Political Meme...
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strredwolf80% Hillary Clinton
80% John Edwards
79% Barack Obama
74% Joe Biden
72% Chris Dodd
65% Bill Richardson
56% Mike Gravel
54% Dennis Kucinich
52% Rudy Giuliani
49% Tom Tancredo
44% Mitt Romney
39% John McCain
33% Fred Thompson
32% Mike Huckabee
16% Ron Paul
2008 Presidential Candidate Matching Quiz
Ugh. Also,the answers I could choose were questionable. Here's what I would say to a few of 'em:
5. Death Penalty
It should be an option for many serious crimes, and it's use standardized. The business of death should be regulated through all government agencies so the penalty is applied once, and it's done right. Also, bring back the firing squad.
9. Balanced Budget
We can't balance a budget right now because our military is engaged. We should keep an eye on it, but cutting spending when we're already to the bone is stupid. Taxes must be raised, and the tax system reformed.
12. Illegal Immigration
We must strengthen our borders, but also lift caps on people who want to legally come in. Mexico has a waiting list that spans years! We must also invest in fields that would drive people back to work in those countries, such as corn (which now has a good hold for ethanol production).
13. Energy and Enviroment
We must fund not only nuclear energy, but renewable energy to boot. Oil will run out, and is already at a limited supply with it being $100 a barrel of crude, and petrol(gas) $3 a gallon refined.
15. Health Care
A full fledge study is needed on this one. We should be covering everyone's emergency care, and allowing people to enroll in their own maintance care.
16. Gun Control
It should be buried in paperwork. Gun ownership should require a course in gun operation and safety, and licensed. The gun itself should also be inspected and licensed for operation. Ownership without license and certification should be fined heavily. Operation without certification should also be fined heavily, with nessisary exceptions for on-the-fly protection of yourself ("He was about to stab me. The gun was there. I grabbed it and shot him." should be excused).
17. Overseas crisis
We must follow an escalating series of steps. Diplomacy and freezing of assets, with international support first, before sending in multinational troups.
80% John Edwards
79% Barack Obama
74% Joe Biden
72% Chris Dodd
65% Bill Richardson
56% Mike Gravel
54% Dennis Kucinich
52% Rudy Giuliani
49% Tom Tancredo
44% Mitt Romney
39% John McCain
33% Fred Thompson
32% Mike Huckabee
16% Ron Paul
2008 Presidential Candidate Matching Quiz
Ugh. Also,the answers I could choose were questionable. Here's what I would say to a few of 'em:
5. Death Penalty
It should be an option for many serious crimes, and it's use standardized. The business of death should be regulated through all government agencies so the penalty is applied once, and it's done right. Also, bring back the firing squad.
9. Balanced Budget
We can't balance a budget right now because our military is engaged. We should keep an eye on it, but cutting spending when we're already to the bone is stupid. Taxes must be raised, and the tax system reformed.
12. Illegal Immigration
We must strengthen our borders, but also lift caps on people who want to legally come in. Mexico has a waiting list that spans years! We must also invest in fields that would drive people back to work in those countries, such as corn (which now has a good hold for ethanol production).
13. Energy and Enviroment
We must fund not only nuclear energy, but renewable energy to boot. Oil will run out, and is already at a limited supply with it being $100 a barrel of crude, and petrol(gas) $3 a gallon refined.
15. Health Care
A full fledge study is needed on this one. We should be covering everyone's emergency care, and allowing people to enroll in their own maintance care.
16. Gun Control
It should be buried in paperwork. Gun ownership should require a course in gun operation and safety, and licensed. The gun itself should also be inspected and licensed for operation. Ownership without license and certification should be fined heavily. Operation without certification should also be fined heavily, with nessisary exceptions for on-the-fly protection of yourself ("He was about to stab me. The gun was there. I grabbed it and shot him." should be excused).
17. Overseas crisis
We must follow an escalating series of steps. Diplomacy and freezing of assets, with international support first, before sending in multinational troups.
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Date: 2008-01-07 11:04 am (UTC)First, the 2nd Amendment hasn't been ruled on yet. The Supreme Court is considering a case that does just that, and is part of #16. Remember, that was when the US didn't have an established military. We now have one. If that fails, the Consitution has failed and it's every man/woman/kid for him/her/hir-self.
Second, we got morons. We got complete idiots. We need a system that weeds them out, and if they're too stupid to be unable to fill out the paperwork, then they're too stupid to use a gun in a proper manner...
...and really should be dragged into the military so they'll learn or get shot.
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Date: 2008-01-07 03:00 pm (UTC)However, that's not the point. The point is that it does say straight out that it is a right that isn't to be 'modified' and 'adjusted'. It's a right allowed to everyone capable of standing up, seeing lightning, and hearing thunder, so that they can defend themselves from _their own government_ as well as 'invaders'.
(Part of the reason I'll withhold judgement on the standing army is that I believe we had at least a small one prior to the deaths of Jefferson/Franklin/et al, and I don't recall reading that any of them were that upset about it - the draft probably had them spinning in their graves, however.)
The system that 'weeds them out' is often called 'Darwinism'. You can't require a man to read and write, so you can't require him to fill out paperwork. Even the IRS can't force you. If you show up and say "I made some money, how much do I owe", they have to fill out the paperwork for you.
Remember - most of the injuries from the 'cheap' guns are self-inflicted ones. Scale up to big calibers, and you've got something going.