought only white men were equal and how that was a failure. Those little pieces I agree with.

Moving on, a majority of the controversy arose from two separate sermons given two years apart. TWO sermons, as you said, over the span of 20 years. Now, are two instances of crazy political passion really going to make anyone leave their church of 20 years? I do agree that it was a little shady that Obama only resigned after the comments became public (or how it was even necessary to resign after denouncing Wright), however strategy is key to winning a campaign.

Anyways, I'm pretty liberal.

I'm pro-choice, not pro-abortion. People seem to easily confuse the two.

Also homosexuals should be treated equally before the law. When it comes to individual rights, of any minority, we need to do what is legally gauranteed, not what people necessarily want.
 

Deoxytwo

Riddle in an Enigma
@Deoxytwo: How do guns reduce violence when you can't see them? Unless you can see guns on someone the deterrent factor is gone as Ethan had posted.

I agree with Ethan. Closed-carry laws are a pitiful attempt at regulating firearms. I believe that Texas is one of the only states that allows open carrying of guns (feel free to correct me if I'm wrong).

Still, even if you can't see them, giving everyone the right to own guns is still a deterrant, albeit a smaller one. Even within a close-carry state, a gunman still risks a citizen pulling a gun on him. Only hardened crooks actually stand and fight if ,say, someone at the cash register pulls a gun on them when they try to rob a store.

Gun bans only serve as a deterrant to law-abiding citizens.
 
I'm a Socialist-Capitalist.

Communism will always fail horribly, Capitalism will last for a long time, but it has extreme highs and lows. The Highs will invariably cause lows.

So I think there should be a safety net to prevent lows, and economic laws that protect consumers over the businesses. I also believe in Democracy, I think that Representative democracy works for the most part, but on huge issues like Health Care, the people should vote instead of the politician, that way things get done.

So all in all, Democratic Socialist-Capitalist.

But I'm against partisian politics so I vote for the politician not the party, or ideology.

Concerning our president, I have large issues with his moral character. He took his family to listen to a racist pastor for twenty years preaching "God damn America" at the podium. A man that has his little girls listen to that every Sunday, has the moral integrity to be president of the United States? Apparently so. It wasn't until he ran for president, did he turn away from Jeremiah Wright, funny that.

I'm fairy certain, that him and many other politicians, going to church is just an act. I don't see him as a religious person.
 
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Charmbracelet

Looking In
I am completely liberial.

I am the furthest thing from conservative you will find.
 

Dragoon

Beginning Trainer
I agree with Ethan. Closed-carry laws are a pitiful attempt at regulating firearms. I believe that Texas is one of the only states that allows open carrying of guns (feel free to correct me if I'm wrong).

Still, even if you can't see them, giving everyone the right to own guns is still a deterrant, albeit a smaller one. Even within a close-carry state, a gunman still risks a citizen pulling a gun on him. Only hardened crooks actually stand and fight if ,say, someone at the cash register pulls a gun on them when they try to rob a store.

Gun bans only serve as a deterrant to law-abiding citizens.


You are extremely incorrect. TX does not permit open carry, and numerous states do.

http://opencarry.org/maps.html

Concealed carry is however permitted in texas, and most other states (only two states will never allow CCW, and several states are very restrictive with their permits. Alaska and Vermont do no require any permits to carry open
or concealed. http://concealedcarryholsters.org/)

As per the topic I call myself a pragmatic libertarian. I believe in a minimal government, but recognize the need for government, and support some social welfare programs. Someone, particularly a large number of someones, with nothing to lose, are the most dangerous thing to a free society; much more so than higher taxes for socialized medicine or welfare.
 
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