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What's my affiliation? (Long, sorry)
I work in a bar. No politics or religion is the rule, right? However, I’m asked all too often whether I’m a Democrat or a Republican. Whether I’m Liberal or Conservative. Am I a Christian? I generally reply that I’m a Capitalist and I don’t like talking politics at work. As to religion, I tell them I’m agnostic and those that know what I mean seem OK with that, those that don’t seem intimidated by the word. However. . . I’m pretty sure about being an Agnostic and a Capitalist, but I’m not too sure about Republican/Democrat, Liberal/Conservative and what exactly is a Libertarian? So here it goes, these are my views, please categorize me. BTW, I’m a 35 year old woman who should know where I stand, but somehow I don’t. I did (or thought I did) at 18 and again at 25, but lately, I’m not so sure.
(In no particular order) --I have no problem with other women having abortions, but I would never have one myself and would hope that my sister wouldn’t either. --I think that while labor unions had a place 50+ years ago, all they do today is protect bad employees. Bad employees who make better cash than most good employees I know. Including me. --I think that gay marriage should be legal. Or at the very least civil unions. I know hetero couples who accidently ended up common-law married and didn’t want to be. Can we please acknowledge those who actually want to be married? --I think marijuana should be legal. I haven’t smoked in years, but I do drink, and I think weed’s the safer drug. --I think I should be allowed to smoke cigarettes indoors, even if in only half or part of any given building. And no, I don’t want to smoke in day care centers or hospitals, not in schools or hell, even restaurants—I’ll give you that. But please, can I have a smoke with my beer in a bar? --I don’t think I should be footing the bill for all the beautiful children who live down the block from me. If you can’t afford kids, quit having them. Outside of emergency services, I really don’t want to support them. Or their mamas. --As to the war in Iraq, I’m conflicted. I’m not sure we should have started it, but to me that point is now moot. We’re there. That being said, we disposed a country of their government/leadership leaving them in turmoil. I think it’s our duty to fix that. Part of me thinks we should stay until it’s stabilized. Part of me thinks that region will never really be stabilized. I have no idea what should be done. --Illegal immigration? Against it. The complete derision I too often see towards anyone who speaks Spanish? Against that too. As to the proposed wall along the southern border, I think it’d be a huge failure, a bad precedent and a waste of money. --George Bush. I hate the fact that so many people blame every bad thing that’s happened in the last 8 years on this poor guy. I’m not saying he’s blameless, but he can’t have caused all of this. There are 435 (right? Or thereabouts?) members of Congress that share a lot of blame for our current mess. I really don’t mind when George is blamed for what he’s done/said, but a lot of what I hear is in effect “My dog got hit by a bus. Damn Bush!” Drives me nuts. --I love animals. I would never kick one. I own some rather adorable cats. All that being said, I think hard core PETA people are insane. Same goes for ‘Monkey Wrench’ environmentalists. --I’m pro capital punishment. --I think public school teachers should make more money than, say, bartenders. And I think their salaries should be paid by all the cash we take away from the serial welfare moms. --I’m using Word 07 for the first time and I cannot find the spell check. Hope it’s not too bad. So, I may have missed some key issues, but these are the issues I think about. Feel free to ask questions on issues I’ve missed. How do you classify me? Or how should I classify myself? Thanks in advance. |
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