11-03-2004, 10:37 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-03-2004, 10:41 PM by Occhidiangela.)
I picked Kerry.
Good for you, you voted. YAY!
On the economy and thiis foreign policy stuff, I didn't see one person or the other standing out, and I don't think it really matters either way. National security seems to depend mainly on people doing the work in the army, FBI, etc.
May I point out to you that the foreign policy and the security things, are all driven by resources ( in terms of what is possible, which does not necessarily mean that all decisions optimally use resources) and that your tax dollars support those. The economy can be influenced somewhat by policy, but not completely.
I disagree with you there, they could either of them really screw it up. As to how "right" any President can get the economy, one wonders.
Please be better informed in 2006 and 2008. It will make your vote more informed, and you better at peace with your decision one way or another. My take on education at this point is that public education has become a massive political battleground, since about school bussing, probably before, and it has not ended. Its core function seems to get lost in the battle. Bad news. Neither candidate offered me a vision I believed.
The main reasons I went one way were Bush's gay marriage and stem cell views, and in general the way he talks about those "family values" and "moral decay" related stuff. Abortion itself I don't care that much on, but other related issues I have stronger feelings.
At least you are strongly for a few issues that matter to you, and I personally support your concern in re a nonsensical position on the stem cell issue. Me, I am in favor of abortion as a choice, but I refuse to let Abortion be an issue on which I base any political decision. I consider it a medical and spiritual (human spirit, not religion) decision made by the parties concerned who did that sex thing. The government needs to get out of it.
There are a few issues that I don't seem to really fit anyone on. Gun laws I think should be left up to states or particular areas, whether this mucks up laws or not is up for grabs. Taxes, social security, and healthcare I 'd probably come up with different stuff than what most people are saying.
While you are coming up with different stuff than what most people are saying, could you say some of it here? :lol: One can get tired of seeing the same old thing, a few fresh view points would be most welcome, by me in any case. Maybe you do have the next great idea!
Occhi
Edited due to massive badness.
Good for you, you voted. YAY!
On the economy and thiis foreign policy stuff, I didn't see one person or the other standing out, and I don't think it really matters either way. National security seems to depend mainly on people doing the work in the army, FBI, etc.
May I point out to you that the foreign policy and the security things, are all driven by resources ( in terms of what is possible, which does not necessarily mean that all decisions optimally use resources) and that your tax dollars support those. The economy can be influenced somewhat by policy, but not completely.
Quote:Economy I don't think either of them can effect.
I disagree with you there, they could either of them really screw it up. As to how "right" any President can get the economy, one wonders.
Quote:Education, healthcare, and Environment I shouldv'e looked up. Education and Healthcare. I haven't seen any descriptions of how it's been like.
Please be better informed in 2006 and 2008. It will make your vote more informed, and you better at peace with your decision one way or another. My take on education at this point is that public education has become a massive political battleground, since about school bussing, probably before, and it has not ended. Its core function seems to get lost in the battle. Bad news. Neither candidate offered me a vision I believed.
The main reasons I went one way were Bush's gay marriage and stem cell views, and in general the way he talks about those "family values" and "moral decay" related stuff. Abortion itself I don't care that much on, but other related issues I have stronger feelings.
At least you are strongly for a few issues that matter to you, and I personally support your concern in re a nonsensical position on the stem cell issue. Me, I am in favor of abortion as a choice, but I refuse to let Abortion be an issue on which I base any political decision. I consider it a medical and spiritual (human spirit, not religion) decision made by the parties concerned who did that sex thing. The government needs to get out of it.
There are a few issues that I don't seem to really fit anyone on. Gun laws I think should be left up to states or particular areas, whether this mucks up laws or not is up for grabs. Taxes, social security, and healthcare I 'd probably come up with different stuff than what most people are saying.
While you are coming up with different stuff than what most people are saying, could you say some of it here? :lol: One can get tired of seeing the same old thing, a few fresh view points would be most welcome, by me in any case. Maybe you do have the next great idea!
Occhi
Edited due to massive badness.
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In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete