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Well, this whole "Roe v. Wade" thing... it seems like its impact is a mile wide and an inch deep. I mean, no anti-abortion candidate wants to go back to the days where frightened women were bleeding to death in dark alleys, and no pro-choicer wants to live in a world where abortions are some kind of preferred method of birth control. As for the death penalty... Federal law allows for the execution of persons found guilty of certain crimes. If an executive chooses to not exercise this ability, he or she can simply commute all federal prisoners sentenced to death, to life imprisonment. If he or she agrees with the death penalty, the death warrants can be signed without any twinge in conscience. The no child left behind law... it penalizes schools that need help, and encourages schools to teach the test. It is a crap law, and it is killing our future. Not to be one sided, or anything... Embryonic stem cells... once again, mile wide, inch deep. If there are embryos languishing in cold storage, and the family could donate them to another family, or barring that, to science, that should be encouraged. Right now, we ARE THROWING EMBRYOS AWAY. That is what should be most offensive to you, not that a scientist wants to extract cells from an organism incapable of feeling pain... The ANWR thing... there are already spills happening on the north slope. Remember Exxon Valdez? We should be trying to get away from oil, not trying to make it cheaper... As for Kyoto... several signatories have higher greenhouse gas emissions now than when they signed. We should come up with some sort of agreement that gets us away from non-renewables, rather than focus on emissions.... The assault weapon ban... all it does is make citizens that follow the law unable to get access to these weapons. The criminals will get them, no matter what. We should be focusing on punishing those who use a gun in the commission of a crime, not those that have a gun that COULD be used in a crime. There is no perfect solution, and banning guns in America is like banning air... The PATRIOT act is a patchwork of laws. Saying you are for, or against the act is utterly meaningless. All you are doing is playing to one base, or another. Some of the laws are good, some of the laws, not so good. Guantanamo... Prisoners of War are afforded certain rights underneath the Geneva convention. Noncombatants that have committed crimes against America are afforded certain rights under United States law. In either case, the current usage of Guantanamo Bay is illegal. Torture.... Really? Has this administration sullied the good name of our country to the point that Presidential candidates have to actually make a statement saying that they are against TORTURE? How did we let this happen to us? Wiretapping... the FISA law is not out of date. Wiretapping, if conducted in a way that is commensurate with the Fourth Amendment, is perfectly legal. Being "For" or "Against" wiretapping is, once again, playing to one base or another. We can't possibly send 12 million people back home in any reasonable amount of time. For the most part, these people are just like our grand parents or great grand parents. We have to figure out a way to improve the economic condition of the places that these people are coming from, as well as getting rid of the shadow economy that is encouraging people to come here and break the law. We should not give people a free ride, but we should be open to the idea that they are part of who we are. Net neutrality... this is quite silly. If ISPs get to control how and where data flows... they lose their common carrier status, making them responsible for all the llama porn that their lines distribute. Once big corporations realize that Net Neutrality SAVES THEM MONEY AND INSULATES THEM FROM LAWSUITS... Iran, Iraq... we are stretched too thin, and everyone knows it. Bush's machinations are delaying the inevitable. Our troops WILL come home within the next two years. Arguing over when someone voted for what, and for when... it's all white noise. Minimum wage... it is a dual-edged sword. Such a manipulation of the economy has to be done carefully, and thoughtfully. I will not vote for or against anyone because of their stance on this issue. Same sex marriage / unions... it is a state matter. An amendment to the constitution removing power away from the many states should be opposed by everyone. We HAVE universal healthcare. If you are sick, and show up in an emergency room, you are going to get treated. It will cost far too much, and you may die, but you will get treated. We have to recognize the economic reality, and come up with something that is more cost-effective, empowers states, and gets this issue off of the national stage...

11,790 Supporters of Ron Paul were at Iowa polling places, Eternal. I think this constant bashing on Paul supporters belies a deeper, more sinister opinion than just that they are less than mainstream thinkers...

Good lord. What would it mean? Would it be a winner-take-all thing, or would you only need to place in order to get some of the delegates? Would it replace State by State primaries, or complement them? How could you get fifty separate, sovereign states to agree on a date for it, let alone how many delegates each state would get? What about the many, many, many states with no experience or little experience with caucuses?? It's a cluster____. I am more than skeptical.

Help her invent a really cool rocketship... or a fantastic bomb in the shape of a rocketship. That's why we do tests in the middle of deserts.

Go to a firing range with him with two pump action shotguns and 12 watermelons.

Help change the oil in his Truck. Watch a football game on the tube, afterwards.

Ate an entire bag of Cheetos once...

Share a Pizza at Aubree's...

Has had a torrid affair with 007, but denies it, for it hurts too much...

Mark Singer.... I have no idea who that is. MarC Singer, he was Dar, the Beastmaster, in the 1982 movie. So, who here like boobies?

Take him out to a coffee shop and talk about music. Let him borrow a copy of Whitman.

Why wouldn't it be? Are you a fan of Menorahs?

Convince Phee to sign a petition to encourage the city and township of Ypsilanti to coordinate 425 agreements to get rid of the township islands, streamline administration, and aid in balancing the budgets of both municipalities. Uh... I am drunk and am reading up on municipal ordinances on Wikipedia.

Too many of us fall into the temptation of the mundane, routine, and the regular. To be goofy, is to affirm that you are still relevant, and alive. What have you done to encourage creativity, lately?

Not really. Nero's number is actually 616. It was mistranslated and the mistake was copied for centuries... 666 is the most famous typo the world has ever known. Do you think Nero just got bad press?

Watch the ladies eat it, for it is far too rich for me...

I only get headaches when I am doing the labs for my networking class. I think of dark green associated with 17. What is your favorite number, and do you associate it with a color? (This question fascinates me...)

An episode of Scooby Doo on Cartoon Network. Do you like old cartoons, Like the Looney Tunes?

Well, no one can definitively answer that question, however, the human race, without the technical and philosophical knowledge built up in the last 6,000 years, has survived ice ages and cataclysmic worldwide volcanic events. I think that there is an even chance that people will be around in 1,000 years. Whether they will be on this planet, though, or all in space... Do you want people to be around in 1,000 years?

No. Absolutely not. What is your view on house cats?

Play some Morrissey and talk about the eighties...

Yes. Those people are called paranoid schizophrenics. Is anyone going as Lindsay Lohan?

Wear my best hat and sing a bawdy pirate drinking song with him.

Well, it depends on the friend and season, right? Snuggling with a person that isn't into it during the summer... meh. Although, a winter storm and an old movie on the tv, a stomach full of wine... Do you like any Hitchcock movies?

Go bowling dressed as a pterodactyl.